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Half Acre Day

"A band that should finally be taken note of." DOA

About Me

I’m thankful there is air all around me. In the vast blackness of deep-space, you would never hear Half Acre Day coming. How could one ever appreciate their intricate superposition of spherical pressure waves if one were in a vacuum? Instead of appreciating their complex harmonies, we would all be busy in the act of asphyxiation!

So let’s rejoice we’re all in this ’cab’, taken for a ride at 1 Astronomic Unit, around this fusion blast furnace known as the Sun. Be happy that its atmospheric envelope causes this music to be brought to you at the speed of sound; inducing capacitative changes in microphones to save it for posterity.

Let’s leave it up to the electron to traverse the vacuum in the amps’ triode and pentode tubes, or jump the p-n silicon junctions, allowing these sounds to be produced, recorded and reproduced such that ear membranes vibrate, ossicles oscillate, nerve cells fire, and axions perform their intricate ion-exchange dance so that our brains will register them. After that there is only one thing left to do: enjoy!

by Jos van Schagen, PhD

Half Acre Day’s new full-length, Fourteen Trips Around the Sun, is available now online , and at your local record store. If your local record store doesn’t have it, tell them to stock Half Acre Day!


Number 9 on thesixtyone.com music site
Number 6 All-time indie song & Number 3 All-time Best Melody Garageband.com (Policemen & Planes)
Number 9 All-time Best Melody indie rock Garageband.com (Anemones)
Number 153 peak CMJ charts - Jan ’08

My Interests

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Member Since: 1/9/2005
Band Website: halfacreday.com
Band Members: Ballew, Martin: gtr + vox
Beaudry, Paul: keys + gtr + vox + flute + bow
Cory, Matthew: bass + vox
Kristiansen, Matthew: gtr + vox
McMullen, Aaron: drums + vox

Influences: deep and wide. Beatles, Ween, U2, Flaming Lips, Police

"absolutely heavenly... chiming melodies, the playful lyrics and intelligent songwriting, these songs have an immediate impact that make my eardrums euphoric." - I am Fuel, You Are Friends

"Where have these fellows been hiding? Well, you’ve been exposed now! Show yourselves!" - Used Wigs
Sounds Like: Ween, Flaming Lips, Built To Spill, Wilco

This is a fan-made video of Half Acre Day performing "Brown":

Record Label: Right Mind Records/Hidden Peak
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Cyber battle update

To those of you who voted for us: Thank you.Due to your diligence and steadfastness, we eked out a victory in the epic showdown between ourselves and The Color Bars at the Union Records Roster Expansi...
Posted by Half Acre Day on Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:51:00 PST

The competition continues...

Wow. You guys really came through. The first round of voting for The Union Records roster espansion competition was over before it started, with HAD receiving 98% of the vote. Beat that, Barack!This p...
Posted by Half Acre Day on Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:59:00 PST

HALF ACRE DAY - Record Label Contest

Well shucks! For some reason we're in a contest to be signed to a Major Record Label- The Union Records! Alright, they're not a major label, but a label nevertheless -a nice little outfit in Portland....
Posted by Half Acre Day on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:19:00 PST

Half Acre Day in Eugene

Seattle band Half Acre Day invades Oregon this Friday night - specifically Sam Band's in Eugene. It's been over a year and a half, but we're more than glad to be heading back as it kicks off our mini ...
Posted by Half Acre Day on Thu, 08 May 2008 01:02:00 PST

KEXP and the Stranger

Take a look at some hot new pix of HAD playing in the KEXP studios last week. What's more, we were the Stranger's Band of the week. Coming soon, the HAD KEXP performances on our podcast.This week ...
Posted by Half Acre Day on Thu, 01 May 2008 10:08:00 PST

Vote for Half Acre Day on 107.7 The End KNDD

Half Acre Day is in the running for a Virgin America sponsored concert at the Showbox in Seattle and needs your vote to win!Please go to http://1077theend.com/pages/1900338.php to listen to the songs ...
Posted by Half Acre Day on Sat, 29 Mar 2008 07:12:00 PST

Happy Valentine’s Day

Howdy Hadsters, Haddicts, fans and friends!To show you how much we care, we've composed a little love song for you.You can go to our myspace page to listen - http://www.myspace.com/halfacredaySpread t...
Posted by Half Acre Day on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:57:00 PST

Puppy Love

The outpouring of love keeps pouring out for the new record, Fourteen Trips Around the Sun. The band is capitalizing on this love, selling millions of copies and spending the money on puppies, of whic...
Posted by Half Acre Day on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 01:42:00 PST

I Am Fuel, You Are Friends Reviews 14 Trips

Some very kind words from Heather Browne to start out the New Year.Oh, hey yeah! Happy New Year!XOXOXOZHAD
Posted by Half Acre Day on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:50:00 PST

Fourteen Trips Around the Sun - dropping 11.13.07

So we've been making this record album, see. It's been 18 months since we started, about the length of time it takes for a sperm whale to gestate. The final fruit of our labor and loins, our little sp...
Posted by Half Acre Day on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 02:57:00 PST