Hey Europe,

It’s happening. We’re finally heading your way this September, so tell your friends, and tell your parents… and tell your friends’ parents.. and their parents’ parents (parents love us), because we’re gonna need all the help we can get. I’m gonna admit, we’re kinda nervous. We hear you guys don’t even have hot chicken over there. I did eat at a place in Nashville the other day that essentially had hot chicken schnitzel (it was super good), so we know it’s possible. Get on it, Germany.

SEPTEMBER
03rd – Dublin – The Grand Social (tickets on sale Friday 10amGMT)
05th – London  – O2 Academy Islington 
07th – Munich  – Backstage Club 
08th – Vienna – Chelsea 
10th – Berlin – Privatclub 
11th – Cologne – Luxor 
12th – Hamburg – Kaiserkeller  
13th – Amsterdam – Melkweg

Grab some tickets and spread the word!

And we’ve also got some good news coming soon about a European Store so y’all don’t have keep paying such terrible shipping costs. Hopefully that’ll be heading your way in a few weeks, so stay tuned.

And a big thanks to Eat Music for helping us make it happen!

PROTOMEN + TWRP JULY TOUR
And you east coast US/Canada people better not forget about our tour with TWRP in July. It’s gonna be the most crazy. Grab tickets as soon as possible, because they’re going fast. Chicago is already sold out and a few others are getting close. Paragraph

JULY
12th – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall • All Ages – SOLD OUT
13th – Pontiac, MI – Crofoot Ballroom • All Ages
14th – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom • All Ages
16th – Toronto, ON – Opera House • All Ages
17th – Buffalo, NY – Rec Room • +16
19th – Kingston, NY – BSP (Back Room Theater) • All Ages
20th – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club • All Ages
22nd – Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere • +16
23rd – Philadelphia, PA – World Café Live  • All Ages
24th – Baltimore, MD – Soundstage • All Ages
25th – Richmond, VA – The Broadberry • All Ages
26th – Atlanta, GA – Terminal West • All Ages
27th – Nashville, TN – Basement East • +18

And for all you people who can’t make it to the July and Sept shows, we’ve got some live show video action coming your way, so you don’t feel left out. Watch the video at the top for a taste of that. We’re gonna post the full “Will Of One” video sometime next month, along with more info on the whole project.

That’s all for now, but keep your eye on the pies. That is a saying, right? If not, it is now. Somebody go put that on that on a wikipedia.

-Commander

That’s right, we’re heading out on a co-headlining tour in July with TWRP (they’re the fancy space fellas that we did “Phantom Racer” with last year, remember?). It’s gonna be a short run across the Great Lakes (that’s right, we’re gonna swim) and up the east coast. And don’t worry, both bands are playing full-length sets, no matter who is playing last on any particular night. This is gonna be one incredibly fancy tour, so you shouldn’t not try not to not go. Tickets are live now, so grab them quick, because they’ll probably go seriously fast.

JULY 
12th – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall • All Ages – SOLD OUT
13th – Pontiac, MI – Crofoot Ballroom • All Ages
14th – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom • All Ages
16th – Toronto, ON – Opera House • All Ages
17th – Buffalo, NY – Rec Room • +16
19th – Kingston, NY – BSP (Back Room Theater) • All Ages
20th – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club • All Ages
22nd – Brooklyn, NY – Elsewhere • +16
23rd – Philadelphia, PA – World Café Live  • All Ages
24th – Baltimore, MD – Soundstage • All Ages
25th – Richmond, VA – The Broadberry • All Ages
26th – Atlanta, GA – Terminal West • All Ages
27th – Nashville, TN – Basement East • +18

MEET AND GREETERY
There’s also some super duper limited Meet and Greet and Early Entry tickets for most of the shows, so just a heads up, if you’re into that sort of thing. Here’s what they’re about:

TWRP & Protomen – Meet & Greet Package
– One general admission ticket 
– VIP early entry into the venue 
– Exclusive pre-show meet & greet with TWRP & Protomen 
– Group photo with TWRP & Protomen (no individual photos) 
– Autograph session with TWRP & Protomen 
– Limited edition tour poster 
– Exclusive TWRP merchandise item 
– Exclusive Protomen merchandise item 
– Official VIP meet & greet laminate 
– Very limited availability 

TWRP & Protomen – Early Entry Package
– One general admission ticket 
– VIP early entry into the venue 
– Limited edition tour poster 
– Official VIP early entry laminate 
– Limited availability

That’s all for now, but there’s some other super fun stuff coming down the pipeline pretty soon. 

And yes, Act III. Working on it super hard, and it’s sounding pretty most rad. 

Be well,

-Commander

p.s. Hey Europe, do people like The Protomen over there?

20% off on everything in our Merch Store until until Monday night 11:59pm CST!!! Just use the following code at checkout: TWENTY2018

That includes a couple new items below!!!

We’ve got a brand new super warm City Made Us sherpa hoodie just in time for the cold-ass winter. Give the gift of warmth and style…

We made 500 of these Conquest Of The West 2018 posters for the tour and the leftovers are now in the store ready to go.  Even better, some of them are signed by all 3 bands (Protomen, Makeup And Vanity Set, and Bit Brigade)!

••
Act II Silver Record Repress (In-Store Exclusive)

In-store exclusive Metallic Silver pressing of Act II record (it sparkles a bit.. sort of like a bass boat!).  There are only 350 of these in the wild, so get to the closest record store listed below and grab one before they’re gone. Forever.

<<UNITED STATES>>

••ALASKA

-ANCHORAGE
Obsession Records

••COLORADO

-ARVADA
Love Vinyl Records

••GEORGIA

-ATLANTA
Fantasyland Records

••ILLINOIS

-ST. CHARLES
Cheap Kiss Records

••KENTUCKY

-FLORENCE
Morrow Audio

••MASSACHUSETTS

-SHEFFIELD
The Wave

••MICHIGAN

-SHELBY TOWNSHIP
Hot Tracks

-KALAMAZOO
Revival Retro & Records

••NEW JERSEY

-EGG HARBOR TWP
Inner Groove Records

••TENNESSEE

-NASHVILLE
Grimey’s Records
Monster Music
The Great Escape
Vinyl Tap 
The Groove

-MURFREESBORO
Media Rerun

••VIRGINIA

-ARLINGTON
Blue Groove Soundz

••WEST VIRGINIA

-CHARLES TOWN
Fuzzy Dog Vintage

<<AUSTRALIA>>

-VIC

E. CAMBERWELL
Discrepancy Records AU

<<GERMANY>>

-BERLIN
HHV HANDELS GMBH

-MORSCHBACH
Vinyl Digital GMBH

<<ENGLAND>>

-LONDON
Juno Media LTD

If you don’t see your favorite local record store listed above, ask them to order it from URP Distro.

And if, for some reason, you don’t care about silver records, you can sill grab the regular black from our online store. They also make really great stocking stuffers… as long as the stocking is about 14 inches inches wide. Ok, so you’ll probably also have to buy a gigantic stocking for the person you’re giving it to, but totally worth it, right?

And for those left wondering about the Making Vinyl Awards results, we did NOT win anything… THANKS A LOOOT, WEIRD AL!  But we DID get runner up in one of the categories, so here’s to second place?!

That’s all for now.

-Commander