The Rum Diary is on hiatus, see below for info on their new band.

5/01/2008: Update from The Rum Diary on Shuteye Unison!

Jon and Daniel from The Rum Diary have a new project called Shuteye Unison! Their new CD is out now on Jon's own record label,  Parks And Records:

Daniel Mckenzie (vocals/guitar) and Jon Fee (bass/vocals) officially linked up with Jake Krohn (drums) in early 2007 when he signed on to help fulfill several outstanding live obligations for their then current band, The Rum Diary (on hiatus). Soon after the three started to write and record together as a musical outlet from each of their other concurrent projects; Daniel (Built for the Sea), Jon (Mijuanito) and Jake (The Action Design). One year later they emerged with a handful of songs they could not deny and so Shuteye Unison was born. This release was self recorded and mixed with Pall Jenkins (Blackheart Procession, Three Mile Pilot) at SDRL. Each song represents its own symbiotic dance between soaring guitars, melodic bass lines, heavy drums, and catchy hypnotic vocals.