TAKEOUT RELEASE SHOW ๐ฅก๐ฅข๐ฅ
Thank you to everyone who came out or has supported + streamed this EP in any capacity. We are grateful + hope to play these songs in a lot of different places for a long time. Moments captured by @cxgle@samthigpenphotography@andrea_belk and @howlinwulf
How did we plan + pull off our DIY release show? Hereโs a peak behind the curtain:
VENUE: Plan A, B, and C for a venue all fell through. Thankfully, we found a venue about a month before the show at Singin River on the outdoor stage. Booked April 10th.
PROMO: Over 130 posters put up (at least half of them got torn down). Social posts (IG, FB, TikTok) feel ineffective. Feels like our followers arenโt seeing our stuff. Also tried running ads, but Meta ad platform locked us out until a couple of days before the show
MERCH: Scrambled to finalize designs and order everything on time. Our patches didnโt ship on time, even though we paid to expedite. SO, ordered patches from a different company who guaranteed delivery by May 8. Both arrived at the same time on day of show. Noah was applying patches onto hats until 5 oโclock on the day of show. Assembled all takeout boxes hours before (sticker, button, patch, fortune cookie, and receipt in a takeout box w/ chopsticks)
FOOD: Originally booked AJโs beef (fell throut day before - not AJโs fault. City of Florence messed it up). Thad (Soul Wingery) saved the day. He was already running a Chinese-inspired dish on special. It worked out perfectly
TICKETS: 11 tickets sold the day before the show ๐ซฉ. Why? BUT between 225-250 attended the show๐ฅณ
SHOW: Singin River was generous as always and let us take over and do whatever. Tons of friends came out. Greenbrier was amazing. Our set was so much fun. Only forgot a few words.
TEARDOWN: Fastest teardown ever. Started around 10:30, Done by midnight.
One of our favorite release shows to date, but thereโs always more than meets the eye. If youโre in the same boat, we see ya & know what itโs like. Got any horror stories from gigs or tours? Weโd love to hear them.
TAKEOUT OUT NOW ๐ฅก๐ฅข๐ฅ
Available wherever you get your music these days. Check it out, tell your friends, let us know which ones you like (or donโt). Comment your favorite track once youโve given it a listen ๐ซถ๐ผ