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I'd say our New Zealand tour was a roaring success.
Here are some reviews and a video of us playing in a tunnel in Tauranga.
http://muzairecords.com/some-kind-words-while-pairs-have-been-touring/#more-923

Also, mentioned in an article called 'Around the world in 8 punk bands' with the likes of Refused, Minutemen and Melt Banana.

http://vimeo.com/31366087
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mllyCBKOASY

Hopefully these links are right so I can avoid being called a dickhead.

Summer Sweat review from The Wire.
''Pairs are a duo from Shanghai who play music that sound a lot like the very earliest emo: Rites of Spring etc. The guitar work is heart – on – sleevey – a lot of major 7ths and 9ths – the drumming fast, the vocals hurled through a megaphone. There’s a song about Bacardi, another about Chinese weddings, and another about being disappointed by the Tate Modern. Summer Sweat could be the most straightforward record reviewed in this column ever, but it’s great, in that it makes you feel 14, illegally wasted and in love. Plus there’s a DVD of live footage, and the gigs look insane: kids doing this half-mosh-half boogie thing like the can’t work out whether to wriggle or brawl, while a boy wanders the room waggling a torch as a lo-fi strobe.''

Super nice folks at MUZAI Records are helping us get in and around New Zealand with God Bows To Math.
This tour will be a a test to hunt down all those with BZP rations remaining.

Facebook event
pairs.bandcamp.com
facebook.com/pairsaredograts

25th January - Static, Hamilton (with god bows to math, Grass Cannons and Tied on Teeth)
26th January - The ARC Theatre, Whanganui (with god bows to math and guests)
27th January - Mighty Mighty, Wellington (with god bows to math and Jetsam Isles)
28th January - The Lucha Lounge, Auckland (with Sharpie Crows and god bows to math)
3rd February - Auckland - Secret Show

More dates to be announced throughout December

More info on these MCB, mate.
Hong Kong was good too, Laura Palmer and Dada Baba are super good/nice/interesting/friendly.

F just posted this online: 嘿各位! 我们在寻找愿意用中文对F作一个音频采访的志愿者为我们的下一张专辑做筹备。我们希望你之前没有采访过任何人，但有许多问题并且敢于提问和表达。有兴趣的话请给我们邮件到wearepairs@hotmail.com 欢迎和多谢！

Google translate it, but it's asking for Chinese people to interview her for our next release.
It's strange, in one of the biggest countries in the world, there are like 4 or 5 Chinese language music sites. Weak.

''Anyone can go to the contact page of a site and shoot them an email. I’ve read emails from band that read like some rat tailed sleazy PR agent like ‘To whom it may concern, I play in Shanghai ’s first and foremost best band. We have the punk rock mentality but the power up hooks melodies to keep you rocking along and we’ve played at the Hard Rock café in Singapore and placed first in a battle of the bands sponsored by Gibson’ – what the fuck is that? Speak like a human.''

Taken from this interview: http://rockinchina.wordpress.com/2011/11/30/interview-with-pairs/
Pearl of wisdom right there.
Talks about being a band in China, local musicians and merch bullshit.

facebook page: www.facebook.com/pairsaredograts

MUZAI Records are booking a New Zealand tour late Jan 2012.
More info and crud to come, but F's VISA got approved so the hardest part is over with.

facebook page here

Anyone live or have friends living in Amsterdam that wouldn't mind a house guest for 2 nights come early December? I'll supply Chinese cigarettes. PM me.