Bobby Meader Music changes name to Stocksmile, continues neverending tour

Bobby Meader Music has announced today via Facebook that they are changing their name to Stocksmile.

“Today marks a pretty big day for Bobby Meader Music. The music that I [Bobby] created when Bobby Meader Music first started back doesn’t feel anything close to how it does today. The feeling of making music with other creative minds and being able to share so much time with these people has been truly incredible. This month also marks an entire year we’ve been on tour. With this being said, we are changing our name to Stocksmile and will have a new record out under that name later this year. We are so stoked for the future. From the bottom of our hearts, we would each like to thank you all so much for your support over the years. Cheers to the people that attend our shows and to all the friends we have made and will continue to make in the future.”

Those worrying this signals a Valerie’s Family to The Hogan Family loss of frontman, don’t fret – Meader is still leading the band. The rechristening was brought about as a way to incorporate the band’s non-Meader members as well as to signify the band’s change in sound, as Bobby explains: “It’s totally a byproduct of adding new members. Everyone has their own take on it. The record is sounding so good! It’s a much different vibe than any other previous BMM full band stuff. It’s much slower, grungier and got a bit of an emo twist on it. Really digging it.”

The name itself is a reference to one of Meader’s favorite bands and current influences: “‘And I wear a stock smile so well’ is a Pianos Become the Teeth lyric. It always stuck with us, we jam their newest record in the van a lot. I think it has a lot of cool emotion behind it in regards to what a stock smile actually is (smiling even when you don’t want to type thing).”

Fans looking to be able to say “I saw Stocksmile first” are in luck, as the band has about a billion tour dates lined up throughout the summer and fall (see below), though us Vegas fans will have a longer wait: “Unfortunately no local shows just yet. I can’t wait to play one though! We miss everyone so much.”

Jun 22  AS220  Providence, RI
Jun 23  Jim’s Basement  Burlington, VT
Jun 25  Mill No. 5  Lowell, MA
Jun 26  Out of the Blue Too Art Gallery Cambridge, MA
Jun 28  Pauly’s Hotel  Albany, NY
Jun 29  The Warehouse  Syracuse, NY
Jun 30  Bug Jar  Rochester, NY

Jul 01  Sugar City  Buffalo, NY
Jul 02  Fool Mansion Akron, OH
Jul 30  Skeletunes  Fort Wayne, IN

Aug 02  The Ritz Detroit  Detroit, MI
Aug 03  The Rockery  Wyandotte, MI
Aug 04  Avenue Cafe  Lansing, MI
Aug 05  Loud Music and Apparel  Port Huron, MI
Aug 07  Shakespeare’s  Kalamazoo, MI
Aug 09  Library House  Champaign, IL
Aug 10  Aromas  Dekalb, IL
Aug 12  Steve Shed  Shipman, IL
Aug 13  Grand Avenue Mall  Milwaukee, WI
Aug 17  Broke Haus  Minneapolis, MN
Aug 18  New Direction  Fargo, ND
Aug 20  The Wedge  Waterloo, IA
Aug 21  The Record Mill  Ames, IA
Aug 22  Lookout Lounge  Omaha, NE
Aug 23  Records with Merritt  Kansas City, MO
Aug 24  Jackpot Music Hall  Lawrence, KS
Aug 25  House of Tune  Wichita, KS
Aug 26  LMNO Pizza  Mount Hope, KS
Aug 27  The Spigot  Lincoln, NE
Aug 28  Glass Bar  Grand Island, NE
Aug 29  Gillies  Kearney, NE
Aug 31  Rainbow Bar  Pueblo, CO

Sep 01  Flux Capacitor Colorado Spring, CO
Sep 02  Point Gallery  Denver, CO
Sep 03  The Doghouse  Lander, WY
Sep 04  The Red Feather  Rock Springs, WY
Sep 06  The Crowbar  Laramie, WY
Sep 07  Railyard  Billings, MT
Sep 08  Haufbrau Bozeman  Bozeman, MT
Sep 10  The Viking Bar and Grill  Spokane, WA
Sep 11  Tony V’s Garage  Everett, WA
Sep 12  Highline Bar  Seattle, WA
Sep 13  The Charleston  Bremerton, WA
Sep 14  The Dugout  Olympia, WA

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