Konnichiwa! 🇯🇵

Welp…it took me at least a week to get over the jet lag. I slept for 16 hours when we got home. The flight was 14.5 hours, 😅 but totally worth it!!

Here are the top 5 things we loved most about Japan:

The FOOD 🍜🍱🐙 Ramen, Udon, Soba, Sushi, Okonomiyaki, Takoyaki…

oh, and the 7/11 snacks. Seriously they’re no joke.
The cleanliness.🧼 Did you know there are no public garbages in Japan? We learned to bring a little bag with us to enjoy our treats. It takes some getting used to but the payoff is there’s no garbage everywhere and that’s very nice.
The People! 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 So nice, so polite, and they know how to rock!
The Public Peace. ☮️ There’s a social custom in Japan where everyone is entitled to a peaceful day. You’ll notice this especially on trains, busses, in restaurants, and on the streets. 🤫
Shinkansen 🚄 The Bullet Trains! These are truly the way to travel. They go over 300km/h!! Japan has an amazing program where if you’re from another country you can get a “rail pass” and travel all over for much cheaper than the regular price. Highly recommend.

Bonus: Everyone plays the best guitars over there. 🎸 No matter what style or how proficient the artist, they had amazing vintage guitars. Very cool.

Here’s a few memories from our time there.

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Can you believe we played 53 shows this year?! 🤘🏻 That includes radio performances and the like, but still! Very proud of our little band, and it’s mostly thanks to you folks.

We don’t do Spotify because… *gestures to everything* so we’ll just say that our numbers grew about %1000, and our album was streamed almost 100K times!!! That’s huge, so thanks. 💛🙏🏻

Speaking of our album it’s Bandcamp Friday today (Dec 5th).

That means Bandcamp waves their take home fees and gives all proceeds to us. If you feel so inclined, use abmholiday at checkout for a 10% discount on the vinyl for the holidays.

You’re hearing it first! 🚨
We’re playing Wintersong this year! ❄️ Jan 23/24 in Stouffville, ON! They should be announcing in a few days and then you can grab tickets! Most of the fest is free, and the folks there really do curate a wonderful lineup of artists. 🌙

If you’re in the neighbourhood come on out! ⭐️

Otherwise I’m sure you’re busy with parties 🎄 before we shut down for the holidays. We’ll be going to Brantford to spend Xmas with Dev’s family 🎅🏻 – then we’re headed to the studio to record our next album!! 🎼🎶

We’ll be working with Mike Young of Mother Mother and we can’t wait to show you what we’re cooking🧑‍🍳

If you haven’t yet, you can follow along with all our shenanigans:

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We hope you all have a wonderful holiday season and a wonderful new year! 🎉 From all of us at ABM thanks for an amazing 2025!

We’ll catch you for more music and fun in 2026! 🪩

P.S. if there’s anything you’d love for merch, let us know in the comments! 💖

MOM LOVES YOU 💘

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