Our upstate NY pals SIRS first full-length drops on July 2nd via the crucial Topshelf Records. Check out the  new track "Crossbows and Arrows" below while we hotly anticipating this S/T effort and additional tracks to preview.

THANKS - to everyone who came out, every band, and everyone involved on the back end of this, especially McNeil Music of Ithaca, Angry Mom Records, and of course, The Haunt - all for making this the biggest and best BIG DAY IN yet! See you in May for another. Tons of IU shows coming your way soon. Lots of vids below with Algernon Cadwallader, Pars & Labor, Summer People, HotChaCha, Megachurch, SIRS, The Sidekicks, Band Name, Shoppers, why+the+wires, and Kaboosh!



Algernon Cadwallader


Algernon Cadwallader


Parts & Labor - Constant Future (Clip)


Parts & Labor - Fractured Skies


Summer People - Baseball Bat


Summer People - Chapin 94


Summer People w/ Jovana from HotChaCha - Hallelujah, I'm A Bum (Clip)


HotChaCha - Suicide Mission


Megachurch - Resurrection w/ Intro


Megachurch - Speaking In Tongues


SIRS


The Sidekicks


The Sidekicks


Band Name


Shoppers - III


why+the+wires - Intro To Canada


Kaboosh! - Everyone's Gone


Kaboosh! - Waterboarding

It's been 11 months since SIRS graced Ithaca with their presence and we're ultra ready for another dose. Since then, they've put some more miles under their belts, made their Topshelf Records debut - another split, this time in collaboration with the UK's run, WALK! and their mates, Holy Roar Records - and have even more new material in the works.  They guys are in good spirits and amped for Big Day In. Below, Ithaca Underground's Bubba Crumrine catches up with Justin, Kyle, Mike and Hart - who is no stranger to this day-fest, having performed last December in Zona Mexicana.



IU: How has the band been since we saw you guys back in January?

Justin: Pretty great actually. January was when we really started to figure out how we wanted to sound.  When our first guitarist left to form another band, Mike joined pretty much the next day, and as soon as that happened we started to write songs that we really liked and we haven't stopped since.  Mike's a team player and an all around swell guy.

IU: Have you been hitting the road a lot?

Justin: We try to tour whenever we get the chance. This past summer we did a 20 something day tour around the eastern half of the U.S. but, our unreliable van (RIP Gladys) made the trip pretty nerve wracking.  Before that we did a couple shorter tours last summer and winter.  We've got some ideas for this winter and hopefully the summer, but we really have our sights set on next fall when we can hit up some other colleges besides our own.

IU: How did SIRS come to be?

On 10/8 we added 5 more acts to our upcoming Dec 3rd BIG DAY IN including Cleveland's HotChaCha (who gave another insane performance on Sunday), The Sidekicks (Red Scare : Northeastern, OH), Band Name from Philly, local favorites why+the+wires, and last but certainly not least Algernon Cadwallader! They've been on our wishlist for a while now and we couldn't be happier they were able to join this great line-up.  If you're unfamiliar with the band, check them out here or here.  More info on the full line-up and links below:

So, you've probably heard SIRS are returning to Ithaca for BIG DAY IN #5 but, have you heard their releasing a tight with run, WALK! from the UK?  No joke. It's a collaboration from the very legit Topshelf Records and the equally legit, Holy Roar Records.  The 7"/CD drops next month...

http://topshelfrecords.tumblr.com/post/9841679105/sirs-run-walk-split-preorders-are-now-up

Check out some of our friends making some sweet tracks. 

Band name: Mouth To Mouth To Mouth

Location: Ithaca, NY

Members:
Gabe Millman: drum gits & percagits
Corey Fox Mahaney: gits & vix
Bubba Crumrine: bassgits & vix
Peter Pillardy gits & bits

Formed: Fall 2010. About a year and a half ago Corey, Peter, and Gabe first discussed starting another band together because initially they were all in Makeshift together. More and more bands were formed but the idea kept lingering between the three of them. Corey mentioned the idea to Bubba around the time he was contemplating starting up a band more akin to his first Ithaca project, Bazaar of Guillemots, after playing some of the material for friends Sleep For The Nightlife. Corey and Gabe started writing what became "Open Hand, Insert Mouth" in August of this year while Peter was in Poland. The three who were in Ithaca started jamming while Peter started learning the material via Skype. We played a secret show in November and people said we were smokin'.

Releases: Nothing! We're on the face and the my though. Three tracks on each but they're different.

Sounds like: Mathpunk... a bit of an oxymoron?
Feels like: You're a spool of thread tied to an antennae of a car heading a high speed chase, rapidly unraveling.
Tastes like: Kiss your Mom and your Dad at the same time.
Smells like: Teen spirit! Wait.. that's taken. Naked men. Maybe we should have used that for sounds like.

Features members of: Speak Daggers, Ballistic Shit Circus, Makeshift, Fight A Scary Dog, Genital Holograms, Brian!, Angry Furniture, DAADs,

Upcoming shows: Friday, Jan 7 with Beach Parade, Longitude, Cattle Drums, Sirs, and Johnny Lucas at GreenStar Annex. 8PM $5. We've got a show coming in Feb but we can't talk about it yet.