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03/11/25: Tomorrow is the one-year anniversary of the release of our first album, The Earth Is Visible From Space. We have been busy in Shade Studios trying to create more music! We got together with TSUGA to play with him for his album release party for his newly released album, La Jota. Click on the album name to check it out on BandCamp.

We are also still collaborating with our friend, Verge, on a album we will be releasing in the future! I will make sure to keep everyone up-to-date. We are still going to be putting alot of focus and time into writing rather than performing. Also, remember to sign up for our email newsletter by filling out the form above! -Trash Panda

12/29/24: I just wanted to poke out of the shell and let everyone know we are busy writing and making music! We want to spend time crafting our new album and other recordings, so we are taking our time before coming back out to play more shows. I promise it will be worth it. It has been a busy year in 2024, and we have had so much fun and looking forward to more fun in the new year! I also wish our friends and other musical companions a prosperous year in their endeavors.

Here is us goofing off during a writing session with our favorite Frenchie, Zeus! -Trash Panda

10/26/2024: It has been a while, fellow Hermits! Since the last update, we have played a local fair, taken another trip to Portland, and focused on recordings. We were honored to play an event local to us, The North Country Fair, in Arcata, CA. Even though it was hard to see the lights on all of our gear, we had so much fun playing our music for the Plaza filled with so many people!

After that, we headed to Portland, OR, to play at The Firkin Tavern with locals, Barb and Cobly and Izy Kactus. We also had a band join us all the way from El Paso, TX called Hot Shot Kixxx. With all 4 bands, this definitely made for an eclectic night of music that included hard-rocking and deep-grooving. This was another great Portland trip, and we can't wait to come back! We are going to be slowing down with touring, though.

We have decided to focus on recording and making new music for everyone. We cannot wait to show everyone what we've been working on. For now, The Season of the Hermit is upon us here at Shade Studios. -Trash Panda

09/13/2024: We're still keeping busy before the summer goes away! We took a drive to Portland, OR to perform a show at The Shanghai Tunnel Bar with Max Bunster and Coven Brothers. After a couple of detour spots (mainly to get coffee), we eventually made it to our destination and got to play for the folks of Portland for the first time. Max Bunster kicked off the show by getting the grooves going on, and Coven Brothers ended the show by melting our faces off with rock! We are so happy we got the opportunity, and Portland was very welcoming of us! On the way back we decided to take the long way and drive the Hwy 101 to see the Oregon coast! It is one of our favorite drives to take, and it was so worth it! There were many beach stops and good times that were had!

The next weekend, we got to play a show at our hometown at Siren's Song Tavern. We invited a new, local duo,Moosedive, and our friends we met in Oregon, Secretary of Nature, who is also a duo! We were a "Trio of Duos" that came together to showcase all three of our very unique sounds. Moosedive kick the show off by jamming out jazz-synth tunes that got our butts wiggling, and Secretary of Nature kept to good energy flowing by brewing up cosmic sounds! We ended the night with our raucous, intense music. We still have more shows coming, so stay tuned! -Trash Panda

08/18/2024: Even though we have just come home from our mini-tour, we have continued to keep busy! Last weekend, we played at Redwood Retro hosted by Al Bear featuring performances from us, XcluesiveBeatz, B.Writes, HietGotBarz, and Rhi Marie. Before we went on, we realized the saxophone was broken. We wrapped it with some tape, but it did not slow us down! The show has to go on, after all. Everyone was dancing, hooting, hollering, roller skating, and just having an all-around good time the entire night! We even got to support our friend, B.Writes, by joining her for a couple of her tunes! We want to thank Al Bear for inviting us and Black Humboldt for helping put it together! Hopefully, there will be more shows in the "Living Room" coming soon!

Yesterday, we played at our favorite local, volunteer-ran venue, Outer Space Arcata. Joining us on the bill was local acoustic singer-songwriter, Zach Alder, who got us in our sappy, bluesy feels. We also had the pleasure of La Zorra Zapata playing for us all the way from Peru! She is a singer-songwriter that utilizes guitar and loop pedals to create vibey, folk music. This is her first American tour, and we were so honored to share a stage with her and hear about her experiences traveling.

We have cassettes for our album, The Earth Is Visible From Space, available for purchase at The Works in Eureka, CA. If you catch us at a show, we will have cassettes and flash drives with our album on it. We're going to continue keeping busy by playing shows. The next show coming up will be in Portland, which we are excited to be playing at for the first time. Hope to see all of you soon! -Trash Panda

08/09/2024: We are back from our latest mini-tour! Over the past weekend, we had shows in Petaluma, Reno, and Sacramento. We started off by playing The Big Easy in Petaluma, CA with local bands, Masked Jestures and Opus. We had fun and got to meet two great, young bands to play with. We camped out and headed to Reno, NV, where we played at Midnight Coffee Roasting with singer-songwriter, Jacob Darby. We got to see old friends and drink way more coffee than we should have! After performing, we got to take a break for the day and explore Reno. The next day, we took Dirtbag Dave and headed to Sacramento. We spent the day with friends swimming in the American River. We got way too hot and sweaty and went to play at The Golden Bear with Embers & Ashes. Unfortunately, this was our last stop on our tour. As much as we loved traveling, it was time to go back home back into the Redwoods.

We have had so much playing these shows the last few months! We have now officially played in three different states, (California, Oregon, and Nevada). While we don't want nothing more than to keep playing, this will be our last string of out-of-town shows for a bit. However, we are not slowing down. We have many shows coming up in our hometown. We will still try to arrange out-of-town shows when we can. Make sure to stay up-to-date on the tour page for upcoming gigs. I wanted to take time time to say thank you to all of the bands, venues, and audiences for making all of this possible! We hope to see all of you again soon! -Trash Panda

07/29/24: We're back in town after having our first ever out-of-town shows together as Hermit Crab! We built a new bed out for our favorite van, Dirtbag Dave. We drove to perform in Sacramento, where it was 108 degrees. Traveling up their in our van without AC definitely proved as a challenge, but we got through it and got to see friends while in town. After that, we got to play at Siren's Song Tavern in our hometown with bands Stable Vices and The Melange. It was very refreshing to be able to put on a show at our favorite hometown venue aftering suffering in the heat of Sacramento. Then, we traveled to perform at Johnny B's in Medford, OR with Secretary of Nature, another fellow duo. We defintely had fun with all of these bands and appreciate them for playing with us!

We have been home the last two weeks. I have been working tirelessly to try to make more friendship bracelets for our USB drives that have our album, The Earth Is Visible From Space, loaded onto it. We are going to be going out on the road again this Thursday to Petaluma, Reno, and Sacramento again. We have tried to keep busy playing all we can this summer trying to share our music with as many people as possible. This will be our last tour for the summer, but we hope to continue to be able to play out of town. Defintely check the tour page by clicking here to keep up-to-date with where we are playing next.

Here is a picture of Secretary of Nature opening for us at Johnny B's. -Trash Panda

07/07/24: Phew! We are beat after playing Outer Roominations yesterday, but it was so worth it to see people dance! It was such a great event that we were honored to play at. Maybe, we can play again next year! If you have not heard of this awesome art-festival and missed it, click here to be updated on future events!

We have been playing show in our community with local acts, KMRO and Blub, and touring acts, TSUGA and Hayes. We have had so much fun at these shows and even got to record music with TSUGA while he was in town at Sunroom Recording. It is great to be able to work with such great people and share our music with people in Humboldt County! To find the music acts I've mentioned, click on their names!

This week, we will be getting in the van to take Hermit Crab on the road for the first time! We are so excited to be sharing our music with other communities. Click here to see if we are playing in a town near you!

Here is a photo of the saxophone set-up while recording with TSUGA at Sunroom Recording and a photo of our gear we had to walk down the hill at Outer Roominations. Thank you to everyone who has supported Hermit Crab, including the audience and bands we have played with! I'll make sure to give an update when we are done with our out-of-town shows. -Trash Panda

Edit on 07/29/24: I just wanted to add photos I found of KMRO's stage set up at Outer Space and Blub performing at Outer Roominations. -Trash Panda

06/09/24: This upcoming weekend will be busy for Hermit Crab! If you are in the Humboldt County area, you can catch our show at Outer Space Arcata on Friday, June 14th. We will also be performing backing music with poet, Dylan Collins, and singer, B.Writes, at Summer At The Sanctuary on Sunday, June 16th.

If you are not in this area, stay tuned in as we announce out-of-town shows in the near future! -Trash Panda

Edit on 07/30/24: I just wanted to go back and give links to the places we played and our friends in this blog post. -Trash Panda

Edit on 08/08/24: Removed flyers due to clutter and organization. To see our wall of flyers, go the the tour page. -Trash Panda

5/07/24: Hello, everyone! Alot of updates are coming. Our new album, The Earth Is Visible From Space, was reviewed by Collin Yeo in the NorthCoast Journal. I wanted to also take time to thank everyone that supported us at our show at Richard's Goat. You can catch us playing as the backing, live band for poets at the Basement in Arcata, CA on 05/17/24. We will also be playing a show at Outer Space in Arcata, CA on 06/14/24. We are hard at work trying to book gigs out of town, so stay tuned for more annoucements!

Click here to view article on the web. -Trash Panda

3/19/24: Our new album, The Earth Is Visible From Space is available now on BandCamp! You can also click on our music page to listen to it. We also have a show at The Miniplex at Richards' Goat on 4/19/24 in Arcata, CA. Music starts at 9 PM! If you are in the area, come see us! We just want to make you dance!

02/13/24: The official release date for our album, The Earth Is Visible From Space, is March 12, 2024. We will be having a listening party on Bandcamp on the release date at 7:00 PM PST. Be sure to join us so you can chat with us about how we made the album! To RSVP, click here!

12/01/23: Our new album, The Earth Is Visible From Space, has been recorded, mixed, and mastered. We plan to release it in Spring 2024. In the meantime, check out a sneak peak of one of the tracks, "Lazy Apathy", on the music page.

11/05/23: Hello, everyone. We have an album that is finished recording. New album will be out soon. If you want to dance, stay tuned! -Trash Panda

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