Photos From The Tour

So we made it back from our recent tour unscathed, except for a few parking tickets and one whopping speeding ticket that was completely bogus and only given to us because we had out of state plates. Don't believe me? Read about this little trap that we fell into and make sure you never drive this stretch of FL unless you have FL plates. Jordan is the most cautious driver of the whole band and he was following all the visible speed limit signs. This blatant abuse of authority is probably going to jack up his insurance rates, not to mention the ridiculous amount of money the ticket ended up being. A real bummer.

There were also positive moments in FL though. In Jacksonville we got to meet Chandler's 90 year old grandfather Ceylon! He gave us a grand tour of his estate and let us pick an assortment of fresh fruit right off the trees in his backyard. He also let us preview some of his own unique musical endeavors. I have a whole segment of video footage from our visit with Ceylon that will definitely be part of the next little tour video I'm putting together. Jordan's mom Isabel took us out for a wonderful lunch on the water somewhere near Tampa, and the folks at the Bottletree in Birmingham really know how to take care of bands. Many thanks to them. It was also great touring around and hanging out with Twin Tigers. They're a crazy crew but definitely a lot of fun. Once I have time to go through all the video footage I took I'll post another one of my little tour vids. It should be a good one. Bye for now.

Licorice EP

Although these tracks are a few years old now, I think they are still worth posting for the holidays. It's a Snowden twist on some classic Christmas songs of the past and one acoustic original. Feel free to post these all over the web and spread the gloomy cheer.

LICORICE EP DOWNLOAD:

1. White Christmas
2. Happy Christmas (War Is Over)
3. Christmas Time Is Here
4. China Light

Screening T's For The Road

We're technically already on the road now, but I took these pics last week of us being all "diy" and screening our own shirts to sell on the tour. The show Saturday night at The Earl was really great and it was cool to see so many familiar faces out. Thanks so much to everyone that came out. We're in DC tonight and NYC the next couple nights after that. Check the dates and come out if you wanna hear some of our new jams.

Snowden @ The Earl Saturday Night

This is most likely our final local show of the year and we plan on unleashing a lot of new material. If you're in town for the holidays and have nothing to do Saturday night come out to The Earl and hopefully we can make it worth your while. The openers should be good too. Abby Go Go sound great from what I've heard online. I'm looking forward to checking them out live. It should be a fun night all around. Hope ya'll can make it out.

Meteor Over Edmonton

Wow.

SwitchBurn Snowden Live Vids

This is pretty cool. A while back I made a post about some live videos the folks at SwitchBurn had put together from a show we played in Austin a while back. They have been kind enough to post five more videos from that show, including three new songs that we've been playing live recently. These all turned out really great and I can't say thanks enough to Shawn and the whole crew involved with SwitchBurn for making these available. Definitely check out their site when you have some time. Here are the links to the new Snowden vids:

Candy For Eveyone
Keep Quiet
So Red
Innocent Heathen
Filler Is Wasted

Cheeze

A Saturday in ATL

We played a show this past Saturday at the Atlanta Downhill Challenge soap box derby thing. Unfortunately, there was a bad accident during one of the races. More details here. Apparently the guy is going to fully recover. That's good to hear. A paypal donation page has been setup here. I didn't take many pics. Here are some good ones on flickr though. The show itself was a bit weird. We were last to play, way after the racing had ended, and we followed a band that dressed up as mummies and played funk songs. They also showed up in a full tour bus with a trailer in tow. Go figure.

Mini Hummer! He actually fit inside that thing. Coolest one all day in my book.

Jordan gets down to the mummy funk.

BMI interviews us in the mens restroom after the show.

photo via BMI

Chandler drives off into the night.

The Bookhouse Pub.

Yum.

Snowden Holiday Tour

Tis the season for us to tour around and stuff. We'll be doing a short east coast run in December with our Athens buds Twin Tigers. We'll be trying out some new material and visiting some cities we've never played before, so spread the word to your whole posse. Here are the dates...

Nov 29 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl (w/ Abby Go Go | Carnivores)
Dec 1 - Raleigh, NC @ Duke University
Dec 2 - Washington, DC @ DC9
Dec 3 - New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
Dec 4 - Brooklyn, NY @ Southpaw
Dec 6 - Wilmington, NC @ Soapbox Laundro Lounge
Dec 8 - Jacksonville, FL @ Jack Rabbits
Dec 9 - Tampa, FL @ Crowbar
Dec 10 - Orlando, FL @ Back Booth
Dec 11 - West Palm Beach, FL @ Respectable Street
Dec 13 - Birmingham, AL @ Bottle Tree

(all dates w/ Twin Tigers except the first two)

History

Drowned In Sound

Jordan talks politics with UK's Drowned In Sound on election day. Read it here, and as if you haven't heard it enough already... go vote please.

Vote!

America... Let's take a look back at some of the finer moments of the person you chose to run the country for the past eight years. As you're watching think to yourself which one of the current presidential candidates represents a new direction from this absurdity, which candidate has kept a clear and level head throughout their campaign, without making sporadic decisions or using negative ads that play into the fears of ignorance, which candidate carefully chose a qualified running mate for vice president, and would probably do the same when it comes time to fill cabinet positions? I could keep on going like this, but the choice already seems quite clear to me. I hope it does to you as well. Please go vote Tuesday, and lets make history... one that we can actually be proud of this time.

Boo!

It's been quiet on the blog front here lately. I'll try to post more soon. In Snowden news, we have a small east coast tour coming up in December with Twin Tigers. I'll post more about that when all the dates are finalized. Check the dates confirmed so far here.

Hope everyone has a Happy Halloween! Here's the sound of a scream that's probably buried deep inside your subconscious mind and you don't even know it.

MP3: Evangelicals - The Halloween Song (via Ohmpark)

A Weekend In NYC

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