The Blood Brothers set to record on April 23rd

Contributed by guitarmy. Posted by aubin on Thursday, March 23, 2006 at 6:00 PM (EST)

The Blood Brothers have announced plans to record their upcoming full length with production set to begin on April 23rd. The album will follow their 2004 V2 full length, Crimes. Since the release of that album, besides extensive touring, members of the band also collaborated to release Chandeliers in the Savannah under the name Neon Blonde, and also Head Wound City as Head Wound City.

According to the band, they will be recording in "a secluded cave in the outskirts of Seattle" and have enlisted Guy Picciotto, co-vocalist of legendary Washington D.C. band Fugazi, and producer of recent albums from The Gossip and Blonde Redhead.

Sharing the production duties with Guy will be John Goodmanson, a veteran producer responsible for records from a diverse range of acts from Death Cab for Cutie to Sleater-Kinney. Goodmanson also co-produced Crimes along with the band themselves.

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Someone (March 23, 2006)

wow. great news. this really spiced up my day.

Someone (March 23, 2006)

herb

Someone (March 23, 2006)

yippie yippie tu tu, tra la la la! i'm excited.

givemeamuseumandillfillit (March 23, 2006)

* * * * * Score is for the reference. I actually thought of it today too.

Etienne (March 23, 2006)

These guys seem like record-making machines My favourite is still Burn, Piano Island, Burn.

HeresLookinAtYou (March 23, 2006)

amazing

givemeamuseumandillfillit (March 23, 2006)

If neon blonde is mentioned, I DEMAND HEAD WOUND CITY!

Aubin (March 23, 2006)

You got me; I completely forgot and funny thing is I really like that crazy album.

givemeamuseumandillfillit (March 23, 2006)

Yeah. It was on my top 5 overall last year, really, it's that good. Thanks for mentioning it. According to justin they've recorded a full length that they're going to release and tour with around april 07. I'm stoked.

superbastard (March 23, 2006)

if this is true, you have made my, like, next few weeks.

givemeamuseumandillfillit (March 24, 2006)

It's true.

David_Arquette (March 23, 2006)

They should let Guy do this on his own. This could turn out to be really cool.

Someone (March 23, 2006)

Family Guy vs. The Simpsons. Go:

kingofpain (March 23, 2006)

Simpsons.

Someone (March 23, 2006)

Simpsons, any series past 2. Anyone who disagrees is incorrect.

TheRevisionist (March 23, 2006)

actually, the last several seasons were a disgrace to animated sitcoms everywhere

perilafterperil (March 23, 2006)

yeah it's been pretty shitty for awhile now, rather sad. aren't they coming out with a movie that they've had planned since like fucking season 2?

TheRevisionist (March 23, 2006)

i dunno, i've heard rumors about that for like the past 8 years

Someone (March 23, 2006)

From what i've seen, they seem ok. But we're not as up to date over here.

perilafterperil (March 23, 2006)

is this even a fair fight? family guy has simpsons DNA all over it. it's like comparing step by step and family matters. or err...something.

Scruffy (March 23, 2006)

Futurama. But, then, you know, my screen name....anyone could guess my response. I don't have a Simpsons or Family Guy tattoo.

Someone (March 23, 2006)

nerd

Scruffy (March 23, 2006)

Mom?

AlmostPunkEnough (March 24, 2006)

ahh, i didn't know you were named after that Scruffy.

AlmostPunkEnough (March 23, 2006)

are we talking currently? cause Family Guy hands down. and South Park is better than both. all-time though i gotta say Simpsons.

givemeamuseumandillfillit (March 23, 2006)

I have to go with simpsons because it's just so lovable, and even though it turned to shit by season 7-8.... It's still really funny if you ignore the plot. There's some absolutley lovely homer stuff, and i'm a sucker for his predictable stupidness. My favorite homer move is when he says something, then repeat it in an angry tone while shaking his fist.

givemeamuseumandillfillit (March 23, 2006)

Still love family guy though, but season 5 has been really really shit.

ILOVESCOTT (March 23, 2006)

the simpsons hands down

Dante3000 (rich) (March 23, 2006)

WHAT?! If you're looking over all Simpsons, no contest. If family guy makes it another 8 seasons (let alone 18 [is that what Simpsons are one]) I'd be amazed. However, it's clear that Family Guy kicks the shit out of current Simpsons episodes. So does most television however. -Dante

skaboom (March 23, 2006)

Simpsons. When Family Guy was in its first incantation it was better, because Simpsons was in a slump. Since then, Simpsons regained teh funny and FG has been a mess since it came back on TV.

AlmostPunkEnough (March 23, 2006)

have the Simpsons really been good lately? i haven't seen an episode for at least 2 years.

TheRevisionist (March 23, 2006)

don't bother

AlmostPunkEnough (March 23, 2006)

i didn't think so. i can't even put my finger on what's missing lately, it's just like something got lost along the way, maybe the timing, maybe it's just played, i have no idea. all i know is that Homer has become brain dead and the stories and guest characters have just gotten way over the top.

TheRevisionist (March 23, 2006)

yep, that's pretty accurate. it's almost like they used all the good jokes already so they just settle for the complete crap that's left

FuckYouOiOiOi (March 23, 2006)

ahh stop bitching. what else are you gonna watch at that time?

Dante3000 (rich) (March 23, 2006)

Naw, I just caught an episode this sunday. It was awful. The jokes were rehashed shit from season 7. It felt like two old plots pieced together to make a new episode. But yeah, I have noticed Family guy has gone downhill lately. It's a lot less funny scenerios and a lot more "Like that time" flashbacks. They need to find a way to tie in jokes otherwise it seems to random and cut and paste. -Dante

AlmostPunkEnough (March 23, 2006)

i find the only good thing about Family Guy lately is the commentary on celebrities, i.e. Sarah Jessica Parker looking like a foot. there's been a few good episodes in the last year, just nothing spectacular. also, i have a very random question for you. Fresno State is in Cali, and the fact that it's Fresno State means it's a state school, right? so why isn't it UC Fresno? like everything that's a state school in NY is a SUNY, except Binghamton, which still has some stupid SUNY designation somewhere. anyway, what gives?

Dante3000 (rich) (March 23, 2006)

The UC system (University of California) is a slightly more distinguished state school. other than that I don't know what makes it special. They're larger universities that sometimes offer different colleges for different majors all under one university system (ex: there are several colleges under UC San Diego). UC's are also harder to get into than state schools and require SAT II Test scores. I also believe you can get a doctorate from a UC and not a state school. UC's: San Diego, Riverside, Santa Cruz, Santa Barbra, Berkley, Los Angeles, irvine And San Francisco. I think that's it...maybe two more. But there are tons of state schools: San Jose, Hayward, San Francisco, Fresno, Chico, Sanoma, San Diego, Bakersfield, Fullerton, LA. Pretty much any bigger city has em. -Dante

AlmostPunkEnough (March 23, 2006)

ahhh, ok. i just realized it's kind of the same here. Cornell for instance is a SUNY (i'm pretty sure) but isn't called it cause it's one of the higher ones. just like Binghamton, Albany, Geneseo and Buffalo. but there's also about a dozen places like SUNY Plattsburgh, SUNY Potsdam, StonyBrook, etc. and all NY state community colleges are SUNYs. i feel so enlightened now. or something.

kingofpain (March 23, 2006)

It's still better than 99% of everything else on TV.

Pope_Skeletor (March 23, 2006)

Agreed. Sometimes I kind of wish those shows would bow out, but then Fox would just put on another The War at Home type show. And then what would I watch while I get drunk on sunday nights?

Godfather (March 23, 2006)

simpsons this season of family guy has been mediocre and that rock lobsta song was so bad that i actually felt embarassed for the writers who thought it would be funny and for the record, south park is better than both

Someone (March 23, 2006)

simpsons no question

OzmanX (March 23, 2006)

Season 8 of the Simpsons is pure gold.

ILOVESCOTT (March 23, 2006)

besides, if it werent for the simpsons, family guy wouldnt even be around

Someone (March 24, 2006)

give credit where credit is due. the simpsons was revolutionary in its own right. now as far as which is better, its tricky. the first couple of seasons of the simpson were like an animated sitcom, when matt groening still wrote them, he tried to keep them realistic. then it started to become self-aware, so to speak, and got, well, silly. there were several episodes that were almost on par with south park in way of social commentary, but then there were episodes that were more like family guy in its absurdist manner. so basically, when it comes down to it, the simpsons is a more versitale show, and has gone through more stages. however, if you put the best nonsense episodes up against the best of family guy, i'd say family guy, just for the "laugh-per-minute" ratio. also, if you put the best commentary episodes up against south park, same thing. all in a

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Hooray4Humans (March 23, 2006)

sweet...this should be good!

HeresLookinAtYou (March 23, 2006)

Family Guy. shits on the simpsons especially the new simpsons

TheRevisionist (March 23, 2006)

again, i can't even watch the new simpsons episodes. and you'd think they'd wanna go out on a good note but they keep getting worse and worse.

Someone (March 23, 2006)

Actually the one on the week before last was fucking killer. "Why do you keep doing that?" "I have a compulsive disorder, YEAAAAAAHAHH! One two three four..."

FuckYouOiOiOi (March 23, 2006)

and the last one where homer was saying everything sarcastically had me laughing till it literally hurt

___waltz (March 24, 2006)

i thought that joke got a little old.

perilafterperil (March 23, 2006)

in other fun news, my aquabats costume came today. i have no idea when i'll ever wear it, but when the day comes that i have to fight off the fashion zombies i'll be seriously awesome and ready.

TheRevisionist (March 23, 2006)

where do they sell them?

perilafterperil (March 23, 2006)

you can buy the mask/anti-negativity helmet/rash guard/power belt on their website. super fast shipping too. and i live on the east coast.

Scruffy (March 23, 2006)

That's amazing.

Someone (March 24, 2006)

Holy shit, you're an Unlovables fan. You rule.

perilafterperil (March 24, 2006)

the unlovables are an amazing band!

Someone (March 23, 2006)

i cant believe i used to be into this shit soooooooooo bad

Someone (March 23, 2006)

fuck off douchebag

Someone (March 23, 2006)

nope this shit sucks so fucking hard

Someone (March 23, 2006)

In 2 years' time you'll be talking shit about the bands you like now. Grow the fuck up and stop following what other people say you should be listening to.

Someone (March 24, 2006)

na probably not i was a little confused in what was good about a year ago

Someone (March 23, 2006)

people like this shit?

Someone (March 23, 2006)

she's shaking like a revolution...

Someone (March 23, 2006)

haha i couldnt agree more

Someone (March 23, 2006)

wow... i understand that this is a punk website, but the people here are more anti-hardcore than i thought anyway, this band rocks

Scruffy (March 23, 2006)

Blood Brothers are not hardcore. I'm not making a value judgment. They're just not.

Someone (March 23, 2006)

you are correct. they're not hardcore. they're just gay.

Someone (March 23, 2006)

what the hell are they if they're not hardcore then??

Someone (March 23, 2006)

i told you already. they're gay

Someone (March 23, 2006)

so you think screaming is gay? heh

Pat-Thetic (March 24, 2006)

only from behind

Scruffy (March 23, 2006)

I don't know what to call them. I'm sure there's a word for it.

Someone (March 23, 2006)

sasscore?

JoshCBFL (March 23, 2006)

No, GAY.

Someone (March 23, 2006)

o rly

Someone (March 24, 2006)

art fag garbage perhaps?

fallingupwards84 (March 23, 2006)

Can I Say is one of the greatest albums ever. So pick it up.

fallingupwards84 (March 23, 2006)

Oops, meant to post this in response to the Dag Nasty question.

Someone (March 23, 2006)

anti hardcore? the vocals on this are fucking so annoying, the lyrics dont make any sense, oh you have to read between the lines, get the fuck out of here

Someone (March 23, 2006)

run on sentences are annoying

Someone (March 24, 2006)

not as annoying as the vocals from this band

Someone (March 23, 2006)

i think i'm gonna go whip up a tuna melt

Someone (March 23, 2006)

What's a good Dag Nasty album to start with?

Someone (March 23, 2006)

can i say

JoshCBFL (March 23, 2006)

Agreed. Minority of One is pretty damn good too, though.

Someone (March 23, 2006)

willenium

Someone (March 23, 2006)

You should write for Leno.

fallingupwards84 (March 23, 2006)

Can I Say is one of the greatest albums ever. So pick it up.

Someone (March 23, 2006)

That seems to be the consensus. Thanks everyone.

Someone (March 23, 2006)

can i say and wig out at denkos are both perfect albums. ah, i remember the days when you could buy them both on the same cd from dischord.

Scruffy (March 23, 2006)

Can I Say. I didn't really dig Wig Out At Denko's. The vocalist on that album really bothers me. And though I liked Minority Of One (the only other Dag Nasty album I own), it sounds more like Bad Religion than Dag Nasty.

fallingupwards84 (March 23, 2006)

doesn't Brian Baker play on Minority Of One? that would explain the similar sound to Bad Religion

Someone (March 23, 2006)

As tired and cliched as it may be, the new stuff (read: Four on the Floor and Minority) does really pale in comparison to the earlier albums. Four on the Floor sounds like half-assed Down By Law, and Minority of one does indeed sounds like Bad Religion

AlmostPunkEnough (March 23, 2006)

i don't 'get' these guys. i guess i'm slow.

Someone (March 23, 2006)

youre not missing anything

Scruffy (March 23, 2006)

Or you just have taste. I kinda liked them on first listen. Then, when I realized they took the Mars Volta approach to lyricism, I quit caring. Also, I tend to get lost in the middle. They'd be good if every song was as short as Guitarmy.

AlmostPunkEnough (March 23, 2006)

exactly, it's like they're just noodling around half the time. i guess i don't have enough of an attention span or whatever, but it just bores me to tears. and the lyrics are so utterly pretentious and meaningless.

Someone (March 23, 2006)

Dude, there was one song past the four minute mark on Crimes. Sure. they're not as tight and concise as Paint it Black but there's a thousand other bands in the genre you could say 'noodle around' more.

AlmostPunkEnough (March 23, 2006)

oh definitley. i'm not here to say these guys are 'gay' or fucking suck or anything, i just don't like them. i've found songs don't need to be extra long for me to find them boring or accuse them of noodling around. and i completly agree that there are many worse noodling bands, but they're all bad too. at least these guys have some talent, just not my style at all. if could gimme a faster song to check out maybe i could get into it.

cash_money_hustla (March 23, 2006)

I would recommend "Fucking's Greatest Hits", "USA Nails" or "Ambulance vs. Ambulance" maybe "Celia and the Silhouette saloon". All of these songs are from Burn, Piano Island, Burn. Crimes is ok, "Trash Flavored Trash" is a pretty good song off of that album.

AlmostPunkEnough (March 23, 2006)

thanks dude, i'll check them out.

Scruffy (March 23, 2006)

Yeah, but they all go on too long. ANd this is coming from someone who hates that Paint It Black and Kid Dynamite's songs are so short. BEcause those two bands' songs are needlessly short, and this band's songs are needlessly long. Their songs need to be shorts bursts of energy, not the length of pop songs.

ILOVESCOTT (March 23, 2006)

haha you said noodling

AlmostPunkEnough (March 24, 2006)

you're such a dirty girl.

ILOVESCOTT (March 26, 2006)

no no it wasnt meant to be sexual. it just sounds funny. so im such a simple girl.

InaGreendase (brian) (March 23, 2006)

That comparison is so far off base you're a few miles from the stadium. The Blood Brothers formed 4 years before Volta did.

Scruffy (March 23, 2006)

I didn't mean they imitated Mars Volta (who I know are not as old as The Blood Brothers. I heard This Adultery Is Ripe in my roommate's car stereo well before The first Mars Volta CD came out.). I just referenced Mars Volta because they're in the same ballpark, lyrically. I could have said "Overly verbose, unneccessarily abstract, void of any distinguishable meaning while maintaining enough interpretable lines so that art school students with dictionaries in hand can say 'No, it's really deep'" school of lyricism, but I thought by simply referencing one of their contemporaries who do a similar thing, it'd sound less mean, wouldn't be as incendiary and would be more succinct (unlike this post).

givemeamuseumandillfillit (March 24, 2006)

Have you even looked at the lyrics? The blood brothers are way more "neo-poetic", i havn't really heard mars volta sing about trashcans and rats.

Scruffy (March 24, 2006)

Eh, maybe I'm wrong. "Stupid" still works as a descriptor. It's just a different world to me. There will always be people who like that stuff, and I'm fine with that. I just hate the idea that some people expect you to like it if you're "smart". I like my lyrics slightly more expository.

OzmanX (March 23, 2006)

You're not alone, I find them to be ok. They don't do much for me.

Someone (March 23, 2006)

i feel nothing at all..

Someone (March 23, 2006)

everyone get ready to up your swoop hair-do, god this shit is bad

Someone (March 23, 2006)

hahaha

fallingupwards84 (March 23, 2006)

Golden Boys is supposedly a Germs cover... what was the title of the Germ's original version?

kingofpain (March 23, 2006)

According to Toby: To clarify, "Golden Boys" is not a Germs song, but a song written by a pre-Germs band called Vagina Dentata. The Dickies also covered it. Weird.

fallingupwards84 (March 23, 2006)

I see. Now I feel pretty dumb for listening to my Germs album twice through to try and find the original haha

Someone (March 24, 2006)

I bet you do! And to think it was in your vagina all along.

ElVaquero (March 23, 2006)

My brother (who is a bigger Blood Brothers fan than I am, and I love them) saw them in Seattle a few weeks ago and actually walked out because they were so bad. Not the show or their performance, but the NEW MUSIC was so bad.

Someone (March 23, 2006)

Wow, that doesn't bode well. I love the band too, but I couldn't bear to watch them when they were on Kimmel. Shitty sound and really sloppy performance.

givemeamuseumandillfillit (March 24, 2006)

I thought that performance was good. I like them when they're sloppy.

Someone (March 23, 2006)

i was at that show, and they were great. the new songs sounded like they could have been on crimes. your brother sucks.

fallingupwards84 (March 23, 2006)

someone please tell me this Britney Spears monument is a joke http://www.caplakesting.com/2006_catalog/de/index.htm

Dante3000 (rich) (March 23, 2006)

How is that not considered a form of pornography? It's a pregnant chick on all fours, asshole naked on a bearskin rug. That's porn. The fact that a baby is falling out does not make it art. Pro life people are fucking wierd. -Dante p.s. who gives birth to a kid like that?

Someone (March 23, 2006)

I'd hit it.

AlmostPunkEnough (March 23, 2006)

ummm, i hate to say it, but what does the back view of that look like? is it... correct?

Godfather (March 23, 2006)

i'd like to know the same thing...

AlmostPunkEnough (March 23, 2006)

she's certainly in a position where there'd have to be quite a bit of 'detail' on the back.

Dante3000 (rich) (March 23, 2006)

Says it's complete with the head of her kid crowning...So I guess, yeah. -Dante

AlmostPunkEnough (March 24, 2006)

wow...

NoControl (March 23, 2006)

Kiss me where it smells funny.

AlmostPunkEnough (March 23, 2006)

your mouth?

NoControl (March 23, 2006)

maybe....

Someone (March 23, 2006)

touche

GreenVandal (March 23, 2006)

I cant believe how happy I am about this. I'm dancing!

NoControl (March 23, 2006)

you must really love annoying pre-pubescent singers.

GreenVandal (March 23, 2006)

Theres a difference between whiny and high pitched, kind of like there is a difference between big kids music and the dumbed down moron shit I'm sure you listen to. Sorry junior. Not everyone can understand real talent. I'm sure your good at lots of other things.

Someone (March 24, 2006)

i'm going to become rich and famous after i invent a device that allows you to stab people in the face over the internet

americanXidiot (March 23, 2006)

guy picciotto....wtf....who is this clown? he is from dc just like good charoltte so he must be a pop/punk poser!!!

ElVaquero (March 23, 2006)

you're not funny, by the way

americanXidiot (March 23, 2006)

im not trying to be.....sorry if i dont watch this 'guy' everytime hes on trl or w/e!!!

Someone (March 23, 2006)

im calling this one out as a joke account. bones, are you in there?

Someone (March 23, 2006)

jones is funnier. Shit, even punkphil is funnier

americanXidiot (March 23, 2006)

punkphil funnier then aXi?ha! now THATS funny!!!!

AlmostPunkEnough (March 24, 2006)

0/12??? damnit, i lost count.

lookmommyididit (March 23, 2006)

o man............this is gonna be some good ass cheese.......

darkstarm (March 23, 2006)

I used to like the Blood Brothers a lot. They got kind of old. I love Guy. I worship Fugazi. So I busted out some Burn Piano Island, Burn. Just as I felt last time, Guitarmy fucking rips, USA Nails is nuts and Fucking's Greatest Hits is also rawdizzle. Everything else just like... uggghhh drags. I dunno. I think these guys have a gift with those fuckin' screams of theirs, maybe Guy will do something amazin' with them.

fritobandito (March 23, 2006)

could be fun. I like this band. Crimes was a bit "eh" but they're still pretty solid.

Russe11 (March 23, 2006)

Wow. I can't fucking wait.

Someone (March 23, 2006)

south park is the best cartoon on tv. hands down, no contest.

Someone (March 23, 2006)

I'm buying it.

Someone (March 24, 2006)

i cant wait till this album comes out

Someone (March 24, 2006)

Geeks geeks you're all geeks the whole lot of you

Someone (March 29, 2006)

This will be one of the most anticipated, best releases this year. I'm so sick of people dissing The Blood Brothers after proclaiming how fantastic they were when Burn, Piano Island, Burn came out. Grow up. The new material will probably be quite a bit more abstract, closer to the art-punk of Liars than their more hardcore-influenced material. I'm excited to see where these guys can take their post-modern lyrics and how they'll be expanding their vocal techniques. Not to mention: more synth.