Hey guys!

It’s been just over a month since the release of “From Satellites” and we’ve decided to give away a copy of the CD to 5 lucky winners!

Here’s the details:

To ENTER, you must leave a comment on this post with your twitter name, you must be following us on twitter! (http://www.twitter.com/askyouingray), and you must retweet this phrase:

RT @askyouingray Win a FREE physical copy of Ask You In Gray’s “From Satellites” Album! Enter here: http://bit.ly/ccP55n

The contest will END on Wednesday, May 12th at 12pm PT and the winners will be contacted to set up the shipping! It is TOTALLY FREE and winners will receive one physical copy of our CD, “From Satellites” AND some AYIG buttons (along with a personal message!) mailed to your door.

Restrictions: MUST be in the U.S. (sorry!) and must have a valid address to send stuff to!

We’ve been awaiting this moment for months now. We are proud to release to you our full-length album: From Satellites.

Along with the album release, we’ve also redesigned our website, Askyouingray.com, and all of our social media sites, which are listed in the right-sidebar so you can connect with us!!!

We are giving an offer to get our album for FREE if you sign up for our mailing list. So, go ahead! Download it! Share it with your friends, family, co-workers, and anyone else! We need your help to spread the ElectroPOP of Ask You In Gray! If you find yourself enjoying the album, you can also come back and donate to the band to help with production costs and travel costs! (Only if you want to, though!) So… without further delay… we hope you enjoy hearing the NEW KINGS OF ELECTROPOP! Ask You In Gray!

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A brief update from the Trey-side of the country.

I was browsing the web aimlessly, like I often do, and stumbled upon a video contest to promote the release of a new book. The book is a theology book, and the videographer is our dear friend, Tristan Carnahan over at Sulva Productions (http://www.sulvaproductions.com).

Go check out the video and drop him a nice comment to help him win!… (and mention the sweet music, too!)

Here’s the link: http://vimeo.com/8788549

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After my post a few days ago, Nick and I felt compelled to provide a few examples of what the results might look like after successfully playing the Drawring Game.

This is  Nick’s Interpretation of some shapes that I drew for him. Now, all of these characters are exceptional, but it seems there are a few noteworthy creations that I particularly enjoyed. First, I’d like to turn your attention toward the only thing that Nick felt needed a label, the Grim Baby.

It looks very unhappy to be collecting souls at such a young age.

Let me point out that one of the characters is wearing the infamous Italian-style boots that I mentioned in the original post.

This seems to be some kind of puffy-chested bird. These boots often pop up durring any session that Nick is a part of so it does not surprise me that they made an appearance here.

There is the Dancing Badger that I was especially fond of.

He is obviously doing the popular wiggle dance that we have seen from time to time. Being in a band that plays dance music, dancing is the kind of thing that inspires a lot of our creative work which also includes drawrings.

Another reoccurring feature that is often put to use by both Nick and me is the half-moon eyes. There is a chicken wearing a tuxedo in the upper right hand corner that has these eyes.

It usually gives the impression of contentment or gratification but it may also indicate that a creature is asleep or that it is being snooty. This one is definitely content.

There are a few creatures on here that I couldn’t really identify. There seems to be some sort of saggy-eyed, rhino-corn toward the middle of the page that is emitting fumes. I can only assume that Nick was trying to upset me by drawing something grotesque.

It worked. Ugh.

Anyways, other things appearing on his page include: Dead chicken doing some yelling, dead crab with his mouth full, asterisk cobra, happy poo, angry shark-fish, grumpy over-bite, droopy horse, sky diving hedge-cat and many more. I feel that the shapes were interpreted brilliantly. Great work, Nick.

This is where it all starts.

This is his final product.

Within this world, there are people who can turn any shape into a horse… trey is one of those people. He can also turn any shape into a bird. WHICH… if you play this game; which you should cause its fun; you know birds are the easiest and the most flexible.

So, please see the images above and really soak in the before and after. Trey really dove into his bag of crayons for this one. He’s pulling some tricks out that are classic Trey. I think we should go over his game plan and see how he delivered his mighty crayon strikes.

Here we go:

#1 – Prancing Armadillo

Trey took this image and really made it creepy. He made some sort of scary, unslept, prancing armadillo. It’s got some nasty overgrown claw things that really give it that uber-freaky look.

#2 – Perched vulture

Trey has a talent that really transcends the mind of a normal person. When first examining the shape, it doesn’t seem clear what you could make from it, but once you see Trey’s final drawring, it seems to just make sense. Very good form with the ‘plucked’ look on the bird’s head, and the sleepy, arrogant posture. Nice tree, too.

#3 – Mr. Elephant

I’m glad that there is still that a soul in this world that appreciates that classic top-hat style. Mr. Elephant is so comfortable with his classic-look that he is soundly napping; droopy ears and all.

#4 – Giftbox Gremlin

This is another creative solution of Trey’s. He digs deep in his bizarre subconscious for this bizarre image of a santa-hat-sporting sock-monster in a GIFTbox! This is just horrible. I love the detail in it’s devious eyes.

#5 – Bird-Scrooge

This bird’s eyes actually look exactly like one of those Jim Henson old man puppets. Or one of them. I can’t find an image of him, but I will update this soon. Trey made this poor bird stocky and square, so he can ‘lounge’ on his own bizarre-shaped back. AND his beak flares out at the end… probably so he has a good scquack, huh?

#6 – The Coy Bird

This shape is like a peanut one leg, bent at the knee, and somewhere in Trey’s crazy mind he saw a very coy, bowing bird. I love it. Big square beak, lil’ butt feather. I love it.

#7 – I thought It’d be a Squirrel

I really did think this was going to end up a squirrel with an Old English wig. Instead it turned out a big-chinned, sun-hat wearing, wooden sword wielding bird. 3 extra points for creativity. 1 extra point for the hat WITH the feather. and -2 for the silly chin.

#8 – The ….. Elephant?

What the heck is that? I think its an elephant, but usually Trey does some good work on detail on the trunk of an elephant. But the ears are small… Does he have CLAWS?!? Geez, Trey, you’re sick.

#9 – Whistle while you trip-bird

Music notes just make things cooler, i swear. Lil’ bird, lil’ hair tuft, LONG stride, and that nice lil’ music note. Simple. Beautiful.

#10 – Birthday Bird

Trey is addicted to making these birds look like they have HUGE strides! Birthday bird and singing bird are very similar, but CLEARLY the birthday is very festive. I like it.

#11 – Heil Donkey Lips

We aren’t nazis, nor do we support the discrimination, dislike, or abuse of anyone. We love everyone, and I am sure Trey’s militant saluting donkey-warrior is friendly, too.

#12 – This is a stretch

It took me quite a while to figure out what the crap this was! BUT, after some tilting, squinting, and screaming, I finally see that it is a disturbed elephant with… a KNOT in his trunk? wow. Do you see the detail in the trunk? That is what I’m talking about for the previous elephant image.

#13 – Trey-duck

Trey… this looks like you. You gave this poor ducky-figure a haircut kind of like yours. Then I think you gave him an under-cut, too! You’re sick. Its very weird. … and a belly button. geez.

#14 – Antennae-Bird

Haha. He uses those antennae for better in-flight reception?

#15 – The finale is totally F”d

If you are reading this, hopefully you’ve seen some weird shapes transformed into cute/funny/bizarre/totally ridiculous images. Well, this one is just about the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen. Trey took this bizarre shape that really resembles no animals and turned it into … I think … an odd hiding goose? It’s neck is craned around into it’s own body… sleeping? The wings look kind of like a puppy or something, then it looks like the tail has a bow tie or something. I must not see what this image is…. I’m lost.

In conclusion, Trey’s mind is a warped chasm of incomplete thoughts that is striving to have a bird for a best friend and a miniature donkey army. That’s it.

Nick Wichman
Ask You In Gray

We’ve had the honor of meeting quite a few friends while playing shows here in Chicago. One such friend, “SouthSide,” has written a review on our show at the Elbo Room on February 19th. Here’s what she wrote on her blog at http://www.southsideonthetown.blogspot.com.

“…imagine yourself flying in a space ship …then you’re done…” Ask You In Gray

“These two guys brought a fun and poppin’ powerpop performance to open tonight’s lineup. Ask You In Gray had this reviewer dancing to their dual keyboard rhythms and programmed beats. They simply rocked the stage with pop lyrics and sound. Read the rest of this entry »