Our New Songs Are There

Almost 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.

Here are some samples:

"Phantom friends, their shadow shapes / A secret hallway on audiotape."

"Hiding in the insides / waiting just to meet eyes / Messy Mouth, come back home."

"Frightened bright wants you to feel alone / mechanistic mutilator's dream: a tome in chrome."

"Girl skating, oh, to conjure you in snow."

"A broken mouth I can't explain / a blurry crest with no name / your hooded head in the rain /

anonymous wrecks, snapping new necks."

There will also be our first ever instrumental, called "Psychics." It's acoustic.

ICP on a Target Commercial

Say what you will (totally accurately) say about Insane Clown Posse and their massive coven:

It's retarded as fuck.

It's misogynistic as balls.

It's dopey as shit.

It's anti-intellectual as ass.

All true.

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.

Our New Album

So 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:

3D Voices

Tiger Trees

Aisha

Joyride

RH

Psychics

Skating with Girl

Sharing

Richard, Stay Home

Into the Arms

Surf Something

Dreaming of Police

Moving Shit around at Death by Audio

We'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.

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.

My favorite pedal that we make is the Octave Clang. The guy in this vid doesn't quite use it like I do.

Some Classy Pictures from Our Last Trip Out.

New Video!

http://themusicslut.com/2010/06/tms-video-premiere-grooms-acid-king-of-hell-guitar-feelings-contest-grooms-vinyl-album/

Video courtesy of Matt Conboy and Vanessa Carr.

Grooms "Acid King of Hell (Guitar Feelings)" from kay kanine on Vimeo.

Rejoicer on Vinly NOW

Courtesy of Kanine Recs. Different art than the CD of Rejoicer 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...