| Current mood: |  cheerful |
| Current music: | Overdue // The Get Up Kids |
No bottle serves to suit my wounds
It's been quite some time since I've sat down to write, but here it is, another update a la Chris Carrabba.
Above is the cover for the new album. It seems rather melancholy, but in itself holds some whisper, some attraction of what could be hidden. Something that could be incredible, something unexpected. Which is exactly what I'm hoping happens with the new album. I've been pigeonholed and slated as the Emo Boy Extrodinaire. To be completely honest, it's not really me at all. The albums I wrote before this one came out of very dark times in my life - family tragedies, and some very ugly periods where I endured, above all else, a serious lack of belief and hope in myself. Periods that I indulged in inflicting myself with pain because it was all I could remember feeling real.
I've been writing this album for about a year and a half now and it brings with it not only the dark periods, but the ones where I've broken through, where it's come to pass that my time to find happiness had arrived. It's very hopeful and I think translates very well the way I've grown and how my life has turned ultimately for the better. The title, A Mark, A Mission, A Brand, A Scar does sound very Dashboard-esque, but once the album it really listened to, it begins make sense more as something that isn't, for lack of a better word here folks, 'depressing', but more as something that is widely known as survival.
I'm very proud of this album. It's been noted on one too many occassions that Interscope records is handling 49% of the costs to make this album. I think an undue amount of attention has been turned onto me because of it. I think people expect this album to be a proving ground. These people are assuming that since Interscope is investing this sort of time and money into me and my project that I owe them something. I owe nothing to anyone but myself, to the men I'm blessed to call my band, and to those that this is supposed to reach. This album should not, and I hope will not, be the ultimate decision for a person on whether or not to take me seriously as an artist. And if it turns out that way, I hope they hate the album.
With album news out of the way...
The tour dates have been scheduled and are continuously being worked on. I find it amazing that a band as great as MxPx jumped at the chance to open for me. Brandnew is on the opening slate, too. One of my favorite recent bands, Vendetta Red will join the tour on some dates and so will Rooney. There's only about 18 official announced shows right now. We're working on the midwest and over to the west coast. When you have 4 different bands to schedule with you, it gets tough to work things out where everyone's ready to settle and accept. And if you missed it, tickets went on sale already. But you know...we could proably work somethin out if you missed them.
Things at home have been great. The kids are wonderful, growing a little more every day and as beautiful as ever. Jeff's been amazingly supportive, especially in regards to the tour. I've done my absolute best to make sure I have time for my family and I will continue to do so. I don't want what go through what we had to last time.
And there you have it folks.
I also decided to switch up icons. You know you love them.
And now...I sleep.
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