Are Tiny Moving Parts the first band in space?!
Well, no, not really. Not yet at least.
The Minnesotans recently filmed a video for ‘Entrances & Exits’ taken from their new album, ‘Pleasant Living’, by sending a Go-Pro camera and three bobble head replicas of themselves into space.
“On August 13th from our home in Benson, MN, we sent three bobble heads replicas of ourselves into space using a 600 gram weather balloon,” explains singer/guitarist Dylan Matthiesen. “The 2 hour flight was captured by a GoPro camera enclosed in a styrofoam cooler alongside a GPS tracker and a stack of heat packs to help brave the -60 degree F (-15 C) temperatures. The spacecraft reached a height of over 80,000 ft (24,384 meters), capturing the Earth’s curve and the beauty of a world just beyond our grasp.”
“About 2 hours into its journey, the GPS stopped sending us signals. We drove all over the farmlands of Minnesota with the slim hopes of it turning up somewhere. Eventually, we gave up and lost hope. It wasn’t until October 10th, almost 2 months later, that we received a call from a farmer, our new friend Kurt, almost 50 miles away who found the pack while combing through his bean farm.”
Amazing.
Tiny Moving Parts’ album ‘Pleasant Living’ is out now on Triple Record Records and play the following tour dates (all on earth) with Dads*, Nai Harvest^ and Choir Vandals` joining them on select dates.
OCTOBER
17 – Lansing, MI @ Mac’s Bar *^
18 – Toronto, ON @ Hard Luck *^
19 – Buffalo, NY @ Waiting Room *^
20 – New York, NY @ The Studio at Webster Hall *^
22 – Allston, MA @ Great Scott *^
23 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church *^
24 – Washington, DC @ DC9 *^
25 – Raleigh, NC @ Kings *^
26 – Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern *^
27 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade *^
28 – Orlando, FL – Backbooth ^ w/Â Pentimento
29 – Tampa, FL @ Pre-Fest 2
31 – Gainesville, FL @ The Fest 13
NOVEMBER
03 – Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald’s Downstairs ^`
04 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk ^`
05 – Dallas, TX @ Gas Monkey ^`
07 – Tucson, AZ @ Gary’s Place ^`
08 – Scottsdale, AZ @ Pub Rock Live ^`
09 – Camarillo, CA @ Rock City Studios ^`
10 – Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction ^`
11 – Los Angeles, CA @ EchoPlex ^`
12 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of The Hill ^`
14 – Portland, OR @ Slabtown ^`
15 – Seattle, WA @ Vera Project ^`
16 – Boise, ID – The Crux
17 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court ^`
18 – Denver, CO – High Dive ^`
20 – Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock ^`
21 – Chicago, IL – Beat Kitchen ^`
22 – St. Louis, MO – The Demo ^`
23 – Nashville, TN – The End ^`
DECEMBER
20 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre Of Living Arts w/ Man Overboard
21 – New York, NY – Webster Hall w/ The Front Bottoms, Kevin Devine, Craig Finn