During the course of our time in The Lippies, our drummer David was generous enough to front the money needed to buy merch, buy a van, and keep us alive on the road. He's a generous person. VERY generous. Anyone who knows him at all will attest to that. We made sure to stock up on a lot of merch before tour because we all assumed we would be on the road for another month next week. But we all know how that worked out. Unfortunately this left us with quite a bit of debt. Without going into needless shit talking and pointless details, we (the band) no longer have access to our band facebook page. And since we are no longer a band, we have no need for all of this merch. Maybe you want to order something but never did? We're selling everything through our bandcamp page. All of the money is going towards paying off all of this debt we incurred over the past two years. After that we have some money that we are going to owe our VERY generous and awesome record label for recording/pressing/promotion of the record and for financial penalties for dropping off some of the shows we agreed to and were obligated to play. Yes, that's absolutely a thing.

If you could all share this post and try to get word out into the world to folks who wouldn't otherwise see this, that would be great. No need for snarky comments about the situation. It's shitty, but that's life. Life goes on. You pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and move on to the next adventure.

Kole, Taylor, and David

Hey everyone, this is Tonia talking right now. It is with a heavy heart- one full of love, gratitude, and an ever developing sense of self- awareness that I make this announcement: I have decided to pull the plug on The Lippies. This band was started to help me get things off my chest. I needed a healthy outlet for my feelings and was lucky enough to fall into a group of awesome people who were willing to help me simply by doing what they love to do- by writing and playing music. The stars truly aligned for us, catapulting us to a level of success that I never imagined reaching in such a short amount of time. Don't get me wrong, we put in some fucking work. Kole doubled as our bassist and basically band manager/booking agent for the majority of our time together while steering us away from mistakes that young bands typically make. Taylor pumps out more ideas for amazing songs than he knows what to do with. David has gone far out of his comfort zone to keep us in time during shows and on time to shows. I sang until my vocal chords ached and put everything I had into our shows until my body broke. For the past year and a half, this band has kept me on my toes. I never knew what was coming next. New experience after new experience helped me learn something about myself and what I needed to be and stay happy. I've always known that at some point I might have to say “when” if we landed in a situation that no longer felt right. When asked about our future as a band, because we've never had a real plan, the answer has always been that we will continue until it no longer feels right. And guys, it no longer feels right to me. The Lippies was therapy. I don't believe I was meant to follow the career path I was heading down (at least not now, and not at such a quick pace) but I am so fucking grateful that I tried it out, and we tried it together. None of us are done with music, not by a long shot. But what I do know now, as we've gotten to know each other, is that we may want different things and that is okay. I will never get over how unbelievably well we worked together during our time as a band and how special that is. I want to apologize to anyone who was looking forward to seeing us in the future and I know that I am letting some people down with this announcement. I know that Red Scare has put in a lot of work to get us out there and I am sorry that my timing and my instincts are incredibly inconvenient right now. I know that us dropping an entire tour means a lot of work for multiple people and I will always feel bad for that. I know it is unprofessional, but I tried my best. I suppose I'm not cut out to be a professional musician at the moment. And I do just mean me, not Kole, Taylor or David. Just me. I haven't always taken the best care of myself (as many of you know) but it's time for me to move on from all of that, and from this band. Health comes first! Thank you everyone for everything.

Thank you to Greg Pallante for this amazing shot of us after the show in Brooklyn. Beautiful.

http://www.punktastic.com/album-reviews/the-lippies-the-lippies/

Baltimore, here we come!

Tour has been a great time so far! We're in Brooklyn NY tonight at Shea Stadium!

Food and rubber ducky crane machines. Just a day in the life of a punk band from Michigan.

2:30am dance break in Ohio with Taylor and Kole

We're heading for Boston!

This beautiful little monster hits the streets today! Get your hard copy from redscare.net or get it through your favorite digital outlet like Itunes, Amazon, and Spotify!