Roman Candles @ Pehrspace 5.31.13

Roman Candles is playing a show at Pehrspace in los angeles on friday, and I'm really really excited about the line-up. You should plan on coming. This show is going to be a benefit to help fight against the public schools closing in Chicago. Please tell your friends. 

Click HERE for the facebook event. 

Roman Candles show @ Bridgetown 5.28.31

Playing a last minute show at Bridgetown with Pat the Bunny, Bogsey and the Argonauts, Moon Bandits, and Andy Zambrano on Tuesday May 28th. Show Starts at 7:00 pm. $5 all ages. Click HERE for the facebook event. 

Pat had this to say on the Ramshackle Glory website:

"At the upcoming solo acoustic shows I will be playing a mix of Ramshackle Glory material and songs from a short solo album I put out recently called "The Mark Inside." I will not be performing Johnny Hobo or Wingnut Dishwashers Union songs at these shows, or at any other time.

Those songs represent a huge amount of suffering for myself and many of the people who cared about me the most during those years. I also do not feel represented by the lyrics to many of my old songs, which were written during a very different time in my life than where I am at now. For those reasons, among others, I am not willing to perform that material.
I know that not everyone who comes to a show is going to be aware of that, and that some people who know about it won't understand. Some people are still going to request the old songs, and I accept that as part of the deal in continuing to play music publicly. But I would still appreciate it if you didn't request those songs, whether my reasons make sense to you or not.

Thanks everyone. I'm looking forward to the shows. I haven't played solo in a long time. This is gonna be fun!

Pat, Ramshackle Glory"

Roman Candles @ Chain Reaction 4.30.13

I'm playing a short roman candles set at chain reaction with joyce manor, summer vacation, merry christmas and colossal rex on tuesday april 30th. you can buy tickets HERE. they are almost sold out.

Your Heart Breaks

This song makes me really excited for it to be spring, and for school to almost be over and for summer to come. 

MRR reviews Roman Candles Gracious Living 7"

Maximum Rocknroll #360 - MAY - 2013
reviewed Roman Candles 'Gracious Living' 7"

THE ROMAN CANDLES - "Gracious Living / Yellow Smile"
A couple songs that exist somewhere between the folk punk of Plan-it-X style jams and the pop punk of a band like ONION FLAVORED RINGS. These are unpretentious straightforward songs written by a college kid ostensibly about post high school malaise and dead friends, but are more accurately about being young and feeling disenfranchised (P$) (Vallejo By Knife)

if you'd like a copy send $5 of well concealed cash to
roman candles
5082 wendover road
yorba linda, ca 92886

MRR reviews the Stowaways Issue 13

Maximum Rocknroll #360 - MAY - 2013 
reviewed The Stowaways issue # 13

THE STOWAWAYS #13  / $2 or trade, stamps OK
8.5 X 11 - copied - 34 pgs
An unremarkable and very personal music zine that seems to cover the kinds of bands (hardcore, punk and otherwise) that play fests with mid-level indie rock bands, plus whatever more DIY bands he may hope to catch. The zine starts with show reviews that manage to spill a lot of words while not really saying much: long on trivial information and unarticulated personal thoughts, but short on interesting description. Following the show reviews are two very bland and banal interviews with the Lovely Bad Things and Fugue, whom he introduces by mentioning that members of each band were schoolmates of his. Some record and zine reviews close out this zine, which like the show reviews, have plenty of raving and unnecessary personal details ("I won this record from a radio station!"), but offer little commentary about why the records and zines are good or bad, with the last two pages being reproductions of hand-written fan letters. The layout is next to nonexistent and the photos are pieces of high-contrast crap. (DG) c/o Chris Gordon / 5082 Wendover Rd / Yorba Linda, CA 928886


* I'm down to my last few copies of issue 13. They will be gone by the end of the weekend. If you'd like one email me. 

roman candles show @ vlhs 4.17.13

i'm playing a show with the exquisites, wild moth, summer vacation, and colossal rex @ vlhs on april 17. i'm pretty excited for this one. 

click HERE for the facebook event.