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Hey everyone!

I’m writing to you from lovely Detroit. We had a show last night in Lansing, so we drove back asap to do laundry, see our gals, etc… Even for a day, it’s nice to be back! So what it’s still freezing and snowy on the ground! That’s okay, we’re going to Canada where it’s warm and sunny 365 days a year (sorry, sarcasm doesn’t translate well into a blog!) for two weeks…

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So, it’s been great so far. We had a great time playing with Bad Religion and the Briggs. Both really cool bands with great people involved (band, crew, etc…)
We made our way from San Diego (thanks to our pals in SD for the hookup, the ride through the desert was wonderful!) to Ft. Collins. There we hooked up with our pals Jeff and Stacie, Jade and Clay, and the most excellent hounds, Chopper and Ozzy. I have to tell you, Ft. Collins is beautiful, the people are all really cool (except for the stupid hippy students, but that’s a universal problem), Stacie has an amazing salsa recipe, and Jeff makes the meanest Carne Asada this side of Mexico! We went to the Blasting Room and hung out with the drum ogre himself, Mr. Bill Stevenson. We played a kick ass show at Surfside with Jeff’s new band, Underminer. The band also features a certain Karl Alvarez on guitar and vocals (you mighta heard of one or two of his ’other’bands… Descendents/ALL?) They were great, Turbojugend Ft. Collins was in effect, and it was awesome. Rich drank so much, he turned into his alter ego, Uncle Scotch. Good times…

One thing to remember if you are a touring band, try to book gigs in college towns when the students actually a.) don’t have finals to study for and therefore, actually go OUT…, and b.) aren’t on Spring Break and therefore, are actually in town to go to said gig. Lawrence, KS and DeKalb, IL are prime examples. We did play with cool bands in Lawrence. Thanks to Super Black Market for making it happen! In DeKalb, we played to tables, chairs, and a couple bands. We couldn’t leave fast enough to get home.

Made it home yesterday morning, chilled for a few, and off to Lansing for an all-ages St. Pat’s gig. Very kick ass! Thanks to Cheap Girls, and Bermuda Mohawk productions! We had a blast…

So, more as it follows… Canada with the Foos and Against Me!, and we’re playing our own gigs most every night, so check the dates on the myspace page. Then we’re off to Japan in April, Australia in June.

Our new record is available now in Canada (see blog post below for more info), an exclusive Japanese EP is available too (also see below), and we’ll be pressing the full-length ourselves when we get back from Japan, so we’ll have cd’s at the US shows asap. We’ll keep you posted on info as it comes. Look for a record release show in Detroit sometime around May(?)…

until next time,
John
HFHG

An announcement by the band for their new album “carry on”:

Hi all!

We are pleased to announce that our debut full-length entitled “Carry On”, is now available on New Romance For Kids records.
An Announcement by th band about their new release:

The label is based out of Montreal, Canada. We are really happy to be working with them.

We’re working on a release in the US, probably on our own for starters…Until then, you can pick up the record by following the link above.

cheers,

HFHG