12.23.05

Happy Holidays to all!   We have great news about the DVD in that it's not only finished, but we have a release date, and it is now ready for pre-order!!

The DVD is called Pinnacle, and as you can see from the post below, it's stocked with tons of footage from the last year or so of our touring.  It hits stores on Feb. 7, 2006, but you can pre-order it and get it EARLY directly from the Lovitt Records website... here's what they have to say:

You may now pre-order the Denali Pinnacle DVD from Lovitt Records! The official release date is February 7th. Those who pre-order it will get a discounted price of $12.00 (normally $16) and will also be shipped the DVD about 3 weeks before the release date, first come first served. The DVD contains over 85 minutes of content, including 44 minutes of concert footage, videos for "Hold Your Breath" and "Relief," alternate angles for "The Instinct" and "Normal Days," over 150 pictures of the band members, two home movies shot by guitarist Cam, and a hidden Easter egg. We have a trailer of the DVD up on the media section of the website for preview, and Alternative Press is featuring an exclusive live clip from the DVD on the media page of www.altpress.com. Speaking of Alternative Press, they had this to say about the DVD: “Besides featuring two members of Engine Down, Denali boasted a front woman (in Maura Davis) whose voice has yet to be matched by anyone in indie rock. Savor her pipes as you get to watch a live set recorded at the pinnacle (get it?) of their all-too-brief-career.”

Click HERE to pre-order the DVD now!!

More soon,

Cam/Denali

9.12.05

Wow, so I don't think I realized how long it's been since updating this page, but the date is telling me it's been almost a year.  How quickly the time slips away, ay?

Anyway, I hope all are well.   I recently moved to New York, Maura is busy with Bella Lea, and Engine Down just finished their final shows as a band.  Seems we're all starting new chapters and the future's lookin' bright. 

Denali has one last offering to make, in the form of that long-fabled DVD I mentioned way way back back.  We're getting so close, and aside from some ridiculous wrangling that is beyond anyone's immediate control, we should have this thing out in the next couple months.   We'll be releasing it through Lovitt Records and it's got great gobs of stuff on it:  5 shows worth of footage edited into one set of multi-angle/venue/city jammin', home movies, photo galleries, secret handshakes, and more.  

Wanna see the trailer?  Check this out: Denali Trailer

As soon as we've nailed down a release date, I promise to post it here. Also, the six of you (god bless your souls) who still check the message board may have noticed that the old one crashed.  We have a new, minimal version up which should still serve to get all questions answered sometime between now and Christmas.

My best to you all,

Cam

11.18.04 from Maura

Hello all,

I'm happy to say I have gathered some very talented men from chicago and formed a new band called Bella Lea.  We've got Stephen Howard of PInebender, Ryan Rapsys of Euphone, and Matt Clark formally from Pinebender. The four of us are so very excited to be making music together and can't wait to bring it to YOU!
Our website www.bellalea.com is in the works and is coming soon to a computer near you.
You can have a sneak preview listen to some demo tunes on www.myspace.com/bellalea. We have three songs up there right now. enjoy!
Our FIRST show is Thurs Dec. 16- $7, 9:00, at the Black Cat at 1811 14TH St. in Washington D.C.
Hope to see you there!

10.31.04

Hello all,
Happy Halloween!  I hope everyone is doing well.  Things on our end are fairly relaxed by now, and to those of you who emailed, I can't thank you enough.   Some of them were amazingly personal, and I'm super proud of the music we made. Rumours have circulated that we are reforming with new people, but we are not--sorry to anyone who got their hopes up.

See How We Are
As you know, Keeley and Jonathan are hard at work with Engine Down, touring a ton, and promoting Engine Down's newest and self-titled LP, which came out August 24th on Lookout! Records. If you haven't been to their site in a while, you can hear some of the new songs and find out where they'll be playing near you at www.enginedown.com

Maura is working on new music and is assembling a new band. As most of you recall, we had a couple friends fill in for Keeley and Jonathan on our last tour in February/March. Maura has enlisted them--Stephen Howard and Ryan Rapsys--to help her with her next project. Practices are just beginning and the group does not yet have a name, but as soon as more details arise, we'll let you know.

If you can't wait until then, Maura will be doing a solo show in Charlottesville, VA on November 17th at the Gravity Lounge.  It's a somewhat early show (6pm) and it's in celebration of a new magazine called Iris. 

I (Cam) am booking the Sound of Music Studios here in Richmond.   SOM is an amazing place owned by David Lowery of Camper Van Beethoven/Cracker and is the studio where we recorded the first Denali record back in 2002. There's a new site going up at www.soundofmusic.org.   Feel free to contact me if you're in a band and would like to see the place.  I am also putting on shows with a small promotion collective called Hit Play, and we're booking select shows for bands that we love.  On top of all that, I am curating an 80's show on Richmond's second NPR station, 97.3 FM WRIR.   My show is called Songs From The Big Hair and airs from 3-5pm on Saturday afternoons.  The station is online only right now, which means you can listen anywhere with a good connection.  It will be on the air hopefully by December.   I've also been making some music with friends and will share once it's properly attired.

Live Denali CD now available
I'm really stoked to announce that the San Francisco-based magazine Devil In the Woods has released a very limited 500-copy pressing of our November show at the Norva in Norfolk, VA along with their September issue. You can ONLY order it at Devil In the Woods Online.   The recording was made on the sly by a local bootlegger who has been very generous about sharing with us, and now with you.

Here is the track listing:
1. Gunner
2. The Instinct
3. Everybody Knows
4. Relief
5. Hold Your Breath
6. Do Something

And it looks like this...

Denali DVD Coming Soon
I know it seems as if we're almost set to match what we've released post-breakup as we did pre-breakup, but these things seem too good to keep to ourselves. A longtime friend has generously donated his time and skill to Denali by visually documenting almost every Virginia-area show during the last year of our existence. He has combined all the footage with an unreleased live 24-channel audio recording that he made from an autumn 2003 show at Alley Katz in Richmond. The DVD looks tremendous, with not only multiple-camera angles, but also multiple show footage during the same song. In addition, he scoured the internet for Denali photos and you can see photos of each of us, home movies that I made on tour, and both videos. It's really amazing. We don't have a definite release date just yet, but we will let you know when it has been decided.

Please VOTE

That's all for now. Please keep in touch and most importantly of all, no matter what state you live in, please vote on November 2nd. It has been said countless times, but it bears repeating that this is without a doubt the most important election in many of our young lives, and like the 2000 elections, EVERY vote will make a difference. Please make your voice heard.

All the best,
Cam

______________________________________________

Hey everyone.

We would like to start this by thanking all the fans who have supported us, listened to our music, and came out to our shows. Without you, Denali would not have existed. Unfortunately, due to differences in the band Denali cannot continue in the current state. This was an amazing experience for all of us, but it's time to move on and try something new. Please keep checking Denalimusic.com for updates, future announcements, and to pick up the remaining merchandise.

We hope Denali has meant as much to our fans as our fans have meant to us. Thank you all so much.

We also want to offer our sincerest apologies to Cursive, Darkest Hour, Mike Park, and everyone involved with the Plea for Peace tour for being unable to participate in something we believe in and felt extremely lucky to be doing.

With deepest gratitude, apologies, and appreciation,

Denali

Spring Tour Info
Thanks to everyone who came out to see us on our last tour. It was amazing to have your guy's support. For those of you who did not get to see us, there is a good chance we are coming around your city in the next few weeks.. We are doing 5 dates with Brand New next week and then after that, we will be going out with Cursive on the Plea for Peace tour. You can view the details and dates in the tour section. After the Plea for Peace tour we will be heading overseas to Japan with Euphone in tow. Lastly, Fat Wreck's "Rock Against Bush" compilation featuring "Normal Days" comes out April 20th - Click here to view the ecard, its punk. We've also added a bunch of new stuff to the online store...fashionable people take notice.

Denali Winter Update 2004
Happy New Year to everyone. I trust and hope that the holidays treated everyone well. I, for one, was completely sober on New Year's Eve and it was actually kinda nice for a change. We have all been scattered amongst family and friends but soon it will be time to reconvene and warm the ol' van back up again. Without too much ado, here is the latest in our little Denali world:
Deftones: Totally.
I don't think that "reservations" is even a strong enough word to describe how we felt prior to leaving for the Deftones tour in November. We had no clue. If nothing else we knew it would be an experience, and again, I'm not sure if that's strong enough. My only reasonable description has been this: It was like being at Camp Awesome every single day of the tour. The Deftones themselves were totally welcoming, the crew was totally helpful, and the crowds were totally tolerant of our gentle, gentle rock. We had a super time, ate great food, made friends, drank beer in the shower, skateboarded around an arena with Chino, held our arms in freezing water for embarrassingly small amounts of money, and slept in posh hotels for cheap (thanks Joy!). If it all ended tomorrow, I would feel complete. But no... life goes on, and our thanks go to the Deftones for taking our little band out and showing us how the other half lives.

Bittersweet
We've received many emails from people expressing sadness over Keeley and Jonathan's departure, and wishing us well with the new line-up. Your support has been amazing, and it's a good feeling to have everybody behind us as we put wind in the sails for a new course. One thing we'd like to make clear though is this: neither band is breaking up. Engine Down is in the studio working on album #4, and we are preparing for a long string of touring that will take us right up to summertime. So don't believe whatcha hear folks, good stuff abounds. . .

New Blood
With that said, I'm excited to announce our two new touring members for the next 5 months. It seems that Chicago is a gold mine of wonderful people and musicians and if ever you are in need, think Windy City. The new bassist/keyboardist is Stephen Howard of the band Pinebender, whose new record is probably the best thing that Lovitt Records has put out in the last year. The new drummer is Ryan Rapsys of the band Euphone, whose last record is probably one of my FAVORITE Jade Tree releases ever. These gents have been kind enough to put their everyday lives/bands/student loans on hold in order to join us for some traveling and I'm stoked to have them along. We begin rehearsals next week and you can see for yourself when we kick off our third U.S. tour for "The Instinct" in New York City on February 6th.

iTunes
"The Instinct" is now available in its entirety from iTunes.com (http://www.iTunes.com ). You can download the whole record or song by song for $.99 per song. We're very excited to be included in their library and believe very strongly in sharing music legally.

Rock Against Bush & Punk Voter.com
We have donated the song "Normal Days" to the Fat Wreck Chords "Rock Against Bush" compilation to benefit PunkVoter.com. The website is among many that expose the more objective side of what is going on in our nation's government today, stressing that regardless of what party you belong to, you should be out there voting. I agree. If you are young and unregistered, please take a minute to go to your local DMV and register to vote. To read more about the site and to get involved, go here: http://www.punkvoter.com

Winter Tour Dates
It's cold here and we're leaving. Don't say we didn't try to play for everyone either. This will be our third U.S. tour for "The Instinct" (am I repeating myself?) and we are again circling the country for the kids. We will be taking along a new-ish band called Laguardia (http://www.laguardiamusic.com) for the whole tour. Their new record "Welcome to the Middle" on Universal is mature, simple, and well, really good. In the Midwest, we'll be joined by the aforementioned Pinebender for a week. On the West Coast, we'll be doing shows with Built to Spill, The Stills, and the Swords Project. In Texas we pair up for a few days with the Paper Chase, who recently signed to Kill Rock Stars. For the last week, we'll be joined by Trustkill luminaries Murder By Death, whose most recent record was voted Album of the Year by the editors at Alternative Press. Once we're home, we turn right around and head back to Austin for Jade Tree's SXSW Showcase at The Mercury. Sounds like a good time right? We hope so. . . tour dates will be up in the next few days.

European Album Release and Tour
Once we're home from SXSW we get on a plane and head overseas for our (FINALLY) first European tour at the end of March. We'll be supporting the release of The Instinct abroad, which comes out February 5th on Vicious Circle in France, Belgium, Spain, and Portugal. VC has also released albums by Shannon Wright, Radio 4, Girls Against Boys, The Notwist, and The Ex. Looking very forward to seeing our overseas friends. The album release will be preceded by the release of a promotional CD single for "Hold Your Breath" which will include both the song and video as well as the demo version of "Welcome" and our home-recorded version of Led Zepplin's "No Quarter." We'll send out another update as soon as we have tour dates for this trip.

Japanese Tour
It appears that we will also finally make it to the Far East. We are scheduled to go to Japan from May 17th to the 24th, and are looking very forward to the trip. It will be our last for the early part of the year and will be a great ending to this round of shows. Can't wait!

Tour Diary Update: New entries and Video clips
With all the traveling and holidays, I haven't been able to update the tour diary as much as I've wanted to, but I have many many photographs and I have also made a couple iMovies that will be available shortly on the site. In the meantime, I plan on transferring my sketchy handwriting into the digital font world and sharing it with you guys. Hopefully Maura will chip in, too and we can regale you with tales of tours past.

See you soon!

9/07/03
Just to set the record straight. By Keeley
This will be the last tour that Jonathan and myself will be doing with Denali. Our work is done here and wearing two different pants is hard to do when you want to put so much craft into something you love. I am extremely proud of what we have accomplished with Denali and I hope Maura and Cam keep it alive as they say they will. Denali will be replacing us both with suitable individuals, with little hazing, and will continue to tour. Jonathan and I are going into the studio to work on our fourth record with Engine Down. Exciting things are surrounding both bands and we hope that you stay with us while both bands focus on the future. If you want to stay in contact with Jonathan and myself just visit http://enginedown.com. Thanks for the great times and please watch out for my lovely sister. bye

8/27/03
"The Instinct" out today!
Our second album, The Instinct, hits U.S. record shelves this morning and is available for consumption. Having been on tour for the past month and a half, it feels like we're well into it by now, but it's easy to forget that most have yet to hear it. Please enjoy cuz we're mighty proud.

Deftones Tour Dates
We start our stint with California's sole respectable "heavy rock" export this Thursday in Las Vegas. Also along are Poison the Well, making for one of the most diverse rock tours happening at the moment. Please check the tour dates page for details and note the following changes:
SAT 11.15 Washington, DC @ The Nation (formerly Capitol Ballroom)
FRI 11.21 Asbury Park, NJ @ Asbury Park Convention Center
SAT 11.22 Providence, RI @ Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel

8/27/03
Hello all,
It's been a while since our last transmission and much has transpired with the band so please bare with us if this is a bit longwinded--some very important announcements. We finished writing and recording our second record, "The Instinct" for Jade Tree. The new album was made in Bridgeport, CT at Tarquin Studios and recorded, mixed, and produced by Peter Katis whose credits include Interpol, Get Up Kids, and Mercury Rev. We're really excited about the way things came out and can't wait to share it with you. The release date is October 28th and you can pre-order the record starting TODAY(!!) from the Jade Tree website: http://www.jadetree.com. Pre-ordering the record will get it in your hands almost a week before it hits the shelves. Coming to one of our shows this fall will get the record in your hands, well, immediately.

The Instinct Track Listing
If any of you remember song names from our recent tours, you will recognize many of the titles on the new album. All of the new songs we've been playing recently made it on to the record (we're not the most prolific of bands, so we really needed all the material we could get!)
Hold Your Breath
Surface
Run Through
The Instinct
Do Something
Real Heat
Nullaby
Normal Days
Welcome

Denali Video
We will be in New York right before our tour begins to shoot the video for "Hold Your Breath" with an amazing new company called Tronic. See their current work at www.tronicstudio.com . The video should be ready by the time the record is out and we truly hope it sees the light of day on some sort of music channel near you.

September Tour Dates
Please see the tour dates page for all the dates currently confirmed for our first U.S. tour of the fall... there will be more and we'll share them as soon as they are confirmed. For most of the first tour we will be joining the very gracious Rainer Maria. As mentioned above, we will almost definitely have the new record with us on this tour, two months before the release date. If you live in Chicago, please come to the after party at the Smart Bar where Cam will attempt to DJ along with some other local hipsters. On Oct. 25th, we leave for a second U.S. tour. The first half will be with L.A.'s Earlimart, who recently toured with Grandaddy and hosted MTV2's "Subterranean." The second half is with NYC's wonderful French Kicks, who many might remember from our December tour. We will continue touring into next year, so if you don't see your town on this list, we'll probably be there soon....

PS: Cam is looking for his watch. We stayed with two gentlemen in Gainesville, FL where it was left back in April. He lost your number and would love to retrieve the watch pretty please with cherries on top. Please email us if you are said gentlemen. Thank you!!!

8/06/03