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

That’s right Seattle, we’ll be performing new songs live at Neumos for this very special KEXP event.  Tickets can be purchased following the link below.  For those listeners not in the Seattle area, you can tune in to kexp.org to hear the show live.  We’ll be on stage at 11:45pm PDT.

KEXP is proud to present John in the Morning at Night, Friday May 29th live from Neumos – a benefit for KEXP!
 
Join DJ John Richards and DJ Michele Myers as KEXP presents a special live broadcast featuring New York’s finest, Pela and Iran; and Seattle greats United States of Electronica (U.S.E) and Throw Me the Statue.
 

Tickets are $18 presale, $20 day of. Advance tickets can be purchased at Ticketswest.com, Ticketswest Outlets, and Neumos Box Office.

Get Tickets Here

Hope to see you there
xo- Pela

More to follow when the photographer recovers

More to follow tomorrow

Good Old War

Gaslight Anthem

Recher Theater. Not the greatest photo but you get the idea

• Good Old War
• Gaslight Anthem

SOLD OUT

Metromix has a feature on Pela’s visit trip to the NJ shore and an interview with Billy. You can read it here.

Thank you to PJislife for posting this video…… Recorded at the Bowery Ballroom 6/6/08 

photo by bob sanderson

Pela will be headlining the Main Stage at the After the Jump Fest on June 21. The lads are scheduled to play at 7:30 PM.  The stage is located at North 6th between Kent & Wyeth in beautiful downtown Williamsburg (that’s in Brooklyn, for you foreigners).  There’s a bunch of other great bands playing and the show is free, so don’t miss it.  All shows are for a benefit of NYC school music programs (see more at the festival website).

One last Crowd Project has finally come in and the series is complete. We were finally able to overcome technical difficulties due to Chris Herb’s diligence. Thank you to everyone at Sasquatch! Cheers…… Eric