Currently, there are six members of the Mae Shi: Brad Breeck, Jeff Byron, Tim Byron, Bill Gray, Jon Gray and Marcus Savino. You are likely to only see four of us on stage at any given time, but the rest of us are lurking in the shadows. We've been told that "mae shi" means "business card" in Japanese. This is fitting, because the band is our business card. The band is our self-help vehicle, and as our personal goals change, our roles within the band change.
Amidst all of this change, some things are constants. What's been done has been done, and it's of little interest to us unless we can repackage it in a new and exciting way. The only option is to forge ahead, to try new things, to test out bad ideas, to all try to sing and work together and hope the road we're on leads somewhere. It's about the journey and the destination. This all sounds immensely airy but we believe it -- at its core the rock and roll band is a surrogate family for our culturally extended childhood, it's our self-help group, it's our soap box, it's a way to see what we're really capable of. Growing up is tough. This is our attempt to grow up.
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HLLLYH (TSR 001/YOS 018)
Release date: 03/25/08
TRACK LISTING
01. Lamb And The Lion
02. Pwnd
03. Boys In The Attic
04. 7xx7
05. the Melody
06. Leech And Locust
07. Run To Your Grave
08. Kingdom Come
09. I Get Almost Everything I Want
10. Party Politics
11. Young Marks
12. Book Of Numbers
13. Hlllyh
14. Divine Harvest
TOUR DATES
UK Spring Tour
05.06 Cambridge, UK - Graduate
05.07 York, UK - Fibbers
05.08 Aberdeen, UK - Snafu
05.09 Glasgow, UK - Barfly
05.10 Liverpool, UK - Barfly (Loft)
05.12 Birmingham, UK - The Place I Love
05.13 London, UK - Kings College
05.14 TBD
05.15 TBD
05.16 Brighton, UK - The Great Escape
05.17 Leeds, UK - Faversham (Nasty Fest)
05.18 Edinburgh, UK - Cabaret Voltaire
05.19 TBD
05.20 Sheffield, UK - DQ
05.21 Manchester, UK - Moho Live
05.22 Kingston, UK - The Works
05.23 Vienna, Austria - Flex
05.24 Nottingham, UK - Dot to Dot Fest
05.25 Bristol, UK - Dot to Dot Fest
05.26 Dublin UK - TBD
05.27 Liverpool UK - TBD
05.28 Hamburg, Germany - Molotov
05.29 Berlin, Germany - West Germany
US Summer Tour
07.02 Phoenix, Arizona - Modified Arts
07.03 Santa Fe, New Mexico - High Mayhem
07.04 Denver, Colorado - Rhinoceropolis
07.05 Kansas City, Missouri - Record Bar
07.06 St. Louis, Missouri - The Bluebird
07.07 Minneapolis, Minnesota - The Uptown Club
07.08 Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Borg Ward
07.09 Chicago, Illinois - Abbey Pub
07.10 Detroit, Michigan - The Magic Stick
07.11 Toronto, Ontario - Sneaky Dee's
07.12 Montreal, Quebec - Casa del Popolo
07.13 Chatham, Massachusetts - Chatham Fest
07.16 Providence, Rhode Island - As220
07.17 Danbury, Connecticut - Heirloom Arts
07.18.Manhattan, New York - Cake Shop
07.19.Baltimore, Maryland - Whartscape Festival
07.20.Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - The Barbary
07.21.Brooklyn, New York - The Market Hotel
07.22.Washington, DC - Velvet Lounge
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