west coast!

hey everyone! so we’re on tour on the west coast with local H. We’re all really stoked for this tour. It’s just a couple weeks but we absolutely love the west coast. And good news, we moved out of our parents basements and into a band house. It’s not nice but it’s perfect for writing. we decided the best way to write a new record was to just get a crappy place we can all live together and just play at anytime we feel inspired to do so. which has worked like a charm.

We spent the last two weeks hammering out new songs getting ready to go into the studio, which we’ll be doing following the mile high music festival in July. which is gonna be badass i advise everyone to go to it, tom petty, dave mathews band, rodrigo y gabrielle, just to name a few of the bands playing. it should be epic. but…. the day after we play (july 21st) we’ll be setting up plans to make a new record which is epic in itself. so yes, it’s in the works.

We had a hand full of colorado shows while we were home and we had a ton of fun thanks to everyone in colorado for coming out to our shows/parties and making it such an awesome and supportive home for us. we’re still fighting the good fight and trying to make a good name for the denver/ colorado music scene by maintaining our hard working attitude. we hope that people pick up on that, if not we’ll just keep playing.

Hey! and everyone check out our upcoming west coast tour dates and be sure to make it out to the shows after that we’ll be buckling down at home for awhile to finish writing.

back in denver

May 9th
We’re back at home after spending the last three weeks on the east coast. It was a crazy time. The hightlight being the week of shows we did with scary kids scaring kids. I think we finally met a band that can out party us, seriously. The best show was at the norva in norfolf virginia. The coolest venue we’ve ever played hands down. I don’t know where to begin to decribe it check it out for yourself. But sksk were the best they let us hang out and crash on their bus whenever we wanted. We can’t wait to hang out with them again. Taste the Vapors!

Bamboozle was awesome. got to see a ton of our friends. My favorite sets where by Say Anything, Phantom planet (been a huge fan for a long time finally got to see them live), and our friends from boulder 30h!3. It was a long day with a ton of walking. but alot of fun at the same time. most of the bands were not my style so to speak. but festivals are always fun and exhausting.

Then the only bummer to the trip, was our van got broken into in brooklyn they stole our GPS, mark’s video camera and i pod. and all my cool new clothes i got from triple five soul. and we had to fix a broken window. it was one of those things that, it sucked but at least they didn’t steal our gear or more stuff. You always here horror storys of bands getting there vans stolen and all there gear, so in a way we are thankful it was only a few things. it seems like life always evens itself out for me. or us. i mean we never are up but never down. we never have money or nice things but at least we can survive and tour. and kinda live off our art. i guess thats all you can ask for in life.

We have a couple shows we’re playing while we’re home. which include two house parties one in boulder , the 12th,and one in ft. collins, the 16th . house parties are our favorite! and we play a dance club in denver on the 14th. We’ll be spending the last two weeks in may writing in plans of recording a new record in august. In june we’ll be going out to the west coast with Local H. and then we’ll back home to finish writing. We can’t wait to get a new album out!

-Alan TPA

BAMBOOZLE!

THE PHOTO ATLAS WILL PLAYING BAMBOOZLE SUNDAY MAY 4TH AT THE BAMBOOZLE TV STUDIO (THE BUBBLE) @ 8:35PM-9:05PM. THEY WILL ALSO BE DOING A SPECIAL SIGNING IN THE WAYNE GOLD VIP TENT FROM 6:OOPM-6:30PM! HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!

Festivals!

We have a couple of really exciting and special announcements to make! First off we’re out with Scary Kids Scaring Kids and the shows have been awesome!   We’ll be heading to NYC in a few days and would love to see all our NYC friends. We’re playing Thursday May 1^st  at a monthly party called Rumors (R-Bar) at 9:15pm!

Incase you haven’t heard we have been added to this years BAMBOOZLE www.thebamboozle.com in NJ on Sunday May 4^th!  We’ll be playing the “BUBBLE”.  We will also be doing a signing at the VIP Tent ! 

we’re also confirmed for the Mile High Festival in July
See you guys soon!

FEATURED ARTIST ON REVERBNATION

The Photo Atlas are FEATURED on ReverbNation this week! (Featured Artist section of the front page).
All you East Coasters get ready! The Photo Atlas are heading out with Scary Kids Scary Kids in a few weeks and announcing a few more shows along the way so be sure to check out TOUR DATES.

Incase you haven’t had a chance to grab a tshirt at one of The Photo Atlas shows, we have good news! You can buy one at their online store HERE!!

MCS, poker, and more

Still on the road. we were home for a day that was pretty awesome. 3 kings tavern was alot of fun, john baxter you put on the best shows man, band wise. We are we are, is my favorite band coming out of denver right now they are sweet check em out. We played with them at 3 kings, which we’re hoping to make are new favorite denver club . But it was good to be home for a day see our friends and families.

We’ve got one more show tonight with Motion City in Santa Cruz CA @ Catalyst, our favorite place. we can’t wait. we used to go to shows there when we where kids. and we haven’t had a chance to play there yet so it’s a huge deal for us. We ’ve got a show in utah on the way back then we have five days at home before we leave for the scary kids shows on the east coast. i’m kinda bummed, we just spent so much time on the west coast, i love it. but it’ll be good to get back to the east side. see you guys soon.
-Alan TPA

Meet The Photo Atlas!

Enter for the chance to win tickets & meet The Photo Atlas!!

The Photo Atlas , The Valley Arena & 1090 Club have hit the road together following performances at this years SXSW in Austin, TX.   We are giving Purevolume fans the chance to win tickets & meet the bands! Visit http://www.purevolume.com/thephotoatlas   your chance to hang with The Photo Atlas when they play your city! we’ll also be uploading exclusive video tour diaries very soon!

sxsw aftermath

Oh man sxsw you never let us down. This year was a mad dash. I have to say the purevolume ranch was the highlight. but damn was it hot in there. We ended up doing seven shows in four days, along with a trip to plano to play the south by so what festival which was pretty interesting. sksk played, who we’re about to go on tour with and they were great can’t wait to do some dates with them. Ivoryline (who is also on the tour) was sweet too. We’re really excited. We also just got two shows with Motion City Soundtrack as well. So we’ve got some really fun shows coming up. We’re also making our return to denver in a few days the 23rd @ Hi-Dive. So all our denver friends come out and party! Followed by colorado springs the next night so it’ll be sweet to be home for a few days.

But it is good to be alive after sxsw, it’s always relentless. We have 14 shows in a row starting today with 1090 Club and The Valley Arena, so come out to the shows cause after this tour we’re gonna take some time off to record our new record! oh we also are gonna be playing the mile high fest in july so check that out! So it looks like we’re staying busy. thanks to all the cool new people we’ve met so far, and our friends that have come out to shows or given us places to sleep. because thats our favorite part of playing music is the people we meet and know. rock n roll
-Alan TPA

SXSW!

Here’s what we’ve going on during the week of SXSW.  more details to be announced!  See you guys in

Detention ski and snowboard rail championship FINALE!

The Photo Atlas will be playing @ Ruby Hill Park in Denver, CO tomorrow night!

Friday February 22nd!

They will be playing at 6:00pm at the Detention ski and snowboard rail championship FINALE!