Anonymous asked: Do you still have any shirts by Santos Illustrations from the European tour for sale? Preferably Size Small. Price? Contact?

Nope, they’re all sold out, sorry. It’s possible there could be a reprint in the future, but there are no plans for it at the moment. Santos does killer work though, so I’m sure that there will be more designs from him in the future.

As Armine mentioned, Rosetta and Kings Destroy will be doing a short Europe run next summer, from June 29th to July 16th.  If you’re interested in doing a show, please email mike.persilbooking@gmail.com

We’re coming back to Canada in March with our friends in Restorations for a few days.

Friday, March 2
Montreal
Casa del Popolo
4873 St Laurent Bvld
8$ advance 11$ atd //
Local support from le Kraken
8:30 doors / 9pm show


Saturday, March 3
Ottawa
Mavricks
221 Rideau St
Tickets / support / more info TBA


Sunday, March 4
Toronto
Hard Luck Bar
772A Dundas St W
Ticket / doors info TBA
Local support from Titan and Kosmograd


Monday, March 5
Ithaca, NY
The Space
700 W Buffalo St
8$ / 8pm doors
Local TBA

Anonymous asked: Do you guys ever consider the impact your music has on people's lives? After a failed suicide attempt, I found myself in hospital with a lengthy recovery process ahead of me. Your music, particularly The Galilean Satellites, was really one of the things that got me through that entire ordeal. It was as if there was this other, peaceful, world I could climb into and be alone with. Looking back now I can't help but wonder if any of you think about or realize just how... monumental your art can be.

As in the earlier answer, this is one of those cases where it’s hard to imagine what the music might mean to someone else. Sure, we consider what our music might say to people, but sometimes it’s intimidating to think about and can provoke a sense of unease — because there’s a tension between artistic freedom and integrity on one hand and responsibility to people on the other. Put another way, it’s uncomfortable sometimes to realize that what you make does affect and influence others, but in ways that you can’t ever really control. Further, there’s also a realization that the people who make the music can never BE as “epic” or “monumental” as the music itself is… because we’re just people like anybody else. So there’s always the risk that the reality of the people behind the music may disappoint the fans of that music.

Anonymous asked: I really love your cover of "4th of July" from the Junius split. Soundgarden have been a favorite band of mine since I was very young and growing up in Seattle. How did you guys decide on that song? Who among the band are Soundgarden fans?

It was initially Dave’s suggestion, quite a while back actually. Everyone in the band likes Soundgarden, and we actually discussed a whole range of tracks from Superunknown. We settled on 4th of July because it just seemed like the most fun to do. The original has an apocalyptic acid-trip weirdness to it, yet there are elements that almost conjure Hendrix. We wanted to make it a big dumb pop-sludge song — replace the acid with weed, metaphorically speaking. Dave, Armine, and Eric Jernigan from City of Ships all did vocals.

Anonymous asked: I'm curious about the way you guys respond when people preface their questions with gushing compliments about your music. There doesn't appear to be much care/appreciation. I've noticed from a good amount of bands, that they don't know how to take compliments well and clam up attributed to shyness and the like, but genuinely still appreciate it. These experiences are from meeting people in person, so I'm wondering if that holds true with you guys since it's quite hard to tell over the internet.

Well we certainly do care. At the same time though, sometimes it feels like the compliments are unwarranted. It’s impossible to look at your own work objectively… and easy to be self-critical. Besides which, people whose lives have been deeply affected by something can’t look at it objectively either (nor should they need to).

So yeah, who knows how to respond to seemingly undeserved favor? Grace takes a long time to learn. I’m not old enough to grasp it yet. Doesn’t mean that affirmation isn’t appreciated; it is… but this is a question box on the internet, and that can be awkward for communicating heavy things.

On a related note, everyone in the band is introverted, so that might explain some of it. If our band had its own personality, it would be INTJ.

Anonymous asked: Would you allow other touring artists you are unfamiliar with the option of openeing for you ? Or booking an event with you ??

Sure. However in most cases it’s not up to us, it’s up to the promoter who’s doing the show. Typically, if you want to jump on a show we’re on, just get in touch with the promoter and ask.

eversonpoe asked: how do you guys feel about people getting your lyrics or artwork tattooed on them? i'm considering getting "release, revolve, renew", but i wanted to make sure that you're ok with it. maybe i'm being silly, but i would never use someone's art without permission.

It’s ok with us if people are sure that they really want it. With a decision like that, hopefully what we think wouldn’t be the biggest factor. If our music speaks to people, we want them to feel free to respond in whatever way they like.

Anonymous asked: Do you have any future plans to reschedule the shows that were cancelled due to lost luggage. You have quite a following up here in Canada.

Yes, we’re planning on coming up with Restorations in March. Info coming soon.