may 2008

frank is returning to new york city at the end of the month to record vocals for "the jimmy webb song," for which the band has been busy writing lyrics. he'll also record a few vocal changes to other songs and check in on the album mixing. [5/1]

april 2008

frank spent a week in new york city in march finishing up the vocals for the new album. one track ("the jimmy webb song") still doesn't have completed lyrics written. otherwise, twelve songs have been completed and andy chase is moving the mixes forward. see the recording section of the gigs page for updates from the studio. [4/6]

february 2008

frank, john and paul spent 10 days in martha's vineyard in january-february working on additional recording sessions for the upcoming album. frank will return to new york city in march to finish the vocals for a few remaining songs and then the recording should be complete. album mixing will probably take place in april and the band will be working on securing licensing deals to release the album. [2/21]

december 2007

the band spent three weeks in the studio recording 14 tracks for their upcoming album. overdubs and vocals will be recorded in january, 2008, with final mixing expected to be completed in march 2008. see the recording section of the gigs page for updates from the studio.

the band's back catalog is tentatively scheduled for reissue by universal in the summer of 2008. exact timing, territiories and track listings are still being determined. it is expected that the first three albums will include most, if not all, of their b-sides and weightlifting may also be part of the reissue. [12/22]

may 2008

paul livingston has updated the guitar chords for a bunch of b-sides, which have been added to the guitar chords page. along with this, updated/corrected lyrics for these b-sides have been posted to the lyrics page. [5/1]

april 2008

paul is on a roll...all songs from cake and i've seen everything have been added to the guitar chords page. [4/18]

paul livingston has updated the guitar chords for six more songs from a happy pocket, which have been added to the guitar chords page. i've seen everything is up next. [4/11]

paul livingston has updated the guitar chords for four songs from weightlifting and seven from a happy pocket. all have been added to the guitar chords page. more will be added very soon. [4/10]

paul livingston has finished updating the guitar chords for weightlifting. eight new/corrected have been added to the guitar chords page.

frank has posted a blog update from his recent new york city recording session. [4/6]

february 2008

three new videos have been added to the downloads page. [2/24]

paul livingston has been at work updating the guitar chords. the first five songs from weightlifting have been updated and added to the guitar tabs page.

the band blog has updates from the recent martha's vineyard recording sessions.

three mp3s of fan cover versions of tcs songs have been added to the downloads page. [2/21]

december 2007

three tcs mp3s, three mp3s of fan cover versions of tcs songs and two videos have been added to the downloads page.

guitar chords for "freetime" and "it's a miracle" have been added to the guitar tabs page.

remember to check the band blog for updates and messages from the band members. [12/22]