Los Angeles based 400 Blows recently announced that guitarist Christian has left the band. Despite this the group maintains that they will soldier on. From their blog posting: "we respect his decision. we will find another guitar player and we won't stop 'till we have one that fits perfectly. christian will be missed. we love him dearly."

400 Blows released Angel's Trumpets and Devil's Trombones this past May on Gold Standard Labs.