JANVIERjanuary was CRUEL, so february must ASCEND!

by efrim.

(almost back on track, almost on top of moving on…)

zion-contre-rat

and sorry, but no thing to say for awhile, just grief and fever, and a snowsqualling wind blowing through the streets like wolves let loose and running…

did a bunch of interviews last week, shipwrecked in bed with pneumonia, like trying to wrestle goldfish in a bathtub full of motor oil, the words kept slipping out of reach and into the fog, blinking forlornly…

good news= tours are starting to take shape.  will post all the dates once they’re confirmed.

right now europe is march/april= france, UK, ireland, belgium, switzerland, italy, holland.  (germany’s looking bleak, but maybe munich.)

we’re trying to book another tour in august/september= eastern europe, and russia if we can.

U!S!A! U!S!A! U!S!A!———> (short one for now, but more in the fall.)  this is us in may= boston, nyc, philadelphia, baltimore, d.c., asheville, chapel hill, atlanta, nashville, louisville, chicago, detroit.

that’s all for now.  but a lot more later…


58 Comments

  1. luciano wrote:

    hi! i’m from argentina
    I hope you will come here someday! let me know if you do, i die for seeing you live!

    i’m waiting for my deluxe edition of Kollaps Tradixionales to come! :)

    Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 07:48 | Permalink
  2. Rafael Frota wrote:

    Dont u have plans of touring in Brazil? It would be great!
    Give us this gift!
    Rio de Janeiro wait 4 you!

    Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 10:03 | Permalink
  3. Tobias wrote:

    Living in Germany I know all too well how bleak it is. But couldn’t you come anyway? At least once to the east? France and Italy are quite a distance to travel from here. Would be good. (and well…yes, yeah, would be great, but everythings
    great nowadays…so.. would be good. real good.)

    I hope you get better soon and the winter goes away.

    Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 16:38 | Permalink
  4. Alxandru wrote:

    eastern europe? romania too? :)

    Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 18:13 | Permalink
  5. Helge wrote:

    please try to get a date in germany….! munich would be nice!
    i am so excited about the new album.
    hope to see you soooooon.

    Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 19:46 | Permalink
  6. Frédéric wrote:

    I wonder if the possibility to comment on your posts/expressions of thought (or is it more than just thought?), is simply to make ‘us’ feel better or you actually read it. I don’t know, considering it’s hard not to grasp that you are genuinely sympathetic, sincere, aggrieved, tormented, simmering, … (?) Do tell me if I’m wrong.
    What I respect the most is that you try to express what thwarts you and perhaps even change the world, that is: change minds, even given the fact that you as well are just people with no definite, external purpose and that the chance of misunderstanding or just not understanding is so vast.
    I tend to permit myself of understanding you perhaps half of what wanders, hovers in your head(s). It’s 2010 yet and finally appreciate you and your music enough — enough isn’t the right word — and with the time being ‘right’ (and wrong), that I can experience you playing in Belgium on the 3rd of April. I hope that I’m going to be able to talk to you, on the condition of you not being tired of…

    Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 22:13 | Permalink
  7. Pau (from u_mä) wrote:

    Don’t forget Barcelona please!

    Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 22:23 | Permalink
  8. Joao wrote:

    Come to Lisbon, plz plz

    Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 00:51 | Permalink
  9. :) wrote:

    Thanks for those new infos! :D I can’t await the new album and I really hope, you somehow manage to play in the North of Germany.

    Get well soon and the spring is already coming :)

    Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 02:34 | Permalink
  10. Naël wrote:

    L.Cohen and SMZ from Montréal, Québec in March in France
    that’s great (good i mean)

    Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 04:37 | Permalink
  11. u1 wrote:

    sail on like weapons to taiwan

    Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 09:20 | Permalink
  12. Kev wrote:

    Damn, Pneumonia is terrible, I’ve had it myself earlier in 2009, it seems running outside in the rain with a t-shirt and pants was a terrible idea.

    But it’s good to hear that things are getting in motion for tours, I hope you’ll come back to Toronto for another show, the matinee at Lee’s Palace was fantastic.

    Hope everyone else is doing well, and take care of each other :)

    Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 11:29 | Permalink
  13. sdian wrote:

    see you soon in L!YON (I hope)

    Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 19:15 | Permalink
  14. Bruno wrote:

    Don’t forget our little Portugal, people. =(

    Sunday, January 31, 2010 at 23:47 | Permalink
  15. bruno trochmann wrote:

    come to brazil,

    Monday, February 1, 2010 at 03:01 | Permalink
  16. Peter wrote:

    Please visit Sweden! Otherwise I have to go to Holland, and that’s not near at all.

    Monday, February 1, 2010 at 03:29 | Permalink
  17. Nemo wrote:

    oh come on :( why is germany bleak? cant be.

    Monday, February 1, 2010 at 04:03 | Permalink
  18. Sergey wrote:

    Please, don’t forget about Russia

    Monday, February 1, 2010 at 04:14 | Permalink
  19. Ryan wrote:

    Terribly sorry to hear about the sickness. Great to hear about the tour. See you guys in Baltimore and DC!

    Monday, February 1, 2010 at 04:55 | Permalink
  20. Kanada Dates?

    Monday, February 1, 2010 at 09:45 | Permalink
  21. Nate wrote:

    I can’t wait for Baltimore and/or DC. Hopefully I will be out of college by then.

    Monday, February 1, 2010 at 09:50 | Permalink
  22. Richard wrote:

    You should should should should come to Central NY, like Utica/Rome/Syracuse or somewhere around there.

    NYC is just full of too many hip kids and it’s 4 hours away. My girlfriend lives in Boston, though and maybe I will try to visit her while you’re playing there.

    Monday, February 1, 2010 at 09:53 | Permalink
  23. BENE wrote:

    Thanks for coming in France!!! I can’t wait to see you on stage again!!!

    Monday, February 1, 2010 at 21:36 | Permalink
  24. Nicolas wrote:

    That is so good to read that kind of news. Can’t wait to know the venue and to plan the trip throught France once again.

    Monday, February 1, 2010 at 21:56 | Permalink
  25. Jeroen wrote:

    I’ll be seeing you in amsterdam!

    Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 01:53 | Permalink
  26. OLIVIER wrote:

    Germany is looking bleak, OKAY!, .. yes, but Straßburg, Bern or anything else nearly the south of Germany, please? The venue in Schorndorf, the manfuactur, near Stuttgart is really nice - but on the last tour less than 50 people… :( Germany is really desolate, even in Berlin 5 years ago less than 50 people..

    Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 03:45 | Permalink
  27. Ruddy wrote:

    Hope y’all come to southern California, USA some time during your tour in the future. Looking forward to seeing y’all.
    Godspeed

    Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 13:51 | Permalink
  28. Hello! Come to Copenhagen or Århus, Denmark or at least Malmö, Sweden. I’ll bring the weed. Hope to see you.

    Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 23:35 | Permalink
  29. Steve wrote:

    Pity there are no Northern Ireland dates, but I am quite smugly holding my ticket for the Dublin show! Now if only the new album would hurry up and arrive I would be happy.

    Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 00:25 | Permalink
  30. hasegawayu wrote:

    ***pleasepleaseplease***
    please come to japan

    Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 02:18 | Permalink
  31. Fenno-Ugric Pusher wrote:

    Please stop somewhere in Finland in case you happen to end up in Scandinavia or are going to Russia. I’ll rob a bank for you if it is a question of money.

    Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 03:48 | Permalink
  32. Eti wrote:

    That’s pretty rad that you guys are trying to book Russia!

    Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 09:40 | Permalink
  33. GAEL wrote:

    so 2 dates in paris ;) Pretty cool, nice place (alhambra), well, you make my day !

    Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 01:53 | Permalink
  34. eduardo wrote:

    CHILE CHILE CHILE CHILE CHILE CHILE

    Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 04:31 | Permalink
  35. David wrote:

    Nothing about Montreal for now? Sad…

    Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 21:25 | Permalink
  36. Hope you swing through Glasgow again. Been almost four years. Not the prettiest post-industrial city in the world, but I was walking through an abandoned park last night, bang smack in the middle of this half-decaying industrial wasteland of a neighbourhood I live in, blanketed in the unbroken light February snow and it made me happy. Sure, a guy got stabbed in the Chinese takeaway across from our front window a couple of weeks back, and there’s an Orange Lodge and Blue Star Club next to that, but sometimes here can be a nice place…

    Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 22:48 | Permalink
  37. eeek wrote:

    UT Connewitz in Leipzig again!!

    Friday, February 5, 2010 at 00:36 | Permalink
  38. Michael wrote:

    Thanks for the nice mixtape!
    I’m looking forward to the Dunk! Festival Zottegem.
    Incidentally:German BR2 radio on 6.02.2010 (23.05H - 24.00H CET)repeated the great Vic Chesnutt concert Munich 2007 (with Members of SMZ).

    Live Stream:
    http://streams.br-online.de/bayern2_2.m3u

    (Winamp download Link -> http://download.nullsoft.com/winamp/client/winamp5572_full_emusic-7plus_de-de.exe)
    (Winamp Streamripper plugin download Link to record the Stream -> http://ignum.dl.sourceforge.net/project/streamripper/streamripper%20(current)/1.64.6/streamripper-windows-installer-1.64.6.exe

    Friday, February 5, 2010 at 04:52 | Permalink
  39. Jon Elli wrote:

    Please more Canadian dates. The west needs Zion

    Friday, February 5, 2010 at 14:56 | Permalink
  40. Alberto wrote:

    San Francisco would be amazing. But Oakland would be even better.

    Friday, February 5, 2010 at 16:37 | Permalink
  41. Marie wrote:

    I received the deluxe CD yesterday, a pleasure for my ears, my body and my mind. It make my day, so i thank you.

    Hope to see you again in Lyon, or anywhere.

    Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 03:21 | Permalink
  42. andrew wrote:

    san francisco please

    Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 07:13 | Permalink
  43. oz wrote:

    oh dear oh dear
    please please for the love of everything holy, make the france shows in may. thats when i am over there. i know you guys are never visiting mexico, so thats the only chance i will have to be able to see you.
    please

    Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 08:49 | Permalink
  44. PAT wrote:

    Make some mountains in the prairies. Winnipeg.

    Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 15:59 | Permalink
  45. Kai wrote:

    We need you in germany.
    come to cologne pleaaaaseeeee!

    Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 21:46 | Permalink
  46. Marvin wrote:

    i really hope you´ll come to germany!!! would love to see you over here!!!

    Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 22:37 | Permalink
  47. Peter wrote:

    Kanada needs you! Ontario pleaaasee.

    Monday, February 8, 2010 at 16:19 | Permalink
  48. Dicky wrote:

    indonesia is daydreaming.
    :D

    Monday, February 8, 2010 at 17:02 | Permalink
  49. Jeff wrote:

    it would mean so much to me and many others if you made it back to california.

    Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 08:31 | Permalink
  50. Dan wrote:

    I believe Montreal would welcome you with open arms. That would be the loveliest time.

    Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 02:36 | Permalink
  51. Kirstiecat wrote:

    Yes, please please come back to Chicago. I have missed you so very dearly.

    Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 22:52 | Permalink
  52. Anastasia wrote:

    Hope to see you in Russia again! We’ll be waiting!
    Best wishes

    Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at 01:59 | Permalink
  53. tread wrote:

    when in Louisville, Kentucky please try a companion date 70 miles east in Lexington, Kentucky,great college radio station WRFL…worth the effort.

    Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 00:44 | Permalink
  54. Jorgen wrote:

    I feel like a whining brat, but please come to Norway! Your concert at Parkteatret was amazing.

    Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 22:22 | Permalink
  55. nuclearjello wrote:

    bmore - hell yeah!

    Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 11:49 | Permalink
  56. Nesky wrote:

    Most of the people here are commenting in hope that you visit the place they live. As a brazilian I would find the most amazing thing if you guys came here, but who am I fooling?, there are not enough listeners here, and that is such a shame. You guys have been my favorite band for years and I must accept that you probably will never come to Latin America. Sad but true. Keep on making records, keep on rocking.

    Friday, February 26, 2010 at 01:14 | Permalink
  57. Odin wrote:

    Thank you for the amazing Kollaps Tradixionales! To add my lonesome voice to the pleas of many, we would love to see you come to Australia. Melbourne has a strong following and though that is the other end of the country from here, it is a lot easier than travelling to Europe or the US. Please come to our shores!

    Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 11:14 | Permalink
  58. antonio wrote:

    KEEP ON WALKING. YOU ARE WALKING A BEAUTIFULL AND DIFICULT PATH. THANKS.

    BARCELONA.

    Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 23:35 | Permalink

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