NEWS

2009-12
So former Ass-End Offender Brent Shultz has joined up with Squalora. We just played our first show with him at Plan B and it was a blast. We now have what has been deemed as "layers." Yay! We have 7 new songs that were recorded several months back by Stan Wright at his awesome Buzz or Howl Studio here in Portland. Just sent the recording to pro engine-ear Billy Motherfucking Anderson to mix it, which by definition means that he will make our boyhood dreams come true and should prove to be an awesome mix (come on...Neurosis, Buzzoven, Melvins, Logical Nonsense, Dead and Gone....). We are overjoyed and anxious. We've discussed releasing these new songs as a few different splits. Some of which could be split 10" 's. It's all talk right now as we're all so fucking poor but they should see the light of day by Summer 2010!!!!
Also, we even have a few brand new tunes of destruction that Brent has helped write that are totally awesome and again, layers dude. I'm expecting a child with my wife Christina this upcoming February, so we'll be laying low for a bit and just writing new material. You should check out Dan's other projects: Machine Gun Congress and Coin in the Coffer. Matt is singing in Raw Nerves and they have a rad 7" out now and plenty more on the way.
Thanks so much to Portland punk city for all of the support thrown our way. Also to our friends back in Montana and across the country, we really appreciate the love and great shows. See you all next year!
-Tom

2009-06-15
News you ask...fine:
- We are heading into the studio for 4 days with analog genius Stan Wright from such great bands as Deathreat and Signal Lost, at his new Portland studio known as Buzzorhowl. (minutemen anyone?) We should be done with our new 7 songs by the end of the month and actually have no plans on releasing it for awhile, as we plan on having our dear old friend Brent move here and join on second guitar at the end of this summer. For those who don't know, we will pretty much be Ass-end Offend again. All of us playing together again is darn exiting to all of us and we look forward to the new recording more than christmas. More details soon I prom.
- Also, we are touring with local epic warriors NUX VOMICA for two weeks begining on September 1. They are touring for a lot longer, but we feel fortunate to share the stage with them for the first few weeks. This will truly slay in case you were hiding under a rock. Thats whats going on with us for now, check back later.
- Also again, Matt's other badass band Raw Nerves will be touring through the month of July everywhere in the US so get stage side and rage with these dudes or kill yourself. And don't forget about Portland's best folk/punk band that Dan is drumming in; Coin in the Copher (or Coffin Ship if you want to be a dick about it). They rule and will probably be playing fairly often this summer. Maybe Machinegun Congress too, eh? thats it kiddies, tune in later...

2008-12-17
We are touring the west coast in late January/ early February. We have 6 new songs, and plan to record them in the next few months. The following images were deleted from myspace for being "offensive". So I'm putting them here. The first one was deleted because of the Aldous Huxley quote. Are they going to start burning his books too?

2007-10-03

Squalora (self titled) CD release date: October 13th on Wäntage USA and Repetitively Futile Records; LP release date: October 26th on Defector Records. Killer art by William Stoneham - see www.stonehamstudios.com. See the shows section for info on the release parties. The new t-shirts are done so take a gander at our merch. Totally awesome mermaid art, thanks to Jacqui.

2007-04-19
The new record is being mastered and will be sent to press soon. 9 songs, 30 minutes, 100 hours of wondering how much more time/ money we should spend on mixing. The vinyl will be released on The Defector label here in portland and the CD will be a joint effort forged in the flames... no, the ice of our homeland in Montucky by Wäntage USA and Repetitively Futile Records. Get a taste of it here.

2007-02-10
We are scheduled to record with Mike Lastra at Smegma studios in a week, regardless of the current second round of strep throat! This material will be released as a full length 12" and CD sometime this spring/ summer, so keep yer ears peeled.

2007-01-03
The holidays are fucking over and we can finally get on with our lives, as dysfunctional, homeless and broke as they are. MP3s are uploaded in media page and more shows coming up soon.

2006-12-09
First off, don't miss the show tonight at Laughing Horse Books with Iron Lung and Forced March. Second, the demo is done! Thanks to Woody for all of his help! Come to the show and get one, or order one here. We also printed a bunch of patches last week.

2006-11-14
We will be recording a demo very soon, check back for mp3's in the next month or so. Also coming up next month is the show at Laughing Horse Books with Iron Lung and Forced March. There will also be a RAAN (Red & Anarchist Action Network) workshop before the show, so be there early.

2006-10-31
We are playing our first show next saturday 11/11/2006 at the failing house. It is a birthday party for Grant, who scores high in both crucial and dood points, should be a blast.

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