miranda here! ryan is having me write this one because apparently i am a much better blogger. whatever that means.
we’ve just had one crazy week. our cd’s arrived the day before our release shows and before they got here we were biting our nails and refreshing the tracking number compulsively. it wouldn’t have been much of a cd release without the cds..
oh and they are BEAUTIFUL. ryan really did an amazing job on the artwork.
our friends www.lindsaysdiet.com & dj’s sex attack joined us from vancouver for our victoria release at lucky bar. the racoons opended up the show and it was completely packed. i’m pretty sure we sold out. we also got new tshirts to go along with our new album.
one of the highlights for us this weekend was having some extra musicians join us on stage for the first time. we had saxophone, trumpet and violin. i also played flute and melodica. the new album is a lot more orchestral (yet still keeps with the poppy feel you know and love us for) and it felt so epic on stage.
the vancouver show was hosted by glory days at the biltmore and was an all-night dance party. what a great way to release an album. everyone was really welcoming and supportive.
thanks to everyone who made these shows possible (that sounds pretty cheesy doesn’t it? but it really does take a lot of people):
dave bain at surge ahead, unfamiliar records, jenn, marcus, megan, amy, jason, jordan, lindsays, jake, the racoons, julia, laura, andrew, anand, bryan….i’m forgetting people i know it.
we’ll be playing OLIO festival in vancouver august 13th and setting up lots more shows in the future. our album hits stores august 18th so keep an eye out. we’ll be releasing a few more songs onto our myspace over the next month so keep checking for that.
thanks for making it out for our release if you did and if you didn’t hopefully we’ll see you (in a town near you) soon!
xoxo
miranda & the paper cranes
ps-here are some photos from the weekend. check our www.lindsaysdiet.com for all of them.
our favorite animal-named band: the racoons! matt is wearing one of our new CHIVALRY’S DEAD t-shirts!
thank you for the prize ribbon jessicagrindstaff.com
part of sex attack
our good friend lindsay
vancouver
bryan also plays in (our label mates) brasstronaut!