It is with great sadness that we write you today. Pela’s collective journey has come to an end.

Over the past 2 years we’ve faced tremendous obstacles.  We recorded an album twice, had a falling out/legal battle with our old label, fired 2 managers, had a big record deal fall through, and Billy had a hand injury followed by a foot injury.

We’ve worked tirelessly to get our music out of ourselves and into your ears.  We worked endlessly to make the music and our live show the best we could.  At the end of the day we had to start dealing with some realizations.

We will never be able to thank you enough for your support. For those of you that drove and flew hours just to see a show, we thank you. For those of you who wrote us and gave us the opportunity to get to know you, we thank you. For those of you who told us to keep soldiering on, we thank you. Words can’t really describe how we’re feeling about this difficult decision, but we want you to know that it’s the healthiest decision we could make.

Your lovely faces are etched into our memories.  Looking at the Crowd Project videos says it all.

Please keep in touch, we’ll promise to do the same.

xoxo- Nate, Billy, Tom, and Eric

‘Tenement Teeth’ was featured on a KEXP podcast promoting the artists playing at this years Sasquatch Music Festival.  You can listen to the entire podcast here:

• The Artists At Sasquatch

Tenement Teeth is played just three or four songs into the mix. 

Hey all. We’re excited to tell you with the help of KEXP, we have a new song for everyone to enjoy. You can go here to check out what KEXP has to say-http://depts.washington.edu/kexp/blog/?p=5876Download it, stream it, enjoy it. From us to you.We’re gearing up for the tour. Monday begins the mayhem in DC. Please keep in touch and if you want to hear or see what we’re up to, you can always check out our Tour Blog.Thank you for all the support and we’ll see you very soon.

Billy’s surgery went well yesterday and he is home resting. His tendon is reconnected and he was able to move his finger. Now he has one month in a cast, then rehabilitation. We will periodically keep you up to date on how he is healing.For those of you that did not get a chance to hear the KEXP interview we have posted it here.Thank you to everyone that has written to Billy and the band, it means everything to us.

Billy will be interviewed by John Richards on KEXP today at 8am pacific time (11am eastern time). You can listen online at kexp.org and on air if you are lucky enough to get KEXP on your radio waves.Billy was asked to share his thoughts about the tour, his injury, and anything else that comes to mind – for everyone that bought tickets to see us on this tour.We apologize for the last minute post, but we just found out.Pela

Here’s something special for you – baeblemusic.com shot the lad’s ENTIRE performance at the Bowery Ballroom during the CMJ marathon. You can watch a sample here but be sure to go to their site and check out the whole show and some of the other great performances that are available, including British Sea Power from the same show.So pop a cold one and settle in. This one is a great ride. And whatever you do, don’t skip Philadelphia.

KEXP has posted an interview with the lads on their blog. Check it out and get some more insight into what makes them tick. There’s also some excellent photos there of their in-studio performance earlier today.

Back in June, Pela did a live performance at KEXP’s Seattle studio. It is now available on their site. Check it out here.

You can now download the WOXY Lounge Act podcast from the Downloads page