the wet nurse files

Tour this fall! US and Canada! 😊

The one in question was probably the knockoff Hofner - the Jay Turser "Beatle bass." Sus had that one for years and just recently upgraded, but I think that ones around $200 online!

Thank you! Sorry we suck and missed this, maybe we'll see you on tour this fall! 😊

Again, we suck at Tumblr and I don't know when you sent this haha, but thanks so much, we'll have a new record out this fall! 😊

Wow we suck at Tumblr so sorry for missing this! It doesn't give me a date - when did you send us this note? I hope you're still working on your band, that's rad we inspired you 😊 We are super busy getting ready for the new album and tour but if you ever have any questions message our page on Facebook for sure. Let us know where you are! We're gonna be hitting pretty much all the major cities in September and October of this year and would be cool to meet you. Take care friend! Xo

TOUUUUURRRRR So I can't remember which Crutchfield drew us that note and left it on the iLL house fridge years ago, but it's so fitting this year! We get to see and play with Katie and the Waxahatchee crew for two dates in April and then Allison and the Swearin' bb's head to town in June! Waxahatchee is touring with Radiator Hospital and that is super sweet for two reasons. 1) I freakin' LOVE that record (Something Wild) and know every word, and 2) Boltie will be rolling through playing drums! Philly really is our spirit animal with all of our buds and bands having moved there permanently or lived there all their lives. 2014 is shaping up to be an amazing year already with tours and releases of our own and then getting to see great friends tour down to Florida. Can't wait to see what else is in store. xo

That's all for now! xo V

Wet Nurse: The Storage Unit Years Sorry to have neglected you, fair Tumblr friends! FB and Insta are just easy and quick ways to let you guys know about cool stuff going on so we blurt stuff out over there. With all of the stuff happening around us lately though I felt it was good enough time as any for a longer form message, so here ya go! The pic above is from our first night in our new storage unit practice space a few nights ago. It's rad! Nina works mad late and it's hard to coordinate practice any other time but midnight... Which usually means it's too late to jam, thanks to cranky neighbors and noise ordinances. Not so here! The nights we've gone it's just been us and these kids a couple doors down blowing glass and we can play as late and as loud as we want. It's pretty amazing. It's also great because it gets us out of our comfort zone and into a more neutral spot that's more conducive to being productive! Before this record that we're writing for now, everything was written on the porch or in the living room of iLL house, the girls' place. It worked for us but their spot is happening and there's always people coming and going, distractions, stuff within walking distance and neighbors calling the cops in the afternoon for noise... Yeah haha. This storage unit is down an industrial road like 15 minutes from us so it's quiet (other than us) and we have nothing to do but just be there together and write. It usually takes us forever to finish words and music for new songs, but we've completed two new songs, top to bottom, in just our first two days. It's fantastic! We've got a whiteboard in there to throw out lyric ideas and this is the first time that we've really sat together and banged out words. Not to say that the words were ever an afterthought, but it was hard to find time to finish a complete song. Now that we've actually made the time it's working out just like we'd hoped. We've got the unit until we leave on tour to SXSW in March, so we're hoping to write the rest of our new record and put together a killer set for our two weeks on the road. Here's to a bunch more nights of productive ridiculousness. I'll post the tour dates once our last date is locked! And if there's any questions you guys have for us, ask away. I'll try to write more leading up to tour and also while we're out on the road. It's always fun to keep up with bands we love so I'll try to do the same! XO!

HAY GUYS! Sorry we've been MIA on the blog for a hot minute. Here's a video of us from Fest 12 in Gainesville to hold you over for now! Rest assured there have been several conversations in regards to new music and a new record in the new year! Another tour, new merch, the works. Keep in touch, let us know where we should play in 2014! Also, like us on Facebook - that's where we usually hang out. xo, the Nurses

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Check out the rest of the pics of the house show last weekend on Kick Bright Zine! Phyew. In other news, we have been crazy busy. Record masters are cooking and should be done this weekend... We had to finish up all the pictures and layout for the record art... Had to make a bunch of decisions about everything to do with all the final products (that was fun though)... Gotta get everything over to the pressing plant ASAP to have all the records in time for tour... Gotta make a cassette-exclusive layout and send that over to the Protagonist boys... Gotta pick a single and get it ready for all of your patient little ears... Etc etc etc... Ya know. The usual. :)

"And if I could have chosen, I would have been born a woman / My mother once told me she would have named me Laura"