Five Days of Christmas with The April Skies

Merry Christmas everyone! This week we’re posting a free mp3 for download every day until Christmas! The tracks will be posted via iLike so you can download them from our Facebook page or from our iLike artist page. If you have an iLike account or want to sign up:

12/21 – Punch Drunk Messiah (The April Skies 2009)
12/22 – Grace (How It All Played Out 2006)
12/23 – A Game (Flood 2005)
12/24 – Splinters & Dimes (A Strange Western Mood 1991)
12/25 – Merry Christmas!!!! All four tracks from the Drive In Demo are now available!

In 1991, The April Skies recorded 4 songs with producer Mitch Easter (R.E.M., Let’s Active) and Eric Vermillion (Gumball, The Stump Wizards) which came to be known as the Drive In Demo. These songs were made available in 1992 on cassette and have not been available since, until today! As a very special gift to all of you this Christmas you can download all 4 songs from the Drive In Demo until the end of the year for free!

1. Someone Said…
2. Melting
3. Drizzle
4. Strange Eastern Mood

If you don’t have an iLike account you can get to it through Facebook – just click on the Music tab.

Enjoy! I will keep updating this post as I get new tracks uploaded. These tracks will only be available until the end of the year so go get ‘em now! One day left and we have a nice surprise for all of our long time fans set for Christmas Day!

Have a safe and happy holiday!

The April Skies CD national release!

In other belated news… Our new self-titled CD The April Skies was released nationally Tuesday, October 20th! Distributed through Burnside Distribution Company our new CD is available for order from CD One-Stop catalogs in record stores across the country. If your local store does not have it in stock get to the counter and order your copy today!

New Release: The April Skies

As most of you finding this know already we have finished our new self-titled CD and it is now available at shows (or by direct mail, just send an e-mail see below) and our official release date is May 19th for CDBaby, iTunes, Rhapsody, eMusic, etc…  Special thanks again to Larry Geiger for providing the artwork for our new release!

We are working on revamping the website right now, in the meantime you can have a listen to the new tracks on MySpace or become a Fan on Facebook.

The April Skies CD is currently available at shows for $10, please show your support and pick one up!  If you can’t make it to a show or we are not playing anywhere near you anytime soon we’ll send one to you, just send an e-mail to orders@theaprilskies.com, include your paypal address and we’ll invoice you for $10 for the CD + $2 for S&H.  You can also purchase our CDs through CDBaby.com or iTunes through our Discography page.