Verses of Truth Trash and Beauty

We've been in Houston for 2 days and I am so ready to leave. It's a beautiful city, but I just wasn't feeling all that comfortable in this city this time. We played Notsouh last night and was probably one of the weirder shows so far.

The opening act Destroy Nate Allen played just an acoustic guitar and walked and danced around the whole bar singing with his wife joining in on certain parts. Almost like a musical. Very interesting. They dressed like they were part of a musical as well. Overall it was definitely something you don't see everyday..............

They stayed for a couple of our songs and made a loud exit right in the middle of our set. But between songs so it was ok. I hope they had a good trip, they were on their way to New Orleans.

We played a mellow set that night as it was a small place that would've made it unbearable loud if we did a regular set. It was a lesson in control and beauty of letting all notes speak to themselves. Erica sounded amazing. We noticed that we had quite a few homeless people in the bar listening to our set and really paying attention.

Notsouh is a quirky place itself. Lots of weird art pieces can be found all over the bar.

Apparently a hurricane was setting its eyes on the Houston area while we were there. Luckily this was the only day we had no show, so we packed up and left to Dallas where we will be playing at Bar of Soap on Tuesday.

We'd like to thank Rick who helped us out and put us up in his home for 2 nights. Very generous and we thank you. We stopped by Wal Mart on the way out to pick up some water and the place was packed with people getting supplies in case of a hurricane. We were pretty glad we werent going to be here for this.

We are now in Dallas where it is super fucking hot. Staying with some of Amanda's family.

We are super excited to have the opportunity to actually go on the road and kicks ass at our shows. We've been playing a new song during this tour that we haven't really played anywhere else. It's called "Faulkner" and I will go out on a limb and say it's one our best songs. It's is definitely going to be on the new album.

David has designated himself driver the whole trip. He does a great job. Delrick gets hungry and needs to eat every 2hrs. He worries about his next meal after he eats.

There has been one "accident" on this tour. Thankfully nothing too bad. In Laredo during our set, Erica's amp went out. It had done that before so we knew it was the fuse that had burnt out. I had some extra fuses just in case and went to change it between songs. My wrist went too far and touched the burning hot tube. It left a nice big welt as you can see. Thankfully we got it working and Erica was able to continue playing. I grinned and beared the pain throughout the rest of the show that night.

So far, we are getting along greatly. But more importantly, we are playing better than ever. Now I can't wait to play tomorrow.

Jaime Monzon

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