Kenji has rounded up a bunch of photos from our recent West Coast tour, saying “Alex and i headed out on the road to play some rock music around the western parts of the usa. we jumped into our rental in berkeley, ca, played a bunch of shows under strange/awesome/frightening circumstances, and returned 3400 miles wiser.” Giant teapots, telephone mics, roadside burgers, and more. Go check out the full Flickr set!

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We had a fantastic time opening for Her Space Holiday last week at San Fran’s Bottom of the Hill. The highlight was inviting Brin’s 6-year-old nephew to join us on stage for our closer, “Young San Francisco.” (Devotees will recall that Levi is one of the stars of the Young SF music video). The SF Bay Guardian wrote a thoughtful blog entry about the show with pictures in a piece called “Boy In Static celebrates sweet suspicion.” The Deli Magazine was there too with a flattering show review here.

The new Boy in Static album Candy Cigarette is officially released on MP3 today! It will be on CD at your local indie record store next month (April 14th). But we decided to offer it a month early on MP3 so that folks could get it early, and to encourage people to buy the MP3’s instead of downloading leaks. You can find it at iTunes, Amazon.com, eMusic, discounted at Circle Into Square, and many other places. The new album features guest appearances by Marc Bianchi (Her Space Holiday), Liz Enthusiasm (Freezepop), Ulrich Schnauss, Hollie Gilson (Mint Julep), and others. You can grab a big cover JPG by clicking the image below the cut.

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The Noise Pop show at the Apple Store, my first gig as a “local” Bay Area band, was a very warm welcome. The room was packed even for our soundcheck. And my t-shirt color choice inadvertently disguised me as an Apple Store employee. It was the first time we’ve featured flute live. We played just before Yoni Wolf (of Why?), who brought a moving solo set on a Rhodes piano. Two different photographers, Matthew Kowal and Jonathan Hung, sent over a lot of nice photos. Check them out and read more after the cut.

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