Thursday, March 21, 2024

basque weekender + recording.

our horseshoe weekender supporting basque for their LP release begins tomorrow night in milton with sundowner & juliens donkey boys—we're all mad excited about it. here's some flyers that kai made:



also: we did some recording with ryan again over the last few weeks! look out for the results some time this summer. hit them up if you're in the market for big sounds on a small budget.

photo by ryan.
photo by ryan.

still in the middle of mixing, but we think they're probably our best recordings yet.

one last thing: turns out we've still got some copies of our 3-way split from last summer that were hidden away (courtesy of please don't crash); catch us in toronto or waterloo if you want one, but we'll probably also throw 'em up on bandcamp & the maraming records store afterward.

love,
boxxy

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

march weekender w/ basque.

a third date has been added to our weekend accompanying basque next month for their record release shows—we'll be in milton with sundowner & juliens donkey boys at third moon brewery the night before we play the arcade with and always & flowersfightforsunshine.

flyers by no funeral records.

we also return to the "studio" this weekend... you'll hear about it eventually.

free palestine.

Friday, February 9, 2024

new friends fest 2024 + next shows.

WE ARE ONCE AGAIN PLAYING NEW FRIENDS FEST!


poster by nina palumbo & egin kongoli.

FUCKING RAEIN & SAETIA & JEROMES DREAM... AND THAT'S JUST SCRATCHING THE SURFACE. JESUS CHRIST. BUY A PASS HERE.

 

WE ALSO HAVE OUR FIRST SHOWS BACK FROM WINTER BREAK COMING UP REAL SOON.

 
flyer by kai.
flyer by no funeral records.

MORE SHOWS AND NEW MUSIC SOONER THAN YOU THINK. SEE Y'ALL NEXT MONTH.

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

e-sims for gaza + nff '23 set + demo re-press.

we're still sleeping, but here's a few neat things:

we forgot to mention this in our last post, but edie from middle-man records was gracious enough to include our demo of "hard work and guts" on this digital benefit comp. all funds have gone and will continue togo towards purchasing e-sims for people in gaza. please visit gazaesims.com and see how you can help keep the people of gaza in communication with each other and the outside world. you can listen to the whole comp via the player above (we're track 44 of 47) and purchase it directly through the middle-man bandcamp.

free palestine!

our set from new friends fest last year is now up via scoped exposure! thanks to spencer, tera & ror for filming, and james goldmann at nu house studios for mixing & mastering. we look & sound pretty beat here but we're very happy to have this document of an amazing weekend. and remember: there's no space in boxcutter!

influx (kai's other other band) released an EP this past weekend! give it a listen if you dig lockin' out & youth crew-influenced hardcore.

lastly, we have another cassette press of it's more like embracing up for sale—edition of 30 hand-dubbed copies with risograph-printed j-cards & inserts. you can buy one directly from us via bandcamp or through the maraming records shop if you so desire.

that's all for now... we hope january has been kind to you. <3 <3 <3

love,
boxxy


Sunday, December 31, 2023

overdue tour diary w/ treehouse of horror.

i hope everyone got some rest this past week.

of course, as you may know, christmas was cancelled this year in bethlehem—there is no rest when it comes to resisting occupation, and there is no cause for celebration in the midst of a genocide. from the river to the fucking sea: free palestine, now and forever.

art by michael deforge.

that being said: thanks to everyone who came and saw us at orwell a few weeks ago, sincerely. i don't have the hard number yet but i'm pretty sure we raised upwards of $1,200 for the personal care banks. there was a bootleg tape made for the gig featuring every band on the bill (except for not-so-secret low-key guests nanette) including 2 brand new terry songs that you can still grab here; all proceeds go towards the personal care bank.

j-card for the bootleg tape.

we also finally got around to finishing up the tour tape re-press; it's got a new cover printed via risograph (as usual) that we think is super cute. get one of those on our bandcamp or via maraming records and they'll be shipped out once i'm back from philippines in about a week. we only made 30 and we've already sold most of them, so perhaps don't wait if you're feeling it—treehouse's side is killer and we're probably not pressing this again.

re-press j-card.
fixed a typo from the last version of this insert only to make a new one...

another month has passed us by since our last post, and we still haven't written that belated tour yarn about our october shows w/ treehouse + a million photos by kai... we've got that down below.

also: it's faith's birthday today!!!
happy birthday faith!!!!!!!!!! <3 <3 <3

boxxy @ bar orwell, august 21 2023 by hänsi.

thanks for rocking with us!!!!!!!!!!

TOAST:

this one was a roller coaster. before we even got there, we were taking massive damage over time from struggling to print the j-cards and labels for all the cassettes, and then driving on the 401 for 6 hours straight. first stop turbo haüs in montréal:

cüm cåuldrøn.
cüm cåuldrøn.
cüm cåuldrøn.
cüm cåuldrøn.
cüm cåuldrøn.
cüm cåuldrøn.
treehouse of horror.
treehouse of horror.
treehouse of horror.
treehouse of horror.
treehouse of horror.
treehouse of horror.
treehouse of horror.

thanks a million to johann for putting us up and feeding us, turbo haüs and do it together for booking the show and having us, kelsie, mei and peach for always being there for us, and cüm cåuldrøn for playing an insanely tight show

peach, mei & toast!
kelsie!
faith!
ryan :/
marco :|
breakfast @ johann's <3
marco :D
alex :0
johann :')
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

next, we drove up to the montgomery legion hall in ottawa:

twelve mile lake.
twelve mile lake.
twelve mile lake.
ultra love.
ultra love.
ultra love.
treehouse of horror.
treehouse of horror.
treehouse of horror.
treehouse of horror.
moratorium.
moratorium.
moratorium.
alien boys.
alien boys.
alien boys.
alien boys.
alien boys.
alien boys.

shout out to benzenene and his family for housing us and feeding us and showing us a great time <3

KAI:

our first time to driving to kingston with a car that works (it's a rental, don't get too excited). just like it did in july, playing the church rules and i wish we had something like it in toronto. trying to build a scene from literally the ground up is no small feat and no static is legitimately doing god's by trying. thanks to mikey + company for setting everything up and being the best pals.

treehouse of horror.
treehouse of horror.
treehouse of horror.
treehouse of horror.
mikey! <3

this was maybe the craziest show we've done at home so far (maybe usurped by the one we just did)—orwell on a perfect night is getting very hard to top as far as live music goes in the city rn. the energy in that room was unbelievable and every band fucking crushed it. thanks to everyone that pitted all night, 1000xgn for coming all the way from st. catharines (peep their new EP, featuring one of my favourite songs of the year), cüm cåuldrøn (now known as tachyon) for being the sweetest ever, treehouse for being the best, and everyone that came out and fucked with us even a little bit.

boxxy by jason keizer.
boxxy by jason keizer.
boxxy by jason keizer.
boxxy by jason keizer.
boxxy by jason keizer.
one thousand times goodnight.
one thousand times goodnight.
one thousand times goodnight.
one thousand times goodnight.
one thousand times goodnight.
one thousand times goodnight.
one thousand times goodnight.
cüm cåuldrøn.
cüm cåuldrøn.
cüm cåuldrøn.
cüm cåuldrøn.
cüm cåuldrøn.
treehouse of horror.
treehouse of horror.
treehouse of horror.
treehouse of horror.
treehouse of horror.

feels very wild and cool to have done our first actual tour (3 days in a row out of town is the bare minimum to me imo so it COUNTS) and have it not be a bust but actually amazing.

<3 <3 <3

that's all we've got for now. happy new year, we suppose... do the right thing. take care of each other. do your part (however small) in building a better future; do not forget about gaza.

love,
boxxy <3