Familiar Vessels
The first instrumental band I ever got into was The Mercury Program. It may be no coincidence that they are still to this day, my favorite band without a vocalist. I was introduced to them when I was touring the country with my previous band, This Day Forward. Their ep, “All The Suits Began To Fall Off” became the soundtrack of my life. Its hypnotic pulse still brings me back to taking acid around straight edge kids, sleeping in vans, stealing bagels and all the other ridiculous shit I can’t believe I did. It feels like a lifetime has passed since then and yet it hasn’t even been a decade.
I’m moving into a new place this week so I’m forced into a mindset thats one part reflection on the past and another part anticipation of the future. The thought that I can’t seem to shake is that this body(mine) is the same vessel that traveled all of those miles, weathered all of those storms, had all of those adventures. I feel more like a passenger than the navigator at moments. Sometimes it even feels like it was a completely different person posing as me or that the current me may in fact be an impostor. In reality, it’s just life, growth and change and I am still just me. It can be difficult sometimes to accept change but theres nothing better than looking back and realizing that you’ve accomplished something or grown in ways you always hoped you would. I remember wanting nothing more but to be able to pay my bills from music, to travel the world and play for whoever would listen. I know what that is like now and then some. I remember wishing that I could have enough guts to show people my art or maybe even sell a painting. I’m now making prints of my paintings. It blows my mind and I am endlessly grateful to everyone who supports us.
The Mercury Program have a new record coming out on tuesday. From the snippets I’ve heard they’re up to their old tricks and are as awesome as ever. The sounds have evolved but it’s familiar and comforting at the same time. Its that same vessel. Navigating through time, taking the twists and turns as they come. With that said, we’ve picked the tunes to be mixed for our 3rd album and are continuing our road to releasing it to all of you. I hope that when we do it will feel new and exciting as well as familiar and comforting. I am quite confident that it will and look forward to sharing more with you all. Sorry for the ramble, it’s been a long long time since I’ve gotten a good long winded blog in. Feels good. Love you all and talk soon.
-colin
ps. whats changing in your world? are you embracing or resisting it?
November 21st, 2009 at 8:22 pm
<3
November 21st, 2009 at 8:23 pm
<3
November 21st, 2009 at 8:23 pm
I’m glad you sell your paintings, they’re very good!
A lot is changing in my world and I’m embracing it because change is good and you can always change it again somehow if it turns out it wasn’t for the best.
November 21st, 2009 at 8:24 pm
Resisting. Natural part of my life
November 21st, 2009 at 8:25 pm
What’s changing in my world? Well, going off to college, a lot of shit to do for that, essays to write, applications to fill. I’m resisting it, but it’s something that I’ll embrace when it’s over…….
November 21st, 2009 at 8:27 pm
Scared the shit out of me, thought all of that was leading up to you leaving the band or some shit. phew.
Bestfriend/longest girlfriend i’ve ever had just left, not exactly embracing this change
November 21st, 2009 at 8:29 pm
I was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome (a form of mild retardation that effects a person’s interaction and communication with others) yesterday and I’m turning 15 tomorrow. I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off of my shoulders. I know now why I am the way I am. It’s good to know that after everything it’s not my fault I am this person and the fact I have a disorder makes me feel so much better. There’s a name for these problems and I finally am aware of these issues I never noticed.
I’m completely embracing it. I don’t cope with change and it’s scaring me but I’m just relieved I know what’s going on inside of me. I feel like I’m just getting to know myself.
November 21st, 2009 at 8:30 pm
Protests at my school (UCLA). Fighting the fee hikes. They’re taking away our rights for public education. It’s been really sad. And the police were being police. We are still fighting this through other means as well. So I am not quite embracing these fee hikes yet until they hear us out. Any who, the next album you guys are releasing is my number one most anticipated album for some time right after The Satanic Satanist was released, which I bought. Everyone needs to buy that album! Can’t wait for CS.
-kevin
November 21st, 2009 at 8:36 pm
I’m in love with the Mercury Program. I’m usually not the first person to make comments but I felt compelled to in this case, mostly because of you talking about All the Suits Began To Fall Off. It’s also been the soundtrack to my life before and, along with Animal Collective and Bjork, definitely reminds me of tripping acid. All of that to say that I love feeling like you guys aren’t much different from me. Right now I’m embracing some of the changes in my life but I’m still in a transition period. I’m right in the middle of college and I’ve still got grad school to go, but hopefully one day I’ll be able to create artistic expression the way you guys do. Thanks for the new ramble Colin. I love reading them, so don’t wait too long to do it again:]
November 21st, 2009 at 9:27 pm
that was very deep colin and well said…well for me i found this girl i’m crazy for but she has a boyfriend. me and this girl are so alike it’s hard to believe. and i feel like this is not foolish young love but something more than that. i feel older than i am. i’m finishing my first semester of college looking forward to the next and looking ahead to what might be and i wonder if on the road not yet traveled if i will be on my own or with another soul.
November 21st, 2009 at 10:12 pm
The weather is changing. AND IT SUCKS
November 22nd, 2009 at 1:18 am
nature sure has a way on the human mind… thank you colin for your internal wisdom. i can not wait for this upcoming circa survive album to be released to the rest of the world.
November 22nd, 2009 at 1:45 am
hi colin, i’m moving this week to, to a complete new place, and im feeling its gonna be a really nice moment in my life.
mercury are awesome too, and my favorite instrumental band is TRISTEZA, their album “A Colores” is pretty much a sweet good spot to be as a “passenger”.
November 22nd, 2009 at 4:06 am
the mercury program are AMESOME. leaving LA for college in New York has been a huge change in my life and i dont think i’m embracing it very well. i’m working on it though. i feel like here all the possibilities for having crazy adventures and good times are dead and that was a part of me that only exists back home. hopefully this isn’t the case and i’ll start to adapt to the city. i hope you guys play a show here when you start touring. i saw you guys at the avalon with thrice and i can’t wait until i can see you guys again. keep on writing music.
November 22nd, 2009 at 4:55 am
I’m growing up, and it scares me, but I’m trying my best to embrace it. It’s alright. I feel like I completely understand what you’re saying, and yet like I’ve experienced nothing. Your band has helped me through the most difficult times of my life, and still I can’t wait for the new The Mercury Program record. Or the new Circa Survive record. Colin, your print is hanging on my wall next to all my Circa posters and everyday when I feel terrified and and feel like dying, I stare into the artwork while listening to the music itself and I realize I want nothing more from life than to play music.
I know I’m just drunkenly rambling, but this blog means a lot to me at this moment, and that is all that matters.
I hope to one day be able to pay my bills with music. But even if it doesn’t pay my bills, it will still be something I put all my heart into. Circa has helped me realize music is the only thing in life I can do or want to do. And I want to thank you.
Sorry if this ends up annoying.
-T.M.
myspace.com/TroyMCkoy
November 22nd, 2009 at 6:04 am
Looks like I have a new band to check out. — I’ve recently become engaged to a certain female I love more than anything. She, as well as making me comfortable, strong, and have confidence, simultaneously scares me shitless. I’m not exactly afraid to tie the not; frankly I’ve never been more excited. I think I’m just fearful of this ongoing theme in my life: the inevitable departure of the people I love.
November 22nd, 2009 at 6:40 am
I never comment on stuff, even texts that touch me or move something profound in my way of thinking. I guess it is because I come from a country that teaches you (from day one) that you don’t matter in the eyes of society, and you’re just a tool or building block in the construction process of a united world (I agree to a certain point). But still, it is nice to scream a little now and then. So. This is my scream.
A lot is changing for me. All that I’ve known for the past 12 years ended with me graduating this last spring. Now I’m desperatly clinging on to the only life I’ve ever know. But at the same time all I want is to leap out into the world, shake everything up. I have to make a choice, and I’m scared as hell.
Totally random, and not even a relevant response to this text. Still. I felt that I had to write and submit.
November 22nd, 2009 at 9:25 am
I’m at an amazingly scary point in my life. In two days I have to decide whether I want to go to college to study music or not, I feel so confused and worried at every outcome. It’s fuckin scary stuff, knowing that you have to decide your whole life in such a short ammount of time, I still don’t have a clue what I want to do. Music is what I’m truly passionate about, but I don’t know about leaving home etc. I could really use some advice. Thanks for the update Colin
November 22nd, 2009 at 9:26 am
Colin, you look upon life the exact way I perceive it and the way I would like to continue to perceive it. This blog made my day! Thank you so much.
I am too hoping that this new album will sound new and exciting yet the familiar aspect of it will be really important as well. You guys have real amazing and true fans that are waiting, we all need this album to continue with our lives.. well, that is how it is for me at least. I have faith in you and the band.
November 22nd, 2009 at 12:25 pm
I’m on a vessel! /sing
No jk, it seems lately kharma has been biting me in the ass every chance it gets. Many a hard blow to take.. it sucks, but I think there will be something good around the corner. I hope at least, maybe its trying to save me from what I thought was a good idea, and instead making me wait a bit. But at least my kharma has not affected my band, which seems to keep getting extremely lucky. More and more recognition as time goes on, and we’ve been together for such a short time. I feel so lucky to be in such a mismatched group…sometimes! haha.
keep it up Colin and gang.
November 22nd, 2009 at 12:33 pm
Great post Colin, reminded me of some Hunter Thompson I’ve been reading. I am beyond excited for the new album. From what I’ve heard in the videos it should be another jammin’ joint from y’all.
November 22nd, 2009 at 12:45 pm
Our summer leaves are falling to the Earth.
We dust the sunshine from our shoulders.
Now I am reborn, new bones and raw spirit.
The emergence of a glorious new dawn.
We feel safe in our warm sweaters.
Not a single doubt haunts our ideal lives.
But outside is truth, the bitter cold.
Cuddle up close and keep me warm.
The night is silent and the air crisp.
Our eyelids shut anticipating the birth of the day.
Lets float on the leaves, swim in the cold.
Lets sit on the swing and dangle our feet.
November 22nd, 2009 at 1:32 pm
I just pre-order Chez Viking White Vinyl…this is going to be creamy.
November 22nd, 2009 at 2:42 pm
the new mercury program is amazing, tripping mushrooms while listening to that is un-real for anyone who is interested. but to answer the ps question that collin asked. I got fired from my job, thinking that i was the lowest of the low now but now my entire life has changed for the better. embracing everything that comes to me to better myself and for the life experience. I beg everyone, even tho our life can suck especially in the crazy country we live in now, we should take our world by the balls and love it all if it is bad or if it is good, its for learning and living.
November 22nd, 2009 at 4:02 pm
i’ve been resisting it
November 22nd, 2009 at 5:48 pm
A year ago I was convinced my life was over. I had just admitted the fact that my relationship of 2 years was over, I was broke and in debt, couldn’t afford to go to school, and was working a dead end job all 1000 miles away from home and everything I had ever known. Fast forward to now, I’m living in a town that’s the closest thing I’ve ever had to having a “home.” Attending the first school I had attended, a small state college much closer to home. At times I feel like I’m a familiar vessel sailing familiar waters, and other days I barely recognize myself or where I am. Things seem to be patching back together. I’ve been getting my finances in order, I feel like I’m on the brink of a new and wonderful relationship, and I’m on track to graduate next spring. I’ve made some amazing friends that have helped me embrace who I am, which has brought on the beginning of many changes in my life. I hope to be able to embrace them all.
I look forward to the new album with great excitement. I’m sure it will be part of the soundtrack to this new chapter that is beginning to blossom in my life.
November 22nd, 2009 at 8:21 pm
colin, what you explained about the difficulty in connecting your life to the same vessel through all of the storms and triumphs in life is something i’ve been meaning to put into words to someone for the longest time but could not find how to say it. i moved to philly 3 months ago, and ive been loving it here, but i cannot fathom how exactly the person i am, the same flesh and blood and mind, came to be here from the place that i started. at times i wondered if i was going insane, as if i was in a completely different dimension where everything was foreign. its amazing what a lack of a sense of anchor can have on the soul. thank you though, for knowing how to place what i wish to say gives me at least some semblance to know that this feeling is not one of singularity and disconnection.
i anticipate the new album like the birth of a new child. except, i know it wont disappoint or be ugly, and i, rather than the baby, will shit my pants.
-love
November 22nd, 2009 at 9:48 pm
I’m coming out of having swine flu. This semester (being my first in Austin) has been just remarkable to me. Everything’s new, everything’s alive, everything’s open. I’ve never felt like such a overwhelming sense of open-ended-ness to my future, and it’s such an awkward feeling. Everyone’s afraid of the dark, but I hope that won’t stop me.
November 22nd, 2009 at 10:00 pm
I am changing big time. I found circa survive when I just started being pushed to find out who I am and I finally feel like the answer is sharpening into focus now, but this totally hit home with me. I feel so entirely different, but the same. It is like you’re completely changing inside your cocoon while the outside is exactly the same. I think I am resisting this change because I’m still caught up in the past and who I was and not having the courage to be who I want to be. Circa Survive’s music has always been there for me exactly when I need it and your words now are right on cue. Thanks for sharing Collin.
November 23rd, 2009 at 2:56 am
I have always been partial to Tera Melos as an instrumental group. Right now I have been feeling a wave of change come over me, while I’m a Sophomore in college and only 19 it is strange to think that, come May, I will no longer be a teenager and that is something I am totally not ok with. The whole picking a direction thing kind of throws me off kilter and I don’t like the idea of ‘adulthood’ especially with this foreboding vibe I’ve been getting from the word.
November 23rd, 2009 at 10:18 am
hey
I would recommend you all to check out the Norwegian instrumental band “Jaga Jazzist”. I’m sure you’ll love them, they’re absolutely amazing..
November 23rd, 2009 at 12:28 pm
turning 31 in dec. is a little scary but then again so was 30 last year. My wife and I are expecting baby number two next July. Just had baby number 1 this past March. Its funny because I actually met my wife at the Circa Survive/saves the Day show in St. Pete Florida back in ‘06. So your band holds a very near and dear place in our hearts. We are accepting the change of our future given that we now have to focus on child development rather then buying the latest and greatest whatever is coming out. Thanks for bieng the best band in music today.
November 24th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
feel like more of a passenger in ur body? sounds like u might still be doin acid every now and again haha. Might as well accept ur shit or get high till u forget XD
November 24th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
such a good blog. I feel the same way about a lot of that. JUST two years ago i was a senior in high school, and I was such a different person. It’s mindblowing to think how far I’ve come since then. I’ve had so many great times, so many memories. And its cool how certain music will bring those memories back and make them crystal clear. I’ve wanted to do music forever (make a living out of it), just since august i got really motivated, made a band and we have 5 songs now that i love and i’m so proud of. We’ve played 4 shows in the past month. That is insane to me! I’m so glad to be where I’m at, and I’m excited about where I’m heading.
November 24th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
WHEN IS THE NEW ALBUM COMING OUT!!!!
November 24th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Well put!
November 24th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
Speaking of Colin’s art:
http://twitpic.com/pobfw
November 24th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
u guys are my main influence for evrything i do. u guys have gotten me through rough break ups and just normal life. im a drummer from keokuk iowa and i just got in a good band finaly. we dont have an official name yet but weve got some pretty good songs down. well if u ever get bord and wana talk to someone feel free to message me at chasefizzledog@yahoo.com well have a nice day hope u sell millions of copies of ur new cd bye.
November 24th, 2009 at 8:51 pm
I am embracing every moment. You guys are a true inspiration in my life and I thank you for the music you guys create.I am looking forward to your new album more than anything right now. I won the paintings You and Anthony painted and were raffling off at Warped Tour a few years back @ Raceway Park in Englishtown, NJ and I will cherish them forever.
Thank you guys for doing what you do.
November 25th, 2009 at 1:27 am
Embracing life as it comes to me, while at the same time contemplating what I truly want out of my life. Reading this post has reminded me of the same sort of introspection I place on my own life. Circa Survive has always influenced me in a way that drives me as a musician and as an individual. I know that your third album will be another great album from you guys, and I can’t wait to hear it.
November 25th, 2009 at 1:47 am
This was a really interesting and well-written post. I totally agree with what you said about embracing change, etc. I’ve recently had to transfer to a college far away from the one place I could call home during my times growing up as a military/government brat. I left so many friends behind and had to start everything over. I went through a time where I was really depressed because I started realizing how a lot of people I had considered to be my friends turned out to not be friends at all.
However, I took a step back and really thought about things, and it’s interesting how self-reflection can be such a strong medicator. I have developed really close friendships with a couple people where I am now, and I’m okay with this, because I know that they will not flake out on me like many of my old ones did (quality over quantity really is true). I see many things in such a different way now, and it’s great. I know who my true friends are where I came from, and even though I’m not sure what I want to do after graduation, I definitely know who I want to be around.
Thanks Colin again for this relevant and awesome post. I will definitely be picking up the new album. May our familiar vessels sail smooth waters.
November 25th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
First off im listening to The Mercury Program right now, thanks to you, great stuff!
2nd Im glad your still painiting! I recently started New World School of the Arts in Miami, FL, pursuing my Bachelors in Grpahic Arts… I hope to get into more painting soon though… Anyways I was going to recomend you checking out Miami Art Basel coming up next week, Dec. 3rd-6th. Its the Biggest Art Event in America!!! If you’ve never been down in miami for it you must go one year! check out http://www.artbaselmiamibeach.com Its amazing, and if you need a tour guide, hit me up haha…
Take care, im looking forward to the next record.
November 26th, 2009 at 12:58 am
I definitely feel more like a passenger than the navigator most of the time, you said it perfectly (like always).
everything seems to be changing for me right now and I don’t have control of any of it. I’m resisting because I’m afraid of the unknown and if I’m not in control and don’t have a concrete plan I fight it every step of the way. Not the best habit, I know, but I can’t shake it.
November 26th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
If there is an old boat sailing on the open waters, and you replace each and every piece of that boat; one piece at a time. Is it still the same boat? Thank you Colin and all the members of Circa for being so approachable, thought invoking and revolutionary. We all eagerly await the new album and the experiences we will share together, through your music, in the coming years
November 26th, 2009 at 7:00 pm
this has been my most favorite post from you colin
November 27th, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Everything is changing. I’m trying to embrace it, opening myself up to everything that comes my way. But a big part of me is still clinging desperately to the past. It’s time for me to become an adult, and that scares me. I feel like I still have so much left to learn. And for the first time in my life, there are things that I wish I could go back and change, or do differently. I know I won’t be able to move on until I stop allowing my past to haunt me.
November 28th, 2009 at 12:30 am
i think that if you pay attention for a while to sigur ros
they will grow in you
try it
November 29th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Well, a long term friendship that was once very helpful and turned into more of a “we’re family” thing, has fizzled out over the past few years. Well i guess at times it has exploded. Basically it’s been rough. Where I was resisting this change and loss at first, I am now trying to embrace what might come out of it, for the both of us. And I am so thankful that I have circa survive, and my family, to get me thru the hard parts of this. I can’t wait for the new album. Thank you guys for everything.
November 29th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
I embrace change. Infact, my constant anticipation for change may very well be my downfall. I sometimes find myself comparing what is now, to what was then, always finding the past to be more appealing. Only until recently (in these past few months) have I undergone so much change in my life, a comparison could not possibly have been made. I am free
November 30th, 2009 at 7:47 pm
I completely empathize with you colin… You said some things that really stuck out.
I have grown and matured so much in the past 5 years, and when i look back and remember the things i did, I feel so ashamed, and astonished that I was that immature.It feels like it was another person. but…at the same time, whenever i get a whiff of bud. I get over whelmed with good memories at the same time. Just smoking and listening to Led Zeppelin, talking about how amazing they are.I feel so depressed of all the new responsibilities that I must embrace, and how my childhood is gone. I am now encappable of being able to say I am just a kid, I was childish, but now It was my fault and mine alone. Maturing is a weird thing…You wish to be older when your younger, then later you wish you be younger because your inocence and youth is gone.
(sorry this was long, but it just flowed out of me.)
-Matt
December 1st, 2009 at 7:36 pm
Honestly Colin, this almost made me cry. I relate too much to it. I have finally found out who to express myself through photography recently and have developed my thesis in school. Cannot wait for my senior year to develop it more. And my band is slowly coming up-http://www.myspace.com/hsfr
Thanks for sharing with us.
Jon Lewis
December 2nd, 2009 at 12:07 am
some sincerity. truly, i would like to talk to one of yall about something academic. email me at omfg.tom@gmail.com
December 5th, 2009 at 12:52 am
At first I was resisting, but then came along something that made me realize I had to change or I’d be miserable for the rest of my life. So far it’s been good. =] and I hope it’s good for everyone out there.
and you guys rock! XD!!!
December 5th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
Bit of both, and addressing it as we meet (change and I, that is).
December 6th, 2009 at 4:14 am
colin wtf
are you the kitchen police just came overseas
December 6th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
Yeah, but does the world ever move faster than the pace of politics? We fall away into endless hours of music..but on some level, it’s all just wasted time. No one can promise that you’ll enthuse anyone with your art and part of the goal of music is to make oneself happy and making others realize that you’re a genius is the only thing left in life. No one will love a failure. Others drag our destinies along with theirs and no one but a select few actually make anything of their lives beyond warehouse nigger or white collared tongue biter. We, those that are part of this collapsing system, are not ready to be generalized into sections with people other than ourselves.
I wonder if President Obama thinks it’s a good idea that music isn’t on tv.
December 7th, 2009 at 3:09 am
At present it would seem that all I know is rushing around me in circles and giving my days that spinning wheel effect where I blink and a month has passed (though I could swear it was October yesterday). I feel myself losing touch with where my heart begins and my music ends. Shedding the skin of another year, and soon I will present my fourth ring (interlacing ribbons of hope indeed). This December promises so much, and I have more joy in my veins than I can ever remember having. I am so happy for Circa and where it has gotten. This band has been such a wonderful influence for me, and it’s good to know that beauty of this breed still flourishes.
~With every door we close we are sealing a memory.~
December 7th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
Everything from starting college to starting new relationships and friendships and finding out who I really am. I have a general idea of who I want to be, but I’m not sure about who I am now. It’s definitely rough, but without your music to help me through it, it would be much rougher. Thanks a lot!
December 7th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
i tend to resist like a fish on a hook…only finally accepting after pain and exhaustion have humbled me.I need to become a calm fish..haha
December 8th, 2009 at 1:12 am
yo fuck that asperger’s dude
December 8th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
That sounds like a interesting band…I’ve been resisting the changes that have occurred in my life. I finally found comfort after so much endurment, it’s peace that I yearn for. But life is war, and the battle must continue
December 9th, 2009 at 10:37 pm
I’m looking forward to the cd, very much so. :] I always resist. Maybe one day I’ll stop being scared of my potential and become the person that I know I am capable of being. Music inspires me to do that, and that definitely includes you guys. <3
December 9th, 2009 at 11:11 pm
Will this album be out in time for me to receive it as a christmas gift? im dying to hear it.
December 9th, 2009 at 11:13 pm
forgot to say, i resist and embrace. i should probably do less of one and more of the other though.
December 11th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
everything is always changing. people; their views on life, or just the world around me isn’t as comfortable as it once was. how is it possible that someone can go back on a promise? honor is no longer part of people’s vocabulary, i feel… “real love is to offer your life at the feet of another, and that’s what people today are incapable of.” (Lindqvist) thank you all for your music and lyrics. it helps.
December 12th, 2009 at 12:33 am
colin i like what u are describing to us, for i have experinced the same but guess what the vessel is circa survive, i cant tell u how many times me and my friends were up in his room getting high and just feeling the vibe ur music puts out, it especially comes out in the fall/winter, so it is you guys who gave us the experience that u described, the many memories i have of my young adulthood all so often include me my friends and ur music, so i want to thank you for making awesome music that will be with me till the end
December 16th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
whats changing with me…switching from sleeping in the the mornings and being up all hours of the night to sleep at night up at mornings(not going too well). trying not to deal with other peoples stupid bs before i’ve solved my own problems. realizing numbers are not definitive. trying to fix the feeling of being on drugs even tho im not after a long while. quitting then not quitting smoking, then quitting again. is the world about to end or do people just want me to think about it.(every freaking movie, song, tv show, news cast.) and how am i gonna deal with that compared to a decade ago when it was sunshine and rainbows. how am i ever gonna dump these thoughts and get back to normal. why is every conversation i have with friends now a days always something deep and philosophical even when we’re sober(i miss fart jokes). women are the devil, no im not kidding. friends have become enemies, then enemies become friends again, people ive talked to everyday i never speak to anymore and people ive just met act as if theyve known me their whole lives. jersey used to be sunny, its rare that its not cloudy with a chance of rain round here anymore, fucking england. depression is reality, intelligence makes u hate the world. i’ve got more bills to pay and less money. life is not turning out anywhere close to what i wanted, expected, dreamed. the more you practice the luckier you get, unless your living in the real world. i could go on, i will. love your music cant wait for the album, music’s apart of the savior’s heart
December 19th, 2009 at 8:45 pm
i feel like you just verbalized the words of half of what i’ve been trying to say for far too long, sir. Some of your sentences are yak back plays to the thoughts in my head and i find comfort in knowing that something like that exists. congratulations and good luck on your self journey. i hope it’s more than you hope for.
January 3rd, 2010 at 1:12 am
hey i was just wondering would their be a chance that with the new record you would be puting a video out of all your footage not just what you have done the past few months but like a documentary i guess about your journey to write this record
if not it would be cool if you all thought about it but if you have then sweet ether way itd be cool to see you guys are my favorite band out their and i think this album will be amazing
much love!!
January 5th, 2010 at 8:11 pm
(:
I shall check out The Mercury Program.
If you must know (you just might want to know ha), what’s changing in my world? Lots of little things. I’m embracing what should be resisted & resisting what I should be embracing. it sucks! ;p
keeeep on keepin’ on.
January 10th, 2010 at 10:45 pm
I have yet to listen to The Mercury Program (I plan on doing that immediately after I post this), but Explosions In The Sky is an AMAZING instrumental band. “How Strange, Innocence” is their best cd, in the event you do look them up. “A Song For Our Fathers” and “Remember Me As A Time Of Day” is the best song on that album. I highly recommend it. :]