Our first show of the pandemic! Hope everyone is staying safe out there!
Big announcement! Saturday, March 14, The Inner Party finally RETURNS! We’ll be at The Smoke & Barrel Tavern with one our sister bands, Universe Contest, who will be coming from their native Nebraska on a “we’re going to SXSW because we are legit hot shit” tour and wanted to stop by and play with buddies, and Space In The 80s, led by fearless khaleesi Amyh Hart, and again, one of our bestest friends in all the universe (no contest!) Incidentally, the first time TIP and UC played together waaay back in the day, at the latter day JR’s (RIP), was with Amyh’s old baby, the legendary dreamfast, so there’s a lot of full circle action here.
This stage may get so hot that they may have to rename the place just “Smoke” and lose the Barrel, because we plan on setting it on fire! This is our first show since last summer, and we’re really excited. We are hopefully nearing the end of the pre-production/writing phase of our new record, Mid-South Moissanite, and although there’s still some stuff to be done, we’re hoping to hit the studio sometime late spring/early summer and have it out around August, almost exactly two years after the release of Darker. Regardless, we WILL be debuting new material at this show, and we’ve got some hits on our hands.
Per usual, in the midst of all this joy, there is some bittersweet news. After almost two years of leal service, our beloved brother Jacob Arnold is stepping away from the band. We are very sad to see him go, but as easily one of the greatest drummers in the area, the man is just busy and has other bands that haven’t been in hibernation with egomaniacs that write in seclusion, so he just has too much going on. He will be sadly missed, but he’s still very much now and forever a part of the IP family, and you may even still hear him do some stuff on our record. Thank you for everything, Jacob! Godspeed!
BUT, we are absolutely stoked to announce our new drummer Cameron Bass, a superhuman beast with a real good feel for our music, who is picking up very quickly, and whom we are very confident is “the guy.” We’re also very excited that for the very first time in our almost 13 year history, the drummer of The Inner Party is not in any other bands, and we are hopeful that for once in life, monogamy will make everything better. That’s all for now. Much love. #TIPUC80s
PS - thank you so much Kori J. Bowers for all the incredible design work you did for this show!
Everyone please RSVP to the event on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/events/586761072106501/
Dave and Bob recently recorded some of Dave’s old solo material. Check it out! We’ll see y’all tonight at Smoke & Barrel! - TIP
https://letstalkfigures.bandcamp.com/album/self-indulged-pens-and-needles
Darker EPK!
In more “better late than never” news, our pillaging of the IP video archives has yielded additional fruit. We were able to compile what we think is a cool little overview of our band and the album Darker. Check it out! We’d love to know what you think!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrQAfOf7mwo
Show Announcements + Live Videos!
We recently turned up some footage from the #Darker release show last August. We have a few songs uploaded on YouTube and we’ll get a couple more up soon Check it out!
Speaking of shows, we’re pleased to formally announce a pair of shows. We’ll be playing a very special set with our old friends Adam Faucett & the Tall Grass at Smoke & Barrel in Fayetteville on Friday, June 7. We’ll also be playing a lower key warm-up show at Backspace on Friday, April 26. We’ll be posting more details soon. Hope to see you then!
ATTENTION COMIC BOOK FANS!
We’d very much like to thank our friend Anthony for choosing our song “Demon-Haunted” from #Darker as the new theme to his wildly successful spec blog, Comics Heating Up. If you’re into comic books, this is definitely the site to follow!
Also, we just booked a show that we’re really excited for, and we’ll be posting more about it once the line-up is confirmed. Stay tuned!
https://comicsheatingup.net/2019/02/11/new-comic-spec-review-video-for-february-13-2019/
College and community radio news!
We’ve officially been on college and community radio adds for two weeks now, and we’re very excited about how things are going so far. We’d very much like to thank the following stations and their listeners for their support thus far.
90.1 FM KPFT Houston - #26 CHART
WMCX 88.9 FM in West Long Branch, NJ - #6 ADD
WMUL 88.1 FM in Huntington, WV - #2 ADD
WMXM 88.9 FM in Lake Forest, IL - #17 CHART
Radio X 88.5 FM in Fort Lauderdale, FL - #4 ADD, #13 CHART
Wtcc 90.7 FM in Springfield, MA - #23 CHART
WUMF 91.5 FM in Farmington, ME - #13 CHART
Radio CUH in Honolulu, HI - #9 CHART
KMUD - Redwood Community Radio, Inc. in Redway, CA - #13 CHART
WIDB.net in Carbondale, IL - #23 CHART
If you listen to one of these stations or live in one of these areas, please hit these stations up and tell them you’re glad they’re playing us and want to hear more. And if you don’t see your local college or community radio station on this, please check out the link below for the full listing of stations with our album in the US and Canada.
http://theinnerparty.tumblr.com/post/178646544669/contact-your-local-college-and-community-radio
“Stay Together For The Cats” is getting rave reviews!
In case you haven’t done a Google search for us recently, we’ll save you the trouble and post some of the top hits!
The Ratings Game
Overall Rating 4/5
“Cat lovers everywhere rejoice! The Inner Party decided to dedicate a song to you!”
https://ratingsgamemusic.com/2018/09/29/the-inner-partys-stay-together-for-the-cats-is-a-hypnotic-gem-review-stream/
Top40-Charts
9.5/10 Stars
“Overall a great and unique track to be cherished and enjoyed for many more years to come.”
http://top40-charts.com/news.php?nid=139683
Dancing About Architecture
“
I can’t work out if this is poignant, sad or just plain silly. It might be all three at once… that is the reason the song is so great!”
https://dancingaboutarchitecture.info/2018/10/01/stay-together-for-the-cats-the-inner-party-featuring-erin-poppy/
Act/One Magazine
“This is shaping up to be one of my top 5 personal favorites this year!”
https://gustumusic.wixsite.com/actone/single-post/2018/10/01/The-Inner-Party-featuring-Erin-Poppy-Stay-Together-For-The-Cats
Warlock Asylum International News
“Erin Poppy’s superb vocal performance, which is slightly reminiscent of the legendary Carole King, works well in creating a narrative bridge between The Inner Party’s audience and the band itself.“
https://warlockasyluminternationalnews.com/2018/10/02/the-inner-party-featuring-erin-poppy-stay-together-for-the-cats/
Stereo Stickman
“It’s a clever song with a lot more depth than first expected.“
https://stereostickman.com/reviews/the-inner-party-stay-together-for-the-cats/
THREE SHOWS NEXT WEEK!
We’ve got a trio of mid-south shows coming up next weekend! We’re hitting the road for a few days in celebration of Dave’s birthday, so if you’re in or around one of these towns, please come hang out!
10/11 THU Stickyz, Little Rock, AR
10/12 FRI Lamplighter, Memphis, TN
10/13 SAT The Cavern, Russellville, AR
