One Last Hoorah!!!

WOW! What a year we've had. We touched both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts this year, put out a few releases, all in different formats, spread our sounds and expanded our friendships everywhere we went. We have one last show this year. It's going to be on New Year's Eve-Eve. December 30th at Betty's with Horsehair Everywhere, Wren Schofield and Voyager(from Minneapolis, Minnesota). Hope everyone can make it out and have a last one with us. We are planning so much for 2011. We guess we need to pack as much in before the world comes to an end in 2012. Well, if you believe in that shit. Fuck! Hahahaa!

ttotals live at Underbelly

We will be back Jacksonville!

We had a great time in Jacksonville, FL. Emily and Sterling were sooooo good to us. Underbelly is this little speakeasy and courtyard in the back of a boutique called Anomaly. Emily runs Anomaly and along with her friend Sterling they run Underbelly. It is a really fantastic space and they treated us very well. They asked us back and we will be going back for sure. Thanks you guys. It was wonderful.

Well, Chattanooga was a wash!

Marty and I are sitting in a Best Western outside Atlanta right now. We can honestly say the show in Chattanooga sucked! The local band never showed and we played really great, even a couple of new songs, to about 5 people who wandered in from the bar. It was like playing to all the local drunks at Springwater. Marty said we could have done that at home. Jeez! Jacksonville, we hope, will be a lot better. I guess we just need to be grateful we had show. Right?

Got us a fair review...

We got us a fair review by the guy that does Dusted Magazine's "Still Single". Here is the link and what Doug had to say: STILL SINGLE
Plodding Southern guitar/drums duo, going for some sort of big serious sound in a compact lineup – turns out this is what happened to Heathern Haints, who were also pretty interesting. Singer guy sounds like Michael Stipe, they get some big sounds and seem to will back slower music as it existed in the early ‘90s – maybe not Codeine or Idaho slow, but introspective in its volume and careful in its presentation. Definitely on the indie rock spectrum, and a fair release; this band sounds like they have the stuff to improve, and they can only do so as their confidence and skills ramp up. Nice looking record either way – yellow vinyl, two-colored silkscreen flat for the cover.
(Doug Mosurock)


You can get our 12" "Drum is Our Parent" in special YELLOW VINYL right here from us. Paypal payment of $12 anywhere in the world. Send payment to lateronwe[at]gmail[dot]com.

On the ROAD again...

Friday Nov. 5th Chattanooga, TN @ Ziggy's Underground(Metal!)
Saturday Nov. 6th Jacksonville, FL @ Jaxunderbelly
Both are gonna be a BLAST!!!

Sling Around the Sounds

Hashing out some new sounds in Ambr Cave.

Living Large @ Grady's

Here is a link to download our live set from Grady's Record Refuge. We think it rocks and is all blown out Dead C style. You get to hear new songs and some improv. Marty and I just threw caution to the wind and flew this set by the seat of our pants. Thanks again Grady for having us. Here is the link: Live @ Grady's

We have a couple of out town shows coming up. We are headed south this time around. We are playing Ziggy's Underground in Chattanooga on Nov.5th and The Underbelly Collective in Jacksonville FL. on Nov. 6th. Trying to spread our psounds around and hoping we have another good time on the road.

Yet, Another one.

We played Open Lot's 1 year anniversary and had a blast. The good people over there have a good and very supportive thing going on. Please keep up the good work. They have a lot of great shows on the horizon, not only music wise, but also visually. Keep one eye on this place in the coming months.

Yup, Yet Another One.

We have been asked to play Open Lot's 1 Year Anniversary on Saturday September 4th. So, come out and have a good time. Also, if you missed us last week. You'll now have another chance to pick up our new 12" Drum Is Our Parent. You can also order it from us right here for $12 postage paid. Just send an email to: ttotals (at) gmail (dot) com.

Record Release

The Record Release was so much fun last night. We saw a lot of old friends and had a blast. It was a good end to the two weeks we've had on the road and playing all these shows. We hope we peeled some skulls back. All pictures above were taken by Sarah McDonald. Thanks so much.

and yet another one

Thanks Leeann

The Hemlock, San Francisco, CA

ENJOY

Final Stop Mt. Everett Los Angeles, CA

Our last stop on our west coast tour-cation. Mt. Everett in Echo Park. Thanks so much to Lee Noble who put this together for us. We had a great time and we will see you again soon.

Next stop The Hemlock, San Francisco CA

We had another awesome night. Opening band, Dadfag, was completely and utterly awesome. They will be coming through Nashville in September and you all do not want to miss 'em. We also met Justin from CCR Headcleaner. A really nice kid who had some great things to say. Thanks so much Justin. We have been really lucky on tour. Everyone has been extremely nice and we've been treated like kings.

Records So Far.

Here are the records thus far. We've had a blast and been hanging out. We'll give a big recap when we get back to Nashville. Marty is trying to put together some sort of disguise for the show tomorrow in L.A. Not sure what to expect, but he wants to be sort of incognito. Whatever the fuck that means.

And here are us two miscreants outside Aquarius Records

3rd Stop Ventura, Ca Instore

We had a sweet instore last night in Ventura, CA at Grady's Record Refuge. Very cool scene going on at Grady's. This is the dude from Monoshock, Badtrips and now International Hello. Super fucking cool dude. We had a great time. Ate some In n' Out Burgers and went to the beach. We also got a great recording of the instore. Which it's all blown out Dead C style excellence.

Records at Mecca

Found a couple of good records at Mecca. Found the first Liquorball LP with a sweet porn insert and a Live Can record. Not sure if I was dip shit for buying the later record, but fuck it. We are on Tour-cation. Also Marty told some kid last night at the show "Our record is like the breath of God. And it's on YELLOW Vinyl" Hilarious!

2nd Stop Wunderkind

Wunderkind in Albuquerque really have their shit together. Put us up, feed us and were all around good people. Special thanks goes out to Allen. Also thanks goes out to Derek for cooking up a mean meal.

1st Stop Bill & Dee's

Thanks so much to Stephen(sp?)at Universe City for setting this up.

CoversCoversCovers

Finishing up the record covers and heading out. First stop, Norman Oklahoma.

Drum Is Our Parent

We have our records,finally,and are printing our little fingers to the bone trying to be ready when the tour begins on Saturday. The record and the tour are gonna be great. Can not wait to spread our PSOUNDS across the west. There will be plenty of eating, record shopping, coffee drinking and of course the slinging of sounds.
We also have a record release party on August 28th with Cloudland Canyon, Sparkling Wide Pressure and Black Static over at Open Lot. Hope you all can make it. Stay tuned to this here place for constant updates from the tour. There will be mighty a picture, treasure find and tall tale to read and see. Wish us a good journey and a safe return.

Just got our test presses back. Now we just have to okay 'em and we will have the 12" in our grubby hands. We are very excited about our new record and the coming tour-cation. We have several dates already in the book, but have yet to secure a few later on in August. Here are the dates, so if you could help. Let us know. Aug. 22nd, 23rd, 24th and 25th. We will passing back through Phoenix or Tempe AZ, Amarillo TX and Little Rock AR or Memphis TN on these dates.

Guess What Happened This Week?

We dropped off our masters at URP and are awaiting our record to come back. Is this great news or what! We have some surprises instore and they will be revealed in good time. We are really excited and may pee our pants with anticipation. If we do, we promise to change before we leave for California.

Mentality is alive and well excepted nowadays

Some Good News and Some Bad News

The Good News is. We got us a fabo review over at Agitated Atmosphere. This is what they had to say: Nashville duo Ttotals may not be of classic mold but their psychedelic and shoegaze influences permeate all 18 minutes of the band’s official debut, annimal skkulls. Release via Tennessee 3-inch specialists, Kimberly Dawn, the 4 songs that constitute annimal skkulls demonstrate the continued power of rock and roll. Granted, Ttotals rip asunder the old blueprint with a stoner cool and a punk aggression that any grizzled rock vet can appreciate but underneath the recognizable exterior lays a beast of an unidentifiable stripe. The lazy grind of “Portrait of a Man,” the sloppy grunge of “Take Care of Me,” and mathematical kraut of “Upon Some Action” are all comforting touchstones that also prove out as fantastical portals to territories left untouched by the history of rock; lands ready for the caress of Ttotals. You may have missed out on the album’s initial run but Ttotals promise a 12-inch vinyl release soon, so the opportunity to reacquaint yourself with your childhood punk (slightly skewed) is rapidly approaching. Prepare yourself before you’re run over by the Mack truck.

And now for the Bad news. Unfortunately Cloudland Canyon won't be joining us tomorrow night. They said their drummer had left them earlier this week and that they found a replacement, but have not worked up enough songs to be ready for the show on Saturday. So... We decided to ask a few friends to play with us. Square People and Cody Gaisser will be joining us tomorrow. Everybody come out and have fun and help us be merry pranksters.

It's Show Time

WE ARE THE OUTER BLUES!!!
So smoke 'em if you got 'em.

Nice Review

We got us a sweet review via FOXY DIGITALIS and this is what they had to say:
Ttotals "Annimal Skkulls"
Kimberly Dawn


Ttotals are a duo from Nashville, TN. "Annimal Skkulls" is their debut release, and on it they play rock music, utilizing basic elements like guitars and drums to make their sound. Don't let that fool you, though, because all sorts of delayed vocals, feedback, and snippets of sampler swirl around the interior of their strum-n-chug. The band's penchant for rocking out while simultaneously sounding pleasantly dazed and distant reminds me at times of Sic Alps, while their sense of cathartic release calls to mind bands like the Feelies or Polvo.

The disc blazes to life with "Take Care of Me", as a quick skirl of feedback is annihilated by drummer Marty's raucous kick-in. The band settles into a determined, swinging stomp behind soaring, THC-drenched vocals. A quick slowdown follows--both "String of Life" and "Portrait of ao Man" are spacious, murky, and shambolic, the delayed voice of singer Brian hovering over each song's trundling rhythms and wobbly guitars--enabling Ttotals to demonstrate their skill with slower material. Disc closer "Upon Some Action" brushes up against the edges of krautrock as it rolls off into the sunset, sounding like a meeting in the desert between Neu! and the Meat Puppets.

"Annimal Skkulls" is a tightly-woven debut, a warm analog broth of good songs and good playing. Another good release for a good label--see if you can find a copy before it goes away.
8/10 -- Mike Griffin (19 May, 2010)


To bad they are all gone, but we have some good news on the horizon. This here little beauty will be available very soon as a 12". We just gotta get her into URP. We are expecting to have it out in time for our west coast tour in August. Which we must say that almost all the dates are in. We also have a couple of shows right around the corner. Saturday May 29th with Cloudland Canyon and 84001 at Betty's. Then on Thursday June 3 with 84001 and Pimlo at Little Hamilton. Both shows should not be missed.