ER, World Still Loving Each Other in Spite of Everything

Associated Princess - With the world in turmoil Saturday over the financial crisis, disco punk band Elizabethan Report continued to lick and love the world at two Utah shows. Area persons wandering by the Live and Local Stage of the X96 Big Ass Show found a crowd and ER romping together, despite the threat of all our money being sucked away. And later that night, while men in suits were sweating over the details of a bailout plan that strives to ensure we can all still live in our homes, "Sweat Swat Swote" brought ER and a large SEGO crowd together in love on a lawn near the mental hospital.

ER guitarist Spencer Peterson instructs sign wearers how best to commune with the audience Saturday at the X96 BASH.

Love and happiness prevailed throught the SEGO show, as members of other bands joined ER on stage for a performance of The Talking Heads' "Psychokiller." Guests included John White of the John Whites, Josh Brown of Mathematics Etc., Landon Young of Virtual Pandas, and JR Boyce of Pierrot Le Fou.

Part of what may be fuelling the ER's emotional availability is a new album the band is working on. It seems no coincidence that the album is being produced at the same time as Congress's bailout plan. When asked about the similarities between ER's upcoming album and the bailout plan, lead singer Tony Petersen hinted that with his band's new album, there might be no need for a bailout plan. "The upcoming album will actually work in rejouvinating the economy. The tunes will be so potent that the economy will have no choice but to heave and jiggle to the point of complete prosperity. The ablum will both destroy the economy and then rejouvinate it in the course of, I don't know, two months."

The expected release date of the album is Fall/Winter/Holiday 2008-09.

WHOA.

Has this blog forgotten everything? Where you at, selfmadebeast.blogspot.com? Put yourself together, man!

It's been a good summer to the boys and the girl. In August, the band hooked up the trailer and packed their instruments and bags for a cross country tour that almost topped out at 45 minutes. Luckily the band was able to hitchhike to the nearest Wal-Mart to get a battery, and the journey resumed, driving non stop to Chicago where they slept at their mommy's house.

They went on to Pittsburgh where they rocked the same general area as the Raconteurs, Gnarles Barkley, and even Bob Dylan. Tony is pictured above, on stage in solemn prayer. Check out what Pittsburgh had to say about our young band ER:

ER in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

So after they almost won, and met some awesome other young bands doing it, ER threw another logbook of hours onto the tour fire, which burned brightly until late August when the band shot off to Durango and Telluride, Colorado. The band was suprised to be greeted with complete adoration. kindness, and cash. They plan on returning to the mountains often, in an effort to return the adoration and kindness.

At home, ER won the X96 4-play to be able to play in the Big Ash Show. What exactly is a Big Ash? We'll be sure to get pictures of it up here as soon as we find out this weekend.

ER also played their favorite Velour Live Music Gallery of Mayhem and Monolithic Mystique. They and the audience had a frenzied, chest pumping entanglement. After they packed up their instruments, they were suprised to see people leaving. ER wants to say, "Hey dudes, check it out: local music! (smile) It's for real!"

Coming soon, another saga of tour adventure as ER doggedly but happily stuffs their stuff into the Big Boy and heads off to California...