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New EP is mastered and being pressed! We should have copies of before the weather gets too nice. So you should probably put it in your car and listen to it on repeat forever with the windows down to spread the good harmonics. Anyway, we’ll keep you updated as soon as we have a definitive date. Incoming big party/release show. Looking forward to showing you all what we’ve been working on. Thanks.

Action Verbs in Studio from Action Verbs on Vimeo.

Action Verbs will be releasing a new 5-song EP this spring. Here’s a video that we made in the studio.

Joe and I started this band about 3 and a half years ago (maybe longer, no one is really sure when we started).  We had originally worked together on a project I started, called The Brilliant Brigade.  After that collaboration, we decided it was time to do a full band project, hence Action Verbs were born (though believe me, it took almost a year to come up with the name).

This band has been a blast.  I’ve done so much more in music than I ever thought I would and all of that is due to the many bandmates we’ve had and especially because of the fans that have come out and supported us at our shows and enjoyed our music.  I honestly can’t say thank you enough to all of you.

However, all good things must come to an end (though thankfully the band itself is not ending), as my time with the band will.  The other priorities in my life have made committing to a band more difficult.  So it’s with some sadness, but more pride in what has been accomplished and where the band is heading that I leave it.  Luckily, it’s in good hands, and more great music will be made by Action Verbs…and I know I’ll be listening.

BUT…before I leave, I’ll be playing one last show, Thursday October 14th at Middle East Upstairs.  I’m quite excited about this and I hope everyone can make it out for one last go of it.

Seriously – thanks to everyone ever involved in this band, it’s truly been awesome.

Thanks to everyone that voted for our song ‘Makeshift Container’ in WZLX’s Boston Emissions Fave New Local Song Poll #7!  We won with 45% of the vote, which was fan-friggin-tastic.

Also, thanks to Anngelle for putting us on the poll in the first place, we appreciate it immensely.

You can vote for us again this week too (top 5 stay on the poll every week) at http://wzlx.radio.com/2010/08/28/boston-emissions-august-29-fave-new-local-song-poll/

Thanks again!

Please go vote for Action Verbs’ “Makeshift Container” on Boston Emissions’ (on 100.7 WZLX) Fave New Local Song Poll.  We’d appreciate the vote!

http://wzlx.radio.com/2010/08/20/boston-emissions-august-22-fave-new-local-song-poll-7/

You can now purchase Action Verbs music on the internet at iTunes and Amazon MP3.  Just follow the links below:

Both albums, in both locations, are only $3.96!

iTunes
Meeting People on the Internet: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/meeting-people-on-internet/id376550110
The Men East: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-men-east/id376536766

Amazon MP3
The Men East: http://www.amazon.com/The-Men-East/dp/B003UMLESC/ref=dm_ap_alb1?ie=UTF8&qid=1278954563&sr=1-1

We’ll have more details available soon.

We’ll also have some other announcements soon.

We’ll be playing with Await Rescue, The Hands Off Love Affair, and Leave By Six (whose drummer is our keyboard player).  We’ve played with Leave By Six at Church before, so we’re looking forward to playing with them again.

Tickets are $10 and it’s 18+.

Sunday
We started last Sunday doing a live set and interview on WZLX’s Boston Emissions with Anngelle Wood.  Anngelle has been a great supporter of the band we are extremely appreciative of that.

Check out their podcast of our in-studio appearance at http://wzlx.radio.com/2010/04/23/boston-emissions-april-25/.  It’s the second audio file in the list and fast forward to the 9:40 mark.  We played two songs acoustic: The Men East and Wishbone.  Anngelle also played two of our recorded tracks: Matchbook Maps and Makeshift Container.  We did some interviewing as well and made some requests.  It was an all around swell time.

Thursday
We got our new cd’s in!  Just in time for our EP release show.  Good timing.

Saturday
We played our second ever EP release show, and hot damn was it a good time.  We played with a bunch of great bands.  Started out with The Maquis who were quite good.  We went on second and played what we could only describe as a great set.  The crowd was great, and we sold some of our brand spanking new cd’s and tshirts.  We were followed by The Dirty Truckers, The Willows (also playing a cd release and a great band we’ve played with a few times), and finally by The Wrong Reasons.  That was a seriously great show.  And Mike will take to his grave that he played while having a 100+ degree fever…clearly one of the defining moments of his life.

Sunday
MayFair!  This is a seriously great event, and it was an amazing day for playing outdoors.  This was our third outdoor festival and it was by far the best weather we’ve ever had for it.  Lots of people,  delicious Brazilian barbecue, and another great set.

Thank you to everyone who tuned in, came out to shows, bought our music, or just supported us in general.  It’s always appreciated.

And thanks to Morgan for helping put so much of it together.  He doesn’t get enough thanks, but does a lot.