Halves

November 2011

halves — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 10:26:39 +0000

Hello,
Well it has been a wee while hasn’t it? Lots of wonderful things have happened since I mumbled here last- most recently we played The Cork Opera house with Amiina and it was one of the best nights of our career (if you can call it that). We have a short run of dates coming up (see tour page) ending with a date in a church. After that we launch into album number two- scary starting afresh but the ideas have started coming once more. More soon….

album stream

halves — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:07:44 +0000

hey all,

so our debut album ‘it goes, it goes (forever & ever)’ is now 1 year old. to celebrate, we’ve made the whole album stream-able from our bandcamp page. enjoy!

It Goes, It Goes (Forever & Ever) by Halves

winter is coming, halves are touring.

halves — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:20:56 +0000

hello everyone!

to celebrate the arrival of the bitter irish winter, we are delighted to announce the following irish dates for the coming months. if we’re visiting a town near you, do come down and bring your friends!

also, we’ve just launched our new record label website, for all things halves (and carnival moon). go take a look: www.hiterecords.com

cheers!

halves.

Date	Where	Venue	Link
30-10-2011	Cork	Cork Opera House (supporting Amiina)	www.corkoperahouse.ie
11-11-2011	Dublin	Whelan’s (supporting Gardens & Villa)	www.whelanslive.com
24-11-2011	Galway	Róisín Dubh (free show)	www.roisindubh.net
25-11-2011	Cork	Cyprus Avenue (free show)	www.cyprusavenue.ie
26-11-2011	Limerick	Dolan’s (Upstairs)	www.dolans.ie
09-12-2011	Dublin	Unitarian Church	www.dublinunitarianchurch.org

Growing in a gaff

halves — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:04:32 +0000

Here’s a video of us doing a stripped down version of Growing & Glow in a house in Toronto. Enjoy!

Body & Soul Festival

halves — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:46:06 +0000

So we’ll be playing at the Body & Soul festival in Co. Westmeath next weekend. We’re playing at the Casa Habana stage at 1am on the night of saturday 18th of June. We hope our music will be a good way to end the night, so if you’re going to the festival, do come and see us. We’re really looking forward to it!

For now, here’s a video from Lisa Hannigan, another artist playing at the festival. Enjoy!

May 2011

halves — Tue, 17 May 2011 10:32:30 +0000

Hello folks…
Trying to get back on the horse and write here monthly. We’re just back from two days in glorious Brighton for The Great Escape Festival. Oh what fun we had- two shows went better than we could have hoped for (thanks to all who came on down). Earrrrly morning flights are rough so there was a lot of delirious nonsense. Our good friend Guy ‘Iambic’ Andrews showed us the best watering holes and we sure did enjoy that. We’re opening for Mercury Rev tomorrow night in Vicar street (pending heightened security due to her royal highness). We’ve also begun writing for album number 2, finally! Our album gets its full uk/european release on July 4th so do go out and buy it!

Well well well

halves — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:31:07 +0000

Hello folks…sorry for the lack of updates but with the records finally coming out we were busy. So what happened since the last entry? We played a lot of shows around Ireland, enjoyed the pleasures of our Choice Prize nomination, played in Toronto a couple times and then went on to Texas for SXSW once more. We’ve said goodbye to our beloved Paul who has moved abroad for his studies (good luck mlad) and we have a new violinst called Margie which is exciting. We’re currently sorting shows for the summer and winter (more news on these as they come) but our next outing will be The Great Escape festival in Brighton (May 14th) and opening for Mercury Rev in Vicar street (May 18th). Back to it now, oh aye. More soon.

End of tour, & new video

halves — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:30:56 +0000

Hello all,

So we just completed a run of gigs including an Irish tour, the choice prize show, CMF and SXSW. We had a great time over the past month and thoroughly enjoyed all the shows. We’d like to thank everyone who came to a halves gig over the last little while, your support and ear-time are greatly appreciated.

In other news, our friend Donal Mangan just finished a fantastic stop-motion video for Darling, You"ll Meet Your Maker. Here it is, enjoy!

Halves.

New Single & Irish Tour

halves — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 11:21:40 +0000

We are delighted to announce our new single “I Raise Bears” is now available for free download. This song features vocals from the wonderful Katie Kim. Note: this is an edited version of the song, the full version is on our album It Goes, It Goes (Forever & Ever).

I Raise Bears (featuring Katie Kim) edit by halves

Also, we are embarking on an Irish tour at the end of February, and Jennifer Evans has agreed to come along too. Here are the dates:

24th Feb	Galway	The Róisín Dubh
25th Feb	Sligo	The Model
3rd Mar	Dublin	Vicar Street (Choice Prize Show)
4th Mar	Dublin	Whelan"s
5th Mar	Limerick	Dolan"s (Upstairs)
6th Mar	Cork	Cyprus Avenue

‘It Goes, It Goes (Forever & Ever)’ nominated for choice prize

halves — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:01:38 +0000

Today we were delighted to find out that the album we released last year ‘It Goes, It Goes (Forever & Ever)’ has been nominated for the choice music prize 2011.

We’re honoured to have been selected among such a fantastic list of musicians. Thanks to the judges!

The shortlist for the choice prize 2011 is here