Helicopters | en

With a performance at the 2007 Lollapalooza festival, the release of an EP, appearances on numerous compilations, and live performances with bands such as Athlete, Lymbyc Systym and Au Revoir Simone all tucked safely behind them, Helicopters closed the door on the final chapter of their debut album and quickly got to work on their next major endeavor, "Sizing Up the Distance". Many bands make an intentional effort to move away from a sound or direction of a previous project; a cathartic expunging of the past. “Our first album was very much an attempt to explore a genre that was...

The Party of Helicopters, from Kent, Ohio, was active from 1995 to 2004. They played melodic polyphonic punk that didn't quite cross over into pop. Their lightning fast rhythms, insanely complex guitars, and off-kilter vocals intertwined to mount a pounding sonic assault on your skull. The band broke up in October of 2004. Check out their new bands: Beaten Awake (Ryan plays drums, Also features old TPOH drummer Jon Finley on vocals/guitar and Joel from Harriet the Spy on vocals/keyboards) Teeth of the Hydra (Jamie plays drums, also features Matt from Three Studies for a Crucifixion on vocals/guitar and Matt...