Death Ships

Hey we have some big news for you all! We are going on our first proper tour this october with former Wilco member Jay Bennett. We will be doing direct support for Jay as well as serving as his backing band. His record Magnificent Defeat is coming out on Ryko Disc in September, we will be touring in support of that as well as our record Seeds of Devastation. We are honored to be working with an artist we can all say has influenced our own songwriting. Dates are posted in the show section with some more tba. We will hopefully hit the south and west coast next year as most of the dates are east coast based.

Seeds of Devastation is currently available on sale from us as well as Insound.com and soon from MilesofMusic.com. Click the link below to buy the record post paid $12 NOW!

September 1st, 2006 by Lars

We opened the Picador, the old Gabe’s Oasis, last Friday with Murder by Death. Here’s a clip from the performance. Click HERE to open the video in a new window. You must have QuickTime installed on your computer. Why wouldn’t you?

August 24th, 2006 by Lars

Our record release show for seeds of devastation has been moved a week earlier.. it is no longer on sept 1st but now on saturday august 26th.. I hope everyone who was planning on coming can still make it so mark your calanders and help us celebrate! in other news the fall is shaping up to be our busiest ever.. we are booking shows constantly with a focus on most of the midwest and a possible jaunt out to CMJ! we are pleased as a couple kittens to announce our Metro debut in Chicago.. we are honored to support Chicago’s own Wax on Radio celebrate the release of their record for Downtown Records.. downtown put out that band called Gnarls Barkley who you might have heard their single this summer? anyway North Atlantic (east/west) is also playing.. this will be our chicago release show for seeds as well.. Thanks to everyone who picked up our cd and to those who have written kind words about it.. if you havent picked up the record yet you can do so locally in iowa city at Record Collector, Real Records, The Den, and Oasis Falafel.. you can also order it online by going to the release section and buying it through paypal as well as pick up our shirts! we are working on national distro and will have details in the weeks to come!

August 1st, 2006 by Lars

An online store has been set up and is now functional through paypal.. click on the link in our releases page or on our myspace page and follow the simple instructions.. NOTE: you dont need a paypal account to buy merch, but you do need a credit card.. MAIL ORDERS using money orders or cash at own risk can be payable to Dan Maloney c/o Death Ships p.o box 10141 Iowa City, IA 52240 for 12 dollars post paid for our cd Seeds of Devastation. Online and Mail Orders can also expect some extra little goodies!

July 21st, 2006 by Lars

CDS ARE HERE!!! ALMOST A YEAR TO THE TIME WE RECORDED IT BUT SEEDS OF DEVASTATION OUR DEBUT RECORD IS IN OUR HANDS! WE WILL BE HAVING A RECORD RELEASE SHOW FOR THE RECORD FRI SEPTEMBER FIRST AT THE MILL AND SEVERAL OTHERS AROUND THE AREA! HOWEVER IF YOU ARE EAGER TO GET A PIECE OF THE RECORD EARLY THE DISCS ARE NOW AVAILABLE AT THE FINE IOWA CITY RECORD STORES RECORD COLLECTOR AND REAL RECORDS AND ALSO OASIS FALAFEL JOINT.. WE WILL HAVE AN ONLINE STORE SET UP SOMETIME NEXT WEEK FOR THE FOLKS OUT OF TOWN THAT WISH TO ORDER IT!

July 14th, 2006 by Lars

We are happy to announce that our debut record Seeds of Devastation is at the cd plant and we should have them in our grubby hands in a couple weeks. Its been almost a year but its worth the wait. We will be setting up more shows than usual upon the record’s release as well as a system for people to pick it up. In other news we are excited to announce that we have been accepted to the midwest music summit in indianapolis august 10-12 weeekend. We will have more details later when everything is confirmed.

June 28th, 2006 by Lars

So……

Here’s the cover for our soon-to-be released LP.

RIGHT HERE!

May 31st, 2006 by Lars

hello friends.. thanks to all that came out to the shows last weekend.. we had a blast as always. super thanks go to tim the taper and shani for capturing our performance with video and audio. BUT THE BIGS NEWS IS we are pleased to announce we have found management over at undertow music with mr. jefferson macklin… after some hardcore spooning and notes after class we decided to make it official.. we are stoked to be a part of such a great company that has such artists as pedro the lion, jay bennett, and centromatic on its roster. that being said we have now decided to self- release a limited cd run of our debut album seeds of devasation. this little gem will be limited to 1000 copies and should be up for sale by the end of summer or sooner. we are putting all the final touches together and we couldnt be happier. of course we will have a way for you all to buy it through here and our myspace site.. the talented luke drozd of the uk did the artwork for it and our great friend and all around go to guy mike gibson is doing the layout.. we are super excited and expect more shows upon its release..

May 24th, 2006 by Lars

So we were honored to be featured in this month’s AP&R Best Unsigned Bands section of Alternative Press Magazine. here’s the scoop.

Ap Article in AP&R Unsigned Bands of the Month
May Issue 2006

HQ: Iowa City, IA
Now Playing: Seeds of Devastation (www.deathships.com)

The Story So Far: Orginally started in 2001 by frontman Dan Maloney as an acoustic side project to his then-main band, Faultlines, Death Ships has grown into a full-fledging quartet, dominating radio waves with only a spliy cassette to their name. “I started a label called Faithful Anchor Tape Club, in which I released a Death Ships split with David Strackany,” Maloney says. “(It) generated a small buzz in Iowa City, where our demos reached No. 1 on the University of Iowa radio station, KRUI,” Deep Elm records took note of the band’s gorgeous lush alt-country/folk, and put their song “thelma Lou” on the second volume of its This is Indie Rock series. Dates with Low, Owen, and Limbeck followed.

Why you should know them: Because their as-yet-unreleased debut, Seeds of Devastation, is itching to be your soundtrack for watching leaves change color later this year(here’s hoping it finds a label home before then). The bands mature alt-pop style is wise beyond its years-and is completely unsuited for a band as heavy as the Death Ships. “A lot of people ask me why we call the band Death Ships,” says Maloney. “Part of the reason is I am a nautical fanatic-also, I enjoy the irony of having a tough-sounding hardcore name while we are anything but,” he quickly addeds:”Yet.”

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April 7th, 2006 by Lars

This past friday was insane. 300+ packed sweaty people filled the mill and we were glad to be a part of it. props to andre and tanner of mission creek midwest for putting on such a successful affair. also many thanks to tapes ‘n tapes, golden birds, and attic tapes for bringing their A game. we hope to see some of you out next week when we will play again at the mill this coming sunday with headlights, living blue, and caleb engstrom, all equally awesome bands deserving of your attention.

April 2nd, 2006 by Lars