We were supposed to be keeping a tour photo blog this whole time but its been such an insanely busy and tight packed schedule that we thought it would be best to wait until the last days to start working on it! Here is it!
Our booking agent and tour manager run off to go get supplies while we pack the bus to head off for 7 weeks. (Photo: GSP)
After a slight rain the bus is loaded up for the first time and the Baltimore squad are about to head up to New York to meet up with the New York squad. Ed Schrader comes by to send us off. (Photo: CG)
The whole gang. Foolish and proud. If only they knew the hell that awaited them. (Photo: GF)
Home sweet home. (Photo: CG)
The second day of tour the bus broke down on the way to Philadelphia. Instant Scrabbling and planning had to take place in order to get to the sold out show in time for all the bands to play. (Photo: CG)
Sam, Geoff, and Ray feeding the beast. (Photo: GSP)
The bus needed more than just the tanks drained so we are forced to rent a truck and a van to get to the Philly show. Some insane towering shit is there watching us. (Photo: CG)
We make it to Philly where two people worship Satan. (Photo: GF)
I've known James Petz since the second grade. He's the fucking man. Stephe, mallet player, stands in the background and looks disgusted with his chin. (Photo: CG)
The ride up to New York from Baltimore kicked up and let loose a world of gunk inside the tanks and fuel system of the bus causing the fuel lines to clog and not be able to run. Sam and Ray are syphoning out the filthy mix of diesel, waste veggie oil, and gunk. (Photo: GF)
Now that the tanks have been drained makeshift filters are being fashioned to clean the oil to be put back into the tanks. My favorite part about this photo is how insane Sam looks. (Photo: CG)
Two creeps looking at porno and Kate ratting us out. Dan gets nervous and closes up shop but Benny is past the point of no return. (Photo: GF)
The only thing keeping me sane on the long drives is chess. We must play 10+ games a day. We are nerds. (Photo: GF)
"The Bruttenets will be mountain mana and the blondes can be forrest." (Photo: CG)
Denny is Tom Hanks in Big. (Photo: CG)
Sweet oil being cleaned. (Photo: CG)
The rain stops for a minute. The gloom of New York is the perfect setting for this. (Photo: CG)
At Floristree in Baltimore. Beautiful Abe stands in the front giving us his thumbs up of approval. (Photo: GF)
Chester found a place to stay on Craigslist casual encounters and he says good bye as we swing by to pick him up. (Photo: DB)
Adult nerds. (Photo: GF)
Future kidnappers. (Photo: GF)
More air in the fuel line that needs to be sucked out like cum from a dead man's ass. (Photo: GSP)
Serious composer that wants to be taken seriously. (Photo: CG)
Denny wakes up from a dream and falls in love with life. (Photo: GF)
Making the room smell awful is the best way to start the show. (Photo: GF)
Filtering oil and sleeping on the bus after the William and Mary college show. (Photo: CG)
Geoff boards into the night like two Tony Hawks made of glass. (Photo: CG)
Upset about not being able to olly over the bus, Geoff gets grumpy and takes his classic "dirty diaper" pose. (Photo: CG)
Business as usual. (Photo: CG)
"Blah blah blah. Just because I look old I think I'm wise. Blah blah blah. Listen to me." (Photo: CG)
Our slave sews up filters for our theived grease to be cleaned. (Photo: CG)
The Bottletree in Birmingham, Alabama is such a solid and cozy venue. Most of the show on the tour has been pretty shakey up until this one. This was the night where we clicked and started to get in the zone hard. (Photo: CG)
We swam in a beautiful sink hole in Tallahassee. Some dude was walking through the wood with a machete and a dog actually hunting gators. It was awesome. (Photo: DB)
We abandon music and take up residence in the trailer park, living our lives simply and without the burden of city life. Sam holds back both vomit and tears. (Photo: GSP)
These dudes with the camera were trying to film Gerrit playing Bright Eyes covers but then Dan stood in to talk about himself. Check out Gerrit's Bright Eyes cover show "Handsome Horse" next time they go on tour. (Photo: GSP)
Pointless. (Photo: GSP)
Our beast rests with the pup towed behind her. (Photo: GF)
Setting up at the Orange Peel in Asheville. (Photo: GF)
Just sittin'. (Photo: GF)
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