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Hello All,

We have just added another date to our shows. We will be playing on September 11th for California Smile's CD release show. It will be held at Firehouse 13 in Providence, RI. Get all your asses there!!! Keep posted for upcoming news as always. For the most part we will be doing regional dates for the remainder of the year. See you all soon!!

July 7th-Back Home in Boston

Hello All,

We have landed back home in rainy Boston. We already miss our boys in Gift's From Enola, and hope that they are surviving in the southern/western heat that we both endured for three weeks. Those boys are our younger brothers, and we like to take pride in putting hair on those fella's sacks. HAHA. Everyone should check out their tour schedule and go see them play.

Aside from that the last three weeks were a grind due to the heat, but the last week of shows were great, and we have made it home in one piece after a 30 hour drive from Austin to Boston. Being trapped in a van for 30 hours with 7 guys all together can cause severe insanity.

Upcoming we will be playing our first Sharon show in 8 years on July 25th so whoever is in the Northeast region is recommended to come. We will be meeting up with the GFE's dudes again in August for a mini Northeast run/Canadian run. We will keep you posted and thanks for keeping up with the blog. Till then keep listening to Michael Jackson, and keep breaking necks!!

July 1st and 2nd-NOLA and Houston, TX

Hello All,

After two amazingly uneventful(wink wink) days off in New Orleans(gaad we love you) it was finally time to fire it up once again in the sweltering armpit like weather of.....THE BAYOU!!! After some mind blowing po-boys and a look at some of the areas effected by Hurricane Katrina, we went to the Circle Bar to play with our newly acquired home-boys "Hat Talk".

The club was fairly small but was packed in like an inmates fudge. Unfortunately all would not be well for the GFE's camp. Crud had left his cymbals in Memphis, and would need to brutally murder the crap out of some of Dick VerSheel's until his could be shipped to him. The show would go on though and after 2 sets, and nine trillion crash cymbal hits later it was time to play. There were a bunch of people who knew our songs well and sang along with the gang vocals, which always chubs us up. This show was a great momentum booster from the lack of life in Tennessee.

It was time to depart this city of sin(Lord knows we created some) for Houston, TX before we all melted and were added to the mixed beverages.

Houston, TX

In Houston we gorged on some incredible Mexican treats at a restaraunt called "Cabo", and then went to the venue "Super Happy Fun Land". This place was a huge happy paradise with painted walls and miscellaneous bobbles and trinkets for wookies of all ages to "trip-out" to. There was theatre type seating and a huge stage amongst the 1970's magazine collection and pianos.

We were grateful to learn that a few people travelled all the way from Austin so they could see us twice on this tour. The drummer and bassist of Scale the Summit(about to tour with Dream Theatre) also came out to see us which was awesome, and we hope to possibly work with those guys in the future.

The show went off problem free and those who made it out to see us were glad they did. The momentum was still in tact. An added plus for playing in Houston was also that we got to see our long time home-boy Ben from Sharon. We stayed with him in his sick pad, and his hyped up dog Jack. It was then off to Denton, TX for some free pizza and Schlitz, and what was to be another SICK ASS SHOW!!

July 1st-The Big Easy

Hello All,

All we have to say is What happens in New Orleans stays in New Orleans!! We have a show tonight, and then its off to Texas. Just want to let everyone know that we are all alive and well. The food here was amazing as we gorged ourselves with Po Boys. EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE WAS AMAZING!!! The End.

June 24th-Carrboro, NC(Chapel Hill)

Hello All,

We arrived in NC and were greeted by our long time friend Freddy Marzetti(Dave Marzetti). He is one of our long time friends who plays drums in an excellent alternative rock outfit called "Sleep Control". We laundered some clothery and grilled some dead animals and then headed to Carrboro for some free Shlitz to be followed by some free shitz caused by the Shlitz.

GFE held it down, and our set went off without a hitch. Dave's girlfriend Mariel was kind enough to grace her well shaped(our bad Dave) bum with an Irepress sticker, which is probably the best publicity we've ever had.

One of Sheel's old friends, who is a massage therapist then went to work on several members of both bands. Her prowess caused the face of Spud(GFE drummer) to contort much like many tiny wood gnomes were lumber jacking the underbrush of his under nuts. He and Jarrett then performed a most magical interpretive dance display to the final band of the evening, driving some tears.

After another hilarious evening CJ would exclaim to Shan and Bret that we were his "Best tour friends and I love you guys". LOVE YOU TOO BRO!!! We departed the venue and returned to Maserati's to gorge our faces, and Dino and Jarrett got significantly "steamrolled". Soxies the cat(actual name is Mr. Pickles, but he had white paws, so Jarrett renamed him) became our new friend and after a thorough cat battle and some Hookah, it was bedtime.

In the morning, the most gracious Mariel treated us to some delicious pizza, and were again reminded how friendly and nice southerners are. YEEEEEEE HAWWW!!! It is off to Winston-Salem next. Demon Decon territory.

June 23nd-Wilmington, NC

Hello All,

We awoke and had some breakfast at Timffany's parents place and shared several chortles with the GFE's crew and then headed for Wilmington, NC. If anything I would say this place was rare.

Reggie's 42nd St. would have been a great venue for a show had there been any type of promotion for it or a local act, but instead it was a recipe for disaster. Our set went off semi-cleanly(Jarrett's keyboard cut out leaving Shan to do the most boring solo this century). Its atleast 3223523 more notes than what Jarrett plays during a set anyways. At the end of Diaspora the GFE's crew began a spiraling pit of disaster, completely leveling a redneck birthday girl and sending her barreling into some barstools. Salim said to her, "Oh my God are you ok?!? Im sorry", to which she gap tooth-idly replied, "Bite me".

A Cosmonaut's Ruin killed it again and then GFE's took the stage. Approx. 35 seconds into their set. C.J spilled a glass of water that was on top of his amp, and his amp began to short out. The set grinded to a hault as Nate's MELON nearly imploded. He raced to save the amp and Young Benjamin who was outside at the time, jumped into action and again would be the saviour of another band's tour dreams. Oh yee Binjy!!!!.

We then proceeded to Stone Cold Dave Austin's house, our host for the evening, and prepared to head out for some shananagans. We piled into the Carolina Death Van, a construction van with two lawn chairs and full of tools. Bret and Salim were literally tossed to-and-fro while Sheel and Jarrett controlled their fate by steadying their chairs(or tipping them completely over). This would prove hilarious on the ride home when Salim would plow face first into the back of the drivers seat as the bucket he was sitting in toppled over.

Upon arrival at the bar it was apparent that nearly everyone there was out of their minds on some form of ecstasy, or something along those lines and were beeeeyugging out to some techno grooves. We watched dumbfounded as the local hippie population gyrated before us.

Later back at Drunkle Dave's we were quenching our palates further when Dave decided to throw Dino in a chokehold out of nowhere. After a few neck punches(the dude was shouting this) Dino went down with a glass of water in hand. The chode had choked Dino out for no apparent reason, and after Shan yelled at Dave and fathered him back to sobriety, which was much needed. After several rounds of "What the fuck were you doing?" it was time for bed. GOODNIGHT DAVEY 2 CHOKES!!! It's off to Raleigh, NC where we will see our boy Dave Marzetti!!!

June 22nd-Virginia Beach

Hello All,

In the morning while we woke up in Richmond, VA, Salim and Bret rose at the fart of dawn to go figure out how much devastation had occurred to our precious transportation. The rest of us chilled while they ate approx. 17 meals in a diner, waiting for the new hose(unfortunately not HOES) that was needed to repair the A/C and coolant system. Once the van was fixed we booked it to Virginia Beach to play at "Bar None".

We were greeted by our friends Jordan, and Kenneth from the band "Reckoner"(we checked out their new demo and they are brutally SICK). It was another club where you could smoke inside, so there were frequent tiny coughs, but there were also 50 cent taco's. All was forgiven.

This was some of our first chances to see "A Cosmonauts Ruin's" full set and they blew us away. Heavy ass rhythms and intricate melodic lines. After the show there were some papa razzi, who wanted some photos so the entire crew of 3 bands all became instantly haggard as possibly, removing shirtsies and twistin knotsies in the shirtziz as we posed before the S.S Minnow(GFE's bus). After Shan made Tim from GFE's an official rear admiral we arranged our stupidity for the photo catastrophe. Mere milliseconds before the flash went off, Shan and his pet cobra left their marks on several hearts.

June 21 POOF!! Tour Dreams Up in Smoke!!

Hello All,

After some grillins and chillins at the home of Charles Joseph Higgins Wentworth Wayneright DeLuca III, we embarked for the venue where we would be playing(NARA SUSHI) in Richmond.

When we were about 10 minutes from the venue our left rear tire ssssssssss-shredded and burst a coolant hose in the processes sending a white plumbe of smoke skyward, much like the new pope had been chosen. Spirits remained high however as Sheel, and Jarrett engaged in a pillow fight of epic proportions, proclaiming "POOF" with each death blow.

Thanks to CJ's parents we were able to get our trailor to the venue where we prolly played our laziest set ever due to the exhaustion.

That night we stayed with Judd's friends house where they were most generous in having us be lazy all day until our van was fixed. Thanks FELLAS!!!! Its off to Virginia Beach. YES!!!

June 19-20 Harrisonburg, VA

Hello All,

The trek to Harrisonburg was a grueling 12 hour drive. We arrived in our southern home away from home at 5:30 am, and proceeded to slumber to subdue the hallucinations brought on by sleep deprivation. In the morning we were re-united one by one with our slack-jawed confederates as they woke, and we began to get energized for the sweat-fest.

After several hours of dicking around and internet coffee-shop-ing we drove the van approx. 12 centimeters to the "Blue Nile Club" and loaded in. We were most gracious to receive some bodacious Ethiopian delectables and got charged up to play, and then follow it up by watching "Gifts From Enola" tear it up at their CD release. The club was packed to capacity and Bart Starr got so excited that he spiked his guitar like a football while attempting to make a quip to Jarrett. Oooops!!! Karma is a hairy pitted bitch!!! We thrashed on and the crowd response was great as usual. The conversation outside the club after we finished was people wondering how big Irepress' dicks are collectively. We would imagine it to be atleast 1 mm. GFE's set was triumphantly epic along with the ultra light show by Wayne Vancouver.

After the show the festivities continued back at "The Church"(The GFE's house) with some beer pong, 35 rounds of Happy BDAY for our beloved DiNo, several shutting of the lights, and screaming incidents. Not to mention a group of metal heads air guitaring to each other in a circle for hours.

The next day would be a day off, so we endulged into the wee hours of morning before deeeeeyozing, or more like passing the FCK out!!

June 20th-Day off Harrisonburg, VA

After several more hours of borditude we were to attend the party of some most lovely Virginia Debutantes. Sheel and Thudd from GFE's dominated some pong, but that was merely a side show to the main attraction. Shan would display to all of us both his snake charming talents and his social networking skills simultaneously by giving some party guests a "great tip".

We departed the suare' and headed to another shindig with a band playing. Outside of the house we had some ill freestyles vs. a toothless backpack man. Upon returning to the GFE's house Shan must have felt that the warmth of the south was getting to him and decided to shed his skin and give us all a wonderous display of his bulbous physique. After several forward rolls on the lawn, Brandon, a GFE's crew homie, appeared out of no where to perform a sumo pounce on Ravishing Shan Rude.

Needless to say, our lives will never be the same. Salim snagged Shan's shirt and hid it in the bed of a truck into which Shan would have to climb into. He then proceeded to raise his arms and bay at the moon. GAAD HELP US ALL!!!!

June 16th NEW SONG UP!!!!-Diaspora

Hello All,

We have posted a new song up on the page from our album "Sol Eye Sea I". The song titled "Diaspora" is the first track on the recently released album. Peep it!!

In other news we are home enjoying this little 4 day vacation with our friends and families until we hit the road again on Thursday where we will meet up with our friends Gifts From Enola, whom we toured with last summer for a few weeks. It shall be an excellent time, and for all those who are interested please check out our tour dates for details.

We will update this while we are on the road, so please be sure to check back for tour blogs and other banter!!!

June 14th Back Home in Boston

Hello All,

Irepress is back home in Boston, but only for a week before hitting the road with our good friends Gifts From Enola for another three weeks. We had the opportunity to hang out with them when we were in VA on this last tour, and it was a hilarious time.

We want to thank everyone for the support for the last two weeks on the road with our great friends Junius. Those dudes are absolutely amazing to watch live each day, and on top of that they are incredible dudes. Cant wait to see what the future has in store for them, and we hope to be on the road with them again.

Every show was so much fun to play and the highlight was definitely Webster Hall in NYC. It was amazing to see people dancing and creating a circle which was a pit.

Besides that we will just be resting for this next week and then back to the grind. Thanks again for all the support and see you all soon.

June 6th Summer Tour w/Junius

Hello All,

SO far so good on the tour. We are currently camped out at our tour manager, Salim's(Bad Rabbits) parents house in Atlanta. We had the greatest southern style breakfast ever which was made by Salim's parents.

The shows have been great and its felt great to get back on the road. We just got home from playing the Summer Sideshow Festival in Colombus, GA and we were probably the most different band there. Aside from Junius, and Irepress, it was a bunch of Metal Core kids and many of the bands sounded like absolute trash. It probably had to do with the PA system, and it being outdoors. Luckily we bring our own sound guy(Salim).

We have played 3 shows so far, and watching Junius every night is a complete treat for us. We all absolutely love them, and they bring the pain every single night.

Tonight we will probably be heading into the city to show ATL a good Boston Beatdown. Hopefully we all survive the night.

Next stop Jacksonville, FL.

May 25th-Tour a couple weeks away!!

Hello All,

It's been a little over a month since we have updated this with any news. We have just been home resting while our drummer Sheel has been in the studio with his other band "Bad Rabbits". We want everyone to check that band out. It shows Sheel's diversity as a drummer and his diverse influences.

We played a show a couple weeks ago with UK's "Enter Shikari", whom we became friends with and got to see those young kids rock Boston for the first time. We hope to get to the UK at some point and do some shows with them.

Aside from resting and being idle, we now only have two weeks left until we leave for tour with our good friends Junius, and we are really pumped for that. After the couple weeks with them, we then join our good friends Gifts From Enola, whom we toured with last summer. Those kids like giving scream jobs so watch out!!

For all those that are interested we will be posting a live recording soon from our homecoming show back in April @ Great Scott's.

Hope to see you all this summer at the dates we have!! Much love, and thanks for all the support.

Hello All,



New Myspace, New Song, FULL US TOUR

Hello All,

We want to apologize for the delay in not putting up any new music in the last 15 years. As some of you know, and some of you don't know..Samus Octology was written and recorded almost 6 years ago, but officially released in 2007, so it has been a while since we have released any type of music.

We are excited to announce the release date for our new record "SOL EYE SEA I" which is February 17th through Translation Loss Records. This will be available on CD and vinyl. You can buy these directly from us as well as through www.translationloss.com on February 17th. The artwork was done by our friend Chad Lenjer (www.discordantart.com). Check him out, he is truly amazing.

NEW SONG: Check out "CYETTE PHIUR" from the record on our myspace player.

FULL US TOUR: We are excited to be heading out on a FULL US TOUR with our friends and labelmates: BATTLEFIELDS. Check the tour dates. More info on most of them will be announced shortly.

We will see you all soon. Peace
-Dino, Sheel, Shan, Bret, Jarrett