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Hello All,

Hope everyone is having a great 2010 so far. We will be playing tomorrow night in South Hackensack, NJ @ The School of Rock. We are direct support for The Number 12 Looks Like You. This will be there last show ever, so we hope everyone comes out to show love and support for those dudes!! The show should most likely sell out, so please get there early if you want to get in.

Aside from that, the writing process is running smooth, and we will be confirming soon if we will be playing SXSW Festival in Austin, TX sometime soon. We have two showcases lined up, but we are waiting to see if Sheel's back will be able to handle double duty this year since his other band "Bad Rabbits" will be playing this year as well. If he is not able to then we are looking at the possibility of having a fill-in drummer play those showcases with us. We will keep you all posted.

Love you all!!

January 14th-Brets Last Show Part 2!!!!

Hello All,

Unfortunately the Jan 29th show w/ The Number 12 Looks Like You will not be Ben's first show with us. We have asked Bret to play the show with us because we have not been able to properly rehearse with Ben due to Sheel's back acting up again. It is just easier on him and the rest of us to have a familiar face play this show with us rather than killing Sheel's back before this show to get Ben situated. Ben has learned all the songs, but it is just a matter of getting them tight for the live show. If you all want to see Bret play with us one last time for a while then everyone should come out to this show!!!

In regards to Sheel, he is due to get treatment very soon, and hopefully it will help him recover quickly. Thanks for all your support and we love you all.

January 4th-Happy New Year/Benji's First Show!!!!

Hello All,

First and foremost we want to wish you all a Happy New Year and hope you all have a good 2010!!!

On January 29th, we will be playing in South Hackensack, NJ @ The School of Rock with our friends "The Number 12 Looks Like You". This will be their final show as a band, and we are honored to be asked to play this show with them. We hope everyone comes out to make it a special night. This show will also be the first time we share the stage with our new axe man, Benji Gram, so come out and give him a nice welcoming.

In other news, we will be resuming the writing process this month, and we have some interesting things in place for our new record. We dont want to show and tell just yet until things are confirmed, but we will be working with some exciting people on this new record. We can assure you that it will still be given the Irepress flavor, but we are also moving towards a more "structured" song writing process with catchy hooks and whatever you wanna call it. You can read all about it in this article in NoiseCreep about our plans. Just copy and paste the link: http://www.noisecreep.com/2010/01/01/irepress-new-material-european-tour/

Aside from this we will be playing shows regionally for the next year while we write, and we wont be touring until next fall. In regards to that, stay tuned because we have some big plans for the U.S dates with a couple of great and powerful acts. Keep your eyes an ears opened.

Hmmm lets see what else.....Oh yeah....we will most likely be playing SXSW in Austin again this year as Irepress has two shows booked already. It is one of the best times of the year!!!! We will have those dates posted as soon as possible!!!

We once again wish you all a Happy New Year and may 2010 bring you all lots of luck and lots of taco bell!!! We love you all!!

Dec 21st-New Video/Pics and Thank you Bret

Hello All,

We would like to thank all those who made Bret's two last shows the most epic way to go out. Both Boston, and NYC were sold out thanks to you all, and the mosh pits, and dancing that was going on was superior. You are the people who make us continuously inspired to make great music that snaps necks. We love you all, and you guys contribute so much to our live show. Thank you!! If you want to see a clip of the mayhem from the Boston show there is a video of "Diaspora" on you tube. Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MneZ09Eqrw8

In other news, we have some shows upcoming that we will let you all know as soon as they are confirmed. Also there is a little Irepress documentary coming in the next 3-4 weeks with live footage and interviews which are hilarious and idiotic to say the least.

We also will let you all know when Benji's first show will be, but it looks like it will be at the end of January, and in the meantime we will be writing, and playing shows regionally. We will let you know about tour plans as soon as they are confirmed. In the meantime we have posted new pictures from our NYC show this past weekend. Check em out!! Besides that continue to spread the love, and we will see you all very soon.

To every end, there is a new beginning and Bret will forever be embedded into the Irepress soul. We have been blessed and honored to have shared the stage with him for over 10 years.

2010 will be a great year!!!

Dec 4th-New Song/Shows/Big News

Hello All,

Man, two months go by rather quickly while the world around you seems to not be doing much. Shan is less than a week away from returning to the states after his tour with our good friends from Junius. He has many stories and adventures to be heard while spreading the disease that is Irepress. The people around Europe/UK seem to be hungry and awaiting Irepress' arrival, and we want to express that we will be there soon!!!

To make you all happy we have posted another song off our latest jump off, Sol Eye Sea I, titled "Billy". This track is held close to all our hearts since we wrote it for our late brother Billy Rehrey. We will forever remember him and always love him. R.I.P Snuggles!!

In other news, Sheel has been busy with his other band, Bad Rabbits, who just released their EP Stick Up Kids on Dec 1st. Check that sht out. www.badrabbits.com......The others have been writing material to be exposed to the Dave' brothers upon returning to the mothership where the music is created.

Now for some other news. We are sad to say that our robotic guitarist Bret will no longer be playing with us for the time being due to going back to school. We want to assure you all that he will still be very much a part of the Irepress soul!!!! We all wish him luck and hope he gets those good grades, otherwise he's GROUNDED!!! With that being said...........

Everyone, we would like to introduce you all to our new guitarist, Benji Gram(formerly of the outfit known as Eroica). Many of you who have been keeping up with our tour blogs should know that Ben has been Irepress' right-hand man for the past year with being our tech on the road. We know him as the boy genius and figure he was raised by wolves. We have already started writing new material with Ben that we're scheming up for the new year ahead to start noddin' heads and melting faces.

Now for even further updates....We will be playing 3 shows upon Shan's arrival, and these 3 shows will be Bret's last shows with us for now. Please check the tour dates for the shows, but we want to let you all know we will be playing Friday, Dec 11th in Boston, Ma @ The Middle East for Junius' CD release show along with Tombs, and Herra Terra. The following night we will be heading to NYC to play Webster Hall with Junius, Tombs and our label mates Rosetta. Both these shows should sell out so please buy tickets in advance or get there early!!!

This seems like alot of news to digest for now so we will update this with some more tasty and sexy info in a couple days about touring plans for 2010, and new material for the next chapter. We are eager to get back into the swing of things now that Sheel's back is working its way back to 100%. We will still be taking it slow with his situation but assure you things are moving forward and that we are all hungry. Preferably we would like some taco bell to cure that hunger problem. K cheers!!

-Irepress

Sept 13th--Check it out!!

Hello All,

First and foremost we just want to send our prayers to those who lost loved ones on 9/11. Sheel and Shan lost a loved one, so its a tough day for those two.

While Irepress is taking a little break, so that Sheel's back can recover, check out some of our solo stuff on our other myspace sites. Shan has some of his solo stuff on www.myspace.com/soulstrings81. Its is ambient/acoustic type stuff with vocals. You can check out Sheel's stuff on www.myspace.com/radioraheem. These are some of Sheel's older beats.

We are sure you all know this too that Sheel plays in another Boston based band called Bad Rabbits. They just finished mixing and mastering their upcoming disc, and eventually there will be new material on their myspace, but in the meantime if you all are interested check out the site at www.myspace.com/badrabbitsband. The shit is dancy and will def snap a neck or two. It shows Sheel's diversity and his different influences.

Other than that we will be playing a couple shows in December with our good friends Junius when Shan gets back from Europe with those guys. So far there is a Boston and NYC date locked in.

We will be back with more news soon. Much Love

Sept 8th--Sheel's Injury

Hello All,

We are once again sad to say that we will have to drop off our Friday, September 11th show for California Smile's CD Release show. Sheel's back is still bothering him and because of the technical stuff he plays on the drums, it is too difficult for him to swing it with his injury.

We have a couple shows on the books for December when Shan gets back from Europe, so by then his back should be ok to play, and then in the new year we will begin writing for our next album.

We are once again sorry for this cancellation, but health is the most important thing to us, and we want Sheel to continue playing drums for as long as possible. We thank everyone for your support and concern for his health. There is no one that feels the pain more of canceling these past few shows more than Sheel does. If he could play them then he would.

Once again we apologize, and we will all be there in Providence on Friday to support the bands that will be on the show. We hope to see you all there too!!!!

We love you all!!!

August 29th-Sheel's Injury

Hello All,

We are sad to say that we had to drop off the Boston show with our good friends Caspian due to our incredible drummer Sheel being injured. He has two Herniated discs in his back that will keep him from playing drums for a little bit. We will try see how his back is feeling come September 11th when we are scheduled to play with California Smile in Providence. Aside from that we will be taking some time off so that he can recover.

Our bass player, Shan, will be heading to Europe/UK with our good friends from Junius to help them out on the road for a couple months. It will be a good scouting expedition for our trip to Europe in the spring time. Upon Shan's return Irepress will be back in the lab to start writing new material. Other than that we are also hoping to play a big Boston show when Shan gets home sometime in December.

We will have some more news coming up, and in the meantime we are sorry to those who were planning on coming out to our Maine show and Boston show. We hope that everyone will come out and support our friends in Caspian tonight!!! The show will be killer. Thanks for all the support from across the globe. Health takes priority over anything, and pray that Sheel's back be stronger than ever after his little break.

We love you all.