The Torn ACLs

WE ARE A POP BAND
IN SEATTLE WA.
THIS IS OUR WEB LOG.

WE ARE:
- WILLIAM CREMIN
- MILES RANISAVLJEVIC
- JASON TABERT
- TIM MCCLANAHAN

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  • Here is a demo for a song that I wrote exactly one year ago. I don’t have plans to do anything further with it, but I thought I’d share it now, just for kicks. 

    I was walking from Capitol Hill to Queen Anne in the evening, after there had been some demonstrations and reports of vandalism and stuff. Scratching out some casual observations as I went (more to do with what I’d heard about than what I’d actually seen, since things had quieted down by that point; even the few straggling juggalos I passed on Denny looked more placid than not), I arrived at home with enough lines to form the verses and part of the bridge. 

    It took a little while to develop and finish, as things do, and by the time I got around to recording the demo, it turned into what has to be the sassiest groove I’ve ever written. It’s called “12 Bar May Day Rag,” although it should be noted that the sections are not cut up into 12-bar phrases, and I don’t think it could even be defined as a rag, technically. Misdirection all over the place! 

    -William

    P.S. The next official ACLs single, “Industry,” is coming very soon!!! 

  • Hey all!
The tour was a ridiculously good time! We’ll have a full recap of our adventures in the next installment of our newsletter, CreeperSpeak Quarterly (which you can subscribe to via the link on the right side of this page). In the meantime, Seattle friends can welcome us back home in person at this awesome Chop Suey show! 

    Hey all!

    The tour was a ridiculously good time! We’ll have a full recap of our adventures in the next installment of our newsletter, CreeperSpeak Quarterly (which you can subscribe to via the link on the right side of this page). In the meantime, Seattle friends can welcome us back home in person at this awesome Chop Suey show! 

  • TOUR DATES

    We’ll be playing shows in lots of new places this month, including our first trip to SXSW! Hope to see you out there!

  • Click above to stream/download our new single, Something About The Sky! 

    Click above to stream/download our new single, Something About The Sky! 

  • Monday at the Crocodile!!!

    Monday at the Crocodile!!!

  • What’s this? A new issue of our CreeperSpeak Quarterly newsletter in progress?!!?! Sign up right HERE to get yours when it goes out next week! 

    What’s this? A new issue of our CreeperSpeak Quarterly newsletter in progress?!!?! Sign up right HERE to get yours when it goes out next week! 

  • Wow, we’re playing the Showbox next week!

    Just days after returning from our ridiculously fun tour, we got word that we will have the privilege of opening for the amazing OZOMATLI at the Showbox next Thursday, 8/2! We are so excited! 

    More info & tickets here

    -William

  • TOUR! NEW EP! ETC!

    Here’s a quick update! It is a big month for us! 

    We leave for our tour this Friday, and we hope to see some of you out there! These are the dates: 

    7/13 Olympia WA - McCoy’s Tavern

    7/14 Eugene OR - Cozmic

    7/15 Portland OR - Ella St Social Club

    7/16 Sacramento CA - Harlow’s

    7/17 Los Angeles CA - The Airliner

    7/18 Fresno CA - Tokyo Garden

    7/19 San Francisco CA - Maggie McGarry’s

    7/20 Portland OR - Backspace

    7/21 Seattle WA - Sunset Tavern **EP RELEASE**

    The new EP we’re putting out is called Real Risks. Here is the cover: 

    We also unveiled a brand new format for our email newsletter last week, which is now called CreeperSpeak Quarterly. If you’d like to sign up, see the link on the right side of this page, and make it happen! We’re only going to send 4 messages per year, each full of cool, entertaining stuff, so we believe your inbox will find it a welcome, unobtrusive guest. 

    When we’re on tour next week, you can keep up with what we’re doing on facebook and twitter, if you’re so inclined. Seattleites, hopefully we’ll see you at the Sunset on the 21st! 

    Here’s a snapshot from our Tractor show last week. ROCK JUMP!

    Love you people!

    ACLs