Say Anything "kind of sort of" went into retirement in 2018 after releasing their last album OLIVER APPROPRIATE, but like Max Bemis predicted in his nine-page manifesto detailing the album and subsequent hiatus, the band is back...kind of, sort of.
On Tuesday (August 25), the band announced a special performance of its seminal album, 2004's ...Is A Real Boy. On September 8, at 7pm CST, Bemis will be playing the record in its entirety during an acoustic livestream. Tickets are on sale here and cost $14, with different options including a show poster and special t-shirt.
See. Say Anything's announcement below.
When Bemis broke news of Say Anything's hiatus two years ago, he wrote: "Our plans as a collective are to, kind of sort of, end Say Anything. Or ‘the first era of Say Anything.' Whatever you want to call it, it's that thing. I don't buy that s*** when other bands do it, but whatever the f*** works as terminology. I need a break. We'll return one day to play festivals and scoff at our career. But I want to say goodbye."
“Say Anything achieved its own goal. And I’m proud of that," he added. "My prediction is that I’m going to live a fulfilling, happy life with my family until my universal, all loving, all-inclusive spirit chooses to take me home.”
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