The end of husband&wife...

After somewhere between nine and twelve years (depending on who you ask...) of writing, recording, touring, planning and scheming, we've decided that it's time to call it a day for husband&wife. This may come as a surprise to some of you, and for others of you it's probably more like, "about dang time!". We've had a whole lot of fun over the last decade or so, more or less dedicating our lives to this thing. We've learned a lot of things, tried out a lot of things, made a few things we're embarrassed of, and even more things we're really very proud of. What a ride, you know!?

The truth is, we feel like this couldn't be happening at a better time. Yes, it's a bit of a bummer to throw in the towel, BUT we certainly feel like we're ending on a high note. The whole experience of this new 7" has been great. It has gone better than we ever could have imagined, and we've sincerely had a great time working on it. The recording sessions for "I'll Wait" and "Don't Rush" were some of the most fun times I've ever had in this band, and that's really saying something. Not to mention, these two songs are some of the most collaborative, best-sounding, and best songs we've had the pleasure of working on together. However, we know full well that 2 songs released after two and a half years of work is not what a band does. We've lost our steam. So, instead of dragging it out or forcing a final album together that we're not too excited about, we've decided to go ahead and pull the plug now. Clean break. Now - while we still like each other, you still like us, and we all still like the music. Well, kind of "Now"...

We're going to do a handful of final tour dates. One - to fulfill our out-standing obligations - but the more important reason is that we all felt it would be a ton of fun to hit the road one last time to give ourselves some closure and to give this band a proper send-off. The last show of the tour will be our final performance as husband&wife, and it will be right here in good old Bloomington, IN! the tour dates are listed below. (and a few of them aren't filled yet...if you or someone you know might be interested in helping us fill those dates, please let us know!)

Thurs. Feb. 7th - Muncie, IN - Village Green Records - w/ State Park
Fri. Feb. 8th - Ft. Wayne, IN - CS3 Tiger Room - Plural Pines, and House of Bread
Sat. Feb. 9th - Chicago, IL - Coles (Logan Square) - w/ Flowers, and Wally Dogger
Sun. Feb. 10th - Indianapolis, IN - Flannelgraph/XRA Records showcase - LUNA Records - w/ She Does Is Magic, Living Well, Frank Schweikhardt, and New Terrors

Thurs. Feb. 28th - Kalamazoo, MI - Louie's Trophy Shop - w/ Glowfriends, and TBA
Fri. Mar. 1st - Grand Rapids, MI - Mulligan's - w/ Pistolbrides, and Congress
Sat. Mar. 2nd - Ypsilanti, MI - The Playboy Mansion - w/ Congress, and TBA

Wed. April 10th - Kansas City, MO/Lawrence, KS - Help us book this!
Thur. April 11th - Ft. Collins, CO - TBA
Fri. 4/12/2013 Denver, CO - Help us book this!
Sat. 4/13/2013 Provo, UT - TBA
Sun. 4/14/2013 Salt Lake City, UT - TBA
Mon. 4/15/2013 ???? - Help us book this!
Tues. 4/16/2013 Kansas City, MO/Lawrence, KS - Help us book this!
Sat. 4/20/2013 Bloomington, IN - TBA (LAST husband&wife SHOW EVER!)

Another thing we wanted to tell you is that while this does mark the end of husband&wife, the music doesn't stop here. All of us are still very much involved in other on-going musical endeavors that will carry on. If you'd like to keep up with what's happening with all of us, here is a collection of links that will help you:

www.XRArecords.com
www.flannelgraphrecords.com
New Terrors (Burke's solo recording)
Mike Adams at His Honest Weight (Mike's solo recordings)
Living Well (Bryant's new band)
Frank Schweikhardt (Tim and Mike play together in this band)

As always, we can't say thanks enough for what all of you guys have given us over the life of this band, and allowed us to experience. Please do stay in touch, and feel free to write us with any questions or comments. And please, come and hang with us at these final shows. LeT's PaRtY!!

THANK YOU.

TL;DR - new 7" is nearly finished, husband&wife is breaking up but, doing one last tour!