Converge news and notes

Converge has issued a brief update pertaining to both themselves, and members' various side-projects and endeavors: "Converge had a LA show planned for the end of August, but it has since been cancelled by the promoter. At the moment there are no plans for shows/tours but you never know, perhaps a few will happen before the end of the year. For now, we plan on settling in at home and concentrating on writing a new album to be released sometime next year. We also planning our next DVD project as well as it's been in the works for quite some time. "Other stuff... Nate [Newton] will be writing and touring with Doomriders, Ben [Koller] will be playing with Acid Tiger and United Nations (UN will be releasing a 7" EP and album in the future), Jake [Bannon] will release his 'Wear Your Wounds' solo album and work on all things Deathwish/Malfunction, and Kurt [Ballou] will continue recording/engineering great albums at his God City Studios facility."