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interview we did with boston hassle 
https://bostonhassle.com/5-questions-with-giving-up-ky/ or archive -------------------------------------------------------------------------- TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED!!! SPRING TOUR 2018 (MAY / JUNE) come find meeeeee 5/31 (thurs) - Minneapolis, MN -- @ The Hexagon (2600 27th Ave SW) w/ The Florists + Dalheimer 6/1 (fri) - Appleton, WI -- @ Train Station (302 S Story St) w/ Wishbone Breakers 6/2 (sat) - Chicago, IL -- @ Coles (2338 N Milwaukee Ave) w/ Jeff Drackula + Floatie 6/3 (sun) - Detroit, MI -- @ Outer Limits Lounge (5507 Caniff St) w/ True Blue + dj Ryan Cady 6/4 (mon) - Pittsburgh, PA -- @ Howlers (4509 Liberty Ave) w/ Kowloon Corporate, My Little Cuppy, + Reid 6/5 (tues) - Philadelphia, PA -- @ Space 1026 (1026 Arch St) w/ Juice + Soft Crime 6/6 (wed) - New Brunswick, NJ -- @ In The West (**contact for location) w/ Home Blitz + Bronco II + 6/7 (thurs) - Brooklyn, NY -- @ Muchmore's (2 Havemeyer St) (part of Northside Festival) w/ Nixon Mask, Doilies, + Cowboy Turns 6/8 (fri) - Boston, MA-- @ Herter Park (1175 Soldiers Field Rd) w/ Bad History Month + Nest 6/9 (sat) - Peterborough, NH -- Thing In The Spring @ Harlows Pub (3 School St) w/ Bunny's A Swine + Yazan 6/10 (sun) - Hadley, MA @ Motor Goose (**contact for location) w/ Walmart Romeo , A Million Yellow Flowers, 6/11 (mon) - lozha mansion night / beach franks / dust bed 6/12 (tues) - New Haven, CT @ Three Sheets (372 Elm St) w/ State Champion + Grand Prix 6/13 (wed) - Baltimore, MD -- @ Aquarium (ask a punk) w/ Isabella + Naomi 6/14 (thurs) - Frederick, MD -- Nola (4 E Patrick St) w/ Nowns + Fun Boys 6/15 (fri) - Charleston, WV - @ Kinship Goods (613 Tennessee Ave) w/ State Champion 6/16 (sat) - Louisville, KY - @ Kaiju (1004 Oak St) w/ Jane + Wet -------------------------------------------------------------------------- cool lil' interview from VZN magazine! 
http://www.vznmagazine.com/newmusic/2018/4/25/giving-up-interviewor archive -------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIDEO RELEASE FOR APRIL SHOWERS and some kind words at http://post-trash.com/news/2018/5/6/giving-up-april-showers-post-trash-premiere. (archive) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- we had an awsome little review and photo-spread written up in soundbite magazine. (-: http://www.soundbitemagazine.net/bands/theyre-giving-up or archive 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------VIDEO PREMIERE for our new single "GUTS" at ghettoblaster mag http://ghettoblastermagazine.com/video-premiere-giving-up-guts/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- infinitely stoked!!!! our new song debuted on ALL SONGS CONSIDERED via NPR. sssssiiiiiiiiiiiiccccck!!!! LINK 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------cool article in post trash about the new record. LINK or archive and one from the revue LINK or archive -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
TOUR DATES POSTED 2018!!!! -------------------------- FEB- sat 17 - LOUISVILLE, KY (RELEASE SHOW) @ kaiju 1004 e oak st. w/ CEREAL GLYPHS + WOMBO (doors at 9pm / $5) wed 21 - ST. LOUIS, MO @ cbgb 3163 S Grand Blvd. w/ JANE WAVE + SUNDOWNING thr 22 - MURRAY, KY @ terrapin station 920 s 12th st. w/ PEACHY MAE + SECULAR PETS (doors 8pm) fri 23 - LEXINGTON, KY @ green lantern 497 w 3rd st. w/ NO COPS, SAL SHOW, + DRURY ELSINORE DUO sat 24 - HARRISONBURG, VA @ golden pony 181 n main st. w/ BUCK GOOTER + DEAD BEDROOMS (9 pm) sun 25 - RALEIGH, NC @ wicked witch 416 w south st. w/ DRAG SOUNDS + REESE MCHENRY AND THE FOX mon 26 - RICHMOND, VA @ strange matter 929 grace st. w/ GUMMING + FAT SPIRIT + BASMATI tue 27 - CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA @ magnolia house 507 10th st. nw w/ MARIA DEHART + WINETEETH wed 28 - WINSTON SALEM, NC @ monstercade - 204 w acadia ave. w/ DRAG SOUNDS (9pm) MARCH- thr 1 - ATHENS, GA @ world famous - 351 n hull st w/ DEEP STATE + THE HERNIES (10:00pm) fri 2 - SAVANNAH, GA @ the jinx - 127 w congress st w/ DEEP STATE sat 3 - ATLANTA, GA @ 529 - 529 Flat Shoals Ave SE w/ DEEP STATE + LOW VALLEY HEARTS + CURT CASTLE sun 4 - CHATTANOOGA, TN @ jj's bohemia - 231 e ML King blvd w/ WESTFALL mon 5 - NASHVILLE, TN @ fond object 535 4th Ave South cold lunch's inaugural discovery nite w/ ACHY + HAND tue 6 - BOWLING GREEN, KY @ rockys 332 E Main Ave w/ SOFT SELF PORTRAITS + CARTOONS --------------------------------------------------------------------------  PRE-ORDER HERE @ SOPHOMORE LOUNGE -------------------------------------------------------------------------- BRAND NEW VIDEO FOR OUR SONG "FUN" FROM GARNER CARDINALS
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- song premiere for "STONE" and a little write up by FADER MAGAZINE. way coooool. LINK or archive. 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- whoa. this is cool. we are on the new and notables of bandcamp.com. cool! thanks bandcamp. very sweet and nice. 
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JUST PLAYED THE BEST SHOW EVER AT CROPPED OUT. VIDS OF THAT SOON. LEAVING FOR TOUR TODAY. HERE'S THE DATES. WEIRD. wed SEPT 28 - LEXINGTON KY - THE BURL (375 Thompson Rd) with beat awfuls, cereal glyphs, bone heaver ($8) thur SEPT 29 - fri SEPT 30 - NASHVILLE TN - EAST ROOM (2412 Gallatin Ave) w/ MIDNIGHT SNAXXX, TENNESSEE SCUM, SPODEE BOY sat OCT 1 - MURRAY KY - TERRAPIN STATION (920 S 12th St ) w/ FOUND DROWNED, DAVE DICK SUN OCT 2 - NEW ORLEANS LA - WE JUST HANGIN w/ BERT + DOORMAN, DOG MON OCT 3 - VALDOSTA GA - RED DOOR RECORDS (133 N PATTERSON (maybe?)) w/ prison daddy, fixed gaze, gov club tues OCT 4 - MIAMI FL - @ KILL YOUR IDOL (222 Espanola Way Miami Beach) w/ gov club wed OCT 5 - thrs OCT 6 - thrs OCT 6 - ATLANTA GA - CASA NOVA (garage address) w/ COOFEE JR, HOLDERS + JACKET. fri OCT 7 - SAVANNAH GA - GRAVE FACE RECORDS BLOCK PARTY (5 w 40th St) w/ The Marshmallow Ghosts, COEDS, + morehurricaned! fri OCT 7 - ATLANTA GA - WONDER ROOT w/ PEACH STATE, TAYLOR ALXNDR, MICHAEL CERA PALIN + NEWMONEY sat OCT 8 - ATHENS GA - LITTLE KINGS (223 W Hancock Ave) w/ HALF ACID, BLUNT BANGS + MARATHON STATES sun OCT 9 - CHAPEL HILL NC - THE CAVE w/ MILE ME DEAF, SEX JAMS + LORD BENDTNER mon OCT 10 - HARRISONBURG VA - GOLDEN PONY (181 NORTH MAIN STREET) - w/ YOUR EX'S PETS tues OCT 11 - RICHMOND VA - SLICE OF HEAVEN () w/ BIG BABY, PETE CURRY, WE NEVER, LANCE BANGS wed OCT 12 - CHARLESTON WV - KINSHIP GOODS (613 tennessee ave) thurs OCT 13 - CHICAGO IL - SFR w/ DAKOTA LOESCH, LIFE PARTNER -------------------------------------------------------------------------- COME SEE US AT CROPPED OUT!!!!! 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- JULY TOUR is all wrapped up. we will try to throw some photos up here soon. Miss the band mates and the road sooo much already it's crazy. HUGE THANKS to everyone who came to a show/ set up a show/ bought us an hundred tequillas/ put us up for a place to sleep/ took us swimming/ offered to help fix our van/ invited us out karaeokeing/ blew up an air mattress for us/ took us out dancing to goth night/ showed us their favorite burrito spot/ traded us some merch/ caught up after years apart/ said nice things to us/ bought weird stuff from us/ cooked breakfast for us/ late-night couch hung with us/ came to the skate park with us/ made us a smoothie/ helped carry our gear out/ introduced us to your dog/ put together something super last minute for us/ let us hang out just all day while we sorted ourselves out/ borrowed us a shower towel/ played us rap videos til the sun came up/ made us spaghetti at one thousand o clock in the morning/ trusted us in locking up the place/ and was nice to us. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- cool little interview via the boston hassel HERE or archive 
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TOUR!! TOUR!! TOUR!! JULY 2016 TOUR!! TOUR!! TOUR!!
BIG NEWS!! NEW RECORD!! 
new record will be released JULY 17, 2012 on SOPHOMORE LOUNGE RECORDS it sounds reeeeeal reeeeaaal good. check out some of the songs in our MP3 section. i bet you like them. ALSO!!!!! WE GOT A TOUR COMING UP WITH OUR BEST BUDDIES LIFE PARTNER. if you don't know life partner, give them a jam at http://lifepartner.bandcamp.com 
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we got a new split tape out NOW. with our good friends PUTTING OUT. 3 songs from us. 4 songs from them. cassette with download and 4ft x 6ft poster for your angry teenage bedroom. go buy it here!! sophomoreloungerecords.com check all this sweet stuff out!!   
  
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- we got a handfull of new songs for a split release that will be out shortly. they sound great. we are super excited. recorded with our good friend dusty v at his house in iowa. a few pictures here. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- new full length is in the works. in the hard at works.     -------------------------------------------------------------------------- we just got back from a nice little weekend of shows with animal city. boy was it fun. we took hot tubs in bath tubs. made some demos. skateboarded. puked. shot fire works. ate pizzas. got awkward. went swimming. had girl talk. lurked around. and played to one bartender at a sports bar in wisconsin that sal has been going to since he was a baby. they ran the vocals through every tv in the place. then we got attacked by bees. check it all out in the pictures. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIDEO VIDEO VIDEO and more video HERE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------  merry x-men everybody. giving up x-mas songs HEEEEEUUURRR -------------------------------------------------------------------------- hey dudeys. we are on tour with our (G)(B)(B)FF's STATE CHAMPION.  givingup.castlemorbius.com/christmas.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------- We are currently holed up in iowa. it just snowed. we just beat Mario 3. we turned the house into a tetris recovery clinic. have you ever heard music type 3 on tetris 1. it's so chill. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- There's a pretty rad review of Gthrowing Up over here. maybe go take a peek. --------------------------------------------------------------------------  well, giving up is now more than just skin deep. a band to the blood! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- it's been a long time coming. GIVING UP's debut full length release "Gthrowing Up" is officially out on sophomore lounge records. and it is available for purchase HERE. we are super totally excited about it. there are mp3's from it up in our mp3 section. also check out the goodies that come with it. 
ppppppllllleeeeeaaaaaasssssseeeeee -------------------------------------------------------------------------- hey babes. you should grab a download of the e.p. we got. 6 songs. up for you for free at http://givingup.castlemorbius.com/media/jittersmp3.zip 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- so its been a hot sec since we got back from tour. im pretty sure the consensus is that we all wish we were still at it. all and all it went well. cryin, fightin, cussin, getting dumped, and falling in love the whole way. in columbus some guy was like, "look at this band making their girlfriends carry in their equitment." to which jenny responded, "fuck you dude." to which said dude's girlfriend chimed in, "she's probably in the fucking band you pig." we met a ton of solid dudes. a bunch of sweet hearts helping us out, putting us up. Liz's house, Joel's DAD, Steffano + family, Levon, Kent, Debbie and Garry, Chuck and Jannis, Chris and Katy, Rob, Christopher and Robin, Isabelle, Korey and Maggy, Franky and family to name a few. Heavy thanks for sure. what now what now. we got a bunch of left over shirts from tour. we also got a new 6 song ep on CD. if you're interested in nabbing some of that stuff drop us a line at iamasnake (at) hotmail (at) com . we got back and played a home show in chicago. sal cassato played drums for us. sal cassatto played nothing but break downs the entire time. we'll put a video up or something soon i guess. oh and the vinyls almost done. oh yeah theres new tracks up in the mp3 section. two from that 6 songer i was talking about. and check the tour pictures. and. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- so we are a few shows in to the winter 09 STATE CHAMP / GIVING UP TOUR. no catastrophes yet. we've had some people feign enthusiasm. one kid kind of liked us i think at one of the shows. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- alright alright already. so we don't have a release date for the record yet. but that shit is FINISHED. well kind of. i mean. jamie thompson the wiz kid is mastering it right now. like right now. well maybe not right now. i mean i think he might be writing a book report or kissing a girl or trying to fight somebody like RIGHT now. but you know presently. and then after that the tracks are being shipped out to some dudes who know how to make a pancake of vinyl plastic have sounds come out of it and its good to go. the art work is totally done thanks to our friend and cohort MAXFIELD HEGEDUS. all the photos look totally sick. as far as internet stuff we got a myspace now thats not a complete mess myspace.com/givingupmyspace and we got some videos out there in cyberspace. one video of us playing police academy one live, and an ASBD cover we played at the 2008 BEEBSFEST. what a shit show that was. check them out HERE -------------------------------------------------------------------------- kate farstad and jamie thompson are the sickest drummers ever. i mean. you know. like joey jordison is pretty cool but he uses like 2 bass drums or something. thats lame. kate and jamie got our girly folk record sounding like Astro Creep 2000. fucking awsome. mikie ran off to europe because child support and student loans kicked in. he's sneaking back into the u.s. soon enough hopefully to throw a record release party (tour????) jenny's got stars in her eyes. seans probably running from cops or bill collectors. oh, and the site looks different now. duh. giving up has been recording this past month with the amazing jamie stepp of all save silence recordings. we have somewhere from 10 to 15 songs that are sounding great and almost at recording completion. we gutted the living room at 202 east sesame street in iowa, borrowed jenny's mom's guitars, bought some frozen pizzas, and bled our fingers/ lost our voices. we are currently outsourcing percussion to our best friends jamie thompson, and kate farstad. the sophomore lounge is drooling all over the place thinking about a release date. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- the sophomore lounge has it's webstore up and running. there's merch/ music from total geniuses all over the place over there. and new stuff coming in all the time. you should visit the store soon if not right now. (http://sophomoreloungerecords.com) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- giving up came to realization in the summer of 2006. the elements that led to this fruitition were a sweaty non air conditioned house, a brand new, of-age identification card, three boxes of inherited country western tapes/ records, three guitars, a small reed organ, one harmonica, a boombox/ tape recorder, a bad case of the chicken pox, and a pile of lyrics intended for the unrealized thrash-metal band "mischa barton" |
