CRYING ARE THE SKELETONS: SCATTERED PAGES PUT THE BRAKES ON LIVE PERFORMANCES

DAMMIT. There was a time in our lives when we saw the Scattered Pages practically every week. Lately, we admit with sheepishness, its dwindled down to only a few times per year. And this is ass, because their live performances (and oh my god their records) have grown more nuanced, appreciable and thematically, well, scattered while remaining as dance and sing-along fun as they ever were. So, we encountered a complete feeling of 'fuck, we blew it' as the following forwarded email unfolded in our inbox under the subject "Thursday - Farewell":

Come out and sing with us. This could be the final refrain. We will
dust off the old song book for a definitive run-through.

The Scattered PAGES will make more songs and will hopefully play more
shows. Our dear Andy is moving, so the band's live performance
schedule might be drastically different in the future. This is not
goodbye, but we still want you all to know that it has been a pleasure
and we thank everybody who has come out to see us over the last 6
years.

As of press time, we're not quite sure where Andy is moving or why, but we wish him all our best. Though nominated in the Best Drummer category in this year's Houston Press Music Awards, McWilliams, was far more than just a banger of the fours, being the group's engineer in the studio, a songwriter and a player of all manner of instruments. Indeed, at many a local show Paul 'FALCON' Valdez had been working the drums to free Andy up for other tasks. He is as heart to the band as it has soul, and he will be missed (we are getting misty for the time we used to spend with him. Cursed time and how it changes things). So, if you are not already hopelessly committed to the Octopus Project/Bring Back the Guns/Satin Hooks show on Thursday, you haven't much excuse to be anywhere but Brazil (10pm - Free).

Stream: Scattered Pages - Various Tracks