More Sorry Press
Posted June 10, 2009
Some more kind souls have taken up irretrievable moments of their lives to write kind words about Sorry, including the highly regarded Powerpopaholic blog. In addition to sharing the quotes below, we offer you the following FAQ about these quotes:
FAQ
These are some really great quotes!
Thanks -- we are thrilled to get them. These are even more of the nicest things anyone has ever said about Sorry.
Did you make up these quotes and/or pay someone to say them for you?
What? No. Absolutely not.
Well, they do say some awfully nice things about your music. Did you think that they might have mistakenly listened to a different CD, then reviewed that CD, but mistakenly put your name and cover art on their review?
Uh ... no ... that hadn't occurred to us.
So, you admit it might be a possibility?
No, no, these -- these quotes are about us, our band, Sorry. They listend to the music, then they wrote the quotes. About that music. About our music. Those quotes are about us.
I see... So you paid them. How much did you pay them?
Look, no we DIDN'T pay them! What are you, I mean, wha--
Would you pay me to say nice things about you on my blog?
[pauses, cuts to "Sorry", who is looking down]
Well?
Do you ... is, is that still on? OK, so, um, how much ... you know, how much are we talking here?
Quotes
"Sorry coalasce open chords, odd time signatures, fragile melodies and fractured thoughts into emotional highs, percussive conundrums and subtle violence ... The interplay between strings and voices showcases the genetic sibling harmonics that builds up each track into a crescendo of grace and beauty ... I absolutely love the way Sorry weaves diverse strands of post-punk, twee, powerpop and indie rock into a pleasing multicoloured quilt. This is a band to keep a firm eye (and ear) on."
--Power of Pop
"DIY styled lo-fi indie power pop with a plenty of sweet melodic guitar touches, a lot like The Shins or Death Cab for Cutie ... you'll hear bits of Jon Auer with Paul Simon rhythms ... worth a spin on the ipod for sure."
-- Powerpopaholic
"Not only do they come from the same state, but Sorry also make no mistake about letting us know that The Posies “are only the greatest band in the world”. Still, you shouldn’t be put back thinking that this is another one of those tribute-type of bands ... there are lots of other classic power-pop references to be heard, blended into indie rock nice enough to take home to Mom ... there’s no way you can be sorry to hear Sorry"
-- Popism
"You guys shouldn't be called Sorry. You should be called AWESOME."
-- drunk guy at the Mars Bar, who reportedly was paid $7.33 and an undisclosed number of PBRs
This beautiful example of Lazy
Posted May 18, 2009
It is May. We are on a veritable tear of notposting posts and notplaying shows. Yes, we've been doing a lot of notplaying of late. We are notplaying next month at a new coffeehouse opening in Kent, and earlier this month we notplayed a show with Osaka Explosion (former Water Kill the Sun singer Ian and Ghost Lobby singer Tara). Last month, we notplayed so effectively that we outdid ourselves by not notplaying any shows. Hmmm. We don't really know what that last sentence means. But if we did play a show in April, we certainly can't remember it. And memory loss is definitely a sign of Being a Rock Star.
We could probably write a legitimate blog post about the review we recently got from Popism. That would be cool. Or about the one from Powerpopaholic. That was also very cool. But it would require resizing graphics and stuff, and we are lazy. Being lazy is also very, very Rock Star. So is ending your sentences without coming to much of a
This beautiful example of Power Pop
Posted Mar 21, 2009
Bands the size of Sorry savor every time someone takes notice of what we are doing, whether it's a coworker putting up our poster in the kitchen at work (thanks Jenni!), a high school friend clicking that 'Become a Fan' button on our Facebook page, our our Mom telling us we are still just as loud as when we played in her basement in high school. It all counts.
So you can imagine our excitement when someone who is in The Scene takes notice, more so when they say such nice things as in our most recent review by the awesome power pop blog PowerPop Overdose, who did write:
These boys play complex and thought provoking pop music. Their latest EP, RSVP, embraces sophisticated harmonies coupled with catchy, crunchy guitar hooks [that] are nothing short of excellent! Sorry has certainly put their musical knowledge to good use in producing this beautiful example of power pop.
-- PowerPop Overdose
While we are sure we have previously claimed something to be the Nicest Thing Ever Said about Sorry, this new Nicest Thing takes the cake. It is now the New Official Nicest Thing Ever. Our thanks to PowerPop Overdose for the very kind words -- head over there and spend some time on our newest fave blog.
Mars Bar Friday March 13
Posted Feb 26, 2009
It's all on.
Northwest Music Blog Posts Sorry
Posted Feb 9, 2008
Looky! Sorry just got posted by Northwest Music Blog, and we got a comparison to early Death Cab, about as a nice a compliment as one could ask for. Matt of NWMB writes that he hears "an affinity for the early Death Cab sound, which isn’t a bad thing ... Good stuff, boys." Woo hoo! Many thanks to Matt for the post!
If there are other folks out there named Matt, we'd like to meet you. Many people named Matt have done nice things for Sorry over the years. Granted, if you are named something other than Matt and want to do something nice for Sorry, we're sure a meeting could be arranged.
Sorry at the Mars Bar in March with Spanish for 100
Posted Feb 5, 2009
Our March 13 show (Yes! A Friday night show! What a stroke of good luck!) is now 100% confirmed and will be our first ever show with Spanish for 100, a Seattle band who KEXP's John Richards recently named Your New Favorite Band. If You like them, we're pretty sure we will too. Also, for the record, we are more than happy to settle for 2nd or even distant 3rd New Favorite Band.
SP4100 used to be Preston Mill, who was a band that was cool before Sorry was even a band. Well, at least before Sorry was a band with the name 'Sorry'. Sorry has been a band since we were in high school and playing Duran Duran covers in Derek's parents basement. We truly should really be much, much better than we are.
Come on out and see your New Favorite and Third Favorite band at the Mars Bar.
Sorry's 3 Surprises at the Sunset
Posted Feb 5, 2009
Thanks to all who came out to the Sunset on a school night to get our CD release
party! Sorry doesn't use the word 'party' very often, nor do we use it lightly.
We should probably put more exclamation marks after each time we use it.
Star Lake Drownings and Tennis Pro were both awesome -- we were surprised to learn that Phil
Peterson of Tennis Pro has played with Nada Surf and Death Cab, so we are still
basking in the 3-degrees-of-separation glow. Phil plays the cello, which is a fine,
fine instrument that we have heard is also found in orchestras.
We were also surprised to find that Tim Harmon, a childhood friend of 2/3 of Sorry, was the
guitarist for Star Lake Drownings. We enjoyed seeing him play, and also enjoyed
hauling his gear around for him which is what one does for childhood friends.
After we hauled Tim's gear around, he admitted he didn't really remember us. But
he thanked us for carrying his stuff. Tim's pretty nice.
Lastly, we were pleasantly surprised that you were there, and that there were
quite a lot of you for a little band like Sorry. We are so greatful for your
support and for your purchase of beverages from the fine establishments where we
play, which makes them in turn support us and invite us back. We owe you, big
time, like beer money big time. Feel free to collect next time you run into us.
Headed to the Sunset, For Real
Posted Dec 9, 2008
It's fully official -- we return from our year-long break from playing shows, what in the biz they call "dormant" and we call lazy. To make up for it, we have a sparkling new CD for the new year and a full-fledged, official CD release party to ring it in. We think it's a good one, well worth the wait -- we hope you think the same!
Please mark your calendar and plan to come out and have a beverage and take in the show -- best $6 you will spend in January.
the details:
thursday, january 29
Headed to the Sunset, Mebbe
Posted Dec 9, 2008
It's semi-official, or maybe just rumor stage at this point, but it looks like we'll be headed to the Sunset for our CD release party on January 29, to unveil our sparkling new ep. A new venue for Sorry, a new ep for the world, and a new year for us all. We'll post more once we are 100% a go. In the meantime, we'll start rumors that we'll be joined by the Posies. Or Dolour. Or any other equally fantastical daydreams.
Peddling on Amazon
Posted Oct 7, 2008
Look ma! Our new CD the RSVP ep is now available on Amazon. Cool!
So you can buy the new Sorry, pick up a spatula and a sweater vest while you are at it and get Free Super Saver Shipping. How freakin' cool is that?
Our New Record!
Posted August 31, 2008
We are proud to announce the arrival of our 7-track, .5 oz. bouncing bright new shiny EP, the RSVP ep. 7 tracks of yummy, Sorry goodness with more harmony, more guitars, and more office worker angst than ever before. Guaranteed.
We have the first copies available online through CDBaby.com -- you can read about the ep, listen to track samples, and place an order to take home your own the RSVP ep today. We hope you like it. Actually, we hope you love it. So much that you open a college trust for it. It will love you back, and not just for your money.
Our 1-Year Hiatus
Posted August 31, 2008
Every blog that goes on hiatus seems obliged to post what has been happening since they last posted and blah blah blah. We don't. So there.
Tractor Show
Posted Sept 10, 2007
As all those kids running around in green John Deere T-shirts would tell you, everyone loves a tractor. They are big and loud and look much tougher than a Ford Focus, though they're admittedly a little more sluggish on the uptake for freeway merging and high-speed chases.
We love a tractor as much as the next hipster, and are duly excited to be playing at The Tractor Tavern in Ballard Thursday September 20.
We are the first of four bands, and 3 out of 4 of the bands on the bill are guaranteed to Rock Your Socks Off. We will not tell you who the 4th band is that rocks less hard than the other bands, but we will give you a hint: Canadians say this word funny.
See you there. Bring extra socks.
Our new champion
Posted July 29, 2007
First, a huge thanks to all who came out to the Crocodile for our Nearly-4th-of-July show. We had such a great time thanks to you. Thank you, thank you. And thanks again to Matt Ashworth of Nadamucho.com for booking us, and to Matt Southworth of the Capillaries for saying nice things about our music from the stage and after the show -- made our night, maybe even our week. We definitely need to meet more people named Matt *Worth!!
Second, we are giddy to report that Gary at Seattle Power Pop Blog recently wrote just about the nicest review we could imagine about our CD It Pays to Pay Attention. Gary described it as "truly a pleasant pop experience" and called Sorry "melodic and harmony driven and really darn good". How cool is that?? It's especially cool because Gary is legit -- we did not pay him to say any of these nice things. He is not our brother-in-law or our employee or even our co-worker. He is however just about the nicest-to-Sorry person we've met this summer.
You can
read the whole review here. We have. More than once.
Mmmmm, crocodile.
Posted June 25, 2007
There is a restaurant in Kenya called The Carnivore that serves exotic cuts of meat ranging from Gazelle to Snake. Fun Sorry fact: all 3 of Sorry have visited Kenya. At least 1 of us has sampled crocodile at The Carnivore. At least one of is now a pescatarian and only will order the Fish Burger at Jack in the Box.
As exciting as that all may be, even more exciting is that we are playing the biggest show of our sorry lives Tuesday, July 3 at the Crocodile with The Capillaries and Junkmail. We may or may not have accidentally uttered something unrepeatable when we heard about the show. We were that excited.
The show is exciting because:
- It is the Crocodile, which is where the Big Kid bands play
- It is a Nadamucho.com show, and Nadamucho.com books the Big Kid bands
- We open for The Capillaries, who write beautiful songs and are beloved by People that Matter, like Jon Auer and KEXP. Being with beloved people makes us feel beloved. Even if we're just the kid brother tagging along with the Big Kids.
As if that weren't enough, it's virtually a weekend, being the eve before a holiday, and we play early at 9 p.m. And the bands will be oh so good. Please please say you will come?
Wild Dancing Women
Posted June 25, 2007
A ginormous (made up word) thank you to all who came out to the Mars Bar to see us last weekend. A special thank you to the wild dancing women who, well, danced wildly in front of the stage, making us feel for one brief moment ever so much hipper and more popular than we really are. This was truly a first for Sorry -- thank you, thank you. We think there might even have been a wild dancing man at one point, but it's all a bit of a blur from the stage. Especially when you're on that second bottle of Evian.
8 is the New 11
Posted June 7, 2007
There probably aren't many bands out there that when offered a show ask, "Er, can we play earlier at night?"
Your friends at Sorry are most definitely one such band, and our good friend Matt Ashworth, High Potentate of the Nadamucho.com empire, rewarded our whining with a nice early show:
Saturday June 16
Mars Bar
at the still-wide-awake hour of 8 p.m.
What more could we ask for? We do love us some sleep. Come join us! Well, for the music part. The sleep part, there probably isn't enough room for the lot of you.
Liar, Liar
Posted June 7, 2007
We admit that when we promised there would be nothing but sunshine at our Mural Amphitheater show, we completely lied. Lesson learned: do not snicker at the man at the coffee shop whose comb over gets blown over. He is the weather man, and he is the vengeful type.
So a huge huge thanks to those who came out in spite of the rain to the Great Strides walk, especially to those who stood in the rain all the way to the end of the show. Great Strides raised over 360K for the event -- totally amazing!! It was quite easily the rainiest Sorry ever, narrowly beating out the Husky Stadium hail storm of '05. This show also narrowly won the record of "show with the most balloon swords" present. We should have balloon swords at every show.
Marathon Sorry
Posted May 7, 2007
Quiet April is past, and now Sorry is working their collective man-squirrel tails off to put together a 75-minute set for our now annual benefit show. This year's benefit show is again in support of Great Strides, and last year's event raised a cool 300K. Most of that due to Sorry's participation, no doubt.
Plan to come join us this year, again at the Seattle Center's Mural Amphitheater, for an afternoon of sunshine, sorry music, and support for a great cause.
Lazy and Not Lazy
Posted April 14, 2007
It's a quiet April, with nary a Sorry show in sight for the month. With most bands, this is a sign that they are working on new material, or getting ready to record, or any number of other Important Band-ish Things. With Sorry, it means that we are being lazy and waiting for gigs to fall from the sky like manna, with beer to wash it down.
May will be the opposite of lazy. We will be playing at the Seattle Center Mural Amphitheater in support of Great Strides, a benefit to Cure Cystic Fibrosis (CF). The weather will by then be balmy (or rainy, whatever the globally-warmed sky happens to feel like doing), so register for the walk or just come out to support the cause and listen to some good Sorry.
In addition to participating in the walk, you can also support the cause by buying our new record
It Pays To Pay Attention during the month of April and May. All proceeds from CD sales will be donated to Great Strides.
Man Squirrel
March 20, 2007
This Saturday we are back at the Mars Bar with The Drop and Little Champions. It will undoubtedly be an excellent show, just witness the drooling man squirrel in the show bill. Drooling Man Squirrel knows a good time when he sees it. Be there!!
Mars Bar Take Two, and the Drop Too!
March 12, 2007
Thanks to the kindness of Matt Ashworth (kingpin of the nadamucho.com empire) and the good people of Mars Bar, we are playing a fabulous weekend show Saturday March 24. Fabulous!
Also joining us are the loud and beautiful the Drop and the jangly and intense Little Champions. Now, Sorry is never one to name drop, but when you are Sorry you don't have a whole lot of names to drop. So, ready? Here goes:
The Drop released 2 records on Loveless Records, which is John in the Morning's label, who is a KEXP DJ / god of indie music. And Little Champions released 2 records on Barsuk, which is the same label as Death Cab for Cutie is on. And Alan once dumped a handtruck loaded with speakers into Chris Walla's car, for which he still owes Chris money. This is a true story.
That oughta to have scored some cheap search results on Google. More importantly though, it ought to highlight that these very very good bands that we are playing with. You should come see them. And us. We will play in between the other two great bands so that you kinda have to see us.
Senior Prom Photos
March 7, 2007
Thank you so so much to all who came out to see us at High Dive. It was awesome to get to play with The Drop and High Page Delay. 3 power trios in one night, though we may be more on the "trio" and less on the "power". Whatever.
Mark Svendsen turned up to shoot photos, and they are pretty darned impressive. The quality of the photos, not the subject. Not exactly from our senior year prom, but let's face it -- we are getting to be senior.
Poster This
February 17, 2007
Two weeks until the High Dive show, and we've gone and made our first ever show bill. We hear that's how the rock stars do it. Actually, our friend Barry made a cooler one awhile back. Oh, and Rosyvelt made an even cooler one even further back. But this one is all-sorry, home-grown and corn-fed.
Like it? Print one up and post it somewhere that friends will see!! They will think you are hip because you listen to such hip music from 30-something rockers. Uh, we're not in our 30's, just there's like 30-something people in all the bands that we've played with this year. 30-something rockers.
My spleen kinda hurts.
High Dive Show in Feb!
January 23, 2007
Sorry is freaked-out excited to be playing at the High Dive in February with the amazing Seattle band The Drop. This is exciting because the Drop is a very, very cool band and High Dive is a cool room. And we're playing at 7 p.m., which is a time of night when we are still coherent and not falling asleep and drooling on ourselves. Impressive!
Band trivia: 2/3's of Sorry used to work for The Drop bass player Allen Murray.
See gigs page for additional details or to hear about additonal upcoming shows, sign up for our email list!
Indiepages.com Likes Sorry!
January 1, 2007
indiepages.com just posted a review of our new album It Pays to Pay Attention this week. They write:
I was crazy about their last EP, "Non-Winner", and have also seen a number of these songs performed live, so I already knew I would love this record ... With such strong songs, it would be nice to see this band get some recognition.
--indiepages.com
They also called our songs "beautifully written", which pretty much made our week. You can hear 3 songs off our record by clicking play on the pretty little flash player at the upper right corner of this page -- No, no, other right.
Back to the Croc
December 14, 2006
Sorry returns to the
Crocodile Cafe for our first show of the new year, Tuesday January 2, 2007. Yep. That's a 7. Next year is really 2007. Where's my flying car??
We'll be joined by our pals
Ghost Lobby and
Tilted Blue. Not as cool as a flying car, but pretty close to it...
Tuesday, January 2, 2007
sorry @
The Crocodile Cafe with
Tilted Blue and
Ghost Lobby sorry plays second at 10pm
$6 cover
CD Release Party Recap
December 4, 2006
Thanks to all of you who turned out to our CD release party Nov. 24th. We had a blast!
Sorry started the evening at the
Mars Bar by playing 10 of the 11 tracks from our CD, subbing out track No. 7 for
a cover of Synchronicity 2. My favorite quote of the evening from one
of our friends: "I saw the Police in 1978 in a bar not much bigger than
this." That either means we're destined for stardom, or we'll continue
helping people relive their own glory days by turning into a cover
band.
Please Step Out Of The Vehicle followed with a dollop of eccentric power pop, and our new favorite bill mates
Ghost Lobby wrapped up the show, delivering a full hour of great music with healthy
doses of groove. Of course, it was you all that made the show so much
fun. Thanks for coming!
Didn't
make the show? You can still experience all the goodness of Sorry by
picking up our latest CD "It Pays To Pay Attention". You can order it
from
Amazon.com or
CD Baby.
