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Debut record is available NOW! on iTunes
"Since I can remember, I've wanted to play music. My brother Dan and I Shared a room growing up and began writing music together in high school. He played guitar and I sang and played piano. After graduating, we started playing small gigs at local coffee shops and bars around Arizona State University, where we both attended school. As bass players and drummers came and went, Dan and I were determined to give our hearts to what we loved. In the summer of 2000, we gathered the small amount of cash we had and recorded our first EP. Night and day we packed CD's in envelopes and shipped to every record company we could find an address for. Early the following year, we received our first call from a major record label. Although nothing transpired at the time, it was a decisive factor for Dan and me moving to Los Angeles to pursue our music more seriously. We rented a small house just outside Pasadena where we lived and rehearsed. We would balance a full time job and rehearse five nights a week while playing shows at small clubs and opening slots at venues such as The Viper Room, The Knitting Factory and The Roxy. On days off, I would make thousands of flyers on bright colored paper, passing them out at local colleges. I was even escorted out of Capitol Records for jumping the parking lot fence and soliciting material on record executive's cars. I was determined to try everything. Over time, complacency and depression would visit us. We received little or no response from the small exposure we had received. We would often forget who we were and what we came to do and living away from home began to feel meaningless. After three years, our drummer and bass player decided to leave pursuing careers outside music. With our last breath and final effort, Dan and I gave ourselves until june 2005. In April of that year, Daniel Dempsey (drums) joined us in what turned out to be the perfect fit. Shortly after, we signed a producer agreement with Brian Garcia following our first record contract with Flicker Records Sony/BMG. In the process of recording our full length album, we faced the heartbreak of a broken relationship to the uncertainty of a finished album. The songs on this record are stories of our journey. From lost love, to love found, from the time we were young until june."
Apr 17, 2007
Apr 16, 2007
Our record comes out tomorrow!
You can get it right at midnight at iTunes...
Here's the link but remember, it doesn't work until 12 tonight!
Buy until june on iTunes at midnight (open blog for the link)
we'll be on the road soon, so check back for dates...
Apr 9, 2007
We will be playing two shows this weekend in Hollywood. You can purchase our record at each show before the "in-store" release on April 17th.
Hotel Cafe - April 13th - 8:45pm
The Viper Room - April 14th - 8:00pm
Hope to see you there!!!
-UJ
R.fm, Jun 9, 2009:
http://r.fm
Presents The June Exposé:
Scuba (Hotflush
Butch (Great Stuff)
Skream (Tempa)
Sharam Jey (King Kong)
Dibaba (International Deejay Gigolos)
Hyphen And SFR (Trouble on Vinyl)
Roberto Rodriguez (Compost)
DJ Donna Summer (Cock Rock Disco)
LĂĽtzenkirchen (Platform B)
/Love from the R.fm posse
Ziplok, Feb 7, 2009:
MXP4 HQ, Jul 24, 2008:
Hi until june,
We checked your profile and your music sounds awesome !
You've been selected to download for free the beta-version of the MXP4Creator.
Be one of the first artists to compose in MXP4, the new interactive format for music.
Click here to start the download : www.mxp4.com/?_idP=13
More info on our website : www.mxp4.com/?_idP=13
, Jul 1, 2008:
Hey there! Please be sure to pre-order our new album, Armada!!
THIS IS AN EMPIRE (IS IN THE STUDIO), Apr 6, 2008:
Thanks for adding us!
-THIS IS AN EMPIRE
Early Summer, Feb 27, 2008:
love your music. word.
Devin Michael McQuarrie, Dec 26, 2007:
nice 1 man!
Green, Oct 23, 2007:
Keep up the cool tunes. Sleepless is an awesome song.
Matt Thien, Oct 5, 2007:
Fun stuff!
Kris, Sep 26, 2007:
hey guys! Hope to see you guys in our neck o' the woods again soon!
And I know you have more photos than that to post!! ;)
Have a great one!
-k