This past Sunday we performed in Brooklyn for the first time, supporting Aurelio Voltaire and Vision Video along with Then Comes Silence. Brooklyn had a hard, seasoned edge to it, and the fans were lovely. It was super nice meeting Sean Templar from Red Party NY, as well as Alice Temple of Post-Punk.com and a host of other scene notables. We played a short and tight set of:

• We Are the Darkness
• Dagger in God’s Back
• Go Die
• Heterochromia
• Bottle
• Bloat
• Kaiju
• Dead Girl Dancing
• Jolene

Monday was a little challenging with a slightly long drive from Brooklyn and some of the worst traffic we’ve seen yet on tour. A highlight of the drive down was traversing over the 4 mile long and 186 ft tall Bay Bridge. It was a little scary thinking how high we were above the water, just weeks after the Francis Scott King bridge issue a few weeks ago. The view was nice though!

We got to Richmond Music Hall on time and started our set at 7:30 (we love early show times!). After NYC we weren’t sure what to expect on a weeknight. The crowd was super loud and supportive – big pops after every song! Our merch table was quite busy – we sold way more than I thought possible for the night. It really helps all touring bands for fans to support us this way.

Our set in Richmond:

• We Are the Darkness
• Dagger in God’s Back
• Go Die
• Heterochromia
• Bottle
• Bloat
• Kaiju
• Dead Girl Dancing
• Jolene

Today we have a little easier drive down to Durham, NC for our show at The Pinhook with Vision Video. See you soon!

We had and amazing time in Baltimore at Metro gallery last night. The audience was bonkers and showed all the bands a lot of love ❤️

Yesterday I drove 9 hours by myself from Detroit to Baltimore, got there minutes before we were supposed to play. Cody had just got off a flight from Los Angeles a few hours before. It was a little stressful, but we pulled through and played at our scheduled time.

Pennsylvania is probably the most scenic state that I’ve driven through in my adult life. The misty gray and dark green mountains were soothing and beautiful all at once.

Cody and I are on our way to Connecticut for tonight’s show at Space Ballroom.

See y’all soon!

We visited Detroit for the first time last night. The proud was amazing, the sound and staff at smalls were exceptional.

We are off to Baltimore to play the Metro gallery. See you soon!!

I would encourage anyone wanting to play goth music to find what works best for you and make the most of it. These tutorials are simply a way to guide people, especially newer players, to a specific bass tone that is fairly common and goth and post punk, however you do not need to play chorus pedal to play goth music on your bass, or even a traditional bass guitar!

Had a great time at our 4/20 show in Bogart Georgia at Spaceball Bazaar this past weekend, getting warmed up for our upcoming East Coast tour!

Unlike Spotify, Bandcamp is the best way for fans, artists and musicians to avoid corporate graft. Today is Bandcamp Friday, so 100% of sales go directly to artists.

We just restocked our Midnight Sun shirt, Bats logo shirt, and just got our second run of Midnight Sun CDs! We have a few vinyl copies as well!

If you would like anything autographed we would be happy to do that for you just let us know when you order, no extra charge!

Order today at https://tearsforthedying.bandcamp.com/

Folks in Europe should use Bat Cave Productions for ordering the Midnight Sun and Epitaph CDs: https://www.batcaveproductions.pl/product-tag/tears-for-the-dying/

A brand new club is opening up on the West Side of Athens. Bogart to be pedantic. It’s called Spaceball Bazaar and they’ve already held a handful of shows – with many more booked.

Word on the street is that we are making a special appearance there to help break shit in, on 4/20/24. It’s a fun space with art – and TELESCOPES. Yeah, like honest real life space telescopes. The owners are enthusiasts and will have at least one of them set up for viewing that night.

https://www.facebook.com/spaceballbazaar

Spaceball Bazaar
130 N Church St, Bogart, GA 30622

Our old site was originally written way back in 2004, I custom made the rollover navigation layout by hand probably using Dreamweaver or some shit. For big lols I restored the OG site in 2020, knowing I’d eventually have to update it. That day has come!

So pour one out for the original Tears website, it’s now in the archives!

New content will show up here as we build the site out!