"We're currently holed up in a basement, rehearsing for the Sleepytime Gorilla Museum tour, and we're very excited to be playing some songs that have never been perfomed in a live setting, as a well as pulling out a few other surprises that we have in store," comments the band regarding the upcoming tour. "We've actually decided that in the spirit of performing full albums as part of a set, we'll be performing Megadeth's "Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?" in its entirety on select nights.

"The rampaging begins on August 17th, 2007 when we meet up with Sleepytime Gorilla Museum in New York City. Given the pairing of two such bands, you can expect this tour to plow through the following two weeks of dates with enough fury, fire and flamboyancy to lay waste to your nearest pre-school playground. In other words, we're very excited to hit the road with SGM, and look forward to many fun-filled nights!" 

In other band news, guitarist Jeff Enokian is featured in Michael Kelly Guitars' ads now running in the current issues of Guitar World, Metal Maniacs and Metal Edge. The band also has a feauture interview in the upcoming issue of Outburn #40. 
 
The band released their debut album for THE END RECORDS titled 'The Great Filter' this past May and have been touring in support of it ever since.

The confirmed live dates are:  
 
08/17/07 Fri @ High Line Ballroom - New York, NY (w/ Tub Ring)
08/20/07 Mon @ Iron Horse Music Hall - Northhampton, MA (w/ Tub Ring)
08/21/07 Tue @ Cabaret de Musee - Montreal, PQ (w/ Tub Ring)
08/22/07 Wed @ Lee's Palace - Toronto, ON (w/ Tub Ring)
08/22/07 Thu @ The Underground - Hamilton, ON (w/ Tub Ring)
08/24/07 Fri @ Frankie's - Toledo, OH (w/ Tub Ring)
08/25/07 Sat @ Ravari Room - Columbus, OH (w/ Tub Ring)
08/26/07 Sun @ The Metro Chicago - Chicago, IL (w/ Tub Ring)
08/28/07 Tue @ Creepy Crawl - St. Louis, MO (w/Tub Ring)
08/29/07 Wed @ The Hurricane - Kansas City, MO (w/Tub Ring)
08/30/07 Thu @ Ogden Theater - Denver, CO (w/Tub Ring)


TUB RING - The Great Filter
UPC: 654436008323
Catalog #: TE083
Track listing:
01.   Friends and Enemies
02.   The Charismatic Smile
03.   Seven Exodus
04.   Get Help (NOW!)
05.   When The Crash Happened
06.   Killers In Love
07.   No One Wants To Play
08.   Requiem For A Robot
09.   Life In Transition
10.   Glass Companion
11.   Making No Sound (At All)
12.   The Truth
13.   Wrong Kind of Message
14.   My Job Here is Done

What the critic???s are saying about Tub Ring:

"In this day in age, you've got to respect a band that throws caution to the wind and lives to take chances musically, and ???The Great Filter' shows that Tub Ring certainly qualify in the whackoid rock sweepstakes - All Music Guide

"Although Tub Ring approaches their fourth album with the wildly unfocused enthusiasm of ADD-riddled kids, the Chicago band has been around long enough to know just when to exercise some self-discipline here and there... The Great Filter has hooks aplenty." - Decibel

 ???Sure, lots of underground bands attempt noisy stylistic collages at breakneck tempos. But few manage to inject
as much melody as Tub Ring.??? - Chicago Sun Times

???With a wealth of instrumentation that spans from conventional to the obscure, listeners are in for quite an aural treat when this record is in the mix.??? - The PRP

???Once in a while, an album comes along that simply baffles the mind. One that hasn't been released by countless other bands before, and offers listeners an entirely new perspective on independent music as a whole.??? - Geek Burger

Official Tub Ring website: http://www.tubring.com
Official MySpace website: http://myspace.com/tubring