tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36569342008-09-05T12:54:21.137-04:00The Positions NewsThe Positions news deskIvannoreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656934.post-1170206705086651102007-01-30T20:23:00.000-05:002007-01-30T20:25:05.096-05:00Yes, we've neglected you, but it was for damn good reasons. We were all quiet, see. Nothing to tell you, really. We were on a bit of a hiatus. But we're cooking again. We have new songs, we have some shows. This we promise: stay tuned, because there's stuff coming up.aresevennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656934.post-1158070284908357302006-09-12T10:07:00.000-04:002006-09-12T10:11:24.910-04:00Set off the alarms: Bliss! is out in the UK, Ireland and other countries to be named later, and you can go to the yesboyicecream store and spend the extra Euros you've been saving up from the couch cushions for just this very day. Oh, joy!aresevennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656934.post-1156366518770799582006-08-23T16:51:00.000-04:002006-08-23T16:55:18.780-04:00It's official: our first album has a second release date. Bliss! will be available in the UK and Ireland on 11th September. Did you notice how we said "11th September" instead of "September 11th"? That's how they do it over there, we're told, and we don't want anyone getting confused.aresevennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656934.post-1153768995181748232006-07-24T15:08:00.000-04:002006-07-24T15:23:15.226-04:00If you've found yourself in Ireland for whatever reason (maybe you live there) in the past few weeks, and you happen to turn on the radio for some reason, you may have been lucky enough to hear The Positions on Irish radio. We've apparently made the radio over there, and have made such an impression that Today FM, in a fit of excitement, called us one of "the best new Irish artists", in spite ofaresevennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656934.post-1151442647577484622006-06-27T17:05:00.000-04:002006-06-27T17:12:19.253-04:00You Americans have been spoiled over the last year or so, what with your unlimited access to our debut album Bliss! But did it every occur to you that there were those less fortunate who had to buy the album as an import? Who only dreamed of one day being able to walk into a store and buy the CD?
Well, a little more of the world got a little more fortunate, as we can officially announce that aresevennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656934.post-1148396592484118542006-05-23T10:58:00.000-04:002006-05-23T11:03:12.510-04:00No, that new entry on the shows page isn't just an elaborate typo. It's true that we're not only playing a show, it's not only at the Black Cat, it's not only with the amazing Page France, but it's on JUNE FIFTEENTH!! Wait, that last part isn't the exciting part. Unless June 15th is your birthday. In which case, happy birthday.
News is actually starting to happen again in Positions land, so aresevennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656934.post-1143301858244132572006-03-25T10:45:00.000-05:002006-03-25T10:50:58.256-05:00______ be praised! The show drought is over! We'll be playing the Big Yawn night at DC9 on Sunday, April 9th, which is convenient, since you can cross-reference the club name (DC9) with the street it's on (9th) with the day it's on (the 9th). So you can't use "I forgot" as an excuse for not coming. You'll have to work a little harder at it this time.
Also out as a viable excuse for not aresevennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656934.post-1141950168006100902006-03-09T19:19:00.000-05:002006-03-09T19:22:48.020-05:00It's okay, everyone. We're doing fine. We just haven't updated much on this site lately because we've been taking it easy. But we're still in the music-making business and have been writing plenty of songs and will be out and about before you know it. Sign up to the mail list to make sure you stay tuned.aresevennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656934.post-1139519221358379162006-02-09T16:05:00.000-05:002006-02-13T17:57:10.920-05:00We're really sorry to report that we've had to cancel the show we were scheduled to play on February 18th. In spite of our musical absence, though, you should absolutely go see Exit Clov.aresevennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656934.post-1138911392434518982006-02-02T14:29:00.000-05:002006-02-03T15:15:38.363-05:00We've been talking for a while now about the tribute to the June Brides that we'll be appearing on, and all the parts are finally coming together.
The name of the tribute? Still Unravished. The label? Ireland's yesboyicecream records. And where can you order this magnificent feast of tribute-osity to the wonderful Phil Wilson? Glad you asked. You can pre-order it directly from aresevennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656934.post-1135103237032793472005-12-20T13:18:00.000-05:002005-12-20T13:28:16.996-05:00We've now made our very first year-end list. The Finnish site onechord.net has given us the lucky thirteenth spot on the top 40 albums of the year:This was one of the surprises of the year and I loved the album Bliss! to bits. Every song could be a hit. Every song should be a hit.He says not to take the list too seriously, but we're still flattered. Not coincidently, this is also the place aresevennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656934.post-1135021555594361142005-12-19T14:44:00.000-05:002005-12-19T14:45:55.603-05:00People are all about reasons nowadays. Everyone has to have a good reason for everything. But it didn't used to be that way. Back in the old days, no one needed reasons for anything. You could glue a live weasel on your back, call your nose "the emperor of all Kansas" or wear your clothes inside-out and if anyone asked "Why?" (not that anyone would) you would just say, "Oh...no reason."
But aresevennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656934.post-1133803471850758282005-12-05T12:23:00.000-05:002005-12-05T12:25:37.656-05:00If you missed the WAMU broadcast, you can catch it here (scroll to the bottom). We particularly enjoyed Mark Jenkins' comparisons of us to the Ronettes and Haircut 100.aresevennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656934.post-1133472888323995132005-12-01T16:28:00.000-05:002005-12-02T08:14:48.680-05:00Those of you in the DC metro area who are somewhere near a radio tomorrow (Friday, December 2) at 1:00 pm might want to tune in to the Metro Connection program on WAMU, where Washington music critic Mark Jenkins will give us and our album a once over. If you're not near a radio or near the signal, they'll archive it on the website, and we might try and see if we can have it around here, too.aresevennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656934.post-1133299248121221592005-11-29T16:10:00.000-05:002005-11-29T16:20:48.130-05:00For those of you who are are into fantastic music and enjoy hanging out with people that have perfect taste in music, get yourself over to the Galaxy Hut in Arlington on Wednesday the 30th to listen our very own Ivan Ramiscal do his DJ magic, tag-teaming the tunes with Christian Scanniello, former Barcelona drummer, current Sprites drummer and betrothed of Nicole. The fun starts at 9:00. You aresevennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656934.post-1132592326886666692005-11-21T11:57:00.000-05:002005-11-21T11:58:46.896-05:00Even though the show tonight is absent from the Warehouse Next Door's website, it IS still on. We'll be going on first, probably as close to 9:30 (the time, not the club) as we can get. Bring your umbrellas and brace yourselves.aresevennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656934.post-1131464178929222512005-11-08T10:27:00.000-05:002005-11-08T10:37:31.450-05:00If you live in the DC area and your morning Metro ride free tabloid of choice is the Examiner, you may have been looking at the record reviews and noticed that, nestled in a cozy little review sandwich between Neil Diamond and Ozzy was a review of our record Bliss! And a good one at that! We've always thought of our sound as somewhere between "Coming To America" and "Crazy Train". Okay, that's aresevennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656934.post-1131030663862720742005-11-03T10:07:00.000-05:002005-11-03T17:11:42.390-05:00It's been some crazy days here on the technology part of the world of The Positions. Server crashed, technology, new server, ones and zeros, FTP, mumbo jumbo, blah blah, here we are, back up. Kind of. Just be patient with us while we iron out the kinks and get everything back in a nice and tidy state.
In other bad news, Graham Smith has had to cancel for tonight's show at the Velvet Lounge, aresevennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656934.post-1130185427382713282005-10-24T16:19:00.000-04:002005-10-24T16:23:47.386-04:00It's official: we have our very first record review, it's a good one, and it's from Finland, of course. One Chord To Another, who had already said some nice stuff about us, gives Bliss! four and half hearts, just like you knew they would. Thanks, One Chord. It's warmed our hearts four-and-a-half times over on a cold and rainy fall DC afternoon.aresevennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656934.post-1129576630626614822005-10-17T15:08:00.000-04:002005-10-17T15:17:22.070-04:00Those of you who like to live your life by industry-endorsed Tuesday new release dates will be happy to know that our album has an official release date. That date is November 22nd.
While it's exciting to us to think that we have one of those fancy release dates that we so look forward to with our favorite bands, you should still buy the album from Lazyline or directly from us at one of our aresevennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656934.post-1127841299570776662005-09-27T13:10:00.000-04:002005-09-27T13:14:59.576-04:00The podcasting world just expanded a little bit today with the launch of the hopefully-monthly DCist podcast. And the reason that we're telling you? Well, you could probably figure it out for yourself, but we're one of the three bands featured on the inaugural podcast.aresevennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656934.post-1127333530873740882005-09-21T16:04:00.000-04:002005-09-21T16:12:24.126-04:00There's been a little hiccup in the shows department and we will NOT be playing at DC9 with Sprites, the Antiques and Trembling Blue Stars on Wednesday, September 28th as you may have heard. Our friends in Sprites and the Antiques have been telling folks that we'll be on the show with them, which we love 'em to bits for, but it's not right, unfortunately.
Now, now...dry those tears. We're sad,aresevennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656934.post-1124476458052097812005-08-19T14:16:00.000-04:002005-08-19T14:36:22.006-04:00Hopefully, we won't have to remind you that we'll be playing our CD Release Show tomorrow night at DC9 because you'll already have it on your calendar, have your clothes picked out, and are watching the clock tick down, wondering if it will EVER get here.
The Washington Post is in the same boat, as they gave us a nice little write up yesterday morning:Also on the bill are horn-driven indie-pop aresevennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656934.post-1123769822808346072005-08-11T09:52:00.000-04:002005-08-11T10:20:25.456-04:00In all the smoke and dust stirred up around here by the excitement about our album finally being released, you may not have noticed that there's a new mp3 for those of you who, for whatever reason, don't want to buy the album just yet. Want to actually buy it from us in person? Don't blame you. There's that hot sales guy/girl at your favorite store, so you want to wait to buy it from him/her aresevennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656934.post-1123092559010574932005-08-03T13:55:00.000-04:002005-08-03T14:19:39.536-04:00Being a person of the grandest, most exquisite and refined tastes (as evidenced by the fact that you're visiting this site), you are in awe of the gorgeous Eleanor Grosch-designed album cover for our debut album Bliss! You think it should be splashed on billboards, put in art galleries and flown on banners behind planes over crowded Delaware beaches.
All of those things are coming soon, but aresevennoreply@blogger.com