And so I begin...

Brotherhood is strong... even in cellphone pictures. Taken post As One Fest. The Pit was no joke, inside or out of the venue.


What up, world? It's Steve. So I've not yet posted anything here, but I feel like no one's reading this but us, so it won't really make a difference if I start posting as well. I've been reading my good friend (read: 'mortal enemy') Tracker's blog over at http://www.polarblogclub.com/ recently and pouring over his remarkable dry wit and hilarious anecdotes about life on the road with a hard-working (HA!) rock and roll band like Polar Bear Club. Regardless, While sifting through the bullshit Trevor writes over there (all of which is actually true, despite what he may attempt to pass off as lies. Some of that is actually a lie), I had a shocking and absolutely disheartening revelation. Trevor Backer is good at something. And worse... he's better at something than I am. If you've met that unfortunate man, you can possibly begin to comprehend what a crushing blow to my inflated ego that really is.

After weeping solemnly whilst listening to "Convinced I'm Wrong" (criers of the world, unite and get fucked), I decided that it was time to not only step up my blog game, but also, and more importantly, to step up my shit-talk. Anyway, those dudes recently signed to Bridge 9 Records and are out in Europe with The Gaslight Anthem and Frank Turner. They're probably running that alcohol-fueled party-cruise they call a band directly into the ground, so go see them while you still have a chance.

As for team Forfeit, We're writing and practicing and all the shit you're supposed to do when you're in a band and getting ready to start recording in under a month for the as-of-yet-untitled LP we'll be releasing through Reaper Records and have some sweet shows coming up including Toronto with Bane, and also United Blood Fest in Richmond. Hard. I'll be back to post tour dates for the US and Europe this summer when it all gets locked down for sure and any other boring stuff like that in a few weeks.
Reaper has some crazy stuff coming out really soon, too so head over there for info on Maximum Penalty, Naysayer, Born From Pain and all kinds of other Pit-related soundtracks.

I swung home to shovel my parents driveway and be a responsible son, and now I'm going to go raid the fuck out of their refrigerator and take it for all it's worth... See ya when I see ya.

I'll leave you with an audio interview we did last summer at the start of our full US tour. Kyle and Sawyer conducted (and subsequently lost complete control of) the interview for Bystander Fanzine out of Albany. I think it has it's moments.

http://bystanderfanzine.com/theboard/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=6148

I still want to talk to Kyle about his sister more, but he's much bigger than me.

In dark or horror the parallel world is often a hiding place for unpleasant things, and often the protagonist is forced to confront effects of this other world leaking into his own

UPDATE! UPDATE! UPDATE!

So we've been working the past few months on writing new songs that will be put out on an LP around late spring on Reaper Records. This past tour we played a few songs that will be on it, so far we are really excited and anxious to record and get it out there. We will be hitting the studio in the middle of march to record.

We are shooting for 10 or 11 songs, so far we have 8 songs and a few more in the process of being put together. So far every song has come together really well, each different in their own way. The songs have defiantly progressed from the last record but in a good way. Defiantly some helmet influence on a few of the riffs but basically....its HARD AS FUCK!

We will be playing day two of United Blood this year with Converge, Cold World and more so be sure to check out some of the new songs we will be playing at that show. This summer we will be hitting the road to support the LP, chances are we ill be gone almost the entire summer, so keep on the lookout for that. Make sure you keep checking out Reaper Records for future release, there is a lot of cool stuff coming out like the new Reaper Comp featuring, Naysayer, bad seed, alpha omega and a few others along with the new Maximum Penalty record and so much more.

I'm sure we will keep updating this when we are recording to let you know how everything is going and other plans for the future.