November 25th, 2009

2009 was a big year for TOS. We released our 2nd LP Steel Hearts back in June, trailing just 8 months behind our debut album Young Lungs back in 2008. We couldn’t be more happy with how both albums turned out. It took a lot of work and lot of friends pitching in to complete them both. I’m extremely grateful to Sophomore Lounge Records in Chicago for putting them both out in such a short period of time.

Here are the final two TOS dates for the year:
December 5th, 2009 - St, Louis, MO - Lemmons 9PM
December 12th, 2009 - Murfreesboro, TN - Wallstreet 10PM

This will mark the 3rd time we’ve played St. Louis this year - capping just over 80 shows for us. 2009 was without a doubt the busiest year we’ve had as a band and it feels really rewarding finishing with so many shows under our collective belt. We met so many gracious people on the road - and couldn’t have done it without so many people offering their floors to us.

All that being said I feel we’ve turned a corner as a band. Blake, Jonathan and myself are moving to a pastoral house on the edge of town just beyond the city limits. The house sits on a good 6 acres of land - complete with a winding creek and plenty of privacy. It’s there we are going complete work on our third LP which we’ve been hard at work on between shows this year. Most of the details of it are still up in the air but we are planning on hitting the studio in April. I can tell you this much, the songs are definitely different from anything we’ve done before and I’m really happy with the way they are coming to life.

Just a couple more things. Head over to antiMUSIC.com to read a new review of Steel Hearts. You can read a more complete rundown of recent reviews at our blog at Myspace. We also have new t-shirts for sale at our online store - printed by the good folks at Grand Palace.

We are looking ahead and can’t wait for 2010. We kick the year off with a January full of shows on the road. Be sure to watch the calender because we are adding shows daily! Everyone have safe Thanksgiving, see you soon.

-kent

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