tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27343795361267198792024-02-18T20:46:21.781-08:00Grooms.somewhere somewhere somewhere.Groom(s)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872544132269505583noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734379536126719879.post-84628486419449387362013-01-21T23:21:00.002-08:002013-01-21T23:24:49.142-08:00Moving OnI'm an idiot. A real sucker for the sadness of something that's not what it used to be. And, I guess, this blog is that thing. I'm moving things along. Now, you can get all Grooms things at <a href="http://www.groomsgrooms.com/">www.groomsgrooms.com</a>. This is not really tremendously sad, because this site/blog here never really meant that much, I suppose, but there's that little ping of how everything erodes when you move everything to somewhere else, and eventually, you'll probably move that too. Oh well. The passing fo time leaves empty lives. Time's tide will smother you. Waiting to be filled. I will too.<br />
<br />
Here's a new tuning:<br />
C#<br />
A<br />
C#<br />
E<br />
A<br />
DGroom(s)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872544132269505583noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734379536126719879.post-78524968963342891782012-12-03T22:15:00.001-08:002012-12-03T22:15:20.053-08:00The Dreebs<img height="309" id="il_fi" src="http://www.theboweryelectric.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/THE-DREEBS.jpg" style="padding-bottom: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px;" width="495" /><br />
<br />
The Dreebs are currently the best band in New York. This is true. They are the most unique band making music in our city right now (to the best of my knowledge). They wield insane amounts of power and force. They make the prettiest songs. They make the scariest songs. While I'm going to post a link to their music right <a href="http://soundcloud.com/the-dreebs" target="_blank">here</a>, it's also true that seeing them live is vastly more powerful than just hearing their tunes. I won't really even try and describe them past what I already said above. But they are currently my favorite band in NYC, and we have the pleasure of playing with them on December 15th at Death by Audio ( - DBA Holiday Party - w/ Immaculates and A Place to Bury Strangers). They play first, so get their early. Best best best.<br />
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www.soundcloud.com/the-dreebsGroom(s)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872544132269505583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734379536126719879.post-81053666997492109622012-11-24T17:05:00.001-08:002012-11-24T17:05:49.727-08:00These Are Our TuningsBecause we get asked this a bunch via email or in person, I thought it might be helpful to throw up the tunings for all of our songs. It includes songs that are on our new, unreleased (for now) album, but sadly, not Ghost Cat, Thumbs, or At the Pool, because I can't remember them right now. Hope to find them soon. All of them are from lowest (thickest string) to highest (thinnest string). Sometimes mix-matched gauges of strings will help with sustain/tone. Have fun:<br />
<br />
"The Sophisticate"<br />
E<br />
G#<br />
C<br />
G# (octave higher than first one)<br />
F (three notes down from G#)<br />
C<br />
<br />
Songs - Kier, The Nights Were Walls, Tiger Trees, Expression Of, Imagining the Bodies, Skating with Girl, Aisha, Into the Arms, Sharing, Something I Learned Today (Huskers cover)<br />
<br />
"The Sophisticate: Rascal"<br />
E<br />
G#<br />
C<br />
G<br />
F<br />
A<br />
<br />
Songs - 3D Voices<br />
<br />
"The Sophisticate: Pynchon"<br />
<br />
E<br />
G#<br />
C<br />
G#<br />
A#<br />
C<br />
<br />
Songs - Lion Name, Play, Susie Jo, Completely, Very Very Librarian, Sometimes Sometimes<br />
<br />
"The Lady"<br />
<br />
B<br />
C<br />
A<br />
C (I think an octave up, not positive off hand)<br />
D<br />
E (octave lower than standard tuning)<br />
<br />
Songs - She Bears, Don't Worry, You're Prettier.<br />
<br />
"The Lady: Rascal"<br />
<br />
B<br />
D<br />
A<br />
C<br />
D<br />
E (octave lower than standard tuning)<br />
<br />
Songs - Fag Feels Good, I Think We're Alone Now, Iskra Goodbye, Infinity Caller<br />
<br />
"The Nest"<br />
B<br />
F#<br />
A#<br />
A# (unison)<br />
D#<br />
D# (unison, where this D# is 13 notes lower than standard tuning E, not 1 note lower)<br />
<br />
Songs - Dreamsucker, Acid King of Hell, CJ, Prom.<br />
<br />
I think Ghost Cat/Thumbs/At the Pool are in a tuning that starts with<br />
<br />
E<br />
F#<br />
A<br />
...but I can't remember past that right now.<br />
<br />
<br />
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<br />Groom(s)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872544132269505583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734379536126719879.post-83996864246764404162012-08-26T15:43:00.002-07:002012-08-26T15:43:54.545-07:00New Lyrics Pt. III - "Lion Name"This song is in:<br />
<br />
e<br />
g#<br />
c#<br />
G#<br />
A#<br />
C<br />
<br />
Capo 6th fret.<br />
<br />
<br />
Oh, Lion Name<br />
I can move like you<br />
I can summon my mouth to cough<br />
I can swallow flu<br />
Vials in the rain<br />
in the viler sun<br />
They're collecting and spilling out<br />
Breathing like lungs<br />
Another exorcist and another one<br />
casting us out<br />
Tender underage under overpass<br />
Basic cable beige<br />
Basic cable trash<br />
Demons in dads<br />
See, Lion Name<br />
You don't get too close<br />
You don't talk like you used to talk<br />
You don't invoke<br />
Loser alleyway<br />
Loser cul de sac<br />
Ugly subdivision blues<br />
Loser intact<br />
Another exorcist and another one<br />
casting us out<br />
Bitter.Groom(s)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872544132269505583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734379536126719879.post-32450069141478604812012-05-18T10:23:00.001-07:002012-05-18T10:23:15.235-07:003rd Album Lyrics Pt IIDon't have a name for this one yet. Suggestions welcome.<br />
<br />
Nothing's gonna harm you<br />
cause nothing could<br />
nestled in a Volvo<br />
safe beneath hood.<br />
Crosses over entrance.<br />
Dreams a door.<br />
Screaming Intuition<br />
rise from the floor.<br />
Sometimes this is why.<br />
Sometimes this is why.<br />
Talking like a weirdo<br />
so now you're real.<br />
Talking like a wisher<br />
covered in appeal.<br />
Nothing's gonna harm you<br />
and nothing did.<br />
Softer than a pillow<br />
slept on by bad kids.<br />
Sometimes this is why.<br />
Sometimes this is why.<br />
<br />Groom(s)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872544132269505583noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734379536126719879.post-8259638669114060442012-05-15T19:59:00.003-07:002012-05-15T19:59:42.244-07:00New Lyrics to a New Song for our New AlbumI think it will be called "Permission" (the song, not the album).<br />
<br />
I was in hands.<br />
Now understand,<br />
that in those hands<br />
I was a man.<br />
I fell asleep<br />
in vaguest arms.<br />
My Vedic friend<br />
who never ends.<br />
My head the cop<br />
is mouthing off,<br />
learned how to talk,<br />
and's mouthing off.<br />
But Vedic friend with<br />
another lesson<br />
to teach to cop,<br />
this one's from the top.<br />
I'm made of milk<br />
I'm made of meat<br />
I'm made of laughs<br />
I'm made of sweets.<br />
We're separate<br />
but that's alright.<br />
I'm eaten cake,<br />
you're purple rite.<br />
You grip me good<br />
and shut me up<br />
and soothe my gut<br />
more than enough.<br />
The rain is fun<br />
and cop could play,<br />
but deepest blues,<br />
so stays away.<br />
I am protected.<br />
Cop is digested<br />
in Vedic friend<br />
who never ends.Groom(s)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872544132269505583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734379536126719879.post-7863964825395266132011-07-12T11:49:00.000-07:002011-07-12T12:16:51.809-07:00Prom is out TODAYWhen I was young, and still sometimes again, I would obsess over albums for days or weeks or even months at a time. I hope that we made an album like that with <i>Prom</i>, that at least someone can obsess over in their bedroom or dorm room or office cubicle or whatever. Here's the tracklisting with a comparison to a song off an album I/we obsessed over at some point (mostly Smiths stuff). Oh, and you can download the last track "3D Voices" off our <a href="http://grooms.bandcamp.com">Bandcamp</a>. <div><br /></div><div>1. Tiger Trees - Our "A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours"</div><div>2. Prom - our "Shoplifters of the World"</div><div>3. Expression Of - our "Bigmouth Strikes Again"</div><div>4. Imagining the Bodies - our "Sweet and Tender Hooligan"</div><div>5. Skating with Girl - our "Perfect Circle" (REM) or "Red Apple Falls" (Smog)</div><div>6. Psychics - our "Unhappy Birthday"</div><div>7. Aisha - our "This Night Has Opened My Eyes"</div><div>8. Into the Arms - our "Death of a Disco Dancer"</div><div>9. Sharing - our "Kicker of Elves" (GBV)</div><div>10. Don't Worry, You're Prettier - our "Sleepy Joe" (Smog)</div><div>11. 3D Voices - our "Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want"</div><div><br /></div><div>Enjoy!</div>Groom(s)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872544132269505583noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734379536126719879.post-11147872346530575092011-06-19T23:05:00.000-07:002011-06-19T23:19:04.764-07:00Favorite Smiths Lyrics Pt 1"Drink, drink, drink and be ill tonight, from the on you left behind" - "Unhappy Birthday"<div><br /></div><div>"Time's tide will smother you, and I will too." - "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore"</div><div><br /></div><div>"And the pain was enough to make a shy, bald Buddhist reflect and plan a mass murder. Who said I lied to her?" - "Stop Me if You Think You've Heard this One Before"</div><div><br /></div><div>"Leave me alone, because I'm alright, dad. Surprised to still be on my own." - "A Rush & a Push and the Land Is Ours."</div><div><br /></div><div>"I doused our friendly venture with a hard-faced three-word gesture." - "I Started Something I Couldn't Finish"</div><div><br /></div><div>"When you lay in awe on the bedroom floor and say 'Oh, oh, smother me mother.'" - "Rubber Ring"</div><div><br /></div><div>"The sun shines out of our behinds" - "Hand in Glove"</div><div><br /></div><div>"Boot the grime of this crotch, dear" - "Sheila Take a Bow"</div><div><br /></div><div>I mean, they're all great, so it's hard to choose, really, even within songs. Plus Morrissey lifted a good fifth of them, artfully of course. But oh well. They are, and always be, good when you're lonesome.</div><div><br /></div>Groom(s)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872544132269505583noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734379536126719879.post-62123068789367761712011-06-04T00:53:00.000-07:002011-06-04T01:17:35.399-07:00Some Things I'm Randomly Missing about Our Friend Ariel<div>I've been really missing our friend Ariel lately. Here's some of the things that are coming to mind right now:</div><div><br /></div>His purple jeans that he got from his mom.<div>His random ideas for bbq's, including octopus.</div><div>His wanting to cook dinner for people a lot, including on my birthday (I wish I'd let him).</div><div>His getting me a cake for my birthdays anyway.</div><div>His absolutely winning smile.</div><div>The way he looked when he had a mustache.</div><div>His excitement over so many things.</div><div>His ability to quote Simpsons with me, specifically his impression of "It's great to be here, Krusty."</div><div>The time we let him drive, on tour, for about 10 minutes, before Emily woke up because he kept hitting the rumble strip.</div><div>His love of soda.</div><div>How tremendously caring he could be.</div><div>The time he got a bit nutty and pantsless backstage at a show in Philly.</div><div>The times he'd call me late at night when he couldn't sleep.</div><div>His support.</div><div>How much he loved helping out bands he loved.</div><div>His wide-eyed child-likeness. </div><div><br /></div><div>I miss him.</div>Groom(s)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872544132269505583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734379536126719879.post-19056546973285912122011-05-18T10:50:00.000-07:002011-05-18T11:06:22.251-07:00A Brief Interview I did with Michael Azerrad, Author of Our Band Could Be Your Life<i><div class="im"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">We Grooms got asked by <a href="http://michaelazerrad.typepad.com/">Michael Azerrad</a> to play Husker Du songs for the 10 year reunion celebration of his book, </span><i><div class="im" style="display: inline !important; "><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Our-Band-Could-Your-Life/dp/0316787531/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1305741463&sr=8-1">Our Band Could Be Your Life</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">. The book was huge and hugely inspiring for us when we read it at various points over the last ten years. Here's a quick interview I did with him regarding the book (in various ways). </span></div></i></div><div class="im"><i><div class="im" style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"> <img style="padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px;" src="http://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/music2/ourbandcouldbe.jpg" id="il_fi" height="500" width="333" /></span></div></i></div><div class="im"><i><div class="im" style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><br /></span></div></i></div><div class="im"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><div class="im" style="display: inline !important; "><blockquote type="cite" style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><br /></span></blockquote></div></i></span></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><div class="im" style="display: inline !important; "><blockquote type="cite" style="display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">Do you still get excited when the bands covered in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">Our Band...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"> (or from the era in general) come out with new material? Sonic Youth, Meat Puppets, Mudhoney, etc., or when Mission of Burma reformed in 2004?</span></blockquote></div></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; "><i><div class="im" style="display: inline !important; "></div></i></span></blockquote><div><br /></div></div><div><b>It is exciting when those bands come out with new material, and — quite aside from the question of whether it's any good — it's just more proof that those people are total lifers. They knew that the chances they took on their careers early on, by making uncompromising music on indie labels, would have implications for the rest of their lives. It wasn't like they were going to do this rough-and-tumble indie thing and then become an accountant or something — even the ones who had trained to become accountants (i.e., the Butthole Surfers). They were in it all the way. And when they come out with a new album, it's just more proof of their commitment and a validation of the values they embraced when they were very young. And that can be very inspiring, and not just to musicians. Our band could be your life, indeed.</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><b>And often the music is very good. I saw the Meat Puppets play SXSW this year and they were a blast. Mudhoney's latest album </b><i><b>The Lucky Ones</b></i><b> is one of the best of their career. Mission of Burma have been doing excellent shows and albums ever since they reformed — they've still got it. Sonic Youth still easily earns their name, musically and personally, full of imagination and curiosity. Dinosaur's post-reformation albums have been ridiculously good. Mike Watt's new album is excellent.</b></div><div class="im"><div><br /></div><br /><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">The indie music climate (the way music is reported on/reviewed/created/<wbr>disseminated) is obviously totally different now, in 2011, than it was when it was being formed by the bands in your book. I know how I see it as different, but how do you see it as different, and do you think it's better, worse, just different? (Not really the quality of the bands that are around now versus then but the culture of indie/underground rock/music, and the way it's used in mainstream culture maybe)</span><br /></blockquote><div><br /></div></div><div><b>The way indie music is used in mainstream culture is of course totally different. Now you hear Spoon in a Jaguar commercial. In 1984, that would have been literally unimaginable — as in, if you suggested it, you'd be considered clinically insane. The idea of authenticity being used as a marketing tool is a new and somewhat radical thing.</b></div><div><b>Then there's the whole question of what is indie. Is it a fiscal designation? A musical genre? A creative approach? It used to be much clearer. But in the end, it's just a pointless semantic debate.</b></div><div><b>Some things are easier now for indie musicians — like recording and distributing music, or lining up a tour. Some things are harder, like standing out in an exponentially more crowded field. And some things are exactly the same — why does the bass player always have to listen to Van Halen while she drives?</b></div><div class="im"><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">Did you have any opinion on the Steve Albini / Sonic Youth semi-feud (though it was really just comments Albini made) last year? For me it kind of re-awoke some of the excitement and idealism that I felt when I first discovered underground rock, the kind of thing that was at the core of your book. </span><br /></blockquote><div><br /></div></div><div><b>Those guys go so far back, I couldn't take it too seriously. It was like a veteran comedy team doing their classic schtick. Steve has some valid points and yet it's hard to argue with the fact that Sonic Youth has, for 30 years, made exactly the music they wanted to make, stayed together all that time, and continued to make what I'm sure is quite a nice living. As long as they didn't kill any baby harp seals along the way, that sounds like the perfect career to me.</b></div><div class="im"><div><br /></div><br /><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">Opening up the book, you quote William Blake's "I must create my own System or be enslaved by another man’s". This quote, especially in context of the book, was always incredibly encouraging and inspiring to me. Do you think it's still possible for musicians to create their own systems? Is there any room left for those new systems? Are there any systems you'd like to see created by new musicians?</span><br /><br /></blockquote></div><div> <b>New systems can be made on any level. You can devise your own tuning for your guitar and that's a new system, and it will manifest itself in new music. Fueling your van with cooking oil is a new system with tremendous implications. Technology and imagination inspire new systems. And both of those things will be with us as long as people walk this earth.</b></div><div class="im"><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">When was the last time you listened to Let It Be? </span><br /></blockquote><div><br /></div></div><div> <b>I threw it on a few months ago, actually. It's still great. "Unsatisfied" and "Sixteen Blue" are classic songs. And just yesterday, I guest DJ'd on WNYU and played "Seen Your Video." Along with "Tiger Trees" from your fine new album </b><i><b>Prom</b></i><b>.</b></div></i>Groom(s)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872544132269505583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734379536126719879.post-12266708330776830622011-03-05T09:10:00.000-08:002011-04-06T15:51:05.596-07:00Photos from Our Mini-Tour<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdWVFoBYeAfT9vUVX1S6h7XXfMIm676sCyn96O7J-ZUAgjmfDJ7w307fGNL6m2Iq_E6OYco_YqZI5ZijA_-7GN9TCSNdU5CvDdRiejuvNfLaCfcH8b_kzNgY45CDGO5Pcz9MhMC2UyKqE/s1600/photo%25282%2529.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdWVFoBYeAfT9vUVX1S6h7XXfMIm676sCyn96O7J-ZUAgjmfDJ7w307fGNL6m2Iq_E6OYco_YqZI5ZijA_-7GN9TCSNdU5CvDdRiejuvNfLaCfcH8b_kzNgY45CDGO5Pcz9MhMC2UyKqE/s320/photo%25282%2529.JPG" alt="" 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onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /></a></div><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><img src="file:///Users/travisjohnson/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/moz-screenshot-8.png" alt="" /><br /><img src="file:///Users/travisjohnson/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/moz-screenshot-5.png" alt="" /><img src="file:///Users/travisjohnson/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/moz-screenshot-6.png" alt="" /><img src="file:///Users/travisjohnson/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/moz-screenshot-7.png" alt="" /></div>Groom(s)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872544132269505583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734379536126719879.post-57100082661925027742010-12-27T22:10:00.000-08:002010-12-27T22:12:49.709-08:00Lyrical Preview Part 3"Skating with Girl"<div><br /></div><div>Girl skating, oh</div><div>girl skating, oh</div><div>to conjure you in snow</div><div>to conjure you in snow</div><div>six foot ice sickle impales (in pales?)</div><div>and red rope licorice entrails (in trails?)</div><div>Girl skating, oh</div><div>to conjure you in snow.</div><div>Your stolen body asleep</div><div>My frozen boundaries can't keep</div><div>You talk in parables in streaks</div><div>to all the idiots and creeps.</div>Groom(s)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872544132269505583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734379536126719879.post-54791190175468268152010-12-15T23:09:00.000-08:002010-12-15T23:12:02.463-08:00Lyrical Preview Pt 2"Tiger Trees"<div><br /></div><div>I saw your cursive name get drawn</div><div>Its pinking tendrils blanket my lawn</div><div>Its whipping q's spell: </div><div>"I want you to believe my name."</div><div>You're tiger tree branch and I'm the leaves</div><div>Your roaring cataracts are not believed</div><div>I've got six friends. </div><div>I wish that they could see your name</div><div>And they don't. </div>Groom(s)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872544132269505583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734379536126719879.post-69408876541509249292010-12-14T21:30:00.001-08:002010-12-14T21:32:00.931-08:00Our Friend Ariel's Favorite Song.He once told me and Emily that if there were one song he could play for anyone, this would be it.<div><br /></div><div>For you, buddy:</div><div><br /></div><div><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BOk6njdUACI?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BOk6njdUACI?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Groom(s)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872544132269505583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734379536126719879.post-18274202072320680722010-11-22T00:09:00.000-08:002010-11-22T00:12:11.818-08:00Lyrical Preview Pt 1"Expression Of" <div><br /></div><div>Richard thinks he ripped a hole in me, a hole in me.</div><div>Richard thinks he ripped a hole in me and one in you too.</div><div>Frightened bright wants you to feel alone.</div><div>He should stay home.</div><div>Mechanistic mutilator's dream:</div><div>A tome in chrome.</div><div>Day sun, night sun - expression of.</div><div>Day sun, night sun - the coming of.</div><div>I don't know how to wish good things for him</div><div>And I don't know what to do. </div>Groom(s)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872544132269505583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734379536126719879.post-56087154044032707112010-11-10T10:29:00.000-08:002010-11-10T10:33:14.989-08:00Dreaming of SkeletonsI had this really strange dream last night where I was record hunting at Eat Records, even though they don't have records anymore and I think it's just called Eat now, and found these crazy, fancy, book versions of Skeleton$' pre-Money records. It was like they were these huge books with all this art, plus the albums on two 10" records. And then all the sudden I was on a college campus and Matt from Skeleton$ came up and was like "oh, that's cool that you found those!". And I was really excited to listen to them but then it was all a dream...Groom(s)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872544132269505583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734379536126719879.post-25172838715627560862010-08-14T23:12:00.000-07:002010-08-14T23:17:39.017-07:00Our New Songs Are ThereAlmost ready. Spent the day hammering out some of the tunes in the practice space at DBA and then I came home and have been working on some lyrics since. <div><br /></div><div>Here are some samples:</div><div><br /></div><div>"Phantom friends, their shadow shapes / A secret hallway on audiotape."</div><div>"Hiding in the insides / waiting just to meet eyes / Messy Mouth, come back home."</div><div>"Frightened bright wants you to feel alone / mechanistic mutilator's dream: a tome in chrome."</div><div>"Girl skating, oh, to conjure you in snow."</div><div>"A broken mouth I can't explain / a blurry crest with no name / your hooded head in the rain /</div><div>anonymous wrecks, snapping new necks."</div><div><br /></div><div>There will also be our first ever instrumental, called "Psychics." It's acoustic. </div>Groom(s)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872544132269505583noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734379536126719879.post-61526650849127231062010-07-27T23:54:00.001-07:002010-07-27T23:59:11.205-07:00ICP on a Target CommercialSay what you will (totally accurately) say about Insane Clown Posse and their massive coven:<div><br /></div><div>It's retarded as fuck.</div><div>It's misogynistic as balls.</div><div>It's dopey as shit.</div><div>It's anti-intellectual as ass.</div><div><br /></div><div>All true. </div><div><br /></div><div>But here's what it's not, which indie culture is: completely co-opted. This is strange, since there are probably way more kids out there who are into it than whatever indie band is used to sell things at Urban Outfitters. I'm not sure it's even by their own choosing, so I have no idea if it's worthy of respect or not. But it is interesting. And kinda sad. </div><div><br /></div><div><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9KxTUZ33gdM&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9KxTUZ33gdM&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></div>Groom(s)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872544132269505583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734379536126719879.post-56340601181188721882010-07-24T10:35:00.000-07:002010-07-24T10:46:49.486-07:00Our New AlbumSo I think we're about done writing our new album. What will it sound like? Your guess is as good as mine. This is the first time that all the songs are basically in one tuning on the guitar (with some slight variations on two jams) which will be kinda nice in a lot of ways. Some of the songs:<div><br /></div><div>3D Voices</div><div>Tiger Trees</div><div>Aisha</div><div>Joyride</div><div>RH</div><div>Psychics</div><div>Skating with Girl</div><div>Sharing</div><div>Richard, Stay Home</div><div>Into the Arms</div><div>Surf Something</div><div>Dreaming of Police</div>Groom(s)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872544132269505583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734379536126719879.post-60245323128105054942010-07-14T23:34:00.000-07:002010-07-14T23:49:41.973-07:00Moving Shit around at Death by AudioWe're currently moving things around in the pedal factory at DBA, where I make pedals most days. We just got a new room with lots more space, so our solder and paint fumes won't be as gnarly, and my latent attraction to my coworkers, Oli and Matt, will be easier to keep at bay. <div>It's funny how harshly entropy attacks a place of business, even when you're really working hard. Things become a mess and you don't really realize it until you clean them up, at which point you find all manner of things, like children's bones and Frog and Toad books.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> My favorite pedal that we make is the Octave Clang. The guy in this vid doesn't quite use it like I do.</div><div><br /></div><div><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pQE-tabGUL4&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pQE-tabGUL4&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></div>Groom(s)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872544132269505583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734379536126719879.post-73604053180763373382010-07-03T10:00:00.000-07:002010-07-03T10:08:25.426-07:00Some Classy Pictures from Our Last Trip Out.<img src="webkit-fake-url://B5DB087B-AAD7-4A0A-9625-32DADD57F5C6/image.tiff" /><div><img src="webkit-fake-url://668B43CC-3821-4782-B97B-4A0248202A14/image.tiff" /></div><div><img src="webkit-fake-url://BD3627D7-6136-4676-9889-A72505F72263/image.tiff" /></div><div><img src="webkit-fake-url://55EF61FB-337B-4F68-BF13-283084952426/image.tiff" /></div>Groom(s)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872544132269505583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734379536126719879.post-56202382576353953252010-06-14T19:39:00.000-07:002010-06-14T19:44:01.107-07:00New Video!http://themusicslut.com/2010/06/tms-video-premiere-grooms-acid-king-of-hell-guitar-feelings-contest-grooms-vinyl-album/<div><br /></div><div>Video courtesy of Matt Conboy and Vanessa Carr.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><object width="400" height="225"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12566492&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=12566492&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/12566492">Grooms "Acid King of Hell (Guitar Feelings)"</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/kaninerecords">kay kanine</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p></div>Groom(s)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872544132269505583noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734379536126719879.post-67423716585509486182010-06-09T22:12:00.000-07:002010-06-09T22:27:53.456-07:00Rejoicer on Vinly NOW<div style="text-align: center;">Courtesy of Kanine Recs. Different art than the CD of <i>Rejoicer</i> and even comes with lyrics and a download card! Will be in stores and online shortly. In the meantime (or in the post-time, if you still wanna), you can buy directly through us for $15. You can get shirts too and CDs too! Write us at groomstheband@gmail.com to procure a copy. Oh, and the bottom pic is what we almost went with...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDJBpFWJPmoyE9k6LXt2lnAYau3JLhl0Uq8eyBBeTKPo5QO7fyQ-yE6UI-BwVpMo-P0ESHhZb_03anuP8hxVT-2M-vWvpX6XjQ3DHp5548sb8VBHIyrYG2EAHKj0Pos1YCNLUP-YmXo3s/s320/vinyl+pic.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481011128232613666" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIIsm5dQYnqy4WuoLvQGo-BdJ52uCOP2_BqlOaC9cllLibVLCtUdcDQl3Lh2OAVYYuo_JaxA99-MlzWT8VhrrfGt-41vVs6iWZeayYHZLnQ32ZFkHYtU_pQ0HR-TyruUYTKsda0n_sjH8/s320/vinyl+pic+2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481011287214313394" /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-VIDpGRmhlOQCiWJASdYT6T5N5DKQE_AkoKjy8IntuYgqmasU1og1B6Gqdo-b-LH_2rvDAMugjOJdA6EYFjf2z8I67i4y08la5_FrJm5dt6ZpgIDjv3N4wUOA4Ew0MKdOdhM8XivCjSQ/s320/cover1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5481011603954333490" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div>Groom(s)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872544132269505583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734379536126719879.post-42071232115386550222010-06-08T22:44:00.000-07:002010-06-08T22:45:31.718-07:00Ready to CryWhich is prettier?<div><br /></div><div><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XF1DoVdHM9M&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XF1DoVdHM9M&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></div><div><br /></div><div><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ExUosomc8Uc&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ExUosomc8Uc&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object></div>Groom(s)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872544132269505583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734379536126719879.post-69236218804410761702010-05-29T10:56:00.000-07:002010-06-03T00:24:58.781-07:00One Hundred Things to Try and Sound Like besides Animal Collective's Last Three Albums1. Their first 5 albums.<div>2. If Charles Mingus were in the Beatles pre-Revolver.</div><div>3. If Charles Mingus were in the Beatles from Revolver on.</div><div>4. "I Talk to the Wind" by King Crimson</div><div>5. The first side of <i>Low.</i></div><div>6. The second side of <i>Low.</i></div><div>7. Your parents' best impression of their last 3 albums.</div><div>8. Charles Ives auditioning for Can.</div><div>9. The sense of embarrassment you (understandably) feel when you've poured yourself what you thought was vodka, but was, in fact, white vinegar.</div><div>10. Marital sex, conact-mic'd and run through a Digiverb pedal.</div><div>11. Guitars strung with human ligaments.</div><div>12. Muslim sacred music.</div><div>13. The Trees Community.</div><div>14. Kira Sedgwick trying, through song, to win back Kevin Bacon.</div><div>15. John Cage's "Dream".</div><div>16. William Baines.</div><div>17. Joan of Arc.</div><div>18. Joan of Arc.</div><div>19. Skeleton$.</div><div>20. How Joan of Arc felt.</div><div>21. Nudity.</div><div>22. The Cocker Spaniels.</div><div>23. <i>The Geddy Address.</i></div><div>24. Mountains of hate eroded into hills of ambivalence.</div><div>25. Hills of ambivalence eroded into plains of apathy.</div><div>26. Plains of apathy eroded into valleys of love.</div><div>27. <i>Plastic Ono Band</i>.</div><div>28. <i>Plastic Ono Band</i>.</div><div>29. Going on Nicorette at age eleven.</div><div>30. Running out of Nicorette at age eleven.</div><div>31. Meeting someone on the internet.</div><div>32. The soundtrack to John Mayer and Gary Busey's buddy-cop romp.</div><div>33. <i>Doctor Came at Dawn</i>/<i>Red Apple Falls</i></div><div>34. <i>Wild Love</i>.</div><div>35. "Obscured" by Smashing Pumpkins.</div><div>36. Rachel's</div><div>37. The score for <i>The Mosquito Coast</i>.</div><div>38. A dirty bedroom.</div><div>39. Sharon Van Etten singing in Sisters.</div><div>40. Staten Island's answer to Penderecki.</div><div>41. "Long Long Long".</div><div>42. <i>Siamese Dream</i> with a better drum sound.</div><div>43. <i>Illumination</i> by the Pastels.</div><div>44. <i>Eureka </i>by Jim O'Rourke.</div><div>45. <i>TNT </i>by Tortoise.</div><div>46. <i>Drum's Not Dead</i> without drums.</div><div>47. Very early Centro-matic.</div><div>48. My cat's early morning squeaks.</div><div>49. <i>Mellow Gold </i>and old Beck b-sides.</div><div>50. Johnny Cash and Donovan, together at last.</div><div>51. The weirder Smiths moments.</div><div>52. The sadder Solex moments.</div><div>53. "Torture Day" version with Cynthia Dall.</div><div>54. Cynthia Dall.</div><div>55. This Heat.</div><div>56. The Ex.</div><div>57. Fuck.</div><div>58. <i>Bone Machine.</i></div><div>59. Xiu Xiu</div><div>60. <i>Murmur.</i></div><div>61. <i>Fables of the Reconstruction</i>.</div><div>62. <i>Automatic for the People</i>.</div><div>63. Q Lazarus' "Goodbye Horses".</div><div>64. Portishead's <i>Third</i>.</div><div>65. <i>In a Silent Way.</i></div><div>66. Bedhead.</div><div>67. The Dirty Three</div><div>68. The Fugs.</div><div>69. Calexico's darker moments.</div><div>70. Kyp Malone and Daniel Johnston with lots of helium and machine guns.</div><div>71. Unemployment.</div><div>72. Mission of Burma's more introspective moments.</div><div>73. Karate.</div><div>74. Karate.</div><div>75. Macha Loved Bedhead.</div><div>76. A literally insane kitten.</div><div>77. Millennial fear.</div><div>78. Laughing until it hurts.</div><div>79. Kissing.</div><div>80. Michael Jackson fronting U2.</div><div>81. Pregnancy, after trying for 20 years.</div><div>82. How purple everything gets when the sun is going down in the summer, in certain parts of Texas.</div><div>83. Sticking things like screws, needles, coils, and glass flecks inside your skin.</div><div>84. Swans.</div><div>85. The world, if the ending of Lost hadn't been so terribly disappointing.</div><div>86. The first taste of meat after not eating it for 10 years.</div><div>87. Staying up all night for good reasons.</div><div>88. Staying up all night for bad reasons.</div><div>89. Sleeping all day.</div><div>90. How you'd feel if you ingested nothing but sugary soda for a week.</div><div>91. Being cloned.</div><div>92. Flattop Tony and the Purple Canoes.</div><div>93. Honesty in Motion.</div><div>94. Wetness.</div><div>95. Songs original to David Lynch movies/shows / Angelo Badalamenti's scores thereto.</div><div>96. Drum circles where the drums are compressed to sound like Ringo's.</div><div>97. Ponytail.</div><div>98. Church bells.</div><div>99. Life in the fast lane.</div><div>100. The way Animal Collective's most recent 3 albums sounds to your pets.</div><div><br /></div><div>This is in no way saying anything nasty about AC and their tunes.</div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i><br /></i></div>Groom(s)http://www.blogger.com/profile/00872544132269505583noreply@blogger.com6