It's funny (like literally, actual "haha" funny) how anyone in this country can say to us "aww, don't go", "pleeeeease don't go?" and "damn, that sucks that you're leaving".
This is the very reason we're leaving. Bar a small few whom we know really do appreciate our band, the rest all seem about as genuine as The Veronicas, Katy Perry etc. I'm fairly certain I've spoken to every single person that's ever seen us play. It's not like we had any support from anyone or anything significant. It's not like New Zealand was going to present us with any real opportunity.
The coolest thing that happened for us in NZ, was the HORSE the band tour, and we lost $700 by agreeing to it. It was only 3 shows! If we didn't miss our flight because we got every red light in Wellington and an uncoperative airport bitch, then we'd have only lost $400.
We can tour and make some money, sure. Once a year maybe. We could make $200. We could play 6, maybe 7 shows on that tour. Get time off our full time jobs to support ourselves. Or we could go overseas and work hard as fuck and get ourselves into a position of touring 6, maybe 7 months a year and be constantly surrounded by opportunity.
And before any indie hip d.i.y trend setting fuck tries to tell us we're wrong, we are This City Sunrise. We aren't one of the plethora of in bands that exist in New Zealand right now. We don't have a huge sub culture of sheep to leech off.
We want to play music for a living. A shit living, but it's living. Life. It's the only thing we know how to do.
It sucks that we're leaving.
Hah! I couldn't be more excited.
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I think the comment meant more "it sucks for us that you're leaving cos we wont get to see you guys anymore" (well hopefully sometime!). And it does suck! But you doods know all that anyways right. Right.
In my opinion you guys were the best band in the country, and I know of at least three other old cunts like myself that agree and you don't like seeing bands you like disappear overseas. At least there's the internet! All the best over there!
I appreciated this blog. Good luck!!
I love your attitude. You fellas are doing what I want to do. Thanks for being awesome.
Love Cam.
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