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City: Reykjavík
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Friday, November 13, 2009 

hey everyone,
 
 it was over a year ago that we played our last concert...

   since that night we have all been up to a lot of really good things… having babies, making new music, making art exhibitions, traveling, singing in choirs, playing in other bands, and all kinds of mischief…

 we wanted to thank you folks for your continued support and kindness.. .but we thought it was also right for us to let you know that we are not playing together anymore. and we have no plans to continue playing together…. NOW, that doesn't mean that we didn't have fun last year touring and having good drunken times together, because those were some amazing times. but we are all excited to keep trying new things and new projects…  

so here you can can download (for free!) our two albums and our ep. the first album is from 2003, just called "Parachutes". our second album was recorded on a mountain top castle in italy in 2004. That album is called "Susy", named after the beautiful dog living with us on that mountain. Last is our ep "Tree Roots" made in 2008, recorded in reykjavik iceland, and mixed by jónsi.

 thanks again for everything...

 hugs,

    alex, scott, tinna, thordis, brandan, kari, aaron, bibbi, kristinn...
  PARACHUTES


Friday, September 05, 2008 
We just came home to Reykjavík from our very first tour. We drove around, playing every night, for two and a half weeks all over the states... The tour was so much fun, a big thanks to everyone was came to our concerts and supported us! We had an amazing time all together... lots of Glíma (icelandic wrestling) and hotel parties!

... So now we are ready for one more tour, we are really happy to announce that we will be going on tour with Sigur Rós on their tour of USA and Canada. It's going to be three weeks of good times! We hope to to see you there...

Also, we did manage to finish a mini-album that will be available on CD at these concerts. And we made some posters and small envelopes full of dandelion seeds.


Happy end of summer,
Alex & Scott

september 17 • united palace, new york city, new york
september 18 • united palace, new york city, new york
september 19 • bank of america pavillion, boston, massachusetts
september 20 • quai jacques cartier, montreal, quebec
september 22 • massey hall, toronto, ontario
september 23 • fillmore, detroit, michigan
september 24 • chicago theatre, chicago, illinois
september 25 • orpheum, minneapolis, minnesota
september 27 • morrison red rocks theatre, denver, colorado
september 28 • saltair, salt lake city, utah
september 30 • the marquee, tempe, arizona
october 1 • copley, san diego, california
october 2 • the greek theatre, los angeles, california
october 3 • the greek theatre, berkeley, california
october 5 • benaroya hall, seattle, washington
october 6 • arlene schnitzer theatre, portland, oregon
october 7 • the chan centre, vancouver
Tuesday, August 12, 2008 
We're touring the USA! This aint no joke! We are very very excited. Hope to see you there!

Here are the dates:

August 15th @ North End Studio Burlington VT
August 16th @ The Book Mill Montague MA
August 17th @ Building 16 Providence RI
August 18th @ T.T. the Bears Boston MA
August 19th @ Space Portland ME
August 20th @ Knitting Factory NYC
August 21st @ Bug Jar Rochester NY
August 22nd @ Der Maennerchor Harrisburg PA
August 23rd @ Garfield Artworks Pittsburgh PA
August 24th @ Cafe Bourbon St Columbus OH
August 25th @ TBA (Chicago area)
August 26th @ Varsity Theater Minneapolis MN
August 27th @ Vaudeville Mews Des Moines Iowa
August 28th @ Rubber Gloves Denton TX
August 29th @ Eyedrum Atlanta GA
August 30th @ The Milestone Charlotte NC
September 1st @ DC9 Washington DC Washington DC

One more thing, if any one has any ideas or would like to help us find a venue for 25th in the Chicago area we would be very appreciative! Email seriouslybooking@gmail.com or us here.

Yes! Can not wait. See you soon hopefully!



Wednesday, June 11, 2008 
we wanted to share some good news with you... we are going to go on tour this summer! we will be playing throughout europe in the first two weeks of July...
... then very soon after we are going to play in the states. jájájá! ...we will post the summer concert dates soon...

...and now there are seven of us in the band!



if you want to book us please contact:
(Europe) HAIKU BANG! BOOKING: haikubang.booking@gmail.com
(USA) Seriously Booking: seriouslybooking@gmail.com

... and we are still slowly putting together an album.

hugs,
Alex & Scott

p.s. we played our first concerts in belgium in march, and it was great! thanks to everyone who came and sung happy birthday to me! -- Alex

**UPDATE: We are excited to let you know that we will be doing a tour lasting two weeks throughout the USA with our good friends Seabear. It is going to be a lot of fun and good times...
... We will post the August concert dates soon...
Monday, December 03, 2007 
HelloHello...

We are happy to announce that our first proper release is going to be out January 21st 2008. It is a vinyl only release. A 10" split with "Band in Box"... It is being released by Stereo Test Kit Records (UK) and they are now taking Pre-Orders HERE.


Click Here for some more information Stereo Test Kit put together... (PDF file)