On Being Home

Welp, we're officially done with the bulk of the summer's show-playing, and it's a very strange feeling. Strange in a sense that over the course of 3 weeks I had gone from never having left the U.S. before, to being a pro at international travel, and a member of an international touring band. So freaking weird. And we're so lucky; one that the tour went off without any major hitches. We made it through the airports, customs, all the venues and such without any hassles. We did blow a tire on our trailer, but Silvio had that thing fixed in a jiffy and we were back on the road. Plus, I was asleep nearly the whole time... but yeah. This experience was so incredibly surreal, and I wish I could have told all the amazing people I had met on this tour that they have no need to thank us for coming out. We're the ones that need to be doing the thanking. We're a group of kids from Baldwinsville, New York. And we're playing shows in Germany. In a tour bus. With our own hotel rooms every night.

So now we are back, the day after we returned from Germany my parents took Kaleena and I and our boyfriends to Old Forge for the weekend. It was such a nice getaway (though tour wasn't a hardship by any means), but just to be near those people you missed so much, and to be in a place where there isn't a whole lot of 'business' talk. We are working with a new drummer by the name of Kyle Corcoran, he was a friend of mine from Fredonia and is an amazing drummer. His first show with us will be the 21st show with Meg and Dia, so our prime directive at this point and time is to get everybody ready for that.

In the meantime I've made a couple of visits out to Rochester to see Michael before he leaves for Nashville, and we've done a few press things from the tours. Kaleena and I went on 'Bridge Street' again this past Thursday, just doing an interview and showing some pictures and such. Also, Mark B. from the Post-Standard came to the house earlier last week, there should be an article on us coming up in next Sunday's paper (I think in the CNY section). And even further, a new CNY magazine did an interview and sent a wonderful journalist to one of our rehearsals to be out in September. I will follow with more details as I get them.

So, I guess now we're all about transitions. Transitioning into recording the new album, making a better live show, really putting this band into high gear. Its not an easy task, and it's taken quite a toll on all of us. It's gotten down to the point where the band needs to be a full-time thing, and for the sake of everyone else we need to put everything in it. We have all given up so much to do this, people have changed the course of their lives for this. All we can do is hope for the best.