Dear friends and enemies,
We are very excited to announce the upcoming release of a new album, Nine Ways. It will be released on November 17th, but if you pre-order the deluxe, limited edition physical album (it’s a book!), you can listen to it right now.
The album was recorded over this past summer of 2009, and we took a long time on it, longer than we’ve taken on anything before, so we’re pretty proud of it, and we hope you’ll like it.
Go here to read about the album, the packaging, and to pre-order —- http://www.thechairsband.com/ninewaysorder.html
If you go there you can also download “Charlotte Pipe” which is the first ‘single’ from the album.
sincerely,
the chairs
1 week ago
Dear friends and enemies,
Two bits of news:
We have a new EP, which is released today, right now. It is called Can We Be Friends? and it is a collection of our past covers with the addition of a few more. Track listing is:
1. My Guitar (originally by Jump, Little Children)
2. Reservations (Wilco)
3. Motion Picture Soundtrack (Radiohead)
4. Flume (Bon Iver)
5. In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (Neutral Milk Hotel)
You can download the EP right now for free at www.thechairs.bandcamp.com
Secondly, we have a new full-length album, which has been done for a while now but will be released on November 17th. More news on that to come.
Also, here are some shows we have coming up:
Friday, October 9th — Minneapolis, MN
Saturday, October 24th - Milwaukee, WI
Thursday, November 5 - Appleton, WI
Hope all is well,
The Chairs
1 month ago
Alright so we are going to be going out on tour this December. We want to come to you, and play in your living room. Or your favorite club down the street. If you live east of the Mississippi River, anywhere east (we’re going to NYC and back, and will take whatever path appears to us) and would like to help us out with a show, shoot an email to chairsband@gmail.com . Any suggestions for venues, or invitations to play in your attic, any such thing would be helpful. You would become our favorite fan and we would shower you with the kind of love that Danny Tanner showered upon his loving family.
Alex / The Chairs
1 month ago
Dear friends, enemies, and the indifferent:
We’re playing Madison today as part of the Forward Music Fest ‘09, which also features far superior bands like Andrew Bird, Low, Margot & the Nuclear So-and-so’s, Atlas Sound, Ra Ra Riot, and many more.
We play the Project Lodge at 5 pm. It will cost $7 at the door.
See you there,
The Chairs
1 month ago
Dear lovers,
Hope your summers are going swimmingly. A few items to discuss:
First off, we’ve got a real treat for you today. Oh boy, have we. For a very limited time, you can download our last album, “Laugh, It’s a Fright” for FREE. Go to this link to do so:
http://thechairs.bandcamp.com/
This is for all you cheapskates. We figured since we are cheapskates ourselves, it only figures that some of you may also be a bit “careful” with money. But you can still donate money to the cause, and get a physical (REAL) album in return at our main website (www.thechairsband.com), and remember this deal will only last for a short period of time, after which it will vanish, and you’ll be left staring at the skies, cursing the gods with your fists outstretched, lamenting the day you failed to obtain this piece of mastery.
Second item: Shows! We have a few exciting shows coming up that we thought you should be aware of:
On Monday, August 3rd, we will be HEADLINING the High Noon Saloon in Madison, Wisconsin. This is very exciting for us and we hope to see you there. Amo Joy! and iCARUS HiMSELF are also playing, it should be a great show. It starts at 8:00 pm, there is a $5 cover, and the show is 21+ (sorry younglings, we’ll find a way to you someday soon).
Then on the very next day, Tuesday, August 4th, we are playing at the Uptown Bar in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The show also features the Southtown Avengers, and OceanCats. It starts at 9 pm, it’s FREE, and again it is 21+.
We will be debuting some new songs at these shows, so be sure to check it out.
THEN, on September 19th, we will be performing at the Forward Music Fest in Madison! This is very exciting, as the festival is being headlined by our eternal hero, Andrew Bird, and also features great bands like Low, Margot & the Nuclear So-and-Sos, Ra Ra Riot, and many more. (www.fmf09.com) I’m sure Andrew Bird will come to our show, hang out afterwards, and we’ll become friends forever. So be sure to come. We don’t know exactly when or where yet but we’ll keep you informed.
Over the new few months we will be bringing you some very exciting Chairs news, so stay tuned! This is only intended to build hype and excitement, hopefully verging on pandemonium, as we will divulge no further. information at this time.
Love,
The Chairs
3 months ago
