We’ve got some great things to tell you about. Let’s start with shows.

Fri. March 19
Portland // The Woods
We’ll be playing with those tireless gospel singers of indie rock, Drew Grow and the Pastors Wives. We dare you to not be infected by their performace. This is a 21+, and advance tix are available. The Woods is a sublime venue… it was once a funeral parlor and will make a fine setting for music that night.

Thurs. April 8
Seattle // The Crocodile
We open, and Grand Hallway headlines this show. They’ve been making waves all over Seattle, and are currently en route to SXSW to win over the hearts of the Rockademia. Recently they sold out two shows at Seattle’s Triple Door with a 50 piece orchestra. In other words, don’t miss these guys! But arrive early for us (smiley face emoticon). This is a 21+ show, and advance tix are available.

+ Our online store is now open for business. There are packages for every budget, from digital downloads at $5 to the “Super Deluxx” package, which hooks you up with 5 CDs, a poster, and shirt for only $40. That’s a deal so crazy, we may get locked up in the infirmary just for putting it on the Internet.

+ Last fall, Friday Mile spent a weary Sunday morning at a Spokane radio station, doing an interview and playing some live songs the morning after a show (and there’s video to prove it). You can listen to the full show here.

+ Good Luck Studio has been getting a few reviews in the blogosphere. Bonafide Darling praises our “pop sensibilities” while another blog said that Jace and Hannah’s harmonizing is the star of the record. URB Magazine was slightly more critical. Yet another blog was written in Dutch, so we only can guess what was said about us… Oh, and this Athens web radio station played “Distance = Danger” a couple weeks ago. Talk about surreal…

+ Be sure to friend us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter to hear the day-to-day happenings with the band. We can assure you that some cool shows will be going down this summer, and this is the best way to hear about them first. We are also busy working on new material, ideally stuff we would like to get out later this year.

Take care everyone. Be well.

Come join us and help the relief efforts in Haiti!

“They incorporate some wonderfully poppy elements, none more so than the achingly gorgeous vocal harmonies – the lead singers, Jace Krause and Hannah Williams complement each other perfectly. They’re playful with ooohs and aaahs but keep the sound grounded enough so that we can listen seriously.”

You can read the full thing at their site.

Portland’s KINK 101.9 FM will be featuring Friday Mile on their local music spotlight on Wednesday (1/6/10) night at 9:30 PM.

The good news: you don’t have to be in Portland to listen. You can stream KINK on the Internet and listen to the station live. Tune in and don’t miss out!

According to the KINK web site, our friends Weinland were featured on Dec 30, and Portland’s favorite cocktail-inspired band, Pink Martini, were featured on the last day of 2009.

Enjoy the nice clean layout, and all the extra features. Listen to some of the music and feel free to download Autograph, available for absolutely nothing. We’ll soon have additional features, so come back often.

We are happy to be included on the most recent edition of KEXP’s Music That Matters podcast. This podcast touches on the latest and greatest stuff that KEXP is digging.

This week’s episode is curated by DJ Cheryl Waters and includes tracks from other great bands like Maps, Beach House, People Under the Stairs, Feral Children, and Elba. I’m listening right now, and it’s a good mix of stuff. Friday Mile is nestled right in the middle of the tracklist. Find out which song they chose by listening at KEXP (right side of page under Music That Matters) or subscribe on iTunes. Or, just download the entire show on MP3.

If you like what you hear, be sure to donate to KEXP whenever you can. They are listener-supported and music lovers around the world are better for having this station around. They do amazing things for the Seattle music community.

Sonic Boom Records

And if you find yourself in Queen Anne, step into Easy Street Records’ awesome store and go straight to the Fs in the Pop/Rock section. That’s where you’ll find us. We aren’t on the listening station there (yet), but we’ll let you know when that happens.

Easy Street Records

For the record, SW called Good Luck Studio a “a clean, smartly arranged album.”

We are happy to unveil the latest Ty Kalberg-designed product: a short run of tri-blend American Apparel track shirts with a Friday Mile splatter design. We have a v-neck gray shirt for women and a charcoal black crew neck for men. They are also very soft, which means you’ll be really comfortable while wearing them. Your comfort is our passion.

We will sell these at the CD release shows this weekend (don’t forget to attend). After that, we’ll put them up in our store.