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Paper & Plastick Offer Free We Are The Union Sampler

Mike Scott — Thu, 28 May 2015 10:38:52 +0000

Detroit Punks We Are The Union have teamed up with Paper + Plastick to offer a free, three song introduction to the band. The EP is available from the label now. The band’s latest, six track EP ‘Keep It Down’ is also available from P+P across the formats now.

We Are The Union go on a “hiatus from active status”

Tom Aylott — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:47:45 +0000

We Are The Union have announced that they’re calling it quits (for now). We’re not gonna mix up the band’s words as they did a pretty great job of being honest about it so…

We’ve decided to take a hiatus from active status. This does indeed mean we will not be playing Block Party in New Orleans. Usually this type of announcement would be accompanied by a longwinded rant about how unique our struggle was, how every ending is a new beginning, or something else equally stupid and bullshitty. I’d rather just leave it at this:

We were a band. Maybe someday we will be again. We’ve had some amazing times, and we truly appreciate those of you who’ve contributed to our existence. We’ve never been a supercool hype band or uberpunx beardy band, so we thank each and every one of you who listened to our music over the years. It means a lot to us.

If you haven’t yet, you can still grab our latest record, You Can’t Hide The Sun, over at www.paperandplastick.com. The vinyl is now in, and all three colors look fantastic!

For anyone who’s interested in what we’re all going to be up to in the near future, Reed is writing for a solo project and going to school full time, Brandon is working on a new project with ex-WATU member Noah Fenton and teaching bass lessons at Axis Music Academy, Jim is playing drums in Counterpunch (http://facebook.com/counterpunchrok), and Ricky is playing bass in The Hit Society (http://www.facebook.com/hitsociety).

I’m going to get a sandwich.

– Reed and WATU

We Are The Union @ Fest11

Maryam Hassan — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 13:12:38 +0000

We Are The Union, The Florida Theater, Fest11, Gainesville, Florida, October 2012

First band up at the Florida Theater on Saturday were We Are The Union. When you’re recovering from a very heavy night of partying on the Friday (pool parties, registration, all the bands in the evening, room shows…fire alarm parties at 4am if you’re in the Holiday Inn…) you need a band to make you dance out your hangover in preparation for what’s in store for Saturday. WATU are the best thing for this!