April 2011
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An early mix of our cover of Patti Smith’s...
January 2011
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Dying Alone Acoustic
Dying Alone acoustic at thecheappop.com’s Holiday Acoustic Benefit. Featuring a rare glimpse of a red-headed Sarah Guild. Good fun with a last minute piano part (because the piano was there…)
December 2010
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Year-End East Coast Tour
With winter pressing down, most people are inside, relaxing and reflecting. Not us! 2010 has been busy, productive, and insane, and we intend to keep it that way. A brief recap: We released our debut LP, The Optimist, produced by Paul Kolderie and Sean Slade. Our song “Afterglow” was the lead track for Charlotte Russe’s summer denim campaign. Magnet debuted our first music...
November 2010
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"Seven Generations" Free through Verbicide... →
Every November, Verbicide Magazine heads up to the Montreal Expozine, one of North America’s largest small press fairs. Our song, “Seven Generations,” was included on Verbicide’s exclusive mixtape for the festival.
Verbicide just made the mixtape free to the public. Click here or click the title of this post to head over to their download page.
Free downloads have been...
CMJ 2010: awwwesome
(courtesy Jeff Fasano, BlackBook Magazine)
We just had an unbelievable time at the 2010 College Music Journal Music Marathon (CMJ) in Manhattan. CMJ is the second biggest music conference in the country (second only to SXSW) and is always a downtown-Manhattan madhouse. Two shows, tons of press, and we walked away with nine free pairs of converse…not bad!
We received a number of great...
Magnet Magazine Premier: "Dying Alone" Video
Big news! The music video for our single, “Dying Alone,” just premiered exclusively on the Magnet Magazine homepage. Have a look at Magnet or play it below.
Over seven nights, we went to the busiest areas of Manhattan and performed the song in slow motion. In other words, we slowed down the song 4x and learned how to play and sing in grueling slow-mo. (Many pedestrians gave us...
October 2010
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THE OPTIMIST IS OUT TODAY
Release day! Our debut LP—The Optimist—is online everywhere today, and at Newbury Comics in Boston and Cambridge. Check it out on amazon.com for only $6.99.
The Boston Phoenix has just posted a long and awesome write-up on the album. Read it here
Recorded/mixed in under ten days with legendary producers Sean Slade and Paul Kolderie (Radiohead, Pixies, The Sounds, Dresden Dolls) The...
Debut LP, The Optimist, Out Tomorrow! Full stream... →
Release week has finally arrived for our debut full-length, The Optimist. It’s out tomorrow at iTunes, Amazon, everywhere. AOL/SPINNER’s Listening Party is featuring a full stream of the album for the whole week, click above and scroll over to have a listen.
Magnet Magazine: Best Album Poll →
We’re up for Magnet Magazine’s most anticipated album of next week. Vote here!
August 2010
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Those protesting against the “ground zero” mosque would be wise to read up on the fever pitch of anti-semitism in 1930’s Germany. Or the anti-extra-terrestrial fervor in “District 9”.
Do you think that the most bigoted amongst us even know which example is fictional?
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I wish I was the host of the Phantom Gourmet…
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Tonight…New Collisions’ “Friends and Family” edition. A free, outdoor gig at 6pm. Christopher Columbus Park, Downtown Boston with Sarah Borges.
Can I live in a world without Christopher Hitchens? Sadly, it seems I may soon find out.
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2010/08/jeff-goldberg-interviews-hitchens/61099/
Poor guy. He even bravely gave up smoking in the shower…(No joke).
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Nothing to Envy
Just finished reading, “Nothing to Envy”. Its an account of daily life in North Korea. If you ever catch me complaining about anything, subject me to a mock execution and a full day of no food (except for grass). I’ll still be living comparatively well.
Don’t really do that. But, you get the point.
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July 2010
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Performer Magazine
Out Now! Performer Magazine has a 4-page spread on us in its August issue. Available on magazine stands everywhere. Thanks to Dan Weber for an awesome, in-depth article. Info on The Optimist, fall touring, and the excesses of our band life.
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STARBY'S
I know this thought is positively Seinfeldian; Its low hanging fruit. But, why can’t society grasp the delicate protocol that governs your trip to Starbucks. Set aside the fact that “Order your drink, Pick it up at the bar” is a painfully simple concept, and just deal with the reality that there is no possible way this is your first time. If you’re at Starbucks,...
I think we need a band puppy…
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KOL/Birdcrap →
Basically, at Kings of Leon show in St. Louis, the pigeons in attendance were shitting themselves with excitement. The problem? They had backstage passes.
To all the commenters in the posted article calling the band “pussies” and “queens”: Really???
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charlotte russe craziness...
Oddly enough, one our first songs—“Afterglow” from our debut EP last year—was just chosen as the lead track in Charlotte Russe’s new denim campaign. The video loads automatically when you visit the charlotte russe homepage. If you’re in the market for quality female denim, take it from us…
"Dying Alone" to download...
The first track off The Optimist, “Dying Alone,” have a listen. For an unlimited time only, it is free to download via Soundcloud:
Dying Alone by newcollisions
I love you soundcloud…
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Improper Bostonian: Best Boston Band 2010
We were just chosen as Best Boston Band in the Improper Bostonian’s Best of Boston 2010 issue. It’s on stands now, and for those in the metro area, it is free indeed. Pick up a copy on your way to Dunkin’ Donuts or Starbucks—your choice! It also features the first mention of our debut LP, The Optimist, which will be out Oct 5. More info on that very very soon!
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