Woah woah WOAH!!! What’s going on here!?! It’s this late at night and there is a surprise announcement!?! Tonight we are bringing you news that is making all of us over at blacksheepspringfield.com headquarters jump out of our pants in excitement. That’s right, RENAE will be playing one reunion show at Black Sheep on Friday, June 14th as day one of DUMB FEST.

And now a message from Benny of Renae:

SURPRISE!

We’re doing a reunion! We decided to announce this early because its Brad’s birthday. Here’s my explanation of the situation:

So some of you may know that my brother, Adam, was a co-writer and the original drummer for Renae. He left our band after we wrote the Hell Follows EP and we continued on with our friend Kasey Rogers til we broke up.

We were tired and there was a lot of anger between us after years of struggling and being poor to do this. It wasn’t really fun anymore. Even though Kasey was a great drummer, it didn’t feel right writing without my brother playing the drums.

Adam is now married with a child and in the navy navigating a warship. On the rare occasion that he has been home we usually spend a few hours jamming. When he was home in february we got to talking and I realized a few big things. One, that renae was a really integral part of how we live our lives now, and two that without all the pressure, it is still really fun to play these songs. Last but not least, I realized that my little brother didn’t get the ending Stephen, Brad, Kasey, and myself got. He had to sit by the sidelines through most of the last show, and he was out to sea during the reunion.

After he left it started eating at me so I called the other guys. Brad lives all the way in Seattle and Stephen is down in St Louis. After a few conversations with everyone We realized that it would be a long shot, but Adam plans to be home for a week or so and so does brad – in june. Dumb Fest happens to be in June.

After several years have passed, the real question was would this be fun? Would people really come and have a fun night with us?

After the last few months of unending requests from our friends and fans asking us to get back together or record a new record, I started thinking it may be a good time to do so, if only we could… I also believe all of us are in a position to enjoy playing these songs together – and with the lineup that wrote the music.

It would mean the world to all of us if you would join us for a night. There won’t likely be another chance for us to do this again for a long time, if ever.

The show will be Day one of Dumbfest with our friends in Heavy Arms and Earthwitch, and Arrows In Her, a touring band who are friends with our friends Our Lady. (check out our lady!)

Tickets are up for pre-order for the festival right now at http://blacksheepspringfield.bigcartel.com/product/dumb-fest-2-day-pass

They are $10 per day or $15 for both days. As per usual we don’t want to turn anyone away so pick up a ticket in advance and make sure you are there!

It is with great happiness that we can play one more time – this time as friends – and for the pure fun of it.

thanks, and don’t forget to wish Brad a happy birthday!

Benny

And THAT sums up our announcements for Dumb Fest taking place this summer on June 14th and 15th at Black Sheep and Skanks. Two day passes for Dumb Fest go on sale NOW for $15 on our big cartel page. That’s 24 bands for 15 bucks. Head over here to purchase tickets online. Physical tickets will be sold at Black Sheep and other locations soon. Single day passes will also be available for $10 each later on. Fest tickets will be likely to sell out so try to pre-order now while you can!

The June 14th show of Dumb Fest will feature four bands all playing inside of Black Sheep. Those bands are Renae, Earth Witch, Arrows in Her, and Heavy Arms. That show will start at 7:00 pm. You can find a facebook event for Dumb Fest right here. You can also find a page we have set up just for Dumb Fest on our site right here. Real dumb.