We're coming down the home stretch of our latest full-length, tentatively scheduled for release in January. The tracks for the last three songs will be recorded this weekend, again with Jason from Modey Lemon. We (perhaps irresponsibly) took a brief break from working on the record to play a few shows on the east coast with Q & Not U, Tunnel of Love, Food for Animals, and No Things. A stirring account of those five days is now available for your perusal, with pictures coming soon.

Tapestry Mastery is now available in our online store on 10" vinyl, for all you weirdos that like having to get up and fumble with giant platters and needles every twelve minutes or so. Flying in the face of progress aside, the artwork does look beautiful at this size.

For some reason it took two years, but we finally put a mailing list signup thing on the contact page. Never miss another Ape show in your town, or be the last in your little blog circle to get the latest Ape release! Plus, it's much easier for me than trying to decipher the random scrawls on the email list we have at shows.

The recording sessions with Mr Jason Kirker went swimmingly. We are coming down the home stretch of this record; we just need to record a few more songs and then mix in September. After that, we will be off to Europe from October 20 through November something or other, hitting the UK and the mainland for the first time since 2002. Be prepared.

Our label, Birdman Records, at last has a fully functional website up. Check out the most diverse (yet somehow coherent) label around, home of bands like Modey Lemon, Gris Gris, The Cuts, Boredoms, and more.