Brothers and Sisters....

We're writing this from Munich, Germany on our way to La Havre,
France... having the time of our lives here in Europe!! This trip has
been a dream come true so far and we're just getting started... We
spent the last two weeks with the Swedest dudes ever, Millencolin. Get
it, Swedest? Ha! Anywho, they treated us like gold and their crew
fucking rules, we have Euro crushes and will miss them greatly as we
head out on our own for the next two weeks. The shows have been insane
so far, and the response we've received from the kids over here has far
exceeded our modest expectations. We met up with some of the homies we
made on the last trip to Europe, and we've made tons of new ones for
the next trip.
Kids at shows here are really nice to us, and have
put us up in their homes, let us crash at their club flats and fed us
amazing vegan radness, we kinda feel like touring America again is
gonna pale in comparison. The venues over here are way different in the
U.S., lots of them are covered in beautiful graffitti, they have
multiple foosball tables, showers, rooms to sleep in, and for the most
part the dudes and dudettes that work there end up being our buds and
hanging with us at the end of the night. Good times for sure.

We've
visited a couple cities on this trip that we didn't see last time that
have completely blown us away. Weisbaden, Germany was absolutely
amazing, Zurich was so beautiful it was really hard to leave, and Milan
was one of the best shows we've had in forever. Thanks so much to all
the kids that showed up and supported us, interveiwed us, sang along,
taught us how to say poop in their language, showed us around, and were
just generally amazing... you guys fucking rule!!

We put up a
ton of pics last night, a majority of which were actually from last
years Euro tour... but we have another giant batch to put up in the
next few days here, so stay tuned!!

We've been getting lots of
emails and messages about the new record and when and what label it
will be released on. As of today, it will be released in September on
Fat Wreck Chords. It's written, just need to record the fucker. I
personally feel like it's the best thing that's ever happened to me,
I'm so lucky to play with Jack, Nathan, and Ian and I feel like we've
all written a record to be very proud of. I love them very much and
we're super excited about getting into the studio to make this record
happen, so thanks for being patient.

If you're reading this, I'm
assuming you didn't dodge a bomb today, didn't hear a low rumble of
fighter jets over the horizon, didn't starve again today, slept in a
bed last night and you probably have clothes to wear too. Remember that
many people on Earth were not so fortunate today, and that with all the
negativity, war, poverty, bigotry, death and destruction in the world,
it is the duty of us with moderate priveladge to make the most of our
days and live responsibly and lovingly so that all the aforementioned
isn't in vain as it far too often is. I'll do my best if you do. Word.

One Love,

CHICKEN/DTM

argh, we gotta wait till september!!