We can’t say this enough:  Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all of your constant support, inspiration, and love.

These are our hearts and souls, our stories, and lives.  Thank you for making them yours too.

Start Where You Are Lyrics

We had an absolute blast hitting that stage for the 10th year. All of our friends that played that night (A Cruel Twist, The City Strikes Back, Drew Torres, and Makeshift Lullaby) totally killed it.

It seems like almost yesterday we were the awkward 8th grade geeks that nervously went up on stage to play a set in front of an actual audience (consisting of people other than our parents). 10 years later, we’re still the same geeks having more fun with you guys than we ever imagined. Thank you guys for an amazing ride so far.

Check out the pics and video below thanks to our friends Kyle, Alexis and Frankie.

See you at the next show for our CD Release!

With all of our love & gratitude,
amw

A moment’s worth is the rush you felt when you first fell in love, and the pain that came when that love ended: it’s watching something you’ve believed in for years fall apart, bit by agonizing bit. A moment’s worth is realizing that all is not lost. It is a new beginning. It is learning when to hold on and when to let go.

It is the flash of insight that comes to you at the most unexpected of times. It is trying to figure it all out and realizing that perhaps right now you can’t and shouldn’t. A moment’s worth is making peace with bewilderment.

Most of all, perhaps it’s simply learning to recognize the often elusive but tremendous importance of each unique instant.

Such as this one.

Right here. Right now.

This is a moment’s worth.

“People will try to shut you down.
Don’t let them.
People will tell you that what you think is possible really isn’t.
Don’t listen.
People will try to tell you they know what’s best for your life.
Resist.

You have your own calling. You have your own path. You have your own voice, your own words, and a power behind them. Don’t let the voices of the defeated and lost dilute yours.

The compass is within you.

Let that be your guide.”

The Calling (Instrumental) Introduction
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august 13th, 2010.

Our good friend Devin from This Condition (and formerly of The Bride Wore Black) posted the blog below.

You guys know how much the Bronx Underground (home of our first performances, countless shows and memories, and our upcoming CD release show) means to us.  They are more than a venue or a group of people running shows. They are our family and they helped to build one of the greatest music scenes in the world. Please support them and the Bronx music scene in any way you can.

“I’m not going to go into detail, because its not my place to do so, but an organization that I truly love and respect called The Bronx Underground needs your help. I’ve always had faith in the kids that come out to BXUG shows. Faith that they came out to shows regardless of the bands playing, but for the sole purpose of supporting music and the bronx underground. Unfortunately my faith in most of these kids is now gone. Attendance for BXUG shows has decreased dramatically, because the company has been forced to stop booking heavy bands. Please, continue to come out to their shows and restore my faith in the kids that consider themselves part of the bronx scene. It would be a shame to see a group of people like Adam, Anita, and all their staff have to stop doing what they love just because a specific style of bands are no longer able to play shows for them. Please continue to support local and underground music. Don’t turn your back on a company that was FORCED to make a certain decision; a company that has put on so many amazing shows and given you something to do on a friday night. They’ve been around for far too long, and have worked way too hard to have to hang up their shoes. Bands and kids who love these bands NEED the bronx underground.

Please reblog this if you can. Maybe even add one of your favorite memories from a bronx underground show. Mine is The Bride Wore Black’s CD release show last june.

facebook.com/bronxunderground
myspace.com/bronxunderground

Love and respect,

-d“

That’s right, the STS Feast is just around the corner.  Since last year’s show got rained out, we’re making it up to you guys with an awesome 10 year anniversary celebration with our friends.

If you’re in the area, come out and celebrate 10 amazing years with us. You won’t regret it.

Check out the Facebook event page.

See you guys soon!
<3amw

What do you guys want to hear?  We’ll play the song with the most votes.

Also wanted to share these words with you:

“Allow life, trust life, and by and by life will destroy all your inhibitions, and energy will start streaming in all those parts where it has been prevented.

So whatever you do, do it with this hidden idea that you have to become more flowing. If you hold somebody’s hand, really hold it. You are holding it anyway, so why waste the moment? Really hold it! Don’t just be two dead hands holding each other, each wondering when the other is going to leave. If you talk, then let the talk be passionate; otherwise you will bore others and yourself.

Life should be a passion, a vibrating passion,  a pulsating passion, a tremendous energy. Whatever you do should not be dull; otherwise don’t do it. There is no duty to do anything, but whatever you feel like doing, really do it.” – Osho

See you kids soon!

“So I just wanna say this. I’ve been a big fan of you guys ever since before my band (Staple Remover cough cough) started. For the past couple of years, your music has helped me through a lot. But there’s always been that one line that’s really helped me through everything, especially in the past few months. “Still Got My Optimism After All” has been the one line I’ve spent all of my days living by. It’s helped me to see the brighter side of things, and I cant express how much it’s meant to me. Today, to show both my appreciation of you guys for all you’ve done for me, for my band, for everyone who hears you, and to show how much this one line has helped me in my life, I got my first tattoo. It’s a hospital band with the line written in it. It means a lot to me, and it always will. It will forever be there to show me that things will be better. So I thank you all…for everything.”

At a recent outdoor gathering, he came up to me and asked me if I had headphones on me. “Sure,” I said as I pulled them out of my beat up book bag.  Giving me a “thanks” nod he took them, plugged them into his mp3 player and walked off by himself.  

I watched him from a distance standing far from the crowd, simply listening to a song.  I stood both heartbroken and amazed.  

A song is helping him in some way to get through a time like this—not a book or movie, not medicine or a pill, not conversation, but a song at this moment can speak to him like nothing and no one else can.

This is why, I thought, I write and play music: to be that song for a good friend.

Thanks so much to Kyle from I Redeemer for these videos!

Want to catch the next outdoor show? We’re going to rock out with the Bronx Underground in the Boogie Down, next Saturday May 15th!

Here’s the event page & flyer:

See you soon!