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Following up their April run with Hostage Calm and Turnover, The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am no Longer Afraid to Die will head out on a string of dates with Dads and Cerce. The trek includes stops at Pouzza Fest on May 19 and BLED Fest on May 25. Info’s below!:

TWIABP / Dads / Cerce:

• 5/18/2013 - Cambridge, MA @ Elks Lodge
• 5/19/201 - Quebec, QB @ Pouzza Fest
• 5/20/2013 - Ottowa, ON @ 40 Muriel Street
• 5/21/2013 - Toronto, ON @ Sneaky Dees (WATCH OUT!)
• 5/22/2013 - Ajax, ON @ 3230 Greenburn Place
• 5/23/2013 - Rochester, NY @ Dubland Underground
• 5/24/2013 - TBA
• 5/25/2013 - Howell, MI @ Bled Fest

Just TWIABP & Dads:

• 5/26/2013 - York, PA @ New Grounds

Just Cerce:

• 5/26/2013 - Chicago, IL @ Alderan

TWIABP / Cerce / Dads:

• 5/27/2013 - Bethlehem, PA @ Secret Art Space

Geez this is going to rule. See ya there?

We got some new shirts in the store today too, btw:

• The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Hot Dog Shirt (artwork by Ben Sears)
• The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die - Flower shirt (artwork by Kimi Hanauer that I bunked up in Photoshop)
• You Blew It! - Florida shirt (artwork by JLP)
• Weatherbox - Photopter shirt

All printed on soft, comfortable Next Level Apparel shirts (size chart) — Pick ‘em up in the Topshelf store.

maxwellstern:

designed for Stay Sweet Fest III, a national music festival that takes place in Richmond, VA every spring.

see ya there.

In the finest of fine print, you’ll notice that The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die are heading out on tour in Support of Finch’s What it Is to Burn 10-year-anniversary tour. Dates and info here.

This March The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die will join Finch and main supporting act The Almost on eight dates for Finch’s 10-year anniversary of releasing What It Is to Burn. See dates below:

• 3/7 - Chicago, IL @ Metro
• 3/8 - Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews
• 3/9 - Toronto, ON @ Sound Academy
• 3/12 - NYC @ Irving Plaza
• 3/13 - NYC @ Gramercy
• 3/14 - Silver Spring, MD @ Fillmore
• 3/15 - Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
• 3/16 - Boston, MA @ The Royale

File under: things I never thought I’d type.

katkatrecords:

secretplotband:

See you in March!

Check out this lineup. Ready to get sad for a good cause? See ya in March.

In addition to finishing tracking their debut LP (with mixing happening this weekend), the band is also tying up a few shows for after Stay Sweet Fest — and possibly some upstate New York stuff as well shortly. All the info for their dates with Hostage Calm & Turnover is below:

• 2.8.13 New London, CT @ The El N Gee w/ Misery Signals, Life In Your Way, Make Do and Mend
• 2.25.13 New Haven CT @ Bethesda Lutheran Church w/ Joyce Manor, Dads, LVL UP
• 3.22.13 Allentown, PA @ Muhlenberg College w/ Owen, Adventures 
• 4.5.13 Patchogue NY @ Today’s Mixtape Fest
• 4.6.13 Harrisonburg VA @ MacRock 
• 4.7.13 Nanticoke PA @ West Side Park w/ Hostage Calm, Turnover
• 4.8.13 Cleveland OH @ Now Thats Class w/ Hostage Calm, Turnover
• 4.9.13 Frankenmuth, MI @ Fischer Hall w/ Hostage Calm, Turnover
• 4.10.13 Cinncinatti OH @ Fogarty’s w/ Hostage Calm, Turnover
• 4.11.13 Pittsburgh, PA @ 222 Ormsby w/ Hostage Calm, Turnover
• 4.12.13 Richmond VA @ Stay Sweet Fest

propertyofzack:

POZ Gallery: You Blew It! Winter Tour
Features: You Blew It!, The World Is A Beautiful Place, Dikembe, Empire! Empire!, Secret Plot
Location: The Fire - Philadelphia, PA 
Photos By: Allison Newbold

nowsoundblog:

Atmospheric indie-rock group The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die (TWIABP) visited Columbus, OH while on tour with Columbus-natives Saintseneca and several other supporting bands this past Saturday.

Notably, the large collection of…

theworldisa:

So our LP isn’t done yet, but we should be finishing it up. To make it even less likely that we finish it we have some shows booked. Notice a few changes here and there. Chicago’s location got moved. Also, PLEASE NOTE. Self Defense Family are now playing Brooklyn, Boston, and we will be joining them in Burlington on Jan 13th. 

Help us spread the word on these shows if you can. I’ve included facebook events, etc. Excited to see you all soon!

• Dec 20 Cambridge MA @ The Middle East w/ Bomb the Music Industry, Math the Band
• Dec 21, 2012 Wilimantic CT @ The Handsome Womanw/ LVL UP, Lee Corey Oswald, Three Man Cannon, David F Bello
• Dec 22 -Wallingford CT @ Hungarian Hall w/ Paint It Black, Swear Jar & Aye Nako 
• Dec 28 - Woodbury CT @ Old Town Hall (SANDY HOOK BENEFIT) w/ The Guru 
• Dec 31 - Philadelphia @ The Fire w/  Empire Empire, Dikembe & You Blew It!, Secret Plot to Destory the Entire Universe, Girl Scout 
• Jan 1 - Bethlehem PA @ Secret Art Space w/ Empire Empire, Tawny Peaks, Suns 
• Jan 2 - Cleveland, OH @ Now thats Class w/ Empire Empire, Saintseneca   
• Jan 3 - Grand Rapids @ DACC w/ Empire Empire, Saintseneca
• Jan 4 - Chicago IL @ Swerp Mansion w/ Empire Empire, Saintseneca, Kitty Hawk, Joie De Virve 
• Jan 5 - Columbus, OH @ Kobo w/ Empire Empire, Saintseneca 
• Jan 6 - Pittsburgh, PA @ 222 Ormbsy w/ Adventures Saintseneca 
• Jan 7 - Rochester NY @ The Bug Jar
• Jan 8 - Williamsport, PA @ Origin Art Space
• Jan 9 - Richmond VA @ Strange Matter w/  Adventures 
• Jan 10 -Alexandria VA @ The Lab w/ Adventures, Sundials 
• Jan 11 - Brooklyn, NY@ Suburbia w/ Adventures, Self Defense Family, Prawn 
• Jan 12 - Boston, MA @ The Democracy Center w/ Adventures, Self Defense Family, I Kill Giants Half Hearted Hero, 
• Jan 13 - Burlington, VT @ TBA w/ Self Defense Family, Medicine Man

Whenever. If ever. Go see a show?

The answer is “yes”.

crow-quilled-threnody:

The World is a Beautiful Place & I am no Longer Afraid to Die
james brown kings of soulmo
http://theworldis.bandcamp.com/

Empire! Empire! (I was a Lonely Estate)
the emo sister hazel
http://empireempire.bandcamp.com/

saintseneca
leadbelly tribute band
http://saintseneca.bandcamp.com/

Running Shoes
jangly punk-a-long kid-rock
http://runningshoes666.bandcamp.com/

Soft Roars
aimee mann/velvet underground collab
http://softroars.bandcamp.com/

SRVVLST
if rites of spring were any good 
http://survivalist.bandcamp.com/

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6P/$7 - 01/03/13

@ The DAAC
115 S. Division St, Grand Rapids, MI 49503

All ages - always. - No drinking! No drugs! 
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Caravels, Have Mercy, The Saddest Landscape, The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die & Diamond Youth are all recording / have recorded new music for early 2013 records and I think that’s pretty great!

Having recently completed a fall trek with label mates Slingshot Dakota, TWIABP are in the process of recording their first LP after a string of EP and split releases. Joining them for select dates are Empire! Empire! (I Was A Lonely Estate), Saintseneca, Adventures, You Blew It! and Dikembe.

The band’s discography is also now available on Spotify, iTunes, Amazon etc. (finally!)

Dates and info for the tour are below:

• Dec 22 - Wallingford, CT @ The Hungarian Hall w/ Paint It Black, Aye Nako, Swear Jar
• Dec 31 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Fire # w/ Dikembe & You Blew It!
• Jan 1 - Bethlehem, PA @ Secret Art Space # w/ Tawny Peaks, Suns
• Jan 2 - Cleveland, OH @ Now thats Class #%
• Jan 3 - Grand Rapids, MI @ DAAC #%
• Jan 4 - Chicago, IL @ Alderaan #% w/ Joie De Vive, Kittyhawk
• Jan 5 - Columbus, OH @ Kobo #%
• Jan 6 - Pittsburgh, PA @ 222 Ormbsy %&
• Jan 7 - Rochester, NY @ The Bug Jar
• Jan 8 - Williamsport, PA @ Origin Art Space
• Jan 9 - Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter &
• Jan 10 - Alexandria, VA @ The Lab & w/ Sundials
• Jan 11 - Brooklyn, NY@ Suburbia &
• Jan 12 - Boston, MA @ The Democracy Center & w/ I Kill Gaints

# = w/ Empire! Empire! (I Was a Lonely Estate)
% = w/ Saintseneca
& = w/ Adventures