May 26th we will be returning to the Awake Venue in Dacula, Georgia. Last time we made lots of new friends and had a crazy time so we can’t wait to come back! Spread the word and tell your friends about this show so we can pack this joint out!
Elias of the band Oracles was cool enough to record one of our new songs on our recent stop through his house in Crossville, TN. The song is called “If You’re Not Buying Into Yourself, You’re Selling” and since a few people have requested them we’ll be posting the lyrics up right here.
Too tired
Everybody wants to sleep
But no one dares to dream
It’ll take us too far
So difficult to conceive
Why it’s so easy for everyone to just believe in something
All because life is so hard
I pause
From what has happened here
These are the thoughts that cloud my mind
This is the way we disappear
This is what I want
Not what I need
Some putrid piss of finer things
I gotta know where the problem’s sown
Before I’m standing on my own
Hard though it may be
I’m still convinced
It’s alive and green
But they tell us that it is barren
Never question or compare it
So that they can sell us each our own oasis
Perfectly made to be broken
And only they can replace it
At any cost I’d have you dream
Awake
Asleep
It doesn’t make a difference
At any cost I’d have you live
Be human
Take chances
At any cost I’d have you dream
Awake
Asleep
Doesn’t make a difference
Ladies and gentlemen we stand on the edge of tour once again. If you’re coming to any of these dates REBLOG so your friends can know where noise is gonna be.
3/29 Louisville, KY - http://www.facebook.com/events/182901405152051/
3/30 Crossville, TN - http://www.facebook.com/events/300053393394299/
3/31 Gadsen, AL - http://www.facebook.com/events/306918326037972/
4/01 Panama City, FL - http://www.facebook.com/events/157719581008899/
4/02 Valdosta, GA - Bleu Pub
4/03 Atlanta, GA - http://www.facebook.com/events/295344350539301/
This and many more new shirts for sale tonight at JessFest 2012 and the upcoming Spring Tour.
Art Credit: Shotgun Management
A Vanpire at the neighborhood bar and grill.
For the past 26 years, the Lord’s Resistance Army have been responsible for the abduction, rape, mutilation, and innumerable injustices toward over 66,000 people in Central Africa. Most of these abductions have been children who have been forced into the rank of the army and forced to commit murder, often times their own parents and family members. The LRA commanders tell these children that if they attempt to defect or return home that they will be killed by the Peacekeepers sent by the United Nations.
If you came to one of our shows this time last year then you probably heard us talk about Resolve and the LRA. We asked you to sign petitions and to write letters to your state representatives to urge them to use their influence to help stop the senseless evil of Joesph Kony and his LRA. Although progress has been made on the issue there is still so more that can be done. That is why Tir Asleen has joined forces with our friend Brian and The Voice Project to help finally bring an end to the LRA.
The Voice Project has been working with United Nations in building FM radio stations as well as helping with the production of broadcast content for the stations, recording family members and ex-combatants that have returned home safely, and songs in their native Acholi letting them know they can come home. Recent UN debriefings from the increasing number of ex-combatants who are defecting and surrendering show that for well over 50% the main factor in deciding to escape and surrender has been the recent FM radio broadcast programs encouraging them to come home!
This is why we are humbly asking you to take part in something greater than yourself by spreading awareness and stopping these acts of inhumanity by following the link to our CrowdRise at the bottom of this post. Donations are not the only way to help (there are so many others!) but as incentive if we reach our goal of $300 we will release “Oregon Trail” for free download at http://tirasleen.bandcamp.com/ Please, please, please REBLOG this post. One click can turn the tide of another person’s life.
To donate or for more info on how you can help please go HERE.
It’s that time of year again so as per what has become tradition we shall be having a grand ol’ JessFest and this year we’ll be doing so on St Patty’s Day (March 17th)! Koji, Canines, A Moments Ornament, and many other awesome bands/friends will be playing as well. Admission is $10 but only $8 if you wear green. So save two bucks and don’t get pinched.
