We have a show at 1982 (The old Midtown/Purple Porpoise) Next to Wingzone on University. As usual, we’re opening. It’s on this TUESDAY, FEB 28th. Doors at 10PM, I don’t know exactly when we’re on, but it might be 10PM exactly.

Stay for the costumed weirdness of Yip-yip and some …

Last nite, Charlie, Chris and I were talking about how I’ve heard form independent sources that our bands were feuding with each other.

I said, “It would be really funny if we diss each other during our sets.” So, I kept trying to diss them last nite, but I realized that no one obviously knew we were joking and I just looked like an asshole.

So, I apologize to anyone who thought I was serious. We really all do like the Most.

Also. I’m sorry for yelling/cursing at Evan on the stage.  I seem to have a problem when things don’t go right.  I looked like a total ass and I’m sorry to everyone who had to see that.  I’m also sorry for yelling at Collin outside when packing up.  If I yelled at anyone else, you probably deserved it (just kidding!).

Morningbell Joins Team Clermont.

Morningbell is proud to announce that it has joined forces with Team
Clermont, a Radio Promotion/PR group out of Athens, GA in order to
promote the band’s newest release, Forgetting to Wake Up.

Team Clermont only chooses 5-6 projects at a time (both indie and
major label) that they passionately believe in and feel they can make
successful.  They work with over 400 college and non commercial
new-rock radio stations across the U.S. and Canada.

Prior major label releases that the Team has promoted are
-  Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots - The Flaming Lips
-  Plans - Death Cab for Cutie
-  Give Up - The Postal Service
-  Sumday - Grandaddy
-  () - Sigur Ros
-  This is It - The Strokes
-  Kicking Television - Wilco

They have also worked with Gorillaz, Ben Kweller, REM, Pinback, John
Vanderslice, and The White Stripes.

Morningbell’s “add” date (the date selected to start national
radioplay) is tentatively scheduled for early-mid April.

Morningbell Keep Forgetting to Wake Up

by Paul Zimmerman
First Coast News

Gainesville’s own psychedelic pop masters, Morningbell, have returned with their second album and it’s a doozy. About thirty seconds into Forgetting to Wake Up it’s obvious that someone has been listening to a lot of Flaming Lips records! That’s not necessarily a bad thing.

Forgetting to Wake Up is a quirky amalgamation of all the best bits of the Flaming Lips, Of Montreal, and Mercury Rev. To say this record is quirky would be understating the obvious. Morningbell are clearly a band whose collective head is somewhere in the upper stratosphere.

This is a band that has enough odd time signatures, strange sounds, whispery vocals, and off center pop songs to last them a lifetime. Somehow, someway, they manage to make all these things gel into something that’s actually comprehendible and doesn’t sound like Radiohead space jazz.

Forgetting to Wake Up sees Morningbell further developing their strengths as a band. They are molding their soft psychedelia into something memorable, tuneful and just plain good. About half way in to Forgetting to Wake Up and you realize how much better this record is than their debut Learning by Musical Montage. The eleven songs are stronger, more thought out, a bit more psychedelic, and less jam band-ish than their previous effort. In other words, this record is a nice jump forward for Morningbell.

Whether it’s the blissed out “2023,” the offbeat Of Montreal-ish, “Placebo Torpedo,” or the mellow horns of, “Everything Will Matter,” Forgetting to Wake Up is a heavenly pop record.

If Learning by Musical Montage was put together by a band on the verge then Forgetting to Wake Up was put together by a band teetering so close to the verge that they’ll probably fall into it.

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/news-article.aspx?storyid=51643

We are proud to announce the upcoming release of a B sides and rarities album tentatively titled “Monkeys to Men.” It will be released on Orange Records and will be available for sale for approximately 3 dollars. Or, you can pair it with any prior release and get the both for 10 total.

that’s called savings!

The Album will include rough/old recordings of songs you know and songs you’ve never heard before. It will be guaranteed to titillate your aural sensory nerves!

direct your iTunes or equivalent to the following feed http://feeds.feedburner.com/MorningbellAndFriendsGainesvilleFl2

This month’s podcast features rare/old Morningbell and songs from Band Marino, the Most, and Inuit Jargon.

Check it out!

whaddya say???? do you like it?

Inuit Jargon in the Paper!!!

http://www.insitegainesville.com/feb6insite/index53.html

Hey everybody. We have a show coming up on Saturday, FEB 11 at 10PM at The Shamrock … You should be there because this is by far going to be our wackiest show of the year.

Besides that, we’re pulling out at least two NEVER PERFORMED BEFORE songs out of …

So, Ali Baba was actually a pretty cool little place.  A bunch of people came out to support all the acts the whole night long.  They had free beer and food for the band and a cook that looked just like Borat!

That being said, we played outside.  It was in the 30’s last nite.  It was sooo cold that our guitars wouldn’t stay in tune.  It didn’t help matters that I (eric) didn’t remember to tune my bass at all. 

I’m not sure how the set went, but people bought CD’s and stuff, so that means good things, i guess. 

Steve and I ended up at Whataburger for some reason around 2 AM.  It smelled like cancer inside there and I managed to get only an Orange Juice and a small fry.  Those burgers or taquitos will kill your ass.

Steve was hitting on this skanky ho and telling her that he was a PhD. So, later on, she asked him to come sit at her table at which point she said
“my credit’s not so good, so can you give me some money?” 

I thought this ploy was genius, as she didn’t try to swindle, romance, or solicit him, she just outright asked for money. 

Anyway, it was cold as balls and an interesting show to say the least.