Apparently, There Is An End.

Under Anchor will be disbanding sometime later on this year. We plan on recording a few songs that we have been working on, putting together a discography/farewell package, doing one more tour, a last show, and then finally a DVD after everything is said and done. The DVD will collect live footage of UA from the past four years, and maybe some video from tour and interviews.
We will have more info about all of the aforementioned things soon.
Thank you SO SO SO much to everyone who has supported us in any way. This has been such a rewarding endeavor.

In the meantime, make sure to catch us at our upcoming shows, as they will be some of the last that we ever play.

- R/UA

Frat Parties!!!!

Here are some pictures from the last two shows we played. The first two are from the Shai Hulud show at the Metal Frat 2/19/10. The rest are from the Vegan Documentary Benefit show at the Metal Frat the next week 2/26/10. Holy shit we're like the house band there now. But on the real, these were two of the best shows that I have ever been to, and that we have ever played. Such great times, good energy, fun fun fun. Thanks to Sami A. and Christopher N. for the pics!


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Shows have been great. People have been great. I really feel like the Michigan community has come together a lot over the past year or two. A lot of cool things happening right now. Mt. Pleasant alone has a cool bike co-op, a grocery co-op, a community garden happening in a month, the Mt Pleasant Free School, and a ton of cool local businesses doing great things. DIY shows at Justice Records have all been great so far.
And that is just small-town Mt P. Grand Rapids, Muskegon, Detroit, Traverse City, Bay City, and more all have cool things going on. I'm stoked!

In Under Anchor news, we are no longer doing the split with Disconnected :(
We really really want to, but unfortunately timelines aren't coming together. Disconnected already has their stuff recorded, and we are still writing. Maybe another time!
Sooooo, instead, we are now planning on doing another full-length. Hopefully record at the end of summer, early fall. Maybe have it out by the end of the year, maybe not. We want to take our time and write a good record, no rushing. It might take a while, but we are really excited about the stuff we have come up with so far.

Also, we aren't going on tour with Dire Wolf anymore. Damn. One of these days we will do an extended tour again, for now we will probably be sticking with weekends though.
Thanks to everyone who has been coming out and making all of these shows as amazing as they have been. DIY/Punk/Hardcore/Community/Etc. is alive and well!!! Woo!!!

UA

ILL LIFE.

Holy shit. Long time no update.

All apologies.

We have all been EXTREMELY busy. Rorik opened a record store, still does his crane job, and also started another band (Cloud Rat, recording this sunday, keep your eyes and ears open, it's good stuff). DJ has been working AT LEAST 60 hours a week, every week, and he also started another band or two. Derek has also been working a lot, and also started another band (really good Black Metal, no name yet). Jimmy was working literally day and night for a couple weeks (20+ hour shifts). God damn.

We have managed to play a couple shows and practice here and there. On the first of the year, we played at our wonderful friend Jimmy Lawson's house. This turned out to be one of the most fun, energetic, crazy fucking shows we have ever played. Jimmy's basement was literally destroyed. People were getting thrown through the wall, into the next room. Awesome.
Then we played at Rorik's new record store Justice Records on January 6th. Fun show.
Then we played in Traverse City with Cruel Hand. John Mckaig rules. Love Traverse City.

So. News.
We will be recording sometime within the next couple of months, for a split LP with our boys in Disconnected. We're pretty stoked on this new material we are writing, and the goal is to put Disconnected to shame, because we hate those guys.

We have some pretty cool shows coming up. February 6th in Muskegon at the Pothole, Vegan Potluck, w/ Damages, Duckbomb, Religious SS Disorder, Hedgemonicide, and Cloud Rat.
Then February 19th at the Metal Frat in Ann Arbor w/ Expire, Rattletooth, Iron Zombie, and a very special guest... trust me, you don't want to miss this show.

Also, we will be touring soon. February 27th - March 7th East Coast Tour with Dire Wolf. Woo!
Then April we will be heading out with Cloud Rat for a four day weekend. Dates will be up soonish!

Blah blah blah blah blah goodbye.

-Under Anchor

Wow.

The past month has been insane. Two weekend tours, Michigan Fest 2009, and the Peace Of Mind 7" is here!
Will expand more on all of this later. For now, check out our boy Mahlon from Disconnected's blog for a tour journal from the Disconnected/UA weekend Right Here.

Send us mail, order the new record ($5 +$2 Shipping), hate on us, whatever:

Under Anchor
1108 Arthur Ave
Mount Pleasant, MI 48858

Really. Do it. Real mail beats e-mail a million times over.

We are going to be taking a break from shows for the next month. DJ broke his hand, everyone is poor, etc. We had to cancel our December tour. Sorry to everyone who helped us out so much. We will be headed back out soon enough though.

Hardcore lives!

MICHIGAN FEST 2009

This is a fest that Ryan (Positive Noise) and Rorik are putting on at the end of November. It also doubles as the Peace Of Mind record release, the Positive Noise/Xtra Vomit split record release, and a benefit for an organization that helps disabled people stay active. Come out! The show is donation-based!

Fall/Winter '09 Tours

We are doing some dates in November, a few with Deathskin Razors from Detroit, and a few with Disconnected from Toledo:

11.13.09 Ft Wayne IN w/ Deathskin Razors, possibly Daisycutter, more
11.14.09 House Show! 1108 Main St, Cedar Falls IA w/ Deathskin Razors and more tba!
11.15.09 House Show in Muskegon, MI w/ Deathskin Razors, Xtra Vomit, more
11.19.09 The Leathershop in Lima OH w/ Disconnected, Karloff. Iron Minds, Domestic Dispute, Pizza HiFive
11.20.09 The 1511 in Indianapolis, IN w/ Disconnected, Kata Sarka, The Sorely Trying Days, Deadmen, Medusa
11.21.09 The Albion House in Chicago IL w/ Disconnected, Boiling Over, Picked Clean, What The Fuck
11.22.09 Breast Cancer Benefit @ The DAAC in Grand Rapids, MI w/ Harm’s Way, The Killer, more tba
11.28.09 MICHIGAN FEST @ the Wesley Foundation in Mount Pleasant, MI

It would be cool to see some of you at any of these shows!

Also, still need help with our december tour, so if you can help out at all let us know!

12.04.09 Tour Kickoff
12.05.09 Milwaukee
12.06.09 Duluth
12.07.09 The House Of Wang w/ Me And You Crew, Ceiling Walker, Odd Man Out
12.08.09 Sioux Falls
12.09.09 Lincoln
12.10.09 Kansas City
12.11.09 St. Louis
12.12.09 Louisville
12.13.09 Columbus