I’ve been meaning to bring this up on here for several days now but things have been busy.

It’s easy to get a little blase about the local bands you’ve known and loved for years, no matter how great they are. You hear about a local gig they’re playing and you think, meh, no big deal, I’ve seen them lots of times, it’s always pretty much the same show, and I’ll probably get another chance to see them before long. You let yourself get kinda complacent. It’s totally understandable. I used to be that way about House Of Large Sizes years back when I lived up around Cedar Falls.

But we here at Why Make Clocks want to encourage you to not listen to the part of your brain that talks that kind of nonsense. We want you guys coming out to our shows because we have more fun with you there. So here’s the thing: We’re working on tons of songs for the next few albums, EPs, singles, or whatever we end up doing. We’d like to keep our hometown crowd in the loop about what we’re working on. We’re going to make a point of working new stuff into our local shows. If you come see us in Des Moines you will have a very good chance of hearing at least one Why Make Clocks song you have never heard before. We hope that will pique your curiosity enough to give you just enough of a push to brave the weather and come out to see us.

Specifically, tomorrow night (Sunday December 13) at the Vaudeville Mews, where we’ll be unveiling “Christmas Is Ruined” (which previous lineups have actually performed in the past, but not often) and quite possibly also “Palace Of Ash.” These are a couple really great new songs. Yeah we know a lot of you will be suffering rock hangover from the Cursive show tonight, but enough with the excuses. It’s a nice early show (starts at 6pm). Ely Falls, always a treat, will also be playing, as well as Flashbulb Fires and Wind And Sail. We hope to see you.