THESE ARMS ARE SNAKES

merch and stuff

2010-02-24T08:56:00.000-08:00

If you missed the chance to grab a t-shirt the last time we rolled through your town, or if we never came to your town, or you're just now realizing that the band with the obnoxious name actually had some decent music, we have a bunch of old tour merch up for sale at Shirtkiller.

TAAS 2002 - 2009

2010-01-12T10:15:00.000-08:00

TAAS 2002 - 2009

From The Band:
"It's with a heavy heart we tell you that These Arms Are Snakes is no more. It's been a great run and we'd like to send out a very hearty "Thank You" to everyone that we've worked with or anyone that we've toured with; anyone that lent us a floor, towed our van and/or trailer, lent a van, given us a listen, downloaded our records prior to their coming out, bought our shit, or asked us where our band name came from; everyone who cooked us food, made habanero-infused tequila, had a safety meeting with us, let Steve gyrate all over you, had to live with any of us, made us pay shitloads of money to get off your punk label, got us into LOST, found Steve drunkenly wandering the streets of Tokyo alone, played Madlibs in the van (plural nouns), lost money promoting one of our shows, took Chris to the hospital, put up with our drunken sorry asses, got into a fight with us, etc. etc."

This band could not have been possible without all of you. We sincerely thank you.

Much love,

TAAS

Suicide Squeeze MEGA SALE!!!!

2010-01-11T14:29:00.000-08:00

Yo yo. Check it. The killer folks over at Suicide Squeeze have just set up a ridiculous sale for this fine new start to 2010. You can get our Good Friday 7" for $2.99! And Tail Swallower and Dove CD for $8.99 and the vinyl w/ digital download for $9.99. That's fucking cheap, doggs. Get it here

You should at least get a good laugh out of this one…

2009-10-28T11:37:00.000-07:00

Check out this site from these killer folks down in LA. It would appear though that they weren't joking about getting our dirty laundry. Hilarious shit! Enjoy!

Dirty Laundry Presents: These Arms Are Snakes from Dirty Laundry on Vimeo.

Washburn Track Goes Digital

2009-09-10T23:13:00.001-07:00

Click below to read full story and hear "Washburn" or grab it on Itunes

These Arms Are Snakes, 'Washburn' -- Song Premiere - Spinner

Take that, Pitchfork

2009-09-09T15:57:00.000-07:00

we have our own Top 500 songs of the decade...

Bringing People Together pt. 2

2009-08-27T11:51:00.001-07:00

Brian shares his thoughts on maintaining a relationship while on the road.

Bringing People Together

2009-08-12T21:30:00.001-07:00

I have zero idea what this has to do with us.
Published in The Stranger. Found by Aaron and Faith.

Hitting The Road Soon

2009-08-06T15:36:00.000-07:00

These Arms Are Snakes | Fall Tour Dates
SEP 13 – Vancouver BC, Biltmore Cabaret *
SEP 15 – Calgary AB, Broken City *
SEP 16 – Edmonton AB, Pawn Shop *
SEP 17 – Saskatoon SK, Amigo’s *
SEP 18 – Winnipeg MB, Royal Albert Arms Hotel *
SEP 19 – Fargo ND, The Aquarium
SEP 20 – Minneapolis MN, 7th Street Entry +
SEP 22 – Chicago IL, Subterranean +
SEP 23 – Pontiac MI, The Pike Room +
SEP 24 – Rochester NY, The Bug Jar +
SEP 26 – New York NY, Mercury Lounge +
SEP 27 – Cambridge MA, TT the Bear’s +
SEP 28 – Philadelphia PA, Kung Fu Necktie +
SEP 29 – Washington DC, DC9 +
SEP 30 – Chapel Hill NC, Local 506 +
OCT 1 – Atlanta GA, Star Community Bar +
OCT 2 – Tallahassee FL, Club Downunder +
OCT 3 – Orlando FL, Will’s Pub +
OCT 5 – Baton Rouge LA, Spanish Moon +
OCT 6 – Austin TX, Red 7 +
OCT 7 - Denton, TX, Rubber Gloves +
OCT 9 - Plush @UC San Diego, Tuscon, AZ +
OCT 10 – Los Angeles CA, Knitting Factory +
OCT 11 – San Diego CA, The Casbah +
OCT 12 - The Smell, Los Angeles, CA +
OCT 13 – Visalia CA, Cellar Door +
OCT 14 – San Francisco CA, Bottom of the Hill +
OCT 16 – Portland OR, Rotture +
OCT 17 – Seattle WA, The Vera Project +

* w/ METZ
+ w/ dd/mm/yyyy

BuddyHead Interview with Brian Cook

2009-07-22T14:12:00.001-07:00

CLICK TO READ BUDDYHEAD INTERVIEW HERE

Sign o' the Times

2009-07-22T13:44:00.000-07:00

apparently now we twitter. follow us here

Sled Island Fest and Seattle Show

2009-06-11T21:35:00.000-07:00

These Arms Are Snakes are playing some shows up in Calgary at the Sled Island Festival and then a nice hometown hot box at Comet Tavern

June 25 - Distillery Pub - Calgary
June 26 - Royal Canadian Legion #1 - Calgary
June 27 - Comet Tavern - Seattle, WA

NARROWS LP "NEW DISTANCES" out today!

2009-05-12T12:51:00.000-07:00

Yo yo, everybody. In a somewhat related Snake's post. My other band Narrows is releasing our first LP entitled New Distances. Head on out and buy that little guy. It's stellar if I may say so. The CD is available now and the vinyl should be ready in a couple weeks. The vinyl will be a glorious gatefold. Deathwish Records is releasing both of these bad boys.

Yet Another Record Store Day Release To Think About…

2009-04-17T10:40:00.000-07:00

…but it's the Snakes so you love it! It's the even-more-limited-than-before release of your favorite Russian Circles/TAAS release! That's right they went so fast before thanks to all you suckas that bought it that Sargent House is reissuing 1000 more in a very killer clear-ish type vinyl as you can see above. But for those of you that can't get to your local independent store on April 18th, there's still help for you yet. If you point your clicker guy here then we got you covered as well. Big ups to Sargent House on this shit! Whoop whoop!
Oh and a huge THANK YOU to Darker My Love, All the Saints, The Coathangers, Young Widows, Tera Melos and every other band we played with for all being so fucking killer on this last tour. Oh and thanks to Chase2 for selling out of our beer coozies so fast! He had that shit down! Love you, Chasey! We had the best times ever!

California Shows

2009-03-24T13:40:00.001-07:00

come on out last shows in California before heading home

Mar 24 2009 Casbah San Diego, CA ^^^ and PRE, The Mae Shi
Mar 25 2009 Angels Road House #2 - Apple Valley, CA ^^^
Mar 26 2009 Echoplex Los Angeles, CA ^^^ All Ages
Mar 27 2009 Nicholby's Ventura, CA ^^^
Mar 28 2009 Bluelamp Sacramento, California ^^^

^^^ w/ Tera Melos

TAAS in Austin - SXSW Shows

2009-03-12T12:26:00.000-07:00

March 18th
Suicide Squeeze Show - TAAS @ 1am at Red Eyed Fly

March 19th
Brooklyn Vegan Day Party - TAAS @ 2:45pm at Radio Room

broken glass...

2009-03-11T16:05:00.000-07:00

...can be messy.

no, we're not iggy pop. watch your drinks, folks. a broken pint glass in denver sliced open steve's finger.

My new "bearitone" guitar

2009-03-11T16:02:00.000-07:00

thanks, First Act.

TAAS is on Tour so go vote for them on MTVU Freshmen

2009-02-23T13:11:00.001-08:00

Let's freak them out and win this thing on MTVU Freshmen so their video will get added to rotation.

You know it's time colleges across the country got Schooled so go VOTE For These Arms Are Snakes video for Red Line Season to win so they can spin some of that goodness.
Vote all day, and Vote Everyday this week until they win, wouldn't it be fun to just bum out all the cheerleaders on campus with some good rock.

cathy/sargenthouse

Oh shit!

2009-02-18T15:43:00.000-08:00

Check us out, y'all. We going to be up on MTV tonight! M83 are hosting and our video for Red Line Season will be making its debut on Subterranean! Be sure to tune in and shit! It actually starts tomorrow morning at 1AM but for you late nighters like us it's still Thursday night. And you know this. Booyah!

New split 7" w/ All The Saints

2009-02-09T11:54:00.000-08:00

The split 12" with Russian Circles is almost entirely gone. We just reordered the split 7" with Tropics, but the original pressing of 500 is running out. The split 10" with Pelican sold like hotcakes, and the CD version just got repressed with new covers. The split 7" with Minus The Bear will be out whenever they get off their asses and pick a song to cover. But in the midst of all that, we are pleased to announce another split record!

We are honored to announce that Touch & Go Records is doing a limited split 7" with TAAS and upcoming tour-mates All The Saints. Our side features the track "Washburn" which was recorded during the TS&D session. In keeping with our Alicja Trout obsession, she was kind enough to provide the artwork for our side of the record. We're very excited to collaborate with the boys in All the Saints. Don't know a whole lot about this Touch & Go label though... I think maybe they put out a Meatmen record years ago?

The split should be out in time for the u.s. tour later this month.

Tour

2009-02-08T22:25:00.000-08:00

These Arms Are Snakes announce First US Tour in Support of New Album "Tail Swallower & Dove," w/ Guests Darker My Love,All The Saints, Young Widows and joining them after SXSW on all dates are Tera Melos

* In other band news, Brian Cook from TAAS sat down with our good friends at FUSE TV.com and gave some insider tidbits into the making of the band’s brand new video for Red Line Season. You can read what Brian had to say about the video as well as watch it here!

These Arms Are Snakes Tour
Feb 21 2009 Urban Lounge Salt Lake City, Utah w/Goblin Cock & +++
Feb 22 2009 Marquis Theatre Denver, Colorado +++***
Feb 24 2009 Jackpot Saloon Lawrence, Kansas +++***
Feb 25 2009 The Picador Iowa City, Iowa +++***
Feb 26 2009 Triple Rock Social Club Minneapolis, Minnesota +++***
Feb 27 2009 The Cactus Club Milwaukee, Wisconsin +++***
Feb 28 2009 Subterranean Chicago, Illinois +++***
Mar 1 2009 The House Dekalb, Illinois +++***
Mar 2 2009 Magic Stick Detroit, Michigan +++***
Mar 3 2009 Grog Shop Cleveland, Ohio +++***
Mar 4 2009 Soundlab Buffalo, New York +++***
Mar 5 2009 The Middle East - Upstairs Cambridge, MA +++***
Mar 6 2009 The Polish Club Poughkeepsie, New York +++***
Mar 7 2009 Music Hall of Williamsburg Brooklyn, New York +++***
Mar 10 2009 The Barbary Philadelphia, Pennsylvania +++***
Mar 11 2009 Rock And Roll Hotel Washington, Washington DC ***@@
Mar 12 2009 The Milestone Charlotte, North Carolina ***@@
Mar 13 2009 Drunken Unicorn Atlanta, Georgia !!!@@
Mar 14 2009 Common Grounds Gainesville, Florida !!!@@
Mar 15 2009 The Social Orlando, Florida !!!@@
Mar 17 2009 Spanish Moon Baton Rouge, Louisiana !!! and Mazarati
Mar 18 2009 SXSW Red Eyed Fly Austin, TX -Suicide Squeeze Show
Mar 19 2009 SXSW - Austin, TX - TBA
Mar 20 2009 Rock Bottom Tat Bar San Antonio, TX ^^^
Mar 21 2009 Rubbergloves Rehearsal Denton, Texas ^^^
Mar 22 2009 Launchpad Albuquerque, New Mexico ^^^
Mar 23 2009 Plush Tuscon, Arizona ^^^ and Marnie Stern & TAT
Mar 24 2009 Casbah San Diego, CA ^^^ and PRE, The Mae Shi
Mar 25 2009 Angels Roadhouse #2 Apple Valley, CA ^^^
Mar 26 2009 Echoplex Los Angeles, CA ^^^ Early Show!!
Mar 28 2009 Bluelamp Sacramento, California ^^^

+++ w/ Darker My Love
***w/ All The Saints
@@ w/ The Coathangers
!!!w/ Young Widows
^^^ w/ Tera Melos

Euro photos

2009-02-08T21:54:00.000-08:00

Interview with Bubblegutz

2009-02-02T14:22:00.001-08:00

Can be read HERE

Benefit show for John Spalding - Seattle

2009-01-19T10:53:00.000-08:00

Soooooo here is the deal. We are playing the Cha Cha Lounge on Sunday, January 25th. It is a benefit for our brother John Spalding who passed away from cancer. We got 42below vodka to hook us up with a bunch of booze so all sales of that vodka will go to John's family, so drink....lots.
We are also going to be asking for donations which are stongly(!) suggested due to the fact that we can't charge a cover at the door. It should be fun and messy! Hope to see you.

Benefit for John Spalding
Sunday January 25th
Cha Cha Lounge - Seattle, WA
21+

These Arms Are Snakes
Elephant Rider
Weekend(mark from past lives,ryann from schoolyard heros)

Live Review from London - Rock Sound

2009-01-12T12:31:00.001-08:00

click photo to enlarge

Our Mailing List

2008-12-26T19:50:00.001-08:00

Sign up for the TAAS email list and you can hear tracks we don't put on myspace or anywhere else. Right now through our reverbnation player you can hear the track Camera Shy from our vinyl only release with Russian Circles, when you sign up. We will be adding the other track called Trix real soon.

So how was the show in Santa Rosa?

2008-12-17T03:32:00.000-08:00

We drove 18 hours straight from Portland to a show at a Days Inn in Santa Rosa. It snowed all the way from Salem, Oregon to Weed, California. We got to the venue as the first band was playing.

Long story short: the show was pretty fun except for some drunk dudes that punched the singer of Trap Them's wife and pushed her into the merch table. And trying to figure out how to get paid at the end of the night was a little tricky. It was hard to track down the promoter on account of the hotel's afterparty. Our payment was based on a percentage of money made at the door; no flat guarantee. Because the show was in the Days Inn bar, we got rooms at the motel. The promoter told us how much money was left to divide among the bands and handed us a stack of cash that did not add up to the number she had given us. This created a bit of confusion. After the promoter talked with some other people that worked the show, it was announced that our rooms were paid for out of the money we'd made at the door, hence the discrepancy. Fair enough. Twenty minutes later, the promoter drunkenly shoved Steve in the face for "being the center of attention."

Kudos to Dave Verellen from Narrows for apparently not following the rules and regulations of the venue, which in this case means intervening when two drunk men are attacking a woman while security sits on their asses.

For your consideration, we're posting an email sent from the promoter of the show to our booking agent. If she didn't like us, why did she wake us in the middle of the night by calling our room to ask if we could give her merch? Why did she text us the next morning to ask to get on the guest list for the San Francisco show? Mysterious.

p.s. Trap Them fucking rules.

::> > i definitely wasn't drunk "during" the
::> show. we had an after room that we were accessible to once
::> the show was over and it wasn't till then that I started
::> really drinking. I did have some drinks during the bands
::> sets, but, nothing to keep me from making sure everyone was
::> settled in the 300 dollars worth of hotel rooms and spending
::> out of hand cash on the bands for more drinks since they are
::> obvious princess's. i never said i had MY OWN security.
::> i said we would have security, yes, and in your contracts it
::> also said i wouldn't be responsible for any actions of
::> the band members. i had guys from narrows and taas throwing
::> a fit at security when all security was doing was following
::> the rules and regulations of the venue. the band members
::> were not. it was ridiculous. you throwing shows in boston
::> for who the the fuck ever is of NO interest to me and it is
::> not relative at all. learning process for me, dont book
::> shows for wanna be hot shots. only good band was
::> > trap them and that is who the most of everyone cared
::> to see and they got fucked out of a good time because your
::> baby boy bands were crying about everything. this is highly
::> unprofessional of you to go out of your way and send some
::> shit to me that is myspace worthy. and i now know where your
::> little tikes get it from. either way i felt i was very clear
::> in my final messages that this was not some legit ass venue
::> where we run things like it is the great american or some
::> other venue that gives a shit. i guess you should have
::> worked a little harder to have gotten them a show in
::> sacramento, instead you half assed your job and stuck with
::> the first thing that swung. tell your clients that. good
::> day!
::> >

December Shows and New Video

2008-12-10T21:34:00.000-08:00

These Arms Are Snakes, Trap Them, Narrows on all shows
12/11-Chop Suey - Seattle, WA
12/12- Hawthorne Theatre - Portland, OR
12/13- The Casbar w/Litany for The Whale - Santa Rosa, CA
12/14- Bottom of the Hill - San Francisco, CA
12/15- Chain Reaction - Anaheim, CA
12/16- Knitting Factory - Los Angeles, CA
12/17- Che Cafe - La Jolla, CA

RED LINE SEASON VIDEO

Notes on Europe

2008-12-01T15:14:00.000-08:00

October 14 – Rotterdam, Holland – Waterfront: Day one of the These Arms Are Snakes/Russian Circles European tour. Today we discover that there’s not enough room for two bands in one Sprinter van. More specifically, there’s not enough room for two bands’ gear, merch, and luggage. So when some Turkish man approaches us at the end of the night offering his bicycle in exchange for a ride out of the country, we have to decline.

October 15 – Tilburg, Holland – 013 Popcentrum: Don Caballero is headlining. Damon Che is remarkably nice to everyone. No joke.

October 17 – Braunschweig, Germany – Nexus: The venue has a ping-pong table. We stay in an apartment in the venue, so we stay up until 4am playing beerpong.

October 18 – Frankfurt, Germany – Elfer: Today winds up being the only day I use the running shoes I brought on tour. However, I should’ve picked a better day to jog, considering there is no sleep to be had tonight. After the show we repack our luggage and equipment for our early morning flight to Russia. We go to the promoter’s friend’s house to shower and head for the airport.

October 20 – St. Petersburg, Russia – Mod Club: A couple spends the last song rolling around on stage while making out. Steve gets punched in the eye. I play out of a Hartke amp with the volume knob bolted down at the half way mark. It’s running out of a 1x15 PA speaker. My keyboard stand is a barstool. Not surprisingly, we sound like shit. We finish playing by midnight, but we stay at the club until almost 6am drinking vodka. By 5am, roughly half of the bar patrons are asleep. I’m not sure why they won’t just go home.

October 22 – Moscow, Russia – Aktoviy Zal: The USSR may be a thing of the past, but the spirit of Communism lives on in Russian drinking habits. Don’t set your drink down in Moscow—someone will run up and snatch it. Similarly, invitations from strangers to buy you a drink will typically result in someone bringing you a half-consumed beverage.

October 24 – Berlin, Germany – Magnet: Strangers barging into our room frequently interrupted our nights in Russia. In St. Petersburg, our apartment in the arts center neighbored several public spaces, so we were occasionally met by startled non-English speaking visitors. In Moscow, we shared a hostel with two strangers. On our overnight train ride between cities, ticket collectors made a few unannounced visits into our sleeping car. So perhaps that explains Mike Sullivan’s outburst in Berlin. Steve, Chris, Mike, Dave, and I shared a room in the hostel. I retired first and promptly fell asleep. At some point in the night, I awoke to Mike yelling “NO! DON’T!”

Dave responded first, trying to figure out what was going on. I was thoroughly disoriented, trying to remember where I was. Steve just kept snoring. Mike was convinced that someone was trying to get into our room. He had heard the door open. There is a moment of mild panic at the implications of someone intruding into our space, until we realize Chris isn’t in the room. He walks through the door seconds later, having returned from the bathroom. Apparently Mike mistook Chris leaving the room for someone trying to get in. This turns out to be the first “night terror” of tour.

October 25 – Leipzig, Germany – Zoro: The show is in a four-story squat and it’s packed with punks from top to bottom. The fog from Russian Circles’ set manages to fill all four levels.

October 26 – Prague, Czech – Club 007: Part of the pre-show warm up includes a voluntary “safety meeting.” The safety meeting involves going to the van and taking a few pulls off whatever booze happens to be lying around. Liquor is so cheap in Czech that we wind up buying around 5 bottles of vodka. But tonight’s safety meeting involves Slivovice—Czech moonshine made from plums. It tastes like paint thinner, coolant, and heartburn all blended together. Safety comes with a price.

October 27 – Budapest, Hungary – Durer-Kert: We stay with a friend of the promoter. His favorite band is Murder City Devils. He’s also well versed in Seattle hardcore bands. But surprisingly, he’s never heard of Modest Mouse. I feel very far away from the Northwest.

October 28 – Vienna, Austria – Arena Vienna: We realize we’ve polished off a few of the bottles of vodka we bought in Prague, even though we also get a bottle on our rider every night. Beer is a little boring sometimes. On a side note, the show is great and the woman running sound is on top of her shit. I love awesome sound people.

October 29 – Zurich, Switzerland – Abart: We leave the show with big flakes of snow cascading down on the city while listening to the opening of Wagner’s “Das Rheingold.” It’s a perfect moment

October 30- Bologna, Italy – Sotto Tetto: The show is in a big venue, but the turnout doesn’t fill up the space. It’s not a very inspired show. Steve baits the audience: “What do I have to do? Take off all my clothes?” Even that doesn’t really help. The promoter is a good dude. We’ve worked with him in the past. After the show we hang out in the parking lot and lament the state of live music in Italy with a handful of the attendees. On the plus side, Italy has some delicious salami.

October 31- Montpellier, France – Mojomatic: Apparently we are “rock stars” because it’s Chris’s birthday and our party of seven wants to find a place where we can all settle down for the night. The promoter had arranged for us to divide up and stay at a few different friends’ houses. We opt to get a motel instead so we can all hang together but this seems to offend a few people affiliated with the show. Meanwhile, the local opening band is chopping up lines of cocaine in the backstage room with one of Chris’s birthday cards.

November 1 –Barcelona, Spain - Apollo 2: A great show segues into a great dance party, which leads to a late night stumble back to the hostel. I make it back safe and sound, but our friend gets mugged on his train ride home.

November 3 – Madrid, Spain – RITMO Y COMPAS: The van is broken into in the wee hours of the morning. The transgressor made off with a few personal bags, our stereo, and our GPS system. The thief also peed in our vehicle. It’s a long and stressful day. After the show, we take turns swigging from a bottle of vodka while we load out. A concertgoer watches us drink with wide eyes and says, “it’s true.” That’s probably not a good sign.

November 4 – Lisbon, Portugal – Galeria Ze Des Bois: There’s a weird backlash that occasionally plagues the band. It works like this: we play a show in a new city. It’s our first time there and expectations are low. But then the show erupts into mayhem and it winds up being one of the more memorable shows of the tour. We return to the city with higher expectations, but it seems that the audience has higher expectations as well. Everyone is waiting for that explosive moment, and it never comes. This happened in Paris. Our first show there was so packed we could barely move. We got cut off after 4 songs. Then the next time we travelled through we played in a bigger club where it felt like the first two rows of people were more interested in taking photos and videos than actually participating and being a part of the show. We got a little of that vibe tonight. The show was still fun, but it felt like everyone was waiting for it to be like our first show in Lisbon. It’s kinda like Lewis Black’s diatribe on the anticipation of the moment being better than the moment itself.

November 5 – Porto, Portugal – Porto Rio: The show is on a boat. That kinda rules.

November 6 – Barakaldo, SPA – Edaska Rock Club: I try to shotgun a San Miguel before the show. It doesn’t work out too well. I switch to Calimucho, the Basque drink of choice. It’s equal parts wine and cola. Mike claims it tastes like cold vomit.

November 7 – Toulouse, France - Le Caravan Serail: Does anyone actually like blacklights? Does anyone actually think they’re flattering? Well, aside from being hypersensitive to my dandruff, protein-stained clothing, and lint-ridden jacket all night, the show was a good time.

November 8 – Lyon, France – Grrrnd Zero: We dreaded this show for weeks. We had a bad experience in Lyon on our first tour. But this show is amazing. We play with Sword Heaven and they’re pretty damn awesome. There’s a whole smorgasbord of quiches and curries for catering in the backstage room. The audience is strong and the venue is great. Lyon, you’ve restored our faith.

November 9 - Lausanne, Switzerland – Le Romandie: This is the best club of tour. Everyone that works here rules. The show is great, the venue is awesome, the food is amazing, and the crowd is enthusiastic.

November 10 – Paris, France – Mains D’oeuvre: France has a national decibel limit of 99 db. That’s about the volume of a solid snare drum hit. This means that loud guitars don’t fly in Paris. We play a very quiet set. Turning down my amplifier volume upsets all my pedal levels, meaning that most of the set involves trying to compensate and readjust my line boost, overdrive, and fuzz pedals.

How the hell does Sunn play here?

The crowd is also very quiet. The applause between songs is hearty, but dies quickly. Both bands’ sets end with the short burst of applause, followed by a long and awkward silence. No house music. No house lights. Just darkness and the sound of people breathing. It’s especially awkward for Russian Circles. The combination of darkness and fog made it virtually impossible to navigate off the stage. The crowd’s silence made every stumble, bump, expletive, and exclamation all the more prominent. This elicited a long round of giggling amongst the band while still trying to get off stage, followed by multiple unheeded requests for stage lights and/or house music. This lasted five or ten minutes, during which time no one in the audience moved or talked. So much for mystique.

November 11 – Esch-Alzette, Luxembourg – Rokhal: The venue is enormous and has the most elaborate lighting system of any club I’ve ever played. It’s past the point of intimidating and enters the realm of excitingly absurd. Everyone affiliated with the show is helpful and polite. The sound on stage is phenomenal. But the place is definitely not full, and it thins out a little more after the Russian Circles set. Still, I feel like I’m in Aerosmith and it’s a good night.

November 12 – Gent, Belgium – Charlatan: We’ve all become big fans of vodka on this trip. The owner of Charlatan learns of our new obsession and offers us free shots of his favorite type of vodka: Polish Zubrowka. Infused with buffalo grass, it has a mildly sweet taste with a clean finish. No burn. And indeed, he’s right. It’s absolutely delicious. He gives us the rest of the bottle. Flash forward to the end of the night: I’m puking on the lawn outside our hotel room; Steve is kissing our driver; Mike is too drunk to walk and refuses to leave the van; Ryan gets lost in the hotel and can’t remember his room number; and Dave wakes up in the middle of the night without his contacts in, thinks the room is full of smoke, and starts screaming that there’s a fire. This is the second “night terror” of tour.

Winds up that genuine Zubrowka is illegal in the U.S.

November 13 – Leuven, Belgium – Stuk: There was a bet between Mike and Steve. The specifics are best left unmentioned. But Steve lost the bet. As the loser, he had to deliver a tray of vodka shots to Russian Circles during their set. And this delivery was to be made while wearing a half shirt, neon blue Levis, running shoes, and a neon orange safety vest. Apologies to any attendees who were annoyed by the interruption.

November 14 - Brighton, UK - Engine Room: The club has a sewage leak. There are construction materials all over the club when we arrive. Perhaps they could’ve also fixed the stage. There’s barely enough room to fit the entire band. Even without moving my feet, I keep bumping into Chris’ cymbals. There’s also a sinkhole right in front of my pedal board, so every time I hit a pedal I sink an inch or two and lose my balance. Adding to the charm, one of club employees got jumped and beaten before the show, so he spends a good chunk of the evening with blood pouring from his nose. We’re promptly kicked out of the club after the set to make way for a dance party. There are about 20 people trying to help, though the 20 people take up a lot of room and make the loading out process even more difficult than it needs to be.

November 15 - Exeter, UK - Cavern Club: The show is packed. Exeter is a college town, so the entire audience is comprised of young drinkers. We catch several people trying to steal merch. It’s too crowded to load out after the show and there’s a dance party scheduled until closing time, so we pile our equipment on stage and cross our fingers that a bunch of drunk kids don’t steal our guitars or spill beer on our amps. I’m starting to hate the UK.

November 16 - Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club: My faith in the British is restored. Perhaps that’s because there’s no dance party after the show. We stay at a Bed and Breakfast with a power outage. The host provides us with candles. All the lights pop on at 6am, and then promptly burn out again.

November 17 - Glasgow, UK – Stereo: Once again, there’s no dance party after the show. We love you Scotland!

November 18 - Belfast, Ireland - Black Box: Against my better judgment, I get in a conversation with a local about politics and religion at the pub after the show. I don’t get my ass beat though. And the Guinness here really does taste better.

November 19 - Dublin, Ireland - Andrews Lane: Ireland is great. Everyone is incredibly polite and friendly. Apparently a lot of Brits pull the same lying-about-your-nationality-whilst-abroad trick that Americans do (“American? No, no. I’m Canadian”), except that they pretend to be Irish. That’s because everyone loves the Irish. The show is great too.

November 20 – Manchester, UK - Star And Garter: The show is sold out in advance, but it winds up being the worst show of tour for both TAAS and Russian Circles. There are three guitar amps between the two bands: a Laney, a Marshall JMP, and an Orange Thunderverb. At the beginning of the RC set, both the Laney and the JMP crap out. We pull out the Thunderverb. It sat in the back of the van for the last 5 weeks because it didn’t really sound right for some reason. It was relegated to back up status. But tonight it’s the only working amp. It still sounds terrible. It doesn’t sound like a proper Orange amp. Mike adds some extraneous guitar solos during the RC set out of sheer frustration. It doesn’t get any better during the TAAS set. It still sounds awful, but it also begins to cut out. The tonal problems and constant setbacks sap the life out of the night. Our apologies, Manchester. We promise to do better next time.

November 21 –Nottingham, UK - Rock City: We play a half hour set because the show runs late and we have to be out in time for… you guessed it… a dance party. Oh, and why do Brits like Carlsberg so much? Quite possibly the worst beer in the world. Less than 4% alcohol. It’s like Utah beer.

November 22 - London, UK - Islington Academy: Hey, guess what? There’s yet another dance party scheduled after the show. Our set has to be done by 10pm and we have to be loaded out by 10:30. What a great way to celebrate the end of tour: rushing to load out while a bunch of staff people yell at us to hurry the fuck up. I experience a strong sense of gratification when I sneak back into the club later in the night to grab my jacket and see the dance floor almost entirely empty.

Red Line Season Video

2008-12-01T11:41:00.000-08:00

Is now posted exclusively on Tripwire

WATCH HERE

Easter Vinyl Repress

2008-11-27T17:04:00.000-08:00

There are a limited number of these available over at Vinyl Collective

Split with Russian Circles

2008-11-11T23:01:00.001-08:00

What's 12" and really rare? Well it's a split from Russian Circles and These Arms Are Snakes and Sargent House is releasing 1000 of these beauties made special for the European Tour
Half will be dispersed amongst the good people overseas and half will be available to the fine folks of these now great United States (thanks Obama). How can you get one? Well they will be available at the Sargent House store as of November 22nd and through Vinyl Collective With One new and never released track from Russian Circles called Philios and 2 new and never released tracks from These Arms Are Snakes Camera Shy and Trix

THESE ARMS ARE SNAKES / RUSSIAN CIRCLES SPLIT TRACK LISTING
Russian Circles - Philios
TAAS - Camera Shy
TAAS - Trix
click below to Pre-Order

Europe Photos pt. 2

2008-11-09T09:32:00.001-08:00

Behind the Scenes of Red Line Season Video

2008-11-07T13:06:00.000-08:00

Thanks once again to the guys at Artificial Army for making a video with us. They also made the video for Horse Girl from the last album. Here is a look behind the scenes for Red Line Season on the Subterranean Blog

TAAS/RC European Tour Photos pt. 1

2008-11-04T04:14:00.000-08:00

Tour News. New Records.

2008-11-04T04:12:00.000-08:00

Here’s the scoop:
We were robbed in Barcelona. They broke the driver side window at some wee hour of the morning and made off with our stereo, GPS system, and some personal effects that were in the van. The thieves couldn’t get to the gear, so we lucked out in that regard. Spain, we still love you. A big “fuck you” to the perpetrators. Did you really have to add insult to injury and piss all over the inside of our van?

On the upside, the tour is going very well. Russia was mind-blowing. We’ll talk about that more later on. We’re still piecing together what actually happened for those 5 days. Holland, Germany, Czech Republic, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, and France have all been great as well.

The These Arms Are Snakes/Russian Circles split 12” is out. There were only 1000 pressed and we have half of them with us here in Europe. The other 500 will be available through Sargent House. All the material is previously unreleased.

The These Arms Are Snakes/Tropics split 7” is out soon-ish. We have copies available with us on this tour and you can order it through We-Be Records. There are only 500 copies of this bad boy. All the material is previously unreleased.

The These Arms Are Snakes/Pelican split CD/10” is also available from Hydra Head Records. There are only 500 copies of the CD. We’ve sold out of our copies. The vinyl comes in 5 different colors and we’ve run out of copies on the road, but should have more by our Paris show.
The first pressing of 2000 copies of Tail Swallower & Dove on vinyl is pretty much sold out, though we have copies with us on tour. There will be another pressing, but if you’re one of those collector folks that need the original pressing, you’d better pick up a copy ASAP. Also, check out the Mamiffer album (also out on Hydra Head). Three of the four of us played on the album.

Alright, off to get new passports and fix a broken window.

Live from Russia

2008-10-27T17:15:00.001-07:00

These Arms Are Snakes - Live from Russia!

WOOLEN HEIRS

Headbangers Ball gets old with Bubblegutz

2008-10-16T20:44:00.000-07:00

An interview with Brian Cook on Headbangers Ball

TOUR

2008-10-12T14:41:00.000-07:00

THESE ARMS ARE SNAKES & RUSSIAN CIRCLES – INTERNATIONAL
October 14 – Rotterdam, Holland - Waterfront
October 15 – Tilburg, Holland – 013 Popcentrum
October 17 – Braunschweig, Germany – Nexus
October 18 – Frankfurt, Germany – Elfer
October 20 – St. Petersburg, Russia – Mod Club * NO RC
October 22 – Moscow, Russia – Aktoviy Zal
October 24 – Berlin, Germany – Magnet
October 25 – Leipzig, Germany – Zoro
October 26 – Prague, Czech – Club 007
October 27 – Budapest, Hungary – Durer-Kert
October 28 – Vienna, Austria – Arena Vienna
October 29 – Zurich, Switzerland – Abart
October 30- Bologna, Italy – Sotto Tetto
October 31- Montpellier, France – Mojomatic
November 1 –Barcelona, Spain - Apollo 2
November 3 – Madrid, Spain – RITMO Y COMPAS
November 4 – Lisbon, Portugal – Galeria Ze Des Bois
November 5 – Porto, Portugal – Porto Rio
November 6 – Barakaldo, SPA – Edaska Rock Club
November 7 – Toulouse, France - Le Caravan Serail
November 8 – Lyon, France – Grrrnd Zero
November 9 - Lausanne, Switzerland – Le Romandie
November 10 – Paris, France – Mains D’oeuvre
November 11 – Esch-Alzette, Luxemborg – Rokhal
November 12 – Gent, Belgium – Charlatan
November 13 – Leuven, Belgium – Stuk
November 14 - Brighton, UK - Engine Room
November 15 - Exeter, UK - Cavern Club
November 16 - Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club
November 17 - Glasgow, UK - Stereo
November 18 - Belfast, Ireland - Black Box
November 19 - Dublin, Ireland - Andrews Lane
November 20 – Manchester, UK - Star And Garter
November 21 –Nottingham, UK - Rock City
November 22 - London, UK - Islington Academy

*Russian Circles not playing

Prince Squid Live on KEXP

2008-10-08T12:49:00.000-07:00

Tail Swallower And Dove

2008-10-07T21:38:00.000-07:00

Is in stores Today, October 7th

Tail Swallower And Dove Reviews

2008-10-06T16:52:00.000-07:00

Seattle Sound Magazine review for Tail Swallower and Dove out October 7th on Suicide Squeeze

Click on Photo To Enlarge

WAY TO LOUD - CD REVIEW

AVERSION

October 6th Free Instore in Seattle

2008-10-06T00:39:00.000-07:00

Free Instore live performance on Monday, October 6 @ Easy Street Records in downtown Seattle. Tail, Swallower and Dove comes out in stores on October 7th but will be available at the show

These Arms Are Snakes Live
Monday Oct 6th @ Easy Street Records
4559 California Ave SW # 200
Seattle, WA 98116
(206) 938-3279
(CD Release Show) playing at 10:30 PM doors at 9pm

TAAS on the End - 107.7 FM Seattle

2008-09-30T15:19:00.001-07:00

TAAS will be doing An in studio performance and interview that will be airing on the END 107.7FM on Sunday, October 5th at 9pm PST to stream the instudio click here

Live on Air on KEXP - 90.3FM - Sept 30th

2008-09-25T16:52:00.001-07:00

TAAS will be playing a few songs and be interviewed on KEXP - 90.3FM on Tuesday, September 30th starting at Noon PST so tune in Seattle, for the rest of the world you can listen online.

More Bumbershoot Photos From Rustee

2008-09-23T01:07:00.000-07:00

What the fuck am i doing with my life?

2008-09-19T11:24:00.000-07:00

Tour day 1!

2008-09-13T11:49:00.001-07:00

Fucking microphone stand. I will never use you again. Sbach rules!

Get out and vote!

2008-09-10T17:29:00.000-07:00

I don’t understand why there should be a doubt in anyone’s mind that Obama is a far better choice than McCain. I don’t understand how someone could choose to not get involved in this upcoming election.

Our economy is struggling, yet we continue to spend money on a war that is unpopular with the electorate, even more unpopular with the rest of the world, and based on lies. Yet McCain wants to maintain our presence in Iraq. Why expend our resources overseas in a failing war when there’s so much to fix on the homefront? And he has other targets in sight as well. He is a war eagle that has gone so far as to sing “bomb bomb Iran”to the tune of the Beach Boys’ “Barbara Ann” at a press conference. He condones torture despite being a POW. C’mon John, why would you approve of such hostile interrogation techniques unless you thought they worked? Did you spill some secrets in Vietnam?

McCain is out of touch. He thinks millionaires qualify as “middle-class.” He was stumped by a member of the press when asked how many homes he owns. One of the key issues of his campaign is fighting earmarking in Congress. Do you really think earmarking is a principle concern for the average American? Obama is fighting for health care and education; McCain is talking about lobbyists. Yet he’s a pawn to the oil barons. He wants to pillage our last areas of wilderness to uncover oil despite global warming and dwindling resources. Obama stresses the importance of alternative fuel resources and building a strong economy out of a new energy industry.

Speaking of earmarking, let’s not forget Sarah Palin. During her tenure as mayor, she put the city of Wasilla into $20 million worth of debt. She allegedly responded to the report of Obama claiming a victory over Clinton by saying: ”So Sambo beat the bitch.” She’s pro-life, anti-gay, and pro-war. She views our military presence in Iraq as a holy war. She is a nightmare.

Recent polls show the McCain/Palin ticket gaining ground. It is our duty as citizens of the world to keep those psychos out of the White House. Get out and vote.

Other new releases

2008-09-10T10:14:00.001-07:00

London's We Be Records is pressing 500 of this here split 7" with Tropics. We will have them on our European tour. Tropics will join us for most of the UK dates. A few of these records might make it into the states, so keep your eyes peeled. Our song is an exclusive track entitled "Meet Your Mayor." It's a mini-tirade against Seattle's Mayor Nickels and his campaign to shut down nightlife in our neighborhood and convert the whole area into a yuppified condo zone. So a bunch of Europeans are going to be well-versed on Seattle's local political scene.

We also tracked two new songs for a split 12" with our other upcoming tourmates, Russian Circles. That release will be limited to 1000 copies and will be equally hard to track down if you don't come see us play live. No artwork available for that yet, but we'll post more about it as the info comes in.

Another Reason to Vote for Obama

2008-09-09T19:12:00.000-07:00

Go out and vote this year, people.

New Album available for preorder

2008-09-07T12:49:00.000-07:00

Suicide Squeeze has announced that the new These Arms Are Snakes album is available for preorder. Head over to their website to place an order. here are all the details....

LP comes as pink vinyl and white vinyl with pink splatter, along with MP3 coupon for free digital download of the entire album!

ALL PRE-ORDER CUSTOMERS WILL BE ENTERED TO WIN AN
AUTOGRAPHED TEST PRESSING*

FIRST 150 PRE-ORDERS RECEIVE:

+ These Arms Are Snakes Sticker
+ These Arms Are Snakes Button Set
+ Autographed 18 X 24 These Arms Are Snakes Poster*

ALL PRE-ORDERS INCLUDE:

+ These Arms Are Snakes Sticker
+ These Arms Are Snakes Button Set

Pre-Orders ship on October 2, 2008!

CD Price - $12.00
LP Price - $14.00

*items may not be so much as autographed as adorned with various political slogans, crude drawings, in-jokes, obscenities, and the occasional john hancock.

USA, Then Europe and Beyond

2008-09-04T22:37:00.000-07:00

THESE ARMS ARE SNAKES - USA
Sept 5 – Dantes – Portland, OR
Sept 12- Big Dipper – Spokane, WA **
Sept 13 – Hell’s Kitchen (Early Show) Tacoma, WA **
Sept 15 – Café Coda – Chico, CA **
Sept 16 - Center For The Arts - Grass Valley, CA **
Sept 17– Bottom of the Hill – San Francisco, CA **
Sept 18 – Spaceland – Los Angeles, CA **
Sept 19 - The Elks Lounge - Pomona, CA **
Sept 20 – Che Café – La Jolla, CA **
Sept 21 - Muddy Waters - Santa Barbara, CA **
Sept 23 - Tonic Lounge - Reno, CA **
**w/ sBach

THESE ARMS ARE SNAKES & RUSSIAN CIRCLES – INTERNATIONAL
October 14 – Rotterdam, Holland - Waterfront
October 15 – Tilburg, Holland – 013 Popcentrum
October 17 – Braunschweig, Germany – Nexus
October 18 – Frankfurt, Germany – Elfer
October 20 – St. Petersburg, Russia – Mod Club *
October 22 – Moscow, Russia – Aktoviy Zal
October 24 – Berlin, Germany – Magnet
October 25 – Leipzig, Germany – Zoro
October 26 – Prague, Czech – Club 007
October 27 – Budapest, Hungary – Kaplung
October 28 – Vienna, Austria – Arena Vienna
October 29 – Zurich, Switzerland – Abart
October 30- Bologna, Italy – Sotto Tetto
October 31- Montpellier, France – Mojomatic
November 1 –Barcelona, Spain - Apollo 2
November 3 – Madrid, Spain – Wurlitzer Ballroom
November 4 – Lisbon, Portugal – Galeria Ze Des Bois
November 5 – Porto, Portugal – Porto Rio
November 6 – Barakaldo, SPA – Edaska Rock Club
November 7 - Toulouse, France - Le Caravan Serail
November 8 – Lyon, France – Grrrnd Zero
November 9 - Lausanne, Switzerland – Le Romandie
November 10 – Paris, France – Mains D’oeuvre
November 11 – Esch-Alzette, Luxemborg – Rokhal
November 12 – Gent, Belgium – Charlatan
November 13 – Leuven, Belgium – Stuk
November 14 - Brighton, UK - Engine Room
November 15 - Exeter, UK - Cavern Club
November 16 - Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club
November 17 - Glasgow, UK - Stereo
November 18 - Belfast, Ireland - Black Box
November 19 - Dublin, Ireland - Whelans
November 20 – Manchester, UK - Star And Garter
November 21 - Nottingham, UK - Rock City
November 22 - London, UK - Islington Academy

*Russian Circles not playing

Bumbershoot - August 31st

2008-09-04T22:12:00.000-07:00

Thanks to Christine Unten for the photos of the Bumbershoot Show.

Downloadin'

2008-09-02T15:34:00.000-07:00

This was posted on Idolator this morning, and, in my opinion, pretty much hits the nail on the head when it comes to the topic of illegal downloading.

Bands don’t make their money back

Perfection

2008-08-23T13:56:00.000-07:00

“Play it again”
“Those notes rub”
“That’s an A#, not an A”
“You’re coming in half a beat late”
“The tempo is a little off”
“There’s a bit of a pitch issue in the chorus”
“No, it does that part four times, not eight”
“I think your idea of eight is my idea of four”
“How are you counting that?”
Oh hell. Why can’t we all just be Peter Brotzmann?

Moments of Passion During Recording

2008-08-23T11:44:00.001-07:00

Best Snakes Show Review EVER!!!

2008-08-23T02:48:00.000-07:00

Hey this is my first post on a blog! How Wackkkky!!!! My mind has turned into cream corn because Chris(who is recording all this dumb shit and is a total sadomasochist) Made me sing 3 songs tonight and my throat feels like what can only be compared to Joan Rivers on the nth hour of the "What to and what not wear" awards. Soooooo I feel kinda high!Natural of course!Anyhooo this might be the most perfect live description of this band I have ruined myself for ever for.People have asked me what playing is like.Well this reads verbatium what I recall us playing and looking like when we play.Hey as long as ya all have fun!!!!!

P.S you may have to scroll down a bit. What the fuck is a blog?

http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/blogs/music/?p=587

The Studio... pt. 2

2008-08-22T23:56:00.001-07:00

it's midnight. i'm drunk. we're still in the studio. surely, i'm not the only person who thinks this is hilarious?

The Studio...

2008-08-22T20:30:00.001-07:00

We’re on our final day of tracking in the studio. I’m listening to Ryan play guitar over and over again. We’re about an hour in on guitar tracking, and this is after hearing Steve yell for about 3 or 4 hours. I’m done with my stuff, so now I get to sit around, drink beer, and pull out my hair.

Over the course of the day I have: read the news online approximately 20 times, unsuccessfully attempted to watch the latest episode of Big Brother, accidentally stumbled across footage of a man drinking an entire bottle of his own urine, made a third trip to the local guitar shop, eaten one extremely disappointing tempeh reuben sandwich, and spent about 4 hours staring at the wall. I forgot to bring a book.

Recording is alternately extremely rewarding and very frustrating. I tend to swing between thinking we’re crafting the next Led Zeppelin IV and thinking we’re all total frauds wasting time on this enormous black hole of a project when we could be working towards more practical goals—like dental insurance or a good credit rating.

But I guess there is some solace in knowing that I woke up this morning and went into a studio to make a record instead of going to a lousy desk job. Either way, I still spent the day staring at a computer screen and running asinine errands.

NME Editors Report In on New Album

2008-08-22T14:27:00.001-07:00

This just in.

Red Line Season

2008-08-22T11:03:00.001-07:00

is out there, the first song to be available from Tail, Swallower & Dove is now posted on the TAAS myspace, and is available to download for a short time at AOL Spinner Sign up for the TAAS mailing list, we will always be sending info to our mailing list before it goes public.

Back in the studio

2008-08-21T20:16:00.000-07:00

Yes, the new record isn’t even out yet. But we’re back in the studio laying down some new songs for some upcoming projects. We haven’t quite allocated all of the material yet, but one thing is certain: one song will wind up on a split 7” to be released by our friends over at Vinyl Collective. Our side of the record is a cover by our favorite defunct garage/goth/new-wave band out of Memphis… Lost Sounds. We figure it’s a fitting nod to their guitarist/co-vocalist Alicja Trout, who was awesome enough to contribute backing vocals to our song “Red Line Season.” We opted to tackle a rendition of “Energy Drink and the Long Walk Home” of the Rat’s Brains and Microchips album. For the other side of the 7”, our good friends in Minus The Bear will contribute a cover of their own. Not sure what song they’ve picked, but I’m sure it’ll be mind-blowing. More details will come as we figure this shit out…

These Arms Are Snakes + Pelican

2008-08-19T18:41:00.000-07:00

Well, shit. It looks like this long-rumored project is finally going to see the light of day. Our split/collaboration with Pelican is off to the pressing plant and should be all packaged up in time for our West Coast tour with sBACH in September. For those not hip to the news, we teamed up with Pelican for their encore at Islington Academy in London back in the spring of 2007. Nine dudes on stage played through Pelican’s Pink Mammoth. We decided to recreate that moment by releasing a version of the song with contributions from both bands. But the trade off was forcing Pelican to contribute their embellishments to our song Diggers Of Ditches Everywhere. I must say: those nerdy post-rockers really know how to make a song so layered and textured that you can get completely lost in the expansiveness of the sound. They definitely transformed it into something totally new. The folks at Hydra Head and everyone else involved is so goddamn pleased with the results that we’ve decided to release a small batch of CDs in addition to the previously planned 10” format. Quantities will be limited, so grab em while you can.

Tail, Swallower & Dove - October 7th

2008-08-18T14:38:00.000-07:00

We will be posting a new song soon from the new album Tail, Swallower & Dove coming out on October 7th on Suicide Squeeze.

US Shows Announced

2008-08-18T12:51:00.001-07:00

These Arms Are Snakes will be playing music from their upcoming album on a few US headline dates before they leave for a balls out 7 week International mind blow of a tour with Russian Circles.

So join them if your in any of these cities and check out sBach (that's Spencer from Hella's solo stuff) on the shows as well both albums coming out on Suicide Squeeze

These Arms Are Snakes are playing
Aug 31 – Bumbershoot Festival – Seattle,WA
Sept 5 – Dantes – Portland, OR
Sept 12- Big Dipper – Spokane, WA **
Sept 13 – Hell’s Kitchen (Early Show) Tacoma, WA **
Sept 15 - Cafe Coda - Chico, CA **
Sept 16 - Center For The Arts - Grass Valley, CA **
Sept 17– Bottom of the Hill – San Francisco, CA **
Sept 18 – Spaceland – Los Angeles, CA **
Sept 19 - The Elks Lounge - Pomona, CA **
Sept 20 – Che Café – La Jolla, CA **
Sept 21 - Muddy Waters - Santa Barbara, CA **
Sept 23 - Tonic Lounge - Reno, CA **
**w/ sBach

Tail, Swallower & Dove Artwork and Tracklisting

2008-08-03T12:48:00.000-07:00

SPIN.COM release all the juicy details on the New TAAS Record

New These Arms Are Snakes Album Due Oct. 7
The Seattle-based big-riffers unveil details for their third full-length, entitled Tail Swallower & Dove. Plus: Get a sneak-peek at the cover art here.

SPIN.com has confirmed the release of These Arms Are Snakes' Tail Swallower & Dove, the band's ambitious follow-up to 2006's Easter. The record is scheduled to slither out Oct. 7 on Suicide Squeeze, and while music has yet to be leaked, you can check out the album sleeve for the first time anywhere here

Over the last three years, the Seattle quartet have carved a niche as a fixture on stages across the country, touring with like-minded acts such as Hot Water Music, Pelican, and Mastodon, as well as occasional collaborators/fellow Washingtonians Minus the Bear and the now-defunct Blood Brothers.

So don't sleep on Tail and brace yourself for impact, because the disc will surely be packed full of the hard-hitting hooks, somber tones, and brooding subject matter (as indicated by track titles like "Lucifer" and "Long and Lonely Step") that These Arms Are Snakes fans have become accustomed to banking on.

Tail Swallower & Dove tracklist:

1. "Woolen Heirs"
2. "Prince Squid"
3. "Red Line Season"
4. "Lucifer"
5. "Ethric Double"
6. "Seven Curtains"
7. "Long and Lonely Step"
8. "Lead Beater"
9. "Cavity Carousel"
10. "Briggs"

TAAS in SXSW Documentary

2008-06-18T12:55:00.000-07:00

This show, at last years SXSW was such an insanely good mixture of chaos and technical malfunctions that all ended up coming together into a big, beautiful, one of a kind experience that is seeing a These Arms Are Snakes live show. This clip is an excerpt from a documentary coming out called Wreckless Epic: The Journey To SXSW. Remembering this show only makes us that more excited about their new full length coming out on their most excellent new label Suicide Squeeze Records
whom we really love over here at Sargent House.