The noise in Pawtucket, RI

On 5/25/13, Empty Flowers played our first show at Machines with Magnets in Pawtucket, RI.  Empty Flowers has recorded our first two albums at Machines with Magnets, which is a multi-use art and music space.  Like we mentioned in our first blog post, our band is working hard to do things with the right people.  We are grateful to have so many creative, helpful and sincere friends that allow us to keep things within our circle of people we know and trust.  The show was booked by Brian Simmons at Atomic Action Records, who released our 7" this year, and will be releasing the vinyl version of our upcoming album "Five".  Brian has been working with Randy and Bernie's other bands for almost 20 years, and we're so happy Atomic Action is still releasing music.  In his spare time, Brian and his family operate one of Rhode Island's largest organic farms.

Brendon Simmons (Brian's son) created these excellent, hand-numbered prints for the show.  They were  printed in Rhode Island by Paul at Teeth Like Swords printing.

At the last minute, we decided to do make a limited run of Empty Flowers t-shirts.  Our old friend Rich Hall created this t-shirt design for us with about a week's notice.  You can check out Rich's 1000 Knives Etsy shop here.

Dylan Kulpa printed the t-shirts for us in about one day.  Dylan also works at Simmons' Farm, so we were once again able to keep all our business in the "family."  You can buy a shirt here.

Dischord Record's very own Red Hare headlined the show.  You've probably already heard that Red Hare is basically a modern incarnation of the amazing band Swiz.  These guys are doing it right - they aren't re-hashing their old music for a reunion tour, but they're writing brand new music that's just as good as their old stuff.  These guys are the real deal, and if you see them play live you'll know what we're talking about.

Daltonic, Sweet Jesus, and Suicide Pact also played, making it a full night of loud and unusual sounds.

We will hopefully be posting more pictures soon.