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Thank you, and good night…..

eric — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:26:15 +0000

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

Video – Backstage Waiting on the Stairs

sandman — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:56:55 +0000

Videographer Matteo Bava has created a new video of the lads performing backstage, before the show at Neumos in Seattle.

You can see more of Matteo’s work at his website.

New Songs, Unplugged on NPR Live Stream

sandman — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 02:04:04 +0000

Ron Henry

NPR has posted a live stream of the Lads performance on KEXP in May. The stream features a number of previously unreleased songs. If you missed the live show on KEXP, here’s your chance to hear it now.

NPR’s Live Stream

Capital Hill Blockparty – Photos

sandman — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:44:31 +0000

photos by Bob Sanderson

Interview and Links to New Music

sandman — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:16:37 +0000

Never Mind the Mainstream has posted an interview with Billy and links to lots of media on the web including several unreleased songs. You can read it on their blog.

New Audio/Video From the KEXP Session

sandman — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 15:05:41 +0000

KEXP has launched their podcast of our in-studio performance. You can listen to it here.

There’s also of video of the lads playing Juarez on the Eartaste website.

Sharing the Stage with Sonic Youth – Capitol Hill Block Party!

sandman — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 23:16:07 +0000

Hello everyone,

We have been invited to share the main stage with Sonic Youth at The Capitol Hill Block Party, Saturday, July 25, in Seattle. The full schedule is at the Block Party website. Tickets are on sale now.

Saturday 25th :: Main Stage :: All Ages
2:00 – Hey Marseilles
3:15 – Moondoggies
4:30 – The Pains of Being Pure at Heart
6:00 – PELA
7:30 – The Thermals
9:00 – The Gossip
10:30 – Sonic Youth

More Photos from JITMAN

sandman — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:14:36 +0000

This one kind of says it all

photo by Brittney Bollay of threegigs.com

There’s lots more on the KEXP site.

Live Review: Front Row at JITMAN ‘09

sandman — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:59:30 +0000

Front Row at JITMAN ‘09 with Pela, United States of Electronica, Iran and Throw Me The Statue – A review by Jason Kinnard.

photo by Alex Crick

Live Radio Performance on KEXP – East Los Angeles

eric — Sat, 30 May 2009 20:13:49 +0000

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