news!

i am moving to Portland tomorrow to go to school, but we'll keep playing!

In January, our new record will be out in Spain on Birra y Perdiz discos en CD-R and in the UK on Clan Destine Records, in the cassette format. We're going to tour both countries from the 5th of Jan to the 19th. Upon our return, we'll do some northwest dates with the amazing Baby Birds Don't Drink Milk!

also, the beginning of 2011 will bring a split 7" on Off Tempo Records with Oakland's Summer Blondes, on which Guy Culver from the amazing Religious Girls will play drums!

Great! Shit will get started again in November with a few shows in Seattle, Portland and Olympia.

Nov. 16th: Portland, OR at ELLA ST. SOCIAL CLUB with Little Teeth from SF.

More details to come.
love,
b

after tour info !

tour came together so well in spite of everything stacked against us pertaining to booking. we packed six of us, Herr Jazz and Neighbors in Jake's van with all our stuff. It was packed but we eventually got a system down.

Here's where we played:
*all shows with Neighbors

July 16th at the Mango House in Olympia, WA with Cafeteria Dance Fever and Masters & Johnson

July 17th at WE Artspace in Oakland, CA with Hyena and My Parade

July 18th at Dolores Park in San Francisco, CA

July 19th at The Pink House in San Francisco, CA (just to our friends who live there)

July 19th at Empresso Cafe in Stockton, CA with Satan Wriders and Craft Spells

July 20th at The Oasis in Oakland, CA with Ninjasonik and XRY

July 20th at Lokos Only in Oakland, CA with Uzi Rash, Myonics and Girlfriends

July 21st at Biko Garage in Isla Vista, CA with Planetarium Music

July 23rd at 16th Ave SE in Portland, OR with Sad Lives

July 24th at Kaladi Bros. Coffee in Seattle, WA with Spillway

Anyway, tour turned out totally amazing and we had a great time. We're going to do a 7" with the rad folks at Pretty Blue Presents with our friend Guy from Religious Girls playing drums. Get ready. Shits going down this fall.

Download our new record! Just take it! Share it with everyone!
http://www.mediafire.com/?m4jje1erymn

tour.

July 16th (Oly) - Mango House with Neighbors and White Lung
July 17th (Oakland) - WE Artspace with Neighbors and Hyena
July 18th (Oakland) - TBA with Casy and Brian, & Neighbors
July 19th (Stockton) - TBA with Craft Spells and Neighbors
July 20th (Santa Barbara) - TBA with Neighbors
July 21st (Santa Cruz) - TBA with Neighbors
July 22nd (Arcata) - TBA with Neighbors
July 23rd (Portland) - TBA with Total Bros

I'll update as shit confirms

this is the new album!!!!!!!!!

New album out and streaming!

Yesterday after countless hours of work and dedication from us and Zach Burba who played drums, recorded, mixed, mastered, engineered, designed and burned the album, we finally finished. It will be available from MASA Records in the United States very soon and up streaming on our myspace.

Play it really loud, it sounds amazing:
myspace.com/herrjazz

July West Coast tour tentative dates

July 16th - Olympia, WA at Mango House with White Lung
July 17th - Arcata, CA
July 18th - Santa Rosa, CA
July 19th - Stockton, CA
July 20th - San Francisco, CA
July 21st - Santa Cruz, CA
July 22nd - Oakland, CA
July 23nd - Portland, OR

Cairo show added

We're playing Cairo on June 25th with our L.A. besties Protect Me.
Come holla.

Recording went awesome

We recorded vocals and extra percussion for our new record today at Zach's house, and it shredded. Thanks to Kevin, Skyler, Matt, Erin, Kailee, Casey, Ed, Preston and Jack for laying down the law.

I am really stoked on the way the songs are turning out, its the way that they always ought to have been recorded. Get ready kids!

Plus, we are playing on June 26th at the Greenhouse as part of a farewell series for Natron, who has been on of the best and most hardworking, if not the most, dude in the DIY community. We're playing with the recently reformed and legendary Little Party and the Bad Business and SEAHOUSE, who are so good. Come hang out!

Recordings for "Pearly Graves"

Are half-way done! We've recorded all of our instrumentals and laid down the grooves. All you gotta do is come sing with us tomorrow at 2pm! Zach's house in the U-District. I'd love you err'body to come sing! Call or text Ben for directions! 206 795 0098.

"Braceros" free download

Here is our EP "Braceros" that we released over in Spain in September of last year. They're all sold out over there, but I have about 20 cds in my room that you can buy. We're cool though if you just wanna download it. Here's a link and the album art. If you are interested in buying a copy, they are $5-8, the latter being preferred as we are trying to buy plane tickets for our tour.

Herr Jazz - Braceros
http://www.mediafire.com/?hyzvzwnvomd

MySpace is dumb

MySpace seems to have become more and more obsolete in the past year, and even more so since December, when we decided to start our hiatus. Now that we are back, I decided to make us this blog to keep people who are not myspace inclined updated to our movement and action.

As some may have heard, we are reuniting for a tour in Spain and Morocco. Zach Burba of Iji, and every other awesome pop band in the city is joining us for the tour and recording. We are in the process of recording a full length and a 7", both of which will be released this summer. We will be playing a few PNW shows, partially to raise money for plane expenses, so if you have a show that you'd like us to play, let us know. The best way to get ahold of us is through this email: benjaminfunkhouser@gmail.com

We will most likely play your show.

Love,
Ben and Jake and Zach.