Dear Friends,

The time has come for us to say goodbye. You Me & Iowa will officially dissolve after our final performance at Spaceland on October 3, 2009.

We have enjoyed six wonderful years of shared experience with you, our faithful listeners, and we feel we’ve reached a point where we need to explore new musical territory that cannot be achieved as the ensemble, You Me & Iowa.

All we can say is, thank you all so much for your love, support and enthusiasm over the years. We’ve had the time of our lives writing, traveling and performing our songs together, fueled by the energy of our friends and fans. The band is parting ways on very good terms. We are all close friends and still look forward to playing music together in some form or another.

Aquarium, You Me & Iowa’s final release, will be released at our final show, and will also be digitally available for free on our website, www.youmeandiowa.com, through our label, Scrimshaw Jazz, (www.scrimshawjazz.com), and eventually through other online distributors like iTunes. The album is a collection of ten songs we wrote and performed over the past two years that display a much wider musical range than anything we’ve released to date. In the true independent spirit, Aquarium was completely self-recorded, mixed and produced.

We will keep in touch with you all to let you know about our future musical endeavors. If you are in the Los Angeles area, please join us for our swan song party at Spaceland, on October 3. It will be your last chance to see You Me & Iowa live. Ever. It promises to be a night to remember.

Thank you all, again.

Sincerely,

You Me & Iowa
Tony Benedetti
Andrew Carroll
Tizoc Estrada
Ryan Julio
Ryan Ross