Saturday, October 25, 2008

We hate days off

Last minute show today. Just go ahead and add our name to the list. We play 1st for 15 minutes.


Also here's another video for you to check out:

Fast times in the Jersey countryside


Greetings from the middle of nowhere New Jersey! I would like to tell you where exactly we are in the garden state, but I honestly have no idea. We played in Clinton tonight and after the show we followed this nice family on what we thought would be a short drive to stay at their house. After about 10 minutes of driving we got into a rural area and I thought, "Oh that's nice, they live in a quaint little area." 20 minutes later country road turns into even more country road and we're still not to the house. Back at home nothing good ever happens this deep into the woods. All the sudden I started thinking of that movie Wicker Man and thought there might be a possibility we were being taken to be sacrificed at the hands of pagan farmers, bent on spilling the blood of good Christian boys, all just to appease the land so they're crop would yield plenty for their little backwoods Wiccan agricultural commune. fortunately that is not the case and we are all alive, and enjoying the hospitality of this nice family.

Last night we played in Annapolis, Maryland, where not a whole lot a kids showed up, but the few that did seemed to be stoked. Plus, we got to hang out with a couple of dudes from xLooking Forwardx and that's always fun. Justin came and hung for a little bit and then after the show we all stayed at Kevin D's new place, which is pretty ballin'. All those guys seem pretty stoked to not be playing shows in xLFx right now, but since they're all doing grown up things like having kids and getting married and having real jobs, I can't really blame them. At least we still get to hang out when we come to Maryland.
This band called One Step Too Many played the show, and it was great to play with those dudes. They have great musical taste for a band whose singer is barely old enough to drive. On a tour where I've seen at least 5 kids wearing a The Devil Wears Prada shirt every night, they were a breath of fresh air. You can check them out here.
Tonight's show was a little wierd. There were over 200 kids in this church's gym, but everyone stood in the back most of the time. The "pit" was in the middle of the floor, but nobody was in front of them. It was just odd. I think it might have to do with the venue's rules about "no riding on the crowd" and having "happy pits." I'm sure having about 5 kids there who knew what hardcore was didn't help either.

Our show tomorrow in Yonkers got canceled. Sucks. We're trying to find a last minute replacement show here in Jersey. We'll see what happens.

Stuff You Should Check Out
First off all, we finally finished our second video blog for this tour, and it's quite possibly the best one we've ever done. It's jammed packed with all sorts of goodies. Watch it:


Here's an Interview we did with Pure Grain Audio. You can check that out here:http://www.puregrainaudio.com/interviews/call-to-preserve
I just want to say, I think the question I'm tired of being asked the most is, "Do you think being a Christian band keeps you from being accepted?" I honestly don't really know the answer. I don't really care either. Sometimes we play to Christian kids and do really well and sometimes we do really bad. Sometimes we play just regular hardcore shows and we do well and sometimes we don't. I have no idea whether or not it's because we're all followers of Jesus or not. I can't always find the correlation of why some people like us and some don't, but I feel like it's not my job to analyze what people think about us. Isn't that their job? Isn't that your job? This little rant shouldn't keep you from reading the article though. Read it and make your own judgements about us.

Lastly, Heather Utley takes awesome pictures like this one:

Check out her site!
We Love You!-Harbor and CTP

Sunday, October 19, 2008

Don't be that Gwuy!


So we've been on tour for the past few weeks now, and it's been a lot of fun. We hooked up with For Today a little while ago and we've been causing trouble all over the country. As it turns out they're pretty rad dudes. I would tell you more about the tour, but I don't want to ruin the next video blog, which should be up here in the next few days. It's going to be jam packed with craziness and mischievous behavior that you wont know what to do with yourself.
Besides that, I will say this has been the most metal tour we've been on (translate as no one knows who we are on this tour). In all honesty it's been kind of a mixed bag. A lot of the shows have been like if you dropped a handful of kids who would usually be at our shows into a crowd of 150 kids who've never heard of us, or any other hardcore band for that matter. This does not mean we're not having fun. We definitely are. You will know how much fun soon enough.



If you get a chance, pick up the new issue of Outburn magazine, where you'll find a nice little interview with us, which would be a little nicer had they gotten our album title right. Is it so hard to get "From Isolation" right? C'mon! Go buy it, or come see us at a show and will give you one for free! Actually if I get a chance I'll scan it and put it on here.

Well this was fun. The next entry will include such visual mastery you won't know what to do with yourself.

Sunday, October 5, 2008

If the Cohen Brothers toured in a van...

As promised, here is the first video from our cd release tour. I know this one seems a little long, but it's worth watching the whole thing. Of course if you were at one of our shows last week there's a good chance you're in it, so go look for yourself. If you do decide that 8 minutes is pushing your short attention span to unknown levels, fast forward to the last 2 minutes. You won't be sorry.


Also tomorrow we got added to a show last minute in St. Louis with Folsom (we just can't stay away from those dudes!) It's at the Rubar, so come out and have a good time. Later Slater!

Saturday, October 4, 2008

Win some shoes from CTP and nike 6.0


So in case you didn't know, Nike 6.0 is making some pretty hot shoes right now, so there's no reason why you shouldn't do this contest and get some free dunks, as well as our brand new cd! You can sign up here. Big thanks goes out to our good friend Adam at 6.0 for hooking this contest up!

We just played a show in Louisville, Kentucky tonight and I guess it wasn't too bad of a show. Supposedly, Hoods played the same place the past two nights before we played, so I guess that probably affected the turn out a little bit. We still had a great time and thanks to everybody for coming out. Right now we're hanging in our friend Heather's basement in Evansville, Indiana where we'll be playing tomorrow. We're definitely stoked because Evansville is always good people and the last few times we've played here have been amazing. There's also this promise of donuts when we get up in the morning and that makes me like being here even more. Oh and I have mention that the staircase to Heather's basement is the steepest staircase I've ever seen. It's like some booby trapped stair case that guards the resting place of the holy grail, or the entrance to a lab of an evil genius. Actually the first thing I thought when I saw it was "Stay close to the candles. The stairway... can be treacherous." If you know where that quote is from you get a free shirt next time we play your town. Enough about stairs. I shouldn't be making blog posts at 4 in the morning. Goodnight!-Harbor

P.S.: I'm in the process of editing the next tour video blog, so be ready!

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Today is the Day!!!



The new album from Call To Preserve titled “From Isolation” is in stores and online today! Pick up a copy at Hot Topic (on sale for $9.99), Hastings, Virgin, and select Best Buy and FYE stores. As always, you can also pick up a copy at some of our favorite indie record shops like: Newbury comics, Gray Whale, Bull Moose, Angelos, Dimple, Electric Fetus, Independent, Rasputins, Zia and many more. You can also pick up a copy on iTunes or in the
Facedown Records online store.


What else can I say except GO PICK IT UP!

Getting Back in the Van

We had a pretty fun weekend of cd release shows and we want to thank everyone for coming and having a good time with us. Our friends in Infected came along with us and it was awesome to hang out and see them play every night. Make sure you check them out! The show in Brandon was definitely the stand out show of the weekend. I could tell you about it, or you could watch these videos:

We shot our video for "Hope for the Fallen" on Saturday night and it went extremely well. Thanks to all our friends from home and from south Florida for hanging out and filling the shots with high fives and stage dives. You'll be seeing that up in a few weeks. You'll also being seeing some video blogs up pretty soon too. Keep checking back!!!

We've been hanging out at the beautiful beaches in Destin, FL since yesterday for a little R'n'R before starting the next leg of the tour. Tonight we wrap up the Florida cd release shows in Pensacola at the Red Door and we'll be playing with our good friends in Jump the Shark. Until then I'm going to take in he salty air and go for a sail. See ya'll on the road!-Harbor

Monday, September 22, 2008

Tour Dates Tour Dates Tour Dates


Oct 8 2008 @ Java Jazz; Houston, Texas

Oct 9 2008 @ New Hope A/G ; Wade, Mississippi

Oct 10 2008 @The Vault; Clinton, Mississippi

Oct 11 2008 @ The Red Door; Pensacola, Florida

Oct 12 2008 @ The Harbor; Panama City, Florida

Oct 13 2008 @TBA South FL Hook It Up! South, Florida

Oct 14 2008 @ Beacon Community Church; New Port Richey, Florida

Oct 16 2008 @ Fuel Coffeehouse; Jacksonville, Florida

Oct 17 2008 @ The Fish; McCalla, Alabama

Oct 18 2008 @ Mercy Hill Church; Rainbow City, Alabama

Oct 19 2008 5:00P @ (Hood Fest) Hope In Christ Church; West Columbia, South Carolina

Oct 20 2008 @ Livin Lattes; Pilot MT, North Carolina

Oct 21 2008 @ The Refuge; Fredericksburg, Virginia

Oct 22 2008 @ Lucky’s Pub; Wilmington, North Carolina

Oct 23 2008 @ Knights Of Columbus; Annapolis, Maryland

Oct 24 2008 @ Aquifer; Clinton, New Jersey

Oct 25 2008 @ TBA Connecticut

Oct 26 2008 @ Yonkers YMCA; Yonkers, New York

Oct 27 2008 @ Vibe Lounge; Rockville Centre, New York

Oct 29 2008 7:00P @ Club Octane; Charleroi, Pennsylvania

Oct 30 2008 7:00 @ The Hangout; Edinboro, Pennsylvania

Don't forget about our cd release shows this weekend all around Florida. One more week till "From Isolation" hits stores!

Oh and while your at it go pick this album up TOMORROW!