Death Ships

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

Well its starting to actually feel like spring in Iowa City after a mild winter. As you can see we are starting to update some features here on the site. We now have mp3 stream capablity down below thanks to our web/design saviour mike gibson. We will be adding more songs from the record soon. We have a bunch of local shows at the Mill beginning this friday with Tapes ‘n Tapes. If you havent heard of this band yet you must be living under a rock. these guys are all over pitchfork and other big music media outlets. It promises to be a highlight of the mission creek music festival. We are also playing two other great shows at the mill with the headlights on april 9th, and two gallants on may 20th. In the meantime, we have been writing new songs at a staggering rate. We will be sure to work those hot little nuggets into our setlists. Hope to seeya out at the shows!

March 29th, 2006 by Lars

Its been awhile since we last posted, but we are keeping busy. Chicago is quickly becoming our second home. We are playing the empty bottle, which we are all stoked about. We added a last minute acoustic set date at the mill with Low. We will hit Iowa City hard in march playing three shows throughout the month, including a local music showcase which would be a great way to check out some local bands. In the meantime, we have been writing a ton of new material that we will leak into shows gradually. We are super excited about the songs and cant wait for ya’ll to hear em. In april we are getting some press love from Alternative Press aka AP magazine. We are still looking for a home for our album Seeds of Devastation, we hope it doesnt fall into a Chinese Democracy type scenario. We havent resulted to rocking corn rows and hockey jerseys just yet. sorry if you dont get the reference.

February 20th, 2006 by Lars

thanks to all that came out to chicago on monday to see us at the empty bottle. it was a blast to finally get to play there and I couldnt believe there were over 300 people in the place. crazy. I thought we played a great set and the sound was top notch. hopefully we can get back there soon. the drive back from chicago was a blur, I dont recommend driving back to iowa city from chicago at 2 am. we play ames this saturday with our bro william e whitmore. this is sure to be a great show. 9pm doors. its beginning to look like winter again.

January 20th, 2006 by Lars

death ships would like to wish everyone a happy holidays. january promises to be a busy month for us. check the show dates. we our hoping to make 2006 a banner year. on that note we recommend going to gabes oasis dec 31st to bring the new year in with our good friends ft the shadow government as they are throwing a sweet new years bash with william e whitmore, the tanks, and ricky fitts. champagne jams. ft’s album drops that night so be sure to bring your christmas spending money.

December 29th, 2005 by Lars

Neenah was a great time. thank you goes out to the wandering sons and cranky pats. we are making our debut at schubas this saturday at 10pm. it should be a great time for all. Also we just lined up a few other shows, one notably at the empty bottle in chicago for free with the freak folk band wooden wand and the vanishing voice. it should be sweet. it sure is cold.

December 5th, 2005 by Lars

its been awhile I suppose. we have been playing shows weekly around the midwest area and they have gone very well. we are growing tighter with our newest members ofer and evan and getting a great reception with crowd participation. we are making the journey up to cedar falls this saturday to play a great show with the beat strings, a is jump, and old scratch revival singers at the reverb. other than that we are playing locally at gabes nov 30th with our good friends brian jones and askeleton. our record artwork is getting done as we speak and it will be titled seeds, a cat named luke in the uk is doing it and he is very talented, you can check out his stuff as one of our myspace top 8 dudes. the tracklist for the record is as follows 1.) it remains to be seen, 2.) symmetrical smiles, 3.) little mystery, 4.) great american, 5.) grand deceiver of information, 6.) sarah, 7.) story never gets old, 8.) city never sleeps, 9.) big one coming, 10.) echo children, and 11.) knocks over time. we should have a label home for the record in the next month or so shooting for a spring release. many thanks to crucial people that help us with our everyday tasks, first on the list is mike gibson who has designed this very site as well as a kick ass new tour poster that will be available soon! other cats worthy of mention include james at the pro shop for juicin us up with a good deal on our brand new pa head, and you people that come to the shows and support us. we have already started writing new material for another record that we will be fitting in our upcoming shows. we are also selling limited edition hand screened cover cdr demos available at shows and through paypal. I will try and get a scan in our releases section soon enough. I hope everyone is bulking up for winter cus its cold as hell. see you soon and remember death ships love you, especially the metal heads who confuse our name for being a band ripping rifftastic thrash songs. all I can say to that is just wait.

November 17th, 2005 by Dan

Hey a lot is crackin with us on a daily basis so why not share the news more often right? anyway we have some new mixes of songs on our record available on myspace for your listening pleasure. these aren’t neccessarily final but maybe. please let us know what you think either via here or myspace. www.myspace.com/deathships on a another note we added some more shows. a last minute local show is announced which is going on at the yacht club friday nov 4th. please come out and support. we are also pleased to have a weekend in wisconsin with our friends the wandering sons. havent heard of them check them out at www.thewanderingsons.com

October 27th, 2005 by Dan

hey everyone I am currently in Atlanta mixing our debut full length that may or may not be titled seeds of devastation with mr. matt malpass at monsters and marigolds studios. after a brief layover in detriot I made it to atlanta in one piece after a threat of 30 mph winds. i slept most the way, eventhough there were these two annoying little twins. atlanta is just as cold as iowa city. i brought the cold I guess. we already mixed it remains to be seen and sarah, and are mixing little mystery currently. so far so good. we plan to work our asses off to make sure we get all the sounds we need. as matt mixes I have been keepin busy making sure pineapple the dog gets to go outside and take care of buisness. other news is we are coming to chicago again at a better venue on a prime saturday night. the show is tentative but will most likely happen. it will take place sat. dec 10th at schubas tavern with deadboy & the elefantmen (fat possum) and a local chicago band to be announced. we are stoked to finally play a really reputatible chicago establishment. mark your calanders.

October 25th, 2005 by Dan

A quick one — we hit #1 on the local college radio station (KRUI 89.7). Thanks to all who requested the ’ships and keep listening to KRUI!

Request line: 335-8970
AOL Instant Messenger: RequestKRUI

Love,
Lars

October 18th, 2005 by Lars