The full length record we recorded with Samara Lubelski at the Rare Book Room is finally out.  LP Version to follow soon — www.troublemanunlimited.com for more info.

Religious Knives is braving the cold to play two gigs in the next week:

01/08/2008 @ Knitting Factory w/ Thurston Moore Groop, MV&EE, Tall Firs
01/11/2008 @ Williamsburg Music Hall w/ Excepter

Come and celebrate the winter and New Year’s rites!

We’re going out west for Spring Break.  Come join us!

Tentative dates below.  We’ll update them as they come in.

03/15/08 - Seattle, WA
03/16/08 - Portland, OR
03/17/08 - Arcata, CA
03/18/08 - Sacramento, CA
03/19/08 - Oakland, CA
03/20/08 - San Francisco, CA
03/21/08 - Los Angeles, CA
03/22/08 - Los Angeles, CA
03/23/08 - San Diego, CA

And RK Now has a Myspace - http://myspace.com/religi0usknives - You can listen to some tracks, be our friend, leave us a message, etc. Enjoy!

Thanks to everyone who booked, came out, or chilled with us during our European trip. It exceeded all of our already high expectations.  Heavy Tapes is selling the tour CDR we made in their store which can be found by clicking here.

We’re about to hit the road again with our friends Woods for a few dates in familiar places. It’s been about a year — let’s get together!

08/13: Florence, MA. @ Yod Space w/ Son of Earth, Sunburned, plus “Special Guests”
08/14: Brattleboro, VT @ Tinder Box. w/ MV & EE
08/15: Philadelphia, PA @ Big Jar Books
08/16: Baltimore, MA @ Golden West, w/ Lexie Mountain Boys
08/17: Washington, DC @ The Velvet Lounge, w/ Thee Ultimate VAG
08/18: New York, New York @ The Cake Shop w/ Samara Lubelski

Sat 07/14/2007 Ghent, Belgium @ Witte Zaal w/ Congestion Nasale, Lap!
Sun 07/15/2007 Brussels, Belgium, @ The Student w/ Slasher Risk
Mon 07/16/2007 Antwerp, Belgium @ Scheldapen w/ Frying Membrane Boyz, Anti-Freedom, Damaged Goods
Tue 07/17/2007 Berlin, Germany @ Festsaal Kreuzberg Keller w/ Heatsick
Thu 07/19/2007 Den Haag, Netherlands @ Helbaard w/ Slasher Risk, LaserQuest and Horacio Pollard
Sat 07/21/2007 Copenhagen, Denmark @ Klub Argot w/ Family Underground and others
Sun 07/22/2007 Arhus, Denmark @ ? w/ ?

“In Brooklyn After Dark” is a two-song single which was recorded in the Summer of 2006 by Samara Lubelski at the Rare Book Room during the sessions for the “It’s After Dark” LP. The A-Side is a live chugging RK mainstay, stretched out and recorded in high-fidelity. The B-Side, “The Hand,” is a mournful instrumental which features the violin playing of Samara, and does not appear on the LP Version of “It’s After Dark.” The single is in an edition of 750 copies and is a teaser for the LP which will be out very soon.

We have two Religious Knives shows coming up in the next few weeks. Nate will be out of town on tour with Mouthus, so Todd, Mike, and Maya will be playing these shows as a trio. Expect something totally different than the No Fun set, or any other Religious Knives set for that matter. The details:

Monday, June 11th @ DON PEDRO’S (90 Manhattan Ave @ McKibbin St )

Religious Knives, MV / EE Medicine Show, Woods, Nymph

Friday, June 15th @ GLASSLANDS (Kent and South 2nd)

Religious Knives, Monotract, 16 Bitch Pileup

Also our tour for the second half of July in Europe is working out. Dates soon.

Heavy Tapes is selling the new Religious Knives 12″ in its online “store.”  Click here to visit.

A new Religious Knives 12″ Single will be out at the end of this week. There are two new songs on the record: “Luck” is played on melodica, synth, bass, and drums, and is a slow and raw picture, a downer song literally recorded less than an hour after we got in a car accident. “In the Back” is a loud and distant blast, with blaring synths, overdriven dual male/female vocals, written with the noise stage in mind. In silkscreened white 12″ covers, with photocopied insert and stamped labels. Edition of 500, 33 1/3rd RPM.