Shotgun No Blitz, live at Launch 2012

Shotgun No Blitz

April 28th, 9:00pm @ Hotel Brunswick

Last night was the first night of Launch, there wasn’t to much going on. There was were just a few stages active at the Hotel Brunswick. Unfortunately one of the acts that people were stoked for, Dr. Acula was unable to play. 

Legions however, a local favorite played the downstairs stage of the Brunswick and from what I heard it was awesome and incredibly heavy. My train from Philly was a little late getting in so I had to miss Make Like a Tree for the second time that I have made a point to see them. Sorry dudes.

The rest of the night was spent catching up with plenty of my friends from Sudden Ascent, Scout’s Honor, and Shotgun No Blitz. I ended up drinking beers with some of SNB down at Millersville then crashing on a couch.

So now I’m a little hungover, hungry, and ready for day two but for now I’m gonna watch some Sesame Street, the show directly responsible for my terrible attention span. Apparently according to them cats sleep 16 hours a day. I wanna go on the record and say that this is bullshit, my cat never sleeps….He’s always watching me…

LUMA’s Memories from Launch 2011

Launch is right around the corner if you are attending make sure to look out for these bands, we’ll be sure to be close by.

-Jake

This was taken directly from the bands Facebook page.

“Here’s the scoop: We have a collection of a few unmastered tracks that we recorded live in a studio. It’s called “Live at Converse Rubber Tracks Studio” and will be out tomorrow (3/3/12) on our Bandcamp page (Digital release only) for “pay what you want”.

For all the money that is donated to this EP, we are giving 100% of it to To Write Love On Her Arms (www.twloha.com). This is a non-profit organization/movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire and also to invest directly into treatment and recovery.

We have put up a song that you can check out now; http://shotgunnoblitz.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-converse-rubber-tracks-studio-ep”

The full EP will be up tomorrow but you can hear one brand new track called Mass-Produced right now at the bandcamp page.

I highly recommend donating„ TWOLHA has always been a charity that I have strongly supported through the years so if you could give a dollar tomorrow that would be fantastic

-Jake

Just a footnote, Free the Empire = Scout’s Honor and TBA = Shotgun No Blitz. Hope to see you there

-Jake

It’s a new year and that means an entire new year of new music. Here’s what you should look for this year.

Imora - Happily Never After - Release: Available now

Purchase on iTunes

Carousel Kings - A Slice of Heaven - Release: March 13th

“Well they can expect some older songs remixed and remastered as well as 5 brand new songs. The only way I can describe the newer songs is pop punk polarized. The poppy parts are poppier, and the heavy parts are heavier. haha. Also mention our signing to CI and what not, we gotta hype that.” - Brad Herr, Guitarist

Giants at Large and Major League - Cities and States - Release: February 1st

“You should expect awesomeness. Our side is a little different then what we’ve written in the past but still has the ‘Major League’ feel and Giants at Large wrote some of the best stuff I’ve ever heard, in my opinion. All around this split is a solid record.” Nick Trask, Vocalist

Giants at Large - Doubt - Release: Spring

“This CD’s more mature than our other releases. It reflects how we’ve grown as a band. The EP was recorded like 2 weeks into being a band, this one’s after over a year and a few tours, so we really grew together through everything.” - Brian Thomann, Bassist

Sudden Ascent - Untitled EP - Release TBA

Free the Empire - Untitled - Release: March-April

“We’re recording at Atrium Audio (in Lancaster), it’s a little more ‘poppy’ than what we have done before. It’s gonna be digitally released with limited pressings and it’s gonna have tits on the cover, I mean it won’t.” -Josh Nichols, Vocalist

One Year Later - The Sound of a Broken World - Release: March 13th

The band has announced that they have signed with CI Records.

A Seamless Getaway - Untitled EP - Release: Spring/Summer

“We are recording it now but it sounds fantastic” - Ben Shelly, Bassist

Shotgun No Blitz - Untitled - Release TBA

Knee Deep and Sinking - Something Seasonal - Release TBA

“I wouldn’t say it’s a concept album but each song has a theme tied back into one of the four seasons.” - Charles Bernard, Vocalist

The Show and Tells - Bird Pants: the Musical - Release: Late February 

“The album will consist of 11 tracks and will be sold digitally on Bandcamp and physical copies will be sold at shows.” - Dalton Rhone, Guitarist

Seek to Thrill - Forget Me Not - Release: February 4th

Release show info

Vegas Under Lights - EP - Release: Summer

“We’re going in march/April to record a brand new 6 song ep that we will offer in digital and hard copy . It’s 6 new songs no repeats from our debut 3 song.” - Josh Krizan, Guitarist

Make sure to keep an eye out for these guys at your local venues and records stores. This year is promising.

Also we liked to personally congratulate Carousel Kings and One Year Later on getting signed to CI Records. You deserve this dudes.

Love,
Jacob P. Overholt 

audiodaft:

Heck yeah get pumped!!! Shotgun No Blitz is a pop-punk band from Lebanon, PA that is bound to get your head bobbing. Their new EP “Over It” is avaible on bandcamp at any cost, free if you want, but come on people I suggest you support the band and at least cough up a buck or two. The…