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@pharoxken My brother, I am coming to the show at Nile Theater a week from today. I saw you are playing Legion Post 8 on Friday, I wish I could be there to represent as hard as you did for us.

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@pharoxken I love you, bro. I can’t thank you enough for traveling all the way from Dallas to hangout with us. It was such an honor to scream with you. I’ll see you at a @UNITYTX show in the future.

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@WillTakeOver Love you, brother.

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Huge thanks to our pals in Paris Green, Day Two, NVM, Echoes of Amara, and O’South for sharing stages with us. Nothing cooler than playing shows with people you love and respect. Thank you to all the people behind the scenes making these shows happen.

More news tomorrow.

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GRATITUDE.
What a ripper of a weekend! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for coming out and participating in these shows.

We are humbled & appreciative for all the love and energy y’all gave.

A special thank you to those of you that traveled cross country to participate

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This pic is a page from the notebook I carried with me from the first In:Aviate band meeting through the end of my tenure with the band. It reads like a scrapbook or diary of the band throughout our lifespan. This is the original conceptual road map for 1985.

-Ryan Groskreutz

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In The Beginning//

“If by chance you get the chance to do what you love, I suggest that you do.”

This is the last track on the record and therefore the last track by track social media post.

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“If there is no universal path, if there is no way to right the past, the only way to fully know is live the truth and make your own.”

-Ryan Randall

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Can’t wait to rip this one open with you all next week! I hope you’ll all be hollering your guts out like we will be!

-Ryan Groskreutz

Pic: Todd Sullivan
The throne of King @kcrummett at the original Interlace Audio where we tracked 1985.

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And The World Will Know //

While not the last official track on the record, this one was meant to be the emotional culmination of the mental process of the entire album.

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I distinctly remember Kris Crummett (who produced and engineered the record, as well as mixed and mastered, a genius in his own rite) looking back at me while Dan was tracking this one and saying ‘Dan is maybe the best drummer I’ve ever tracked.’ High high praise for our guy Dan.

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Instrumentally the guitar work on the bridge is just real damn cool. Todd and Pete both play off each other so well. Love it.

-Ryan Groskreutz

Pic: Todd Sullivan
RG in the living room of our apartment where we lived while tracking 1985.

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Kissing Tigers//

On the journey of establishment of societal concepts we reach a point where dark or negative emotions come to the surface. Jealousy. Greed. Excessive pride. Betrayal. Kissing Tigers is meant to represent these themes.

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I was going through a lot of personal change touching on some of these themes when we were writing 1985 and this song felt like my personal chapter of the record. It was and is still one of my top tracks on the album.