cruising through Kansas, launched last night from Boise with a mission of getting to Spindale, NC by Friday morning for a radio session with infamous WNCW 88.7 FM… then we attend the wedding of a Simpson niece near Raleigh, NC on Saturday and then jump on tour with fellow Idahoans BUILT TO SPILL and FAUXBOIS in Asheville, NC on Sunday. when we left we had 2400 miles and 36hrs to go, after an epic moonrise over Wyoming, a brief nap with a herd of deer and a greasy breakfast in Laramie, we rolled through Colorado and now in deep cruise control across Kansas with a measly 1312miles and 21hrs left to go. this is a cakewalk.

summer’s been good to us thus far. thanks to everyone that have been making it out to the shows. below are our current tour dates, including a couple of changes with our late august dates from our original posting. we’ll see you soon. new tunes are churning inside of us. this fall and winter we’ll be hibernating to churn them outside of us.

8/8 ASHEVILLE, NC @ The Orange Peel w/ BUILT TO SPILL + Fauxbois
8/9 ATLANTA, GA @ Buckhead Theatre w/ BUILT TO SPILL + Fauxbois
8/10 LITTLE ROCK, AR @ The Village w/ BUILT TO SPILL + Underclaire
8/11 DALLAS, TX @ Granada Theater w/ BUILT TO SPILL + Telegraph Canyon
8/12 AMARILLO, TX @ The 806
8/13 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO @ The Black Sheep w/ BUILT TO SPILL + Fauxbois
8/14 BELLEVUE, CO @ Mishawaka Amphitheatre w/ BUILT TO SPILL + Paean
8/19 BOISE, ID @ Brawl Studios w/ Rooftops + Wasilla + Red Hands Black Feet + In The Pause
8/20 MCCALL, ID @ Salmon River Brewery
8/21 BOISE, ID @ Boise State University
8/25 HAILEY, ID @ Wicked Spud Back Alley Concert Series
8/27 POCATELLO, ID @ TBA
8/28 BOISE, ID @ Boise Weekly Crafty Bastards Block Party
8/29 BOISE, ID @ The Red Room w/ Screaming Females + On The Tundra + Jonn E Combat
9/3 MOSCOW, ID @ John’s Alley w/ Hosannas
9/4 SPOKANE, WA @ The Empyrean w/ Hosannas + Sassmatrons
9/5 SANDPOINT, ID @ Schweitzer Fall Festival w/ Larry & His Flask
9/8 BOISE, ID @ Neurolux w/ Suckers
9/10 PORTLAND, OR @ MFNW (TLE Showcase @ Someday Lounge)
9/11 HOOD RIVER, OR @ Hood River Inn
9/15 BEND, OR @ McMenamin’s Old St. Francis School
9/17 MISSOULA, MT @ The Palace w/ Victory Smokes + Vera

see you soon!
xoxo
FR

PS keep up with us more regularly at facebook.com/finnriggins

just successfully traversed HWY 1 between Monterrey, CA and Santa Barbara, CA despite mudslides and blockades and absolutely epic scenery… stoked for our show at Muddy Waters tonight in Santa Barbara! i’m currently in the backseat of our swift hearted travel beast Ghost Ghost and was marveling at this blog post of Lloyd Winter IV’s and wanted to share… some nice photos and a walk through of the process that he and Santiago Uceda went through in hand-printing the epic tour posters they’ve sent along with us on this monster lap around the US. check it out… split fountain mountains

also, our friend and kind hostess in Eugene — Cara Merendino — posted a nice blog about our time together in Eugene last sunday and monday morning… including a video of us playing Pancakes in the cozy KWVA studios. very cool. mouth trumpet and other shenanigans in eugene

tour’s been great thus far. thanks for all the kind kind folks along the way for the home cooked food and awesome company. very thankful for all the generosity!

also worth noting is that the Boise Weekly is hosting tour diaries of local Treasure Valley bands now and we’re essentially hosting the pilot episode. look forward to seeing more local bands involved as well!

xoxo
gilbert

man, all kinds of exciting things. thanks to everyone that came out to the shows last weekend!! really fantastic time in Moscow + Clarkston + Spokane + Missoula. love you all. here’s a link to some photos and a little review from the Spokane show thanks to CheckitoutMusic.com

amazing time at the Record Exchange last night… follow that link for photos!! all kinds of exciting shows this week… check our full schedule at myspace.com/finnriggins

really nice articles in the Boise Weekly today and they posted the new video that fellow Boisean Jason Sievers did for us… stop-animation!! what a labor of love!!

off to Pendleton for a show at the Pendleton Center for the Arts!! all ages!! show tomorrow night @ Foresters in MCCALL with Jared Mees & The Grown Children (portland) and then huge awesome party and duel with LE FLEUR on Friday at the VAC. it’s going to be unreal!! also performances by BOY EATS DRUM MACHINE (portland) and JARED MEES & THE GROWN CHILDREN and VAGERLY (boise) and A SEASONAL DISGUISE (boise)!! the evening will be emceed by Alley Repertory Theater star Nick Garcia and he will be performing some of his skits + break dancers + door prizes + and of course the “knife fight”!!

check out this epic poster by JULIA GREEN and ERIN CUNNINGHAM

we’ll stop there… we don’t have a night off until the 26th in the LA area. so lots more to talk about. including Saturday’s huge album release party in Portland. more on that tomorrow. we have to hit the road.

love,
gilbert