The City Veins

So this is not only my first City Veins blog post, but my first blog post ever. Forgive me if it’s a bit scatterbrained, I’m on about 3 hours of sleep after our incredibly kick-ass debut last night.

Which brings me to the first topic: a huge THANKS to all who came out last night. We were overwhelmed by your support and we hope you had as much fun watching us as we had playing. Big ups to the Velvet Lounge too, that place is awesome and Rob does an amazing job with the sound. It’s refreshing when play places where the owners/staff actually care about and have a knowledge of music - a puzzlingly foreign concept to some of the places I’ve played before (not mentioning any names, but its initials are G&T and it’s located on Wisconsin St in Georgetown). Also, a great deal of gratitude to all the bloggers who mentioned us on their sites and came out to see us; we’re all very thankful for helping get the word out. Everyone should go check them out (in no particular order): dcist, manifest destiny, grammar police, outta mind outta site, and matthew yglesias.

Ok so no that the thank yous are taken care of, let’s get down to rock. God damn I love rocking. In the few months it’s been since the last Gone By June show (my last band), I had forgotten just how much I loved rocking. Rocking rocks. It’s the best. I love the energy I felt onstage, both from my bandmates and from the crowd. Except sex, there’s nothing that can compare. We all felt so good to be back on stage; it’s only been since November for me but it’s been about two years for Aaron, Adam, and Charles, and we were giddy as little kids to get up there last night. Did we make mistakes? Were there things we can improve on? Absolutely yes on both questions (for example, starting “Don’t See It Coming” at a ridiculously break-neck speed was one thing for me personally to work on). But we rocked and it felt good. I almost want to give one of those Johnny Drama “VICTORY” shouts if it wasn’t kind of cliched at this point (what the hell - VICTORY!)

I am very excited that this is just the beginning. It was a hell of a good start and I’m just thankful to be a part of it all (God bless Craigslist and the good fortune of answering that ad). I can’t wait until our next show.

What’s Next - Next we are working on getting two more tracks mixed with full live drums (”Don’t See It Coming” and “Toe the Line”). They’re sounding pretty bad-ass in their rough versions, within a week they should be done. Ryan Bullard, guitarist for Gone By June, is doing a HELL of job mixing and mastering these tracks. If you like what you hear on the two we’ve posted already (”Cultured Capital” and “Strike Up the Band”), tell Ryan here. After those last 2 are done, we’ll be pressing a CD with all four and handing them out at shows and in press kits.

Finally (sorry this thing is getting long), please go to www.myspace.com/cityveins and add us as a friend. We really need human friends on that thing.

Peace,

Spencer