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Albums
- 10 tracks (43:14)An exercise in the lush, layered interpolation of seemingly disparate sounds, organic textures and electrified glitch, all wrapped in a blanket of cozy pop songwriting.
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- 18 tracks (55:56)A collection of bits, bites, demos and b-sides (2005-2010)
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- 7 tracks (28:42)"Slow Leak at the Seam" was an exercise in turning the writing process on its head. Songs were written and released on a weekly basis during the summer of 2010, and the most successful tracks have since been tweaked and nudged and will appear on the upcoming album "The Honey and the Hiss", to be released on May 17, 2011.
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- Excited to start working on the new album tonight! BIG is the operative word.
- Bring it on, 2012.
- Ho Ho Helichristmas!
- Congratulations, guys!
- Brian's shoulder surgery went well, and the lil' guy is in great spirits. (Or maybe it's the drugs talking.) Please join us in wishing him a speedy recovery!
- Now on SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/helicopters
- 13 years ago last night, Dave and Jason played our first show together. 9 albums, hundreds of unfinished songs and 4 band names later, we're still here.
- Happy Heliween!
- Thanks everyone for coming out in full force to our first (but hopefully not last) show @hideoutchicago. The Lonely Forest (@thelonelyforest), you guys killed it.
- Tonight tonight tonight...ohhhh ohhhhhhhhhh...
- Have we mentioned we're performing at The Hideout on Friday? Bitchin'.
- Win tickets to our show on Friday (via CHIRP Radio)!
- Missed our performance at the Cusp Conference? Here's a preview...
- Helicopters LIVE at The Hideout (Chicago)
- Thanks to everyone at CUSP this evening, we had a fantastic time!
- Just arrived at the MCA. Closing in on RAWK time. #Cusp2011
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Tweets
- Excited to start working on the new album tonight! BIG is the operative word.
- Bring it on, 2012.
- Ho Ho Helichristmas! http://t.co/CV9NnKk7
- Ho Ho Helichristmas! http://t.co/u8zSlQzb http://t.co/vaeZ78J5
- @JamesGGray Not currently on the calendar… working on something for early 2012. Stay tuned!
- Congratulations, guys! http://t.co/y9AFW3Hs
- Just posted a photo http://t.co/cQV7ju6W
- Brian's shoulder surgery went well, and the lil' guy is in great spirits. (Or maybe it's the drugs talking.)... http://t.co/PB1rBHgm
- Helicopters - Enough (Live at CUSP 2011) http://t.co/MX6Q7pN2
- Now on SoundCloud: http://t.co/Hhg9fHvZ http://t.co/WkGpUZie
- SoundOff Spotlight: Helicopters http://t.co/H43mAFJD
- 13 years ago last night, Dave and Jason played our first show together. 9 albums, hundreds of unfinished songs and... http://t.co/2UlKDwCD
- Happy Heliween!
- @thelonelyforest Good luck at CMJ! Great meeting you on Friday…let us know next time you're in Chicago.
- Thanks everyone for coming out in full force to our first (but hopefully not last) show @hideoutchicago. The... http://t.co/iucHLpcT
- @pintoandthebean Thanks for coming out guys!
- Rawk. http://t.co/HOS0OWg4
- @pintoandthebean 10pm sharp!
- Tonight, 9pm: @hideoutchicago - #cusp2011 peeps come say hi and get something free. Don't know what yet, but it'll be awesome.
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- 2011
The past 6 months have been pretty exciting and eventful for Team Helicopters, so I figured it was time that we gave a little status update. We’ve not been particularly good at this blog thing, so consider this our New Year’s resolution to try and be a little more proactive in this regard.
We had intended to release ‘Slow Leak at the Seam’ on January 11th, but other ‘bigger’ life events (wedding, new baby boy, fatherhood, and family) have been dividing our time into smaller and smaller increments. This is not a complaint in any way, just an explanation as to why (in part) we have delayed this release.
After setting this release date, we also realized that this left no time for us to actually promote the release, which would be a real shame, considering all of the work we put into it, and (we think) the strength of the material. As I’m sure you, good reader, are aware, having a release without promotion is akin to breaking a world record alone in your basement; if no one ever sees/hears it, then it didn’t really happen.
So we’re working on that now. The album is at about 95%, we have a really fantastic video director, Josh Pabst, who’s been working on a video for the first single from the album, and we’ve been meeting/talking with different promotional channels to determine what our ‘plan’ is for the record.
In the meantime, we went through our archives, and released ‘Not Diamonds But Diamonds’ on Tuesday. This is our ’Dead Letter Office’ (REM album). It’s all of the stuff that we were fond enough of to want to share, but for whatever reason, it didn’t fit with the current release, wasn’t completely realized, or was really good but wasn’t ‘helicopters’. The songs span helicopters’ entire existence from 2005 to the present, with outtakes and b-sides from each album, including the upcoming release.
You can download all 18 NDBD tracks here for free: http://helicopters.bandcamp.com
So that’s where we’re at. We will spend the next few months completing ‘SLATS’, figuring out how to make a compelling live perfomance out of a quite complicated record, and enjoying all of the other wonderful things that life brings.
Thanks for your support, your patience, and your interest. We will still be making songs even if no one ever hears them, but it’s more fun when they do.
All the best for 2011,
bri
Every year we participate in WXRT’s (93.1FM Chicago) Local Anesthetic Holiday Spectacular by writing (somewhat hastily) a holiday jingle as a thank you for all the support WXRT has given us throughout the years. In the past these minute-long jingles have turned themselves into full songs (“Rotofugi” being the first to start this trend). This year’s submission might prove a bit more challenging. Take a listen.
I think records were just a little bubble through time and those who made a living from them for a while were lucky. There is no reason why anyone should have made so much money from selling records except that everything was right for this period of time. I always knew it would run out sooner or later. It couldn’t last, and now it’s running out. I don’t particularly care that it is and like the way things are going. The record age was just a blip. It was a bit like if you had a source of whale blubber in the 1840s and it could be used as fuel. Before gas came along, if you traded in whale blubber, you were the richest man on Earth. Then gas came along and you’d be stuck with your whale blubber. Sorry mate – history’s moving along. Recorded music equals whale blubber. Eventually, something else will replace it.
Brian Eno- When does the new album come out??????
The new album officially releases in September, but you can go here and stream/purchase one new single every Tuesday until then.
-Helicopters
