US Tour

So we finally made it to Austin, Texas and it feels great to be back again! We got there about a week ago and so far it has been one crazy ride! Our good friend Trae from the Krum Bums is helping us out a lot. Not only can we crash at his place but he also managed to borrow a full backline which we can use for the whole US trip. Thanks a lot to Zack, Ram and Josh for helping us out!
Also for the first time on this tour we're having our own van which makes getting around really nice and comfortable. 
The first show of the US tour we played in San Antonio which is around two hours south of Austin. We played the basement of the Korova Club and it turned out to be a really fun show. The people that showed up we're definitely looking for some good times. So even if there were not too many of them they got some crowdsurfs and beershowers going! Good times! Pretty much right before the show we found out there was a house party going on something like twenty minutes from the Korova and that we would be allowed to play there. So right after the show at Korova we packed our stuff and went to this house party. It was already something like 1 am and when we arrived at the house the police was already there because of noise complaints. I didn't exactly understand what happened but after a couple of minutes the police just left and the show was good to go! There was already a backline set up so we only had to plug in our instruments and we were ready to play. Our friend Sam that booked the San Antonio show for us grabbed the mic and gave quite a funny speech to introduce us and to get the attention of all the people that were hanging out in the back yard. And it worked...the living room where the show was happening got really packed and it turned out to be exactly that type of show that we love: it was loud, it was dark, it was packed and it was chaotic! After us played the band of the dude that lives in the house and they fuckin killed it! If i remember correctly they're called Signal Man and they're definitely worth to be checked out.
We got back to Austin around 4:30 am and by that time we still didn't have a show confirmed for the next day. We were trying to jump on the Red City Radio show in Oklahoma City but we were still waiting for a yes or no...around 2 pm the next day we got the call that we could play the show! Since Oklahoma City is about a six hour drive from Austin and we were supposed to go on stage at 9:15 we had to jump into the van right away and start driving. We were really lucky with the traffic and made to OKC just in time: we arrived at the venue, set-up the gear right away and started to play. It was a really cool show for us! There were already a lot of people there and the stagesound of the Blue Note was one of the best we had on this whole tour! In addition to that the whole staff of the club was really welcoming and gave us free PBRs throughout the night!

We were really excited to see Red City Radio because they're one of our favourite bands at the moment and they played a great set! After that the party went on and the whole experience made totally up for the long drive. 

The day after we played at the Sidewinder in Austin. Our good friend Trae was promoting the show and he had a pretty hard time putting the line-up together. In the weeks before the show, two or even three bands that were supposed to play cancelled for various reasons. And on the day of the show he got the call of another band that cancelled. So a lot of last minute calls were made and Trae managed to pull some strings and got some very special bands to share the stage with us that night: Josh (Starving Wolves/Krum Bums) did his first accoustic set ever, The Starving Wolves made their first live appearance ever and even the Krum Bums played a couple of songs! So it totally turned out to be a sunday fun-day with a lot of familiar faces, cheers and beers!

The next day we had off and we experienced a full-on Texas treat! First Sam took us out of Austin to a shooting range. It was a lot of fun and something that should not be missed on a trip in Texas! After that we headed back to his house for what turned out to be the best barbecue I've ever had! Our friend Doyle was being smoking his award winning Brisket and some delicious ribs for the whole day and was already waiting ready to serve when we arrived. It was just amazing!

Finally it was time to leave Austin and to start our way east. The first destination was Knoxville, Tennessee where we played at the Pilot Light. A nice club with a very nice staff made it another fun night. The promoter Jeremy took very good care of us. He offered us a hotel room and took us out for lunch the next day. Thanks so much Jeremy for helping us out!

Right now we're in Rock Hill South Carolina getting ready for the next show. It is going to take place in the Courtroom (where we already played five years ago) and obviously it is a costume party...so we're excited what is going to happen...

Chile

Chile is the last destination of our southamerican tour and it's being another incredible experience! We had a couple of days off before our first show here and so we got to visit Santiago and Valparaíso. Both of them are really nice cities. From the Santa Lucia hill in the center of Santiago we had a great view on the whole city and the snowy (unfortunately pretty clouded) peaks of the Andes. Valparaíso is a smaller city located at the coast and has one of Chiles most important harbours. There are some very nice beaches in the area as well. But because of the heavy earthquake and the tsunami resulting out of it they unfortunately are rather devistated at the moment.
The tour in Chile consists of five shows and for all of them we're sharing the stage with Temporal from Santiago. One great band that is definitely worth being checked out!
We were lucky enough to tour in Chile at the time of the Furia Festival, a three days event that took place in the city of Talca. We played Furia Fest last Saturday and it truly was a blast! There was much more going on than just music: In the large patio of the venue a lot of people set up their distros for records and zines. There also was a screenprinting lab on the spot where you could hand in a shirt and have it printed with the beautiful artwork of the Furia Festival within seconds.
Shortly after we arrived at the Festival a small boy approached our merch table. It took me a little time but finally I realized that he was wearing a self-made Überyou shirt! Ten year old Felix from Talca is probably our youngest fan ever and I think it's beyond crazy to get to a place as remote from home as Talca, Chile and encounter a young kid that is wearing a shirt of your band.
The show at Furia Festival was insane! Both the crowd and we delivered a great energy and made this one of our most fun shows ever! People in Talca really do like circle pits...Even during our slower songs they didn't stop doing it...
The next day we played in Chillan which is about on hour south of Talca and we got to know the true meaning of a "late show"...or maybe I should call it early show. There were five bands on the bill but when we got to the venue around 10:30 pm the venue was still closed. The first band started around 1:30 am. The venue was really dark. Some few black light lamps were pretty much the only sources of "light" in the whole place. In addition the fact that they played really heavy doom records between the bands did not really help to shorten the waiting...For we were playing last we started our set around 4:45 am...to be honest, we would not have expected this in advance but there actually still was a really good amount of people present at the venue by that time. And they seemed to be way less tired than we were and they really made up for all the waiting. So it turned out to be a great night after all.
Tonight we're going to play one more show in Santiago which will be our last show of the southamerica tour. The last days and weeks have been so intense that I've not yet realized that were slowly coming to the end of this beautiful Latin America experience. BUT...we're not going home yet!
Anyways...from all our hearts we want to thank Sebastian aka "el rey de neumaticos" from Redencion Booking for putting this whole Chile trip together, for driving and showing us around and for putting up with all our shit. We love you buddy!
We'd also like to thank everyone else that was involved in this Chile tour in any way. People like Sergio and his family that hosted us in Conception made this experience kinda unique!