Good Friends and a Bottle of Pills

Guess who's back?

Yes. We. Are.

The Ironclads are playing Neumo's on December 8th. We'll be sharing the stage with We All Have Hooks for Hands and one of my favorite Seattle Bands, Doctor Doctor. I don't know about the rest of you, but the absence of the Ironclads in my life has made me somewhat of a bitter recluse. Some people might just call that November in Seattle but in my case, I'd have to completely disagree. I can do endless amounts of rain with no sunshine with the greatest of ease. What I can't do is go months without playing music with Thom, Nora and Jamie as a collective unit. What I can't do is forget about all the fun I've had with the those three aforementioned souls since the I moved out here like two years ago. It'll feel good to reunite in the upcoming weeks and have it be just like old times. Singing the Ponyo theme song and talking about the impending social dominance that'll take place after the release of the film here in the United States. Talking about the many weird moments on tour. Such as when I pretty much had a breakdown and made us pull over so I could go running on the side of the road amongst a field of orange trees. Or that one time in San Diego where the dude with all the neo-nazi tattoos almost got into a fight with two middle-aged couples that were playing Bocci Ball on the beach. Or that one time we wanted to beat the shit out of everyone in the Locust. There will be laughter, there will be tears. We'll struggle to remember how to play our songs. We'll say fuck it and get Diplo to remix them.

But above all this, we'll be looking forward to seeing your pretty faces once again. Showering you with compliments. I like that new haircut. Oh fuck, have you gotten hot in the past 3 months?!! Who's that new guy/girl you're boning? Good work! Yeah, I'm glad you got rid of your old boytoy/slut, they were total blockheads/socialists.

And the compliments will keep on coming. After all, you deserve it. Our last show at the High Dive was beyong amazing. And the best part about it was you. I'm not even kidding. We certainly weren't "on" that night (Are we ever?) But there you bastards were, making four twentysomethings feel good about themselves.

We love you. Let us love on you at Neumo's on December 8th.

-pdb