Great news for screaming European teenagers, heartbreaking news for us: These Arms Are Snakes, having just played the Vera opening, will come blasting out of South by Southwest with a tour of the Midwest and then some huge shows in Europe and the East Coast, playing shrines like Irving Plaza. Unfortunately, our gifted and hunky art director, Arms guitarist Ryan Frederiksen, is going to pack up his SW design kit when he leaves for Austin. Nine weeks is too long for even us to pine away (and the way the band is going, who knows when they’ll see Seattle again). We’ll be working his ass off until then, though. Thanks Ryan (in advance!), for all the great work!