Everyday Tour: Lots More From the Road with Francisco The Man

Inland Empire’s Francisco The Man have been sharing their stories with us while on the road. Read #1 here and #2 here.

Day Three & Four: Northwest Living

Initially, I thought I would have an easier time blogging from wherever we were crashing than from the road, but I’ve found it to actually be the opposite. To be honest, the last thing I wanted to do in Portland was get on the computer and talk about myself and I certainly don’t expect anything to change while in Seattle. However, on the road, I get bored pretty easily and this is about all I have to do – besides reading. Point is, I’ve slacked a bit on blogging the last few days so I’m going to kill two days with one blog.

Everyday Tour: Francisco The Man

Kicking off their west coast mini-tour at Detroit Bar for Everyday Noise presents this past Tuesday, Inland Empire’s Francisco The Man will be sharing their stories with us while on the road. And here we go with #1.

Day One: Here’s to watching the sunrise on I-5

Well, it’s official. Tour has begun. It seems kinda lame to refer to our northwest stint as a “tour” but at least it sounds cool. After having a solid show at Detroit Bar on Tuesday, we rushed home, slept for a few hours and hit the road for our show in Oakland. Though we were all tired as hell, we ended up making great time so we decided to stop in San Francisco to get some food and hang out for awhile. Eventually, after some pizza and some Golden Gate Park romping, we took a bus back to the van and hit the road for Oakland.

Everyday News: Francisco The Man’s EP release party with My Pet Saddle & Preacher’s Sons

Tonight at The Commonwealth Lounge in Fullerton, Francisco The Man will be celebrating the release of their EP With Friends Like You. Though it was released in May digitally and on vinyl, this is the official party for it. Presented by Anything Everything Mondays, tonight’s lineup also includes newcomers Preacher’s Sons and also releasing a new EP soon My Pet Saddle. Co-editor of Everyday Noise, Albert Ching wrote a review of Francisco The Man’s song “Do You Remember.” You can read the review here.

The show is 21+ and $5.

Song Review: “Do You Remember” – Francisco The Man

By Albert Ching

The last time Francisco the Man released new music was the same month Barack Obama announced his candidacy for presidency – February 2007. Heath Ledger and Michael Jackson were still alive, as was the American economy. Point is, it was a very long time ago.

Luckily, the band – now a trio, consisting of Riverside’s Scotty Cantino and Corona residents Nestor Romero and Abdeel Ortega – haa finally put together a new EP, this month’s With Friends Like You. We’ve got one of the songs right here, “Do You Remember,” and it already ranks among the band’s best. At a surprisingly breezy six-and-a-half minutes, Cantino guides a rousing “seize the day” anthem that’s just a tad wistful, asking “Do you remember when you were young, the way you used to think?” Think of it as Francisco the Man’s “Summer of ’69” – but with rich, distinctive guitar flavor driving an extended instrumental sequence, and no references to your mama’s porch.

“In the most basic sense, ‘Do You Remember?’ is just a song about growing up,” Cantino tells via email. “Specifically, a song about old friends, people moving away, and things in general changing. It might even be more about dealing with the changes life brings than it is about growing up. Who knows?”

It’s already become one of Cantino’s favorites, too.

“It has quite a bit of nostalgia for me, and quite frankly it is my favorite song to sing and play by far,” Cantino writes.
Francisco the Man are putting out the five-song With Friends Like You as a 12-inch EP, available for pre-order now. Physical copies will be available in May (vinyl takes a long time print, Cantino points out), but the record’s also going to be for sale digital-style at the usual outlets: ITunes, eMusic, LaLa, Amazon.

Francisco The Man’s EP release party is tonight at Commonwealth Lounge in Fullerton with My Pet Saddle and Preacher’s Sons. 21+ $5