Hey guys,
For those of who read this thing, I'm sorry for getting lazy. Lots of stuff has been going on with us and we've been really busy which is always a good thing. But when that happens, the blog writing takes a hit. I don't think I've posted anything since December 09 so I'll start from there.
John got back from Italy mid-December and we've settled into our permanent five-man lineup with three guitarists. Lately, we've been doing a lot of writing. We're very close to finishing the writing process for a new album which we'll begin recording this fall. We hope to have 10-11 songs this time around. We're staying away from the wicked long songs for the most part which is a good change up for us. People keep telling us to put more vocals in so the new record will have much more singing. This album will be pretty different musically from Redivivus as we have been continually discovering who we are musically and what we want to write. The concept of the record is still being nailed down but we're exploring how little we know and how life can be desperate. This album won't be as blatantly hopeful as Redivivus. Rather, God is revealed in the music as the One who sustains us through the sorrow and trials of life. We await His glorious return but until that comes, we must trudge through the hardships of life. It's so easy to say that having faith will solve all your problems and God is marketed that way a lot. But if we're honest with ourselves, life isn't that great a lot of the time even when we have Christ. He never promised to spare us from tribulation. He promised to never leave us or forsake us.
So we're really excited about getting this album done. In March, we were contacted by a video producer in Virginia who asked to use one of our songs, "Gomer (Returning Home)" in a suicide prevention PSA on local TV. So we're really excited about being able to help in such an awesome cause. Check out the ad here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHOVOiL-R4w
We recently put in an order for hard copies of Redivivus so those will be available within the next couple of weeks. You can purchase them online at drivenrecords.bigcartel.com. We're really excited to have another way for you to get your hands on it other than just digitally.
So far this year we've played a couple shows in the Boston area. On March 18 we played at a bar in Cambridge called The Cantab Lounge with our friends in The Vegas Report. It was a fun show and our first one with the whole band there. We had a few friends come out which was awesome.
Then on March 29, we had a show in Worcester at Tammany Hall. Probably the best venue we've played so far. It was a cool bar/hall. We got there and unloaded our stuff and just hung out. My brother drove up from New York with some friends and surprised me so that was pretty sweet. And we had a bunch of friends come from all over the place to see us play which was awesome. I think we ended up getting around 30 people there. We got to hang out and talk with people and then we went on second to last. We played pretty well minus a couple technical issues. During our set I joked and said that our t-shirts were free if you went and took them while we weren't at the merch table. Some guys there didn't know I was kidding so they went over and stole some. Luckily my brother went and took the shirts back haha. It was a really fun show and we'd definitely love to get back there at some point.
This weekend we're going up to hang out at John's house to finish writing and talking about the album as well as play through the whole thing so that should be fun. Thanks for checking in and I'll try to start keeping this thing up to date.
Jared Deame
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