It's wild that we will be celebrating 15 years of our first record this spring - we are so lucky to have had the stars align meeting one another and creating art in those early days - we are looking forward to reflecting and celebrating the moments of coming together for the first time in real time with all of you! It's going to be a show unlike anything we've ever done. We are also so grateful and feel that the stars have aligned with having the Brudi Brothers out opening up each show in these intimate theater settings ! See you this spring!!!!
"It was my favorite song back then, but I didn't really know what it meant," he told Brooklyn Paper. "And now going back to and listening to 'Losing Myself,' I'm like, I knew that was my favorite song on the album, but I wasn't really sure why. It's about not really knowing what you're going to get into, but you're going to lose yourself in the moment."
The Early November and Hellogoodbye will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their respective 2006 albums, The Mother, the Mechanic, and the Path and Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!, on tour in 2026. They've announced a US run, "20 Years Young," that begins on February 24 in Norwalk, CT and wraps up on April 8 in Las Vegas. See all dates below.
The band (Laura Lee, Mark Speer, and DJ Johnson) recorded the aptly-titled The Universe Smiles Upon You ii at the very same Central Texas barn as the first Universe. However, there were some changes made this time, beginning with Khruangbin ripping up the floor to get rid of some local critters. Following that little construction project, the weather wasn't very cooperative; what started as sunny days made for T-shirts became blisteringly cold, with the band spending four days shivering together while recutting the album.