That’s right, woodchuck chuckers. It’s Groundhog Day! Make sure to spend this special day with someone you love. Now, here’s some Night Birds news…

Starting this Saturday, Feb. 4th, we will officially be back in action. Come welcome PJ to the band and witness the birth of a new era for us at the Acheron in Brooklyn with Kim Phuc and Nuclear Spring. We have been getting back into show playing mode since the day after Mike’s last show and we’re really anxious to start playing again. We are still semi-hibernating in February and March because it’s fucking cold out and who the hell wants to tour in the winter? With that said, we still have 9 shows over the next 2 months and we’ll be playing a few songs on the Chris Gethard show Feb. 29th. If you’re unfamiliar with the show check out some back episodes here (www.thechrisgethardshow.com). A few tours are in the works, and one is totally booked, more info on that next month though. It also looks like we’ll be playing a bunch of fests this year, all over the place… Some fairly predictable, some not so much, but that too will have to wait.

In other news we have a new song coming out on a comp called “The Thing That Ate Larry Livermore” on Adeline records along with the Mean Jeans, Dear Landlord, the Copyrights, the Dopamines, and 11 more. It’s currently being mastered and is due out early Spring. The first US and European pressings of “The Other Side of Darkness” are now sold out. Roughly 1,600 records gone since September 2012. That seems really crazy to me, thanks so much to everyone who picked up a copy. Both Grave Mistake and Taken By Surprise just got their 2nd presses in.

As always if you want to buy a record, a tee shirt, or some other junk we have our webstore here.

And here is what’s lined up for Feb. & March…

Sat. 2/4: Brooklyn, NY @ Acheron w/ Kim Phuc, Nuclear Spring
Fri. 2/17: Amnittyville, NY @ Ollie’s Point w/ World Inferno Friendship Society
Sat. 2/18: Brooklyn, NY @ Williamsburg Hall of Music w/ World Inferno Friendship Society
Wed. 2/29: Manhattan, NY @ Chris Gethard Show www.thechrisgethardshow.com

Thu. 3/1: NYC, NY @ the Cake Shop w/ the Spits, TV Ghost, Livids
Sat. 3/3: Brick, NJ @ Brick Moose Lodge w/ Secret Lives, Secret Police, Snowdonia
Thu. 3/15: Philadelphia, PA @ The Barbary w/ the Casualties, Toxic Holocaust, Combat Crisis
Fri. 3/16: New Brunswick, NJ @ the Loft w/ Altered Boys, Sickoids, Plastic Cross, Real Cops
Fri. 3/23: New Haven, CT @ 75 Daggett St.
Sat. 3/24: Providence, RI @ Chernobyl

That’s it for now. Super Bowl is this Sunday… Let’s go BIG BLUE!

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Let’s get down to it… Mike’s last live show with Night Birds will be January 12th in Brooklyn, NY. The band has become a fairly time-consuming commitment, and with the other three of us really pushing and wanting to do even more, Mike just wasn’t able to divert enough time from his new record store and his more recent writing projects. With the best intentions of both the band and himself in mind, he has made the decision to part ways with Night Birds. After three years, we are obviously bummed to see him go, but we are all still on perfectly good terms and there is no bad blood. In fact, Mike will remain in the band, along side our new guitar player, to write our second full length LP this Winter, with hopes of recording in early Spring.

Mike was a huge part of Night Birds.  If we didn’t have the perfect replacement and it just didn’t feel right, we would call it a day. We’re very critical of ourselves, always have been, and would not do this band half-assed. We are very excited to welcome PJ Russo to the Night Birds lineup on guitar. He plays in a great band called PHIBES, and the second we started playing together, it really just clicked. He’s a brilliant guitar player, and honestly fits the band perfectly. He will begin playing with us in February and you can come see for yourself.

We’re really looking forward to this coming year. Touring and playing shows was always something Joe, Ryan and myself wanted to do more of, and with this new lineup change we are excited that we can finally make it happen.  Though the current situation is a bit of a sad one, it’s also a breath of fresh air for all of us. Thanks for reading, thanks for digging our band, and thanks for picking up “the Other Side Of Darkness”. Come wish Mike a farewell January 12th and watch him toss himself around the room with Night Birds for the last time.

1/12: Brooklyn, NY @ Lulu’s w/ Night Birds, Livids (ex New Bomb Turks), Foster Care, Pampers, Nuclear Santa Claust ( http://www.facebook.com/events/197737340321088/ )

2/17: Amnittyville, NY @ Ollie’s Place w/ World Inferno Friendship Society, Mischief Brew, Night Birds ( http://www.facebook.com/events/340023296026478/ )

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2/18: Brooklyn, NY @ Williamsburg Hall of Music w/ World Inferno Friendship Society, Mischief Brew, Night Birds ( http://www.facebook.com/events/340362039307865/ )

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2/29: NY, NY @ Chris Gethard Show www.thechrisgethardshow.com

We’ve returned home from our European tour and we now have tons of records to sell you.  Hit up our webstore to get a copy of “The Other Side of Darkness” as well as some other goodies we still have in stock.