Lady Danville Tribune: January 2012

::Lady Danville to Release New EP Operating February 14th, 2012::

EP Artwork by: Patrick Concepción (Concepción Studios)

We are very excited to put out three new recordings (“Better Side”, “Operating” and “Ships”) on our new EP Operating next month!

We had begun tracking for our first full-length album a few months ago, but whilst on tour with Jack’s Mannequin, something happened to make us reevaluate our game plan… We were driving through the mountainous roads of Canada when we hit some black ice, fishtailing off the highway and flipping our van (Brenda, pictured above) onto her head.  As we hung upside down, suspended and saved by our faithful seat belts, we made a group decision: we didn’t want you all to have to wait for us to finish a full length album in order to hear some new music.  We are still recording a full length, but our EP Operating is a three-song preview of what’s to come a few more months down the line. Released digitally-only; on iTunes 2/14/2012.

Here is a promo video of Operating we recorded in the studio (Directed & Edited by my talented brother, Joseph Garner). Share this with your friends and spread the word about the forthcoming release!

::Two FREE Lady Danville Shows in LA::

To promote our EP release, we are playing two FREE shows in LA, the first and second Mondays of February. Come to both.

2/6/2012 @ The Satellite: Presented by 98.7FM, Buzzbands, and Pablove: (21+, www.thesatellitela.com/)

2/13/2012 @ Bardot: It’s a School Night Presented by KCRW’s Chris Douridas: (18+ www.itsaschoolnight.com/)

::Free Digital EP Operating with Purchase of Limited Edition Merch – in time for Valentines Day::

Order our exclusive Operating t-shirt and/or poster by 2/2/12 and

1. Receive the FREE digital EP Operating on 2/14/12
2. Receive the shipment of the shirt in time for Valentine’s Day, 2/14/12!

Chocolate and roses are so cliche <3

::New Website::

tell everyone: http://www.ladydanville.com/

Website by Patrick Concepción (Concepción Studios) and Michael Weintraub (StopGap Design)

Lady Danville “Operating” EP release February 14, 2012
Artwork by Patrick Concepcion

Moving day! Check out sweet “retro” mikey g and dan from danville t-shirt. Limited addition shit yo

Longest merch receipt from post office everrrrr

Dan builds zen rock stacks to close out 2011

lady danville end of year ruminations and sale

hello friends and lovers.

END OF YEAR BLOW OUT SALE!! 50% off EVERYTHING!

the lady danville merch store is going through an end of year inventory cleaning and is happy to announce that everything is 50% off for the rest of 2011. so act fast!

END OF YEAR RUMINATIONS

it’s been an amazing year for lady danville. this time last year we were just recovering from our first ever major tour with Ben Folds and since then have continued touring pretty much the entire year with three additional tours with Dashboard Confessional, Jacks Mannequin (x3) and Guster.

lots of things happened for us in 2011: we visited and performed in 35 new states, our facebook page nearly quadrupled in fans, we each probably made an additional 1000+ personal friends on fb, we drove close to 50,000 miles with Brenda, we lost Brenda. matti’s beard got bushier. michael’s shoes got cooler. my hair got taller. we formed amazing friendships with fellow musicians who we used to and still idolize. we drove in rain, sleet, mud, snow, poop and anything else you can imagine. we slept on/in/with beds, couches, floors, shower tubs, cars, grass, dressing rooms, on stage, dogs, cats and fleas. we ate at every fast food restaurant across the US and got gas at every major petrol station becoming quite familiar with the quality of coffee at different aforementioned stations. suffice to say, we couldn’t be happier.

as we shift into 2012, our focus will now be on finally giving you more tunes to listen to. another big milestone for us was being released from a contractual agreement that had stunted our musical creative process for a long time. now that we are completely free, we’re ready to finally give you what you’ve been waiting for. things to look forward to in 2012: our very first music video (it’s already in the editing stages and looks amazing. we are so excited to share it with you.)  new songs. (we’ve been recording and plan to continue. an announcement will be made soon in the coming new year with more details.) and more touring. we live to play for you. so we’ll be back on the road in no time.

until then, we hope you have an amazing next few days reminiscing about 2011 and are as much looking forward to the new year as we are. 2012 is going to be a big year! it has to be! the mayans said so!

anyway, thank you deeply from the bottom of our hearts for all the love and support you give to us everyday whether you’re listening to us sing for you from on stage or from your laptop speakers… thanks so much for always listening. we really do everything that we do for you. the music we write, the blogs we come up with, the fb posts we tag are all for you. we love you all.

with that said, here’s to an amazing new year! happy 2012 everyone!

much love as always,

dan of lady danville

oh yeah, did i mention the SALE???

Matti likes hitting drums

Studio footage coming soon

lady danville Holiday Song

so a few weeks ago, michael made an incredible mixtape of holiday songs written by some of our favorite artists. it was thoughtful, festive and appropriate. all in all, i thought it was beautifully curated and a wonderful reminder that the holidays are upon us.

the holidays always make me think of home. the home i used to live in as a little boy playing basketball in the backyard. the same home where i used to study, memorizing SAT vocabulary words. the same home i used to visit after going off to college. and now the home i come back to where the memories of my dog leaping up at my arrival are days of yore.

change is inevitable and may disorient us every once in awhile.  but the constant of home, as fluid as it may seem over the years, helps ground us. tangible things may change. we grow up.  but there will always be the untouchable magic of home. the smell of mom’s homemade tomato soup with celery and spam! the sounds of my sisters’ howling laughter and my brother’s snoring. and my dad’s incessant counting to three as he takes the 7th picture of me eating my peas. these are but a few things that the holidays remind me of because i know that i’ll be getting to go home.

anyway, i’ve always wondered what it’d be like to write a holiday song. well here it is. nothing fancy. just a nice winter treat as we all head home for the holidays. cheers.

Free Download here

ho ho ho,

dan