Letlive.'s 'Fake History' demos released to celebrate album's 10-year anniversary

10 years ago today, Letlive. delivered their breakthrough album Fake History. The album, which topped our Top Albums of the 2010s list, became one of post-hardcore’s most refined releases. To celebrate its 10-year anniversary, Letlive Jason Aalon Butler unveiled a slew of demos from the recording session, which can be streamed below. On their Instagram, the frontman stated:

“This album changed basically everything. Like- EVERYTHING. My career; actually- the very idea of having a career in music. My personal life- emotionally, romantically, intellectually, and physically. It was one my first major artistic risks because for the first time in my life, there were a few more people than just my closest friends and family listening to what I had created. So much love and so much loss during this era and I wouldn’t change a single thing. I mean that. The relationships I made as well as those I destroyed all have a purpose and hold an extremely dear place in my heart because they guided me here to the happiest place I’ve ever been in my life. FAKE HISTORY was an enormous stepping stone forward in that very long and mercurial journey which showed me that there is an incalculable worth in vulnerability. Thank you to my friends, thank you to my family, thank you to those ll.ifers that we’re brave and beautiful enough to take these risks with me and those involved in this era and create something that I genuinely think was unlike anything else and now that I’m here I can say with a completely honest heart that I am grateful. You know who you are. First and foremost- my best fuckin friends and family that gave their time and energy at practice or at shows or literally risking their lives on tour with us in metal death traps we call “tour vans”. This would have NEVER happened without you. To the romance I experienced during and due to this album- I wasn’t able to say it then because I was insecure and at sea with who I was emotionally, but I want to say it now- I love you. Thank you for doing your best to accept a seemingly broken man and believing I could be better. And to the patrons; the lifers- YOU ARE letlive. Standing up and proudly representing a movement that never quite fit in with the other ones around it and then creating your own space for it to thrive was, and still is to this day, one of the most inspiring things I have ever experienced.

That shit came full circle today as I release these demos via my own label collective @333WRECKS. Life is wild sometimes (in my case, often times). Those that know me know that I most definitely WILL get verbose and employ grandiloquence if I’m feeling something and today I AM FEELING IT. That being said- I thank you from the deepest part of my heart for the most wild and wonderful times of my life. If you were involved in this era in anyway and these demos and the album it became speak to you- 𝘐 𝘭𝘭.𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶”

Following Letlive.’s breakup in 2017, Butler formed the Grammy-nominated rock group Fever 333 with former The Chariot guitarist Stephen "Stevis" Harrison and Night Verses drummer Aric Improta.

Armor For Sleep announce 'What To Do When You Are Dead' 15-year anniversary tour

Armor For Sleep will celebrate the 15-year anniversary of What To Do When You Are Dead with a tour across the United States.

Announced today, the tour will kick off on June 18 inside Baltimore Sound Stage in Baltimore, and it’ll have stops in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Orlando before concluding inside Fine Line Music Cafe in Minneapolis on August 15.

Tickets for this trek will go on sale to the general public this Friday (February 28) at 10 a.m. local time. You can check out their tour routing below.

Armor For Sleep’s last trek across the country was celebrating the album’s 10-year anniversary in 2015. Released in 2005, What To Do When You Are Dead topped the Heatseekers Albums chart and peaked at number eight on the Independent Albums chart. The concept album, which deals with the aftermath of one person’s suicide, has sold over 200,000 copies since its release.

Armor For Sleep tour dates

June 18 2020 - Baltimore Sound Stage - Baltimore, MD
June 19 2020 - Gramercy Theatre - New York, NY
June 20 2020 - Paradise Rock Club - Boston, MA
June 26 2020 - Troubadour - Los Angeles, CA
June 27 2020 - The Glass House - Pomona, CA
June 28 2020 - Slim's - San Francisco, CA
July 9 2020 - Rex Theatre - Pittsburgh, PA
July 10 2020 - Starland Ballroom - Sayreville, NJ
July 11 2020 - TLA - Philadelphia, PA
July 23 2020 - Dada - Dallas, TX
July 24 2020 - Barracuda - Austin, TX
July 25 2020 - Warehouse Live Studio - Houston, TX
August 7 2020 - The Basement East - Nashville, TN
August 8 2020 - The Masquerade Hell Stage - Atlanta, GA
August 9 2020 - The Social - Orlando, FL
August 13 2020 - The Shelter - Detroit, MI
August 14 2020 - Metro - Chicago, IL
Aug 15 2020 - Fine Line Music Cafe - Minneapolis, MN

Mayday Parade announce 'Anywhere But Here' 10 year anniversary shows

Released in 2009, Mayday Parade’s major label debut Anywhere But Here brought fan favorites “Kids In Love” and the title track. To celebrate its 10 year anniversary, the Florida band will play a select number of shows across the country.

Announced yesterday, the tour kicks off with a hometown performance inside The Moon in Tallahassee on November 3 before arriving at Sayreville’s Starland Ballroom (November 9), Boston’s Paradise Rock Club (November 13), Chicago’s Metro (November 16), and Los Angeles’ Roxy Theatre (November 22).

VIP packages for this trek are on sale right now on their website. Aside from a general admission ticket, fans will receive early entry, a photo and pizza party with the band, a drawstring bag, and a few exclusive items. Tickets will go on sale to the general public this Friday (September 6) at 10 a.m. local time.

Mayday Parade tour dates

November 3 - Tallahassee, FL - The Moon

November 9 - Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom

November 13 - Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club

November 16 - Chicago, IL - Metro

November 22 - Los Angeles, CA - The Roxy Theatre