Now Denial

Jarrod — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:44:31 +0000

Now Denial has been nominated for best punk/hardcore act in the Boston Phoenix 2012 Best Music Poll. Click here to head over and cast your vote, and while your at it you should probably vote for our pals Ramming Speed in the best metal act category. Also check out this review of our split 7″ with Get Laid at Razorcake.

We’re getting stoked for the 10th anniversary show next month, and brushing up on some old favorites to celebrate. Our good friend John McCarthy created the awesome flyer you see below, and these will be available at the show as well, with a surprise attached. See you at the show.

Jarrod — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 20:30:59 +0000

Ten years ago today we started Now Denial in a basement in Lowell, MA. So much has happened over the years… lots of great times, new friends, old friends, and tunes. It’s pretty awesome to look back on it all, considering that we’re still at it all these years later. We owe a huge debt of gratitude to all of our friends who were there in the beginning, and everybody we met along the way. Thank you all for setting up shows, going to shows, putting out records, buying records, letting us crash at your place, partying with us, and a million other things that kept us going. Thanks!

On to news! Unfortunately we had to drop off Get Better Fest this weekend. Though we’re looking forward to May… we’ve got the Tor Johnson Records 10th anniversary show down in Providence on May 12th. Then we’ve got our own anniversary show in Allston on May 26th. Both will be awesome, and full of surprises including a lot of bands reuniting, so don’t miss out. We’ve got a track on the TJR 10th anniversary comp as well… the details will be revealed soon.

Lately we’ve been working on new jams, and things are shaping up nicely. We’ll likely demo some new songs in a few months, and maybe you can catch a preview at a show. Dino has been recording a new album with Furnace, to be released later this year. I’ve also been giving our first album, Power to the Mountain, a complete overhaul. The original tapes were digitized, and they’re being completely remixed and mastered. I won’t say too much about it, but it sounds amazing comparatively, it’s like breathing new life into old songs. Look for details on that soon.

That’s it for now. See you at the anniversary shows.

Jarrod — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:35:30 +0000

Just updated the multimedia page with a brand new, bandcamp-driven audio player that includes all of our releases. Pretty sweet, right? Yea. The first of many improvements… expect a whole new website this year.

Jarrod — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 18:31:22 +0000

2011 was a hell of a year… definitely the busiest we’ve been in years. Thanks so much to everyone who stuck with us. Last night was an awesome end to our year as we got to rip shit up with our buds Choke Up and Ramming Speed. 2012 is going to be a busy year… we’re taking (sort of) a break from shows for a little while so we can write a new (long overdue) album. We’ve started writing already and we’re stoked as fuck on the direction the new material is going. Not sure the specifics of how anything will be released, but we’ll post more about the new shit as it comes along.

2012 (specifically April) marks our 10-year anniversary, so expect some surprises to celebrate. It’s also the 10-year anniversary of Tor Johnson Records, who we’ve been working with pretty much since we started, so congratulations to Paul/Tor Johnson for being one hardest working dudes/labels in hardcore around here and continuing to put out great music. We’ll be playing the TJR 10th Anniversary show on May 12th… I’m not giving any details away now, but believe me when I tell you this is one show you really do not want to miss!

So once again, thanks for the support, and we look forward to new tunes, new releases, bunches of shows, and continuing to venture out of New England here and there to rip other cities up. Happy New Year fuckers!

Jarrod — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:16:44 +0000

Just returned from our weekend in NY with Furnace. Had a great time, and that’s just a taste of what’s to come in November. We’ll be hitting the east coast with Furnace for 11 days. The dates are posted in the ‘shows’ section, only info for one right now but I’ll be updating that soon with more. Aside from that, we’re going to be writing material for a new record throughout this fall and winter.

Take care, friends, and check back soon for more tour info.

Jarrod — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:51:44 +0000

The new Now Denial / Get Laid split 7″ is finally in, you can check out the whole package below. You can order from Get Young Records, and it will also be available in the Now Denial webstore in a couple of days. Of course you can grab one at a show also, we’ll have them for the shows in July. Speaking of which, in case you hadn’t heard, we’ll be playing with Harvey Milk in Allston, MA on July 11th. See you there.

Jarrod — Tue, 31 May 2011 15:11:37 +0000

The Now Denial / Get Laid split 7″ will be out on June 21st. It’s a limited run of 300 records, on your choice of red, clear, or black vinyl. We’ll have ‘em up in our webstore soon, so check back for an update on that, or “like” us on Facebook to get the news. Right now you can pre-order the 7″ from Get Young Records, and the first 20 orders come with a hand-made flyer book.

We’ve got a handful of shows booked and a bunch in the works for the Summer, so we’ll be around, come to a show.

Jarrod — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 02:48:34 +0000

“Fuck Now Denial” is now available on vinyl, you can order it on our BandCamp page. It’s a 12″ EP, pressed at 45rpm. Hand-numbered, and limited to 300 copies total on three different colors. 201 on orange marble, 52 on translucent green (ND exclusive), 47 on light gray marble (TJR exclusive). We’ll also have it at all our upcoming shows. Though if you get it in the webstore, all of our other releases are on sale for really cheap prices for a limited time. Get on it.

The upcoming split 7″ with Get Laid was mastered last week at New Alliance East. The artwork is being finished tonight, and the layout should be finished in a few days. Look for that to be out very soon. We’ll post some tunes from that soon as well.

Jarrod — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 14:59:24 +0000

I’ve just launched a brand new Now Denial webstore, which will henceforth be located at Store.NowDenial.net. With every purchase, you get an immediate digital download of the record in pretty much any digital format you can imagine. There are also some bonuses on there… the digital download of our first 7″, Brothers Not Fighting, is remastered from the original mixdown and includes a bonus track that wasn’t included on the record. There’s a free download of our recent live performance on Record Hospital as well. That set has one of the new jams that’ll be on the split 7″ with Get Laid, as well as a couple of covers. Keep checking back there, and you might find some other surprises throughout the winter.

Jarrod — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:48:57 +0000

We’re back at it finally, and with good news to boot. Shows, new releases, etc… but I’ll get to that stuff. So we took a little break after our last show in July so that I could get hand surgery, then Dino went on tour to Germany drumming in Furnace. In the meantime I was finishing up recording vocals in Adam and my other band, Lonesome Republic. Adam was also busy with his other band, Bar Sinister. And Jared started a new band called Comanche, for whom I just recorded a demo, and you should definitely go check it out. Anyway, my surgery went well, and I’m all healed up. Dino is back from rocking out and drinking beers in Germany.

We’ve got some good shows coming up, including a radio appearance on WHRB 95.3 (based in Cambridge, MA) tonight at 10pm. If you’re not in the Greater Boston area, you can also stream it online here. Back in July we recorded the music for two new jams for a split 7″ with Get Laid. Soon we’ll be laying down the vocals for those songs, and I’ll also be recording a few Get Laid songs for their side of the split. Our good friend Andre Hester is working on the artwork for this release, and it’s going to be released on Get Young Records. More updates to come on progress with that. We’re also planning a 12″ vinyl release of Fuck Now Denial for this winter, on Tor Johnson Records. Over the winter, we’ll be writing more new material for a split with our Baltimore pals, Dawn Treader, then working on a new album.

So that was a lot of shit. Soak that in for a while and I’ll post again when there’s more to say.