Office of Future Plans

We're on the newest NPR All Songs Considered mix!

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:22:32 -0500

We're on the newest NPR All Songs Considered mix!:

(hooray!)

Interview with J. in Vol. 1 Brooklyn

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:36:38 -0500

Interview with J. in Vol. 1 Brooklyn:

Thanks, Tobias Carroll!

Happy Holidays-in-Cambodia from your pals Office of Future...

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:41:00 -0500

Happy Holidays-in-Cambodia from your pals Office of Future Plans.

Original AV Club posting (worth reading for background on their “Undercover” series)

Breakfast of Champions. On the road home in a bit! It’s...

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:26:51 -0500

Breakfast of Champions. On the road home in a bit! It’s been an amazing little tour. Photos and videos coming soon!!

We just did a taping for The Onion’s AV Club holiday series....

Sat, 03 Dec 2011 19:22:30 -0500

We just did a taping for The Onion’s AV Club holiday series. Honored to have played in the same small, cylindrical room as some of the giants of our genre.

Also, can’t wait to see what people think of our “holiday” song: Holiday In Cambodia, with Damon Locks of The Eternals singing. Thanks to Damon and everyone at The AV Club for making this happen!!

Car is packed and we are on the road to Columbus! Acoustic J...

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:13:08 -0500

Car is packed and we are on the road to Columbus! Acoustic J Robbins/Gordon Withers show tonight at Kobo Live. Doors at 6pm - early show!

Baltimore record release & mini-midwest tour

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:44:56 -0500

This Thursday 12/1 is our local record release show, and we’re psyched that it’s at Baltimore’s Ottobar, with our great friends Caverns, Thrushes, and Regents. This is the last local show we’ll play for a while, so don’t miss it!

FB event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/220066494725854/

Advance tickets: http://www.missiontix.com/events/product/13000/office-of-future-plans-record-release-show

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On Friday, J and Gordon will do an acoustic show in Columbus, OH, at Kobo Live. This is an EARLY show (6pm doors, 7pm music). Members of Miranda Sound open.

FB event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/162925440469206/

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Saturday, the full band plays CHICAGO! At the Beat Kitchen, with The Life and Times and All Eyes West. This is going to be an incredible show. Note to midwesterners: we have no idea when we’ll have the chance to play in your area again, so catch us while you can.

FB event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/247413848644453/

Advance tickets: http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=4016135

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On Sunday, J and Gordon will do another acoustic set, this time at Million Yen Studios in Chicago. This event is sold out, so we hope you already bought tickets.

We’ll attempt to do a tour-o-blog on this Tumblr, so be prepared for lots of photos of scenic rest stops and diatribes about attempting to eat vegan while on the road. See you at a show!

Our album is out today

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:33:08 -0500

Our album is out today:

Our debut album is out today on Dischord! Click the title to purchase, or go to www.dischord.com/release/173/self-titled-8

Also, HUGE thanks to Stephen Withers for redesigning our site! We love our spiffy new Tumblr theme. Be sure to hire him for all your web design needs.

Our album is available for pre-order! Click through the image to...

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:11:48 -0500

Our album is available for pre-order! Click through the image to get it from Dischord’s site.

"Regardless of the room, the microphones, the preamps or the compressors, there is simply no..."

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:17:07 -0500

“Regardless of the room, the microphones, the preamps or the compressors, there is simply no substitute for great musicianship.”

- MATT LEMAY | A QUESTION OF FREQUENCY | BELLS≥ - LAMÉ

Matt LeMay on recording the new BELLS≥ EP. They play Red Palace in DC this Friday, with J. Robbins & Gordon Withers performing an acoustic set, and Story Of The Sea opening. Don’t miss it.

Tickets for Chicago shows

Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:45:21 -0400

Hey all,

We’re confirmed for two Chicago dates:

The full band at Beat Kitchen on Saturday 12/3, with The Life And Times and All Eyes West.

J Robbins acoustic (Gordon Withers accompanies) on Sunday 12/4, at Million Yen Studios, with Bob Nanaa opening. This is an early show at 7pm, no one admitted after 7:30. Space is extremely limited and it will sell out.

Tickets for OFP 12/3: http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=4016135&pl=bk&REFID=bkcal

Tickets for J Robbins acoustic 12/4: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2448798422

As always, check the left-hand side of this page for all confirmed tour dates!

Thanks,
OFP

Great poster by Joe Newton of Wrong Dots for this...

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:51:52 -0400

Great poster by Joe Newton of Wrong Dots for this Saturday’s show. We’re so excited to play Brooklyn, and to play with these two bands!

Tickets here: http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/53183

Listen to "Salamander", the first track from our new album, at Stereogum

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:34:00 -0400

Listen to "Salamander", the first track from our new album, at Stereogum

J ROBBINS SINGS J ROBBINS - LIVE IN CAMBRIDGE, MA 10/7/11 (click...

Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:01:37 -0400

J ROBBINS SINGS J ROBBINS - LIVE IN CAMBRIDGE, MA 10/7/11

(click through to RSVP on Facebook)

J. ROBBINS is coming to Cambridge!

The former frontman for JAWBOX, BURNING AIRLINES, and CHANNELS will perform a rare acoustic set featuring songs from those past bands and his newest band, OFFICE OF FUTURE PLANS.

Along with cellist Gordon WITHERS of OFFICE OF FUTURE PLANS (whose self-titled debut LP will be released by Dischord Records on November 21, 2011), J. will be digging into the catalog of songs he’s written over the past two decades.

It’s been over seven years since J. ROBBINS last played a show of any kind in this area and it’s been ten to fifteen years since he’s played some of these JAWBOX and BURNING AIRLINES songs! Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see this legendary guitarist, songwriter, & bandleader play some of the highlights of his songbook in an intimate setting.

Drew O’DOHERTY opens the show.

For advance tickets, visit http://jrobbinssingsjrobbins.eventbrite.com/.

Here’s the lowdown…

OCTOBER 7th
J. ROBBINS (performing songs from all of his bands, past and present)
Drew O’DOHERTY
EARLY SHOW! DOORS AT 6 PM! ALL AGES!
ADVANCE TICKETS: $10/DAY OF SHOW TICKETS: $12

The Lily Pad
1353 Cambridge Street
Inman Square
Cambridge, MA

New press photo, thanks to Pete Duvall!

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:46:41 -0400

New press photo, thanks to Pete Duvall!

We have a release date (11/14) for our LP! Click through to...

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:24:28 -0400

We have a release date (11/14) for our LP! Click through to Dischord’s official announcement.

Very excited.

J Robbins has resurrected jrobbins.net as a Tumblr, dedicated to...

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 10:46:15 -0400

J Robbins has resurrected jrobbins.net as a Tumblr, dedicated to his amazing Baltimore studio The Magpie Cage. You should record your next record here. So many great records have originated from these rooms.

If you think “I’d love to but I can’t afford it,” consider financing with a Kickstarter project. There is a proven track record. (One example of many, but definitely the one with the best project video)

…At the very least, follow his Tumblr!

The Pauses Go On Tour

Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:10:17 -0400

tour-o-blog:

Day 5 - 12:45 pm. We’re on the wind-down. Amazing to think that we’re closing up shop on this little tour and don’t have the desire to simultaneously strangle the life out of each other. Maybe this whole thing will work after all. Then again, we do still have one more show tonight, so maybe this assumption is a little premature.

After last night’s show in DC we could easily just retire from music altogether without all the violence and squeezing and flailing. Office of Future plans flat out demolished the DC9. Shame cause it was such an awesome club. I’m sure some monument to the show will be erected from the ashes.

We are privileged enough to get our grubby little hands on an advanced copy of the album and, just based on what we heard last night, you may not want to talk to us for a while if you don’t want to constantly hear us gushing about it. But, you know, just in case you were looking for the greatest thing that’s ever existed in the world, this is sure to be it. They also could not have been more accommodating and full of things to say that I’m already having etched into my tombstone. We really can not turn around and get back up here fast enough to impose ourselves on these guys some more.

We’re on the road to our final show at Motorco in Durham, NC tonight with Joe Hall (of Hammer No More The Fingers). If all the shows that have lead up to it have set a precedence, then the venue is sure to be entirely constructed from flights and flights of endless staircases that we have to load in on while concurrently playing our set and loading out. Seriously, by the time we return home, it’ll be like we just got released off a five-year prison sentence; all ripped and book smart. But don’t worry ladies, we’ve balanced it out nicely with not actually reading books and only eating fries doused in gravy and cheese. It’s always been our pledge to be as un-intimidating as possible.

-jason

These guys are too nice, and seriously rocked DC9 in their own right. We are thrilled to have had the chance to play with them, and hope to do so again in the near future! Make sure to check out their debut album, produced by our own J. Robbins, and featuring Gordon’s cello on a couple tracks.

Wishing The Pauses best of luck as they wind down their “Come on Irene” tour!

-OFP

The Pauses: Tour-O-Blog: The Pauses Go On Tour

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 09:30:54 -0400

The Pauses: Tour-O-Blog: The Pauses Go On Tour:

tour-o-blog:

Day 1 - 2:00 am. Nathan and I are snuggled in a kid-sized bed at Tierney’s cousin’s house. He took the right side that I could have sworn I claimed in the car. I guess particular bed-side calling doesn’t hold the same weight as shotgun calling.

Oh, the tour, yeah we’re on it. After much…

Our pals The Pauses have dubbed their current mini-tour the “Come on Irene” tour. How cruel and ironic that a Florida band goes north, only to be right in the path of a hurricane!

They’re at BIMAFest (Fraziers) tomorrow night (weather permitting), then we play together Sunday night at DC9!

-Gordon

Shows!

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 13:47:26 -0400

We’re embarking on a Balti-tour this weekend!

Saturday 8/28 at BIMAFest in Baltimore
Golden West, with Thrushes and 28 Degrees Taurus
RSVP on Facebook

Sunday 8/29
DC9 in DC, with The Pauses
RSVP on Facebook
Tickets

We’re very excited to be playing with The Pauses - J. produced their acclaimed debut A Cautionary Tale, and Gordon played cello on a few songs. They’re actually playing down the street from Golden West at Frazier’s on Saturday at 8:30, right before our show - so if you’re coming to BIMAFest make sure to check them out too!

Also, we’re finally playing NYC, with Obits! 10/29 at Glasslands. Thanks so much to Brooklyn Vegan for their recent writeup. You can buy tickets for this show here.

Stay tuned for some possible J. Robbins/Gordon Withers acoustic dates as well…

-GW