Making a full-length album????

Jon and Camron recording guitar, originally uploaded by iamcootis.

Alon tuning his drums, originally uploaded by iamcootis.

Well, we're finally getting off our asses and doing some recording. The plan is to record every song we've got and to then decide which ones will go on the full-length album.

In the mean-time we've got two videos planned for album teasers. We're going to record those two songs first, make the videos and then record the rest. So stay tuned for some surprises and hopefully some surprise guests.

'Hot:Crazy' EP Pre-sale now available

So the EP is finally finished. Now we're just trying to book a place for our release show. In the meantime, you can purchase a digital download of the 'Hot:Crazy' EP for $3 at our bandcamp site. If you purchase the EP now, you will instantly receive our song 'Annie Ray' and then will be able to download the rest of the EP once it is completely released.

'Hot:Crazy' EP recording is underway

We headed out to Goliath Studios this past weekend to lay down some tracks for our 'Hot:Crazy' EP. As you can see from the video, Alon is tuning his drums. That's right folks, we've graduated from recording one-takes on Alon's iPhone and doing it for reals. We'll be back in the studio this weekend to do some fill-ins and vocal tracks. Hopefully we'll get some better videos and photos for your viewing pleasure.

Tracks for the EP include:
New Bruises
Annie Ray
Google
Study Abroad
Hot:Crazy

So we changed our name.....

Last year during SXSW, I ran all over the place handing out fliers to our show. I talked to a lot of people about our band. One day during the festival, as I was walking down the street someone drove by and yelled out their window "Yo, there goes Soy Beans!"

Harder than playing an instrument and writing songs is coming up with a name for your band. We practiced as a group for probably 6 months before we decided on a name. I wanted something that no other band had used, but also something that would be easily recognizable. We chose Soy Bombs after the 1998 Grammy incident where a guy jumped up on stage during Bob Dylan's performance, danced crazily and had 'Soy Bomb' written across his chest. I had come to find out that not very many people watched Bob Dylan's 1998 Grammy performance.

People would ask us, "What are Soy Bombs? Are you guys vegan? Are soy bombs the farts you cut after eating a lot of soy?" And I always explained that it was a reference to the 1998 Grammy incident...and well...it doesn't really mean anything. It's just a cool name.

So after playing a gig at One 2 One bar a while back, we were discussing our past weekends and the word 'Safeword' came up. I instantly thought, If I ever have another band I'm going to call it Safeword. Everyone must have had the same idea because we kept talking about it. Finally during SXSW this year after getting really drunk we voted to change the name. My only reservation was now I have to get a new logo, make all new web sites, get our fans on board....

So, today the change was made. If you own a Soy Bombs' shirt it is now a collectors' item, likely to be worth a lot of money some day.