Buffalo’s Failures’ Union have just announced an extensive update disclosing their plans to promote their sophomore album “In What Way,” released this past December by Paper + Plastick.

In April, the band will bring their mid-90’s-influenced indie rock stylings to the UK for a two-week tour alongside Wales’ Bedford Falls. To commemorate the tour, the two bands will release a split 7”, with each contributing an original and a cover of the other band. The 7” will be available just in time for the tour, courtesy of Failures’ Union’s own as-yet-unnamed label. Most of the dates can be seen below, with the rest to come shortly.

Failures Union & Bedford Falls – UK Tour 2010
3/30 – Exeter, UK @ The Cavern
3/31 – Bristol, UK @ The Croft
4/2 – Sunderland, UK @ The White Room
4/3 – Glasgow, UK @ Captain’s Rest
4/4 – Manchester, UK @ Retro Bar
4/6 – Cambridge, UK @ The Portland Arms
4/7 – Southsea, UK @ The Edge of the Wedge
4/8 – London, UK @ The Monarch
4/9 – Newport, UK @ Le Pub
4/10 – Swansea, UK @ Bar Sigma
4/11 – Kingston, UK @ The Fighting Cocks

The band has just launched a Kickstarter webpage to raise money to release their debut album “Sinker” on vinyl. For those unfamiliar, Kickstarter.com hosts donation-based fundraisers for all manner of artistic endeavors, although Failures’ Union are one of the first bands to utilize its services. Sinker was originally released in 2007 on One Percent Press.

The band had this to say about the move to raise money to fund their own release and what interesting incentives they are offing donators:

“Kickstarter.com is a great website for musicians, artists, or anyone who has an idea for a project, but little capital to get it started. Basically, people pledge a donation towards your project, and in return they get something back. For our project the lower level donations are pretty much just pre-orders. The more people pledge, the more they get in return. If someone pledges us $50, we will screen-print them any one color shirt of their choice/design. If someone pledges $75, they will get a test press of the LP. If anyone has the money to pledge $100, Tony will write and record a song specifically for/about them. There are also other pledge levels, so check out the page to see what they are.”

To donate, check out the page on Kickstarter.com.

In more news, the band recently unearthed footage from a video they shot nearly two years ago for the song “West Coast, NY,” shot by friends Eric Ayotte and Super Bobby. You can check out the video over at Ifyoumakeit.com. The band is also giving away a free download sampler featuring a collection of music from their releases. You can download the 9 songs on the band’s website.

The band also recently welcomed a new member to their ranks. Former drummer Eric Ellman has moved to second guitar duties and left the stool to be filled by his brother Blake.

In case you missed it, you can stream their sophomore album, In What Way, released this fall on Paper + Plastick on the band’s Punknews.org profile page

Buffalo’s Failures’ Union have launched a stream of their sophomore album, “In What Way,” to be released this fall on Paper + Plastick. You can the album in its entirety on the band’s Punknews.org profile page.

The LP will be available for pre-order through Paper + Plastick on October 16th. If you can’t wait that long, you can purchase a digital copy now on the label’s site.

The download version of the album also contains bonus tracks, including a cover of “Downbound Train” by Bruce Springsteen, “Sleeping Weather” by Cheap Girls and an acoustic version of their own “The New Walk Home.”

The band describes themselves as a mid-90’s influenced indie rock band, and has gained comparisons to The Lemonheads, Gin Blossoms, Buffalo Tom, Guided By Voices, The Pixies, and Counting Crows. Failures’ Union features members of Lemuria, The Exit Strategy, and The Grail.

They recently released a split 7″ with Cheap Girls on Art of the Underground. Their previous album, “Sinker,” was released on One Percent Press in 2007. Other releases include an 8-song EP on Art of the Underground entitled You Know Who and a 2-song 7″ in the Art of the Underground Singles Series.

Failures’ Union will be touring this fall with good buddies and label mates Cheap Girls, with stops at THE FEST 8 in Gainesville, FL and FUN FUN FUN FEST in Austin, TX. You can click “more” below for the dates!

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Buffalo’s Failures’ Union have just leaked another new song from their forthcoming album, entitled “In What Way,” to be released this fall on Paper + Plastick. You can stream “Glasses” on the band’s MySpace page.

The band previously leaked three other new songs from the album. You can also listen to “The Fall Man,” “Cubist Camo,” and “Comb” right here.

The band’s history coincidentally mirrors the Mel Gibson feature film “Forever Young.” Band members Tony, Jason, and Eric hosted a college radio show together on WUOG (Athens, GA) in the fall semester of 1993. Over Christmas break, a tragic military incident resulted in the trio getting cryogenically frozen for eleven years. Luckily, a duo of lovable pranksters released them from their icy prisons while horsing around in an abandoned missile silo. After thawing, they immediately formed a band together, describing themselves as “cutting-edge indie rock” and drawing influence from “the hippest bands around today;” The Lemonheads, Gin Blossoms, Buffalo Tom, REM, The Pixies, Guided By Voices, and Counting Crows.

Failures’ Union features members of Lemuria, The Exit Strategy, and The Grail. They recently released a split 7″ with Cheap Girls on Art of the Underground. One Percent Press released their previous album, Sinker, in 2007. Other releases include an 8-song EP on Art of the Underground entitled You Know Who and a 2-song 7″ in the Art of the Underground Singles Series.

You can check out some live footage of them from this past March here.

The digital download version of the album will also contain bonus tracks, including a cover of “Downbound Train” by Bruce Springsteen, “Sleeping Weather” by Cheap Girls, and an acoustic version of their own “The New Walk Home”.

Failures’ Union will be touring this fall with good buddies and label mates Cheap Girls, with dates including stops at THE FEST 8 in Gainesville, FL and FUN FUN FUN FEST in Austin, TX. You can click “more” below for the dates!

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Buffalo’s Failures’ Union have leaked another new song from their new album, entitled “In What Way,” to be released this fall on Paper + Plastick.

You can now stream “ Cubist Camo“ on the band’s MySpace page.

The band previously leaked two other new songs from the album. You can also listen to “The Fall Man” and “Comb” right here.

The band describes themselves as a mid-90’s influenced indie rock band, and has gained comparisons to The Lemonheads, Gin Blossoms, Buffalo Tom, Guided By Voices, The Pixies, and Counting Crows.

Failures’ Union features members of Lemuria, The Exit Strategy, and The Grail. They recently released a split 7″ with Cheap Girls on Art of the Underground. Their previous album, “Sinker” was released on One Percent Press. Other releases include an 8-song EP on Art of the Underground entitled “You Know Who” and a 2-song 7″ in the Art of the Underground Singles Series.

You can also check out some live footage of them from this past March here.

Failures’ Union will be touring this fall with good buddies and label mates Cheap Girls, with stops at THE FEST 8 in Gainesville, FL and FUN FUN FUN FEST in Austin, TX. You can click “more” below for the dates!

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Buffalo’s Failures’ Union have just recorded a new album entitled “In What Way,” to be released this fall on Paper + Plastick. The band has also leaked two new songs from the album via their MySpace page. You can listen to “The Fall Man” and “Comb” right here.

The band describes themselves as a mid-90’s influenced indie rock band, and has gained comparisons to The Lemonheads, Gin Blossoms, Buffalo Tom, Guided By Voices, The Pixies, and Counting Crows.

Failures’ Union features members of Lemuria, The Exit Strategy, and The Grail. They recently released a split 7″ with Cheap Girls on Art of the Underground. Their previous album, Sinker was released on One Percent Press. Other releases include an 8-song EP on Art of the Underground entitled You Know Who and a 2-song 7″ in the Art of the Underground Singles Series.

You can also check out some live footage of them from this past March here.

Failures’ Union will be touring this fall with good buddies and label mates Cheap Girls, with stops at THE FEST 8 in Gainesville, FL and FUN FUN FUN FEST in Austin, TX.

Failures’ Union tour dates w/ Cheap Girls
10/09 – Lansing, MI (Cheap Girls Release Show) @ Mac’s Bar
10/10 – Grand Ledge, MI (Cheap Girls Release Show) @ Sun Theatre
10/16 – Buffalo, NY (Failures’ Union Release Show) @ Mohawk Place
10/17 – Rochester, NY @ TBA
10/18 – Syracuse, NY @ Castle Rockmoore
10/19 – Burlington, VT @ TBA
10/20 – Allston, MA @ O’Briens
10/21 – Brooklyn, NY @ Glass Door
10/22 – Philadelphia, PA @ TBA
10/23 – New Brunswick, NJ @ TBA
10/25 – Washington, DC @ 3rd St. Co-op
10/26 – Richmond, VA @ Gallery 5
10/27 – Asheville, NC @ Broadways
10/28 – Athens, GA @ TBA
10/29 – Tampa, FL @ Transitions Gallery
10/30-11/01 – Gainesville, FL – The Fest 8
11/02 – Tallahassee, FL @ Coolifornia House
11/03 – Pensacola, FL @ Sluggos
11/04 – Baton Rouge, LA @ TBA
11/05 – New Orleans, LA @ Zeitgeist Theater
11/06 – Austin, TX – Fun Fun Fun Fest Kickoff Show @ Beerland
11/09 – Fort Worth, TX @ 1919 Hemphill
11/10 – Oklahoma City, OK @ TBA
11/11 – Fayetteville, AK @ Smoke & Barrel Tavern
11/12 – St Louis, MO @ TBA
11/13 – Barrington, IL @ The Rec Room
11/14 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bikehaus
11/15 – Columbus, OH @ Carabar
11/16 – Cleveland, OH @ Now That’s Class
11/17 – Pittsburgh, PA @ TBA