My Communist Heart... and Vampires

Wow... what a whirlwind of a few weeks. SXSW music festival in Austin came and went in a wild and lonestar filled blur. Amazing and exhausting time as always. We played a handful of shows... an acoustic show at One2One Bar, got to strip the songs down for a soft rocking set, our official showcase at Buffalo Billiards was off the hook. We were a bit frightened that the Muse show at Stubbs just down the block would hurt our attendance, but we were pleasantly suprised with the turnout. So thanks to all that made it out. We also played an outdoor show for Study Breaks Magazine on what had to have been the coldest spring day in SX history. It went from mid 80's the day before to 30's that afternoon and evening. And yes... we played outdoors. Still a wonderful show though. Saw a thousand good bands, got to catch up with a lot of friends and bands we generally only see out on the road. all in all, grande time at sxsw. I slept for 2 days straight once it was over.

The next major event... MY COMMUNIST HEART finally arrived and was released for public consumption on April 2nd. People are really responding to the new material... and that is wonderfully exciting for us! We spent a lot of time locked away in dark windowless rooms writing and recording that thing... so it's amazing for us to finally get to share it with everyone!

Release shows in Houston, San Antonio (our second home) and Austin (the good ole hometown) went smashingly... just smashingly. Thanks to all that came out, sang along (how many of you already know the words to the new material I can only assume... haha), bought a copy of the new EP, talked, shared and everything... you are simply amazing. Thank for all the support. You can get the new EP through any online retailer really... go to www.soundsunderradio.com for links.

what else... ok... we spent a day shooting a new video for the song 'Effigy' with the wonderful fellas from Papertanks Productions. Jeff and Jon Ray are geniuses. The video goes to post production soon and should be available to check out soooooon. Keep your eyes pealed.

Oh oh oh... last but not least VAMPIRES! So we had the good fortune several weeks ago to have our song 'Portrait of a Summer Thief' from Cinematica featured on the CW's 'The Vampire Diaries'. This week (TONIGHT actually) another New and Unreleased Sounds Under Radio song titled 'All You Wanted' will be featured on the show in its ENTIRETY during the end sequence of the episode. It's been a pretty insane week putting that together and turning the track around for the show, and we couldn't be more happy with it. just a week ago 'All You Wanted' was merely a demo waiting to be considered for the next Sounds Under Radio record. But when the good folks at TVD called and told us what they were looking for for this end of this episode... 'All You Wanted' seemed to be a perfect match, and after hearing the song they agreed. So, make sure to watch tonight (Thursday April 8 2010 at 8/7central on the CW) and/or download the track for a limited time through Itunes. click here -- http://tinyurl.com/ycbapyr

Ok, more updates soon... be on the look out for tour dates near you, new music and all that fun stuff!