BELLOWS

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The album release show for The Rose Gardener is tomorrow, March 7th, 2019. I hope you all come! 

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Bellows is going on tour in March!! We’re playing a few shows at South by Southwest and touring with Another Michael, Shannen Moser, & Soft Fangs. We’ll be playing the new Rose Gardener album. Here are the dates ::  3/1 - Albany, NY @ Chateau event :: https://www.facebook.com/events/1464212143709783/ 3/2 - Kingston, NY @ BSP Kingston % w/ Shana Falana tix :: https://tinyurl.com/ya5zr5kc 3/3 - Boston, MA @ O'Briens # % tix :: https://tinyurl.com/y7xaetmf 3/7 - Brooklyn, NY *album release show* @ Rough Trade w/ Emily Reo, Onlyness tix :: https://tinyurl.com/yb2bht7k 3/8 - Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMOCA # tix :: https://tinyurl.com/y8y6pqvw 3/9 - Washington, DC @ Comet Ping Pong # tix :: https://tinyurl.com/y8auog9w 3/10 - Asheville, NC @ The Mothlight * tix :: https://tinyurl.com/yclkuekc 3/11 - Nashville, TN @ Drkmttr Collective * event :: https://www.facebook.com/events/312496352723148/ 3/12 - Little Rock, AR @ The White Water Tavern * event ::https://www.facebook.com/events/552074178638179/ 3/13 - SXSW 3/14 - Denton, TX @ Andy's Basement event :: https://www.facebook.com/events/746149039079622/ 3/15 + 16 - more SXSW... email me 3/17 - New Orleans, LA @ Starlight * w/ Julie Odell, Pope tix :: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bellows-w-another-michael-pope… 3/18 - Atlanta, GA @ 529 * tix :: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bellows-w-another-michael-ryan… 3/19 - Durham, NC @ Duke Coffeehouse * w/ Moon Racer event :: https://www.facebook.com/events/389094594988450/ 3/20 - Baltimore, MD @ Joe Squared * tix :: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bellows-320-at-joe-squared-tic… * = w/ Another Michael # = w/ Shannen Moser % = w/ Soft Fangs

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The fourth Bellows album, “The Rose Gardener”, is coming out on February 22nd, 2019 on Topshelf Records. I made the album art myself -- I’m really proud of it!! you can preorder the vinyl & tapes and a bunch of other stuff at my bandcamp :: http://bellows.bandcamp.com

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Hello world, something exciting is coming soon. But before that we've decided to do exactly ONE more tour on our beloved "Fist & Palm" -- did F&P mean something to you? did it resonate in a time of need? We'll be playing the album ONE more time this summer on a full U.S. tour dedicated to celebrating and honoring its existence before we move on to a new world of new things. I am calling this tour "Final Fist, Waving Palm" and we will play the palm songs and maybe some new things as well. This album meant a lot to me and it is sad to move on from it. Sad but needed. Here are the dates, and the tickets. Love you and see you out there: 6/29 - Brooklyn, NY - Rough Trade w/ Stolen Jars, Anna McClellan tix: https://tinyurl.com/ybv72kxs 6/30 - Philadelphia, PA - PhilaMOCA w/ Sitcom , Dan Wriggins (Friendship solo set) tix: https://tinyurl.com/y9ky5ty2 7/1 - Washington, DC - DC9 w/ Sitcom tix: https://tinyurl.com/y9q96dx4 7/2 - Raleigh, NC - Neptune's 7/3 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade w/ floral print tix: http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0E0054A398FBC5E7 7/5 - Nashville, TN - The East Room w/ Daddy Issues, Bleary 7/7 - Dallas, TX - TBA shortly... 7/8 - Austin, TX - The Mohawk w/ Sun June, Caroline Says 7/10 - Phoenix, AZ - TBD hopefully... help! 7/11 - San Diego, CA - Soda Bar w/ BIG UPS tix: https://tinyurl.com/ycnyytbm 7/12 - Los Angeles, CA - Bootleg Theater w/ Diners tix: https://tinyurl.com/ybarsto2 7/14 - San Francisco, CA - Hemlock Tavern w/ Boy Scouts, The Yellow Dress tix: https://tinyurl.com/yb3nrw8r 7/16 - Arcata, CA - Outer Space w/ BIG UPS 7/17 - Eugene, CA - TBD hopefully... help! 7/18 - Seattle, WA - Barboza w/ iji 7/19 - Missoula, MT - The Roxy Theater w/ Cairns 7/20 - Bozeman, MT - The Labor Temple 7/22 - Omaha, NE - TBD hopefully... help! 7/23 - Minneapolis, MN - Kitty Cat Klub 7/24 - Chicago, IL - Beat Kitchen w/ Richard Album tix: https://www.ticketweb.com/fb/8367925/kickstand 7/25 - Detroit, MI - Outer Limits w/ don't 7/26 - Toronto, ON - Monarch tix: https://tinyurl.com/y7ccg8hr 7/27 - Montreal, QC - La Vitrola tix: https://tinyurl.com/y7cnp98f 7/28 - Boston, MA - TBD hopefully!

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Brooklyn, we’re back on June 29th!! Playing at Rough Trade with Stolen Jars and Anna McClellan. I made this poster for it! 

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Bellows is only gonna play one more show this year, and it will be special. Doing a Pancakes and Whiskey holiday party & playing with Peaer and Kiyo Cato. hope to try out some new stuff and then maybe lie low for a while til I make a new thing.. anyway hope to see you there!! December 21st, Elsewhere (zone One), Brooklyn ny 

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Bellows is going on tour with our friends in Big Ups this month!! Really excited for this, here are the dates:  7/15 - Brooklyn, NY - Baby's All Right w/ Yowler, Real Life Buildings, Common Holly tix: https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1490551 event: https://www.facebook.com/events/433549507011687/ 7/16 - Boston, MA - ONCE Ballroom w/ Big Ups, Lilith, Hexpet tix: https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1486594… event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1944540749116513/ 7/17 - Montreal, QC - La Vitrola w/ Big Ups, Common Holly, Stegosaurus tix: https://tickets-ca.ticketfly.com/event/bellows/pre-sale event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1725247177493199/ 7/18 - Toronto, ON - Smiling Buddha w/ Big Ups, Triples, Konig tix: https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1486696… event: https://www.facebook.com/events/226205604547339/ 7/19 - Detroit, MI - Marble Bar w/ Big Ups, Don't tix: https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1487236… event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1311367425643490/ 7/20 - Chicago, IL - Beat Kitchen w/ Big Ups, Yeesh tix: https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1485980 event: https://www.facebook.com/events/256358811505458/ 7/21 - Cleveland, OH - Mahall's w/ Big Ups, Small Wood House tix: https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1486498 event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1428332273871581/ 7/22 - Columbus, OH - Double Happiness w/ Big Ups, Emily & The Complexes, The Roof Dogs tix: https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1486424 event: https://www.facebook.com/events/267371830338020/ 7/23 - Nashville, TN - The East Room w/ Big Ups, Daddy Issues, Terror Pigeon event: https://www.facebook.com/events/441797349520339/ 7/24 - Atlanta, GA - Aisle 5 w/ Jianna Justice tix: https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1487873… event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1881194698800138/ 7/25 - Orlando, FL - Will's Pub w/ SALES, TV Dinner tix: http://www.ticketfly.com/event/1487525 event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1874154679518056/?active_tab=about 7/27 - Richmond, VA - Gallery 5 w/ Manatree tix: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bellows-tba-tickets-34590199217 event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1845966892286846/ 7/28 - Washington DC - Songbyrd w/ Fraternal Twin, Stolen Jars tix: https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1486658 event: https://www.facebook.com/events/270661613343456/ 7/29 - Philadelphia, PA - The Sound Hole w/ Fraternal Twin, Stolen Jars tix: http://www.storenvy.com/…/19901171-7-29-17-bellows-fraterna… event: https://www.facebook.com/events/417545888614618/

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Bellows is going on tour in March!!! I made that poster myself with craypa :)  these are our dates:: March 1st - Boston, MA - Once Ballroom w/ Sad13, Christian Holden (of The Hotelier), Horse Jumper of Love March 2nd - somewhere in CT  March 3rd - Brooklyn, NY - Alphaville *all ages* w/ Big Ups, Fits, Yucky Duster March 4th - Washington, D.C. - Comet Ping Pong w/ Foozle, Pallette March 5th - Philadelphia, PA - Trash House w/ Hello Shark, Power Animal, The Goodbye Party

[bellows4l]

Can you remember me, strong like I pretend to be A twenty-year-old’s fantasy of impressing you with songs But I got lost in bummer swells, noisy pops and MIDI bells And before I had the chance to yell I’m losing once again

Four o’clock the waiting ends, F connecting to the M Waiting for a text to send, “are you finished with your mom?” Four o’clock the waiting ends, J connecting from the M Myrtle-Broadway once again, rising with the sun

Sweet soft city light, always sad in summer time Sleeping off too many drinks, lying on the ground But he will never rise again, smiling to greet his friends And he will never turn around or come this way again

Sweet soft city light, always sad in summer time Sleeping off too many drinks, lying on the ground But he will never rise again, smiling to greet his friends And he will never turn around or come this way again

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Bellows is going on a massive tour in support of “Fist & Palm” - lots of dates with PWR BTTM & Lisa Prank, many other dates with many other bands I love - check out the dates ::::  9/21 - Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz (PopMontreal Fest) 9/29 - Amherst, MA @ Unitarian Universalist Society of Amherst 9/30 Brooklyn, NY @ Shea Stadium # 10/1 Hoboken, NJ @ OnPoint Fest (Stevens Tech) 10/22 Portsmouth, NH @ 3S Artspace ^ 10/23 Annandale-on-Hudson, NY @ The Root Cellar (Bard College) 10/24 Toronto, ON @ Silver Dollar Room ^ 10/25 Lakewood, OH @ Mahall’s ^ 10/26 Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen ^ 10/27 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry ^ 10/28 Omaha, NE @ Milk Run ^ 10/30 Denver, CO @ Lost Lake Lounge ^ 11/01 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court ^ 11/02 Boise, ID @ Neurolux ^ 11/03 Walla Walla, WA @ Billsville West ^ 11/04 Vancouver, BC @ 333 Clark ^ 11/05 Seattle, WA @ The Vera Project ^ 11/06 Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios # 11/07 Eugene, OR @ The Boreal ^ 11/09 San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop ^ 11/11 Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg Theater ^ 11/12 Phoenix, AZ @ Rebel Lounge ^ 11/14 Austin, TX @ The Mohawk ^ 11/15 Dallas, TX @ Club Dada ^ 11/16 Jackson, MS @ Big Sleepy’s ^ 11/17 Nashville, TN @ The End ^ 11/18 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade ^ 11/20 Durham, NC @ The Pinhook ^ 11/21 Washington, DC @ DC9 ^ 11/22 Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMOCA ^ 11/23 Somerville, MA @ ONCE Somerville ^ ^ w/ PWR BTTM and Lisa Prank # w/ Sharpless, Paper Bee and Sitcom Buy TIX to the album release show at Shea Stadium on September 30: http://ticketf.ly/1Oist0m

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The perfect thing you wrote, bonfires in my fingers You were not alone, I could feel what you were feeling In that song I wrote, I felt so close to leaving You were holding tight, spoke without me hearing A message on your machine, lost in cellphone speakers You know what I mean, though you’re not close enough to hear it Somehow I’m not here, always hooked on endings I broke that off this year, but I lost track of how it felt And if it really was so awful And if I could have known you for real He got so drunk and high, this sparrow That he went crashing through the window Spring comes in like teeth, chewed up, thawing ice He’s hurtling through the trees I can’t see your body But I can feel your might, lost in autumn breezes You are something wild I almost believe it Though you couldn’t be my friend all last year I couldn’t be there for you either You had to black out on some liquor To not confront the basic idea: We feel the same thing just as awful We feel the same pain just as awful And as convinced I was you hurt me That I was nothing more than a bully

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“Fist & Palm” teaser trailer  a beautiful iMovie i made..  beautiful album out on September 30th, 2016 on Double Double Whammy

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Drinking orange juice from a tonic water bottle I hate the way I always lose my cool To be the way I wanted, but half of what I wanted was confused Something cruel, I kept inside my pocket I always end up sounding like a fool End up running through a mess of bad behaviors I’m lashing out whenever I’m with you

At the Palisades, with the tonic water bottle The second band is saying that they’re through So we move, but I wanna keep sippin’ I’ve always been a little bit aloof Drinking orange juice from a tonic water bottle You turn to me and ask me if I’m through And I laugh at you, but I throw away my bottle We pile up with Henry, Jack and Sue

Not so cool to have trouble saying sorry Becoming what I never wanted to Going blue, I’m having trouble breathing So nervous whenever I talk to you Drinking orange juice from a tonic water bottle I brought it here to share the thing with you And I knew that I was being careless, so sorry if I wasn’t very cool

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Bellows will be releasing our third album “Fist & Palm” on September 30th, 2016, on Double Double Whammy. I’m really excited about this record, I feel like it’s my best work by a lot and I’m really excited to share it with the world. All the art for the album is my illustration work, including the cover art and back cover that you can see above.  You can pre-order this big ol’ gatefold vinyl record here : http://www.dbldblwhmmy.com/products/574131-bellows-fist-palm-lp-cd-digital-pre-order and you can hear “Thick Skin”, the first single here:  https://bellows.bandcamp.com/track/thick-skin

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Staring out your car window I feel my size Hudson Palms, The Catskill Gulf Stream The world’s alive!

I knew your fullness from the start, I felt your size And I saw an ending in your face, your arms, your bed at night

Cause what’s better than looking for it, something you won’t find? I’ve grown so thick skinned lately, but I wanna cry

You couldn’t see the way I let go Surfaced from sorrow and sunk into something more gross Cause I still fear the unknown Don’t wanna leave the earth even for a moment

Cause what’s better than looking for it? What’s better than lost time? I’ve grown so thick skinned lately, but I wanna cry

So will you hold me close, then open your arms? I want to feel you missing, to feel your warmth

Cause what’s better than looking for it, something you won’t find? I’ve grown so thick skinned lately But I want to cry But I want to cry But I want to cry

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Bellows — Cloud Walkers

Short Interview

I did an interview with Tommy from Cloud Walkers where I talk about the history of Blue Breath, writing songs during college & a bunch of other stuff. Read my words! 

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Bellows, Shea Stadium, 3/26/16

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pic by rich of the show last nite