Well, it seems the people at Apple got the message, and have posted the new single to iTunes in a timely manner. Download “Clockwise” for your very own today.

Way to dodge a bullet, Steve. My Litigation Finger was getting itchy.

Clockwise is also available at Amazon MP3. And some other places.

Just wanna listen for now? You can do that.

If you enjoy Clockwise, let us know. Half Acre Day hearts those who heart us. Like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.

Oo, and remember that Scott Pilgrim V/s the World contest? Well, thanks to your votes, we’ve jumped up mightily through the ranks. So keep on voting, and feel free to post a comment – obnoxious or otherwise.

The newest Lunar Single, “Clockwise,” is officially out on May 14, but you can go and listen to it right freaking now. And you really should.

Once again, Amazon.com has it locked and loaded. Itunes? Not just yet… but technically they still have 13 hours or so. Before we law ’em.

Just kidding, Apple. We know better than to go lawing the likes of you. You just put the song up, you know, whenever you get the chance! And thanks for being you. 🙂

Oh and hey, we’re in a contest. It has something to do with a movie starring that lovable scamp Michael Cera. If you really loved us, you’d help us win by voting early and often at their web site. The cool thing is, for every vote you cast, you’ll get a free download (up to 100 free downloads). Super Bonus!

As the solar system and galaxies spin toward the assigned date, our friend Mix Master Brin has put the sweet finishing touches on “Clockwise,” Lunar Single #4. On the new moon of May 14 it shall be released to the masses. Pass this good news on to anyone and everyone you know who digs good tunage.

Half Acre Day has also been added to a contest for placement the upcoming motion picture, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.

Go to our page on Indie Rock v/s the World to vote, and maybe you’ll get to see HAD be a part of another film this year. Plus, we’ll get you Michael Cera’s autograph (or a reasonable facsimile thereof).

Thanks for your continued support.

This past Saturday saw the full-scale invasion of Ballard’s ever-popular Sunset Tavern by Half Acre Day and a horde of revelers with checkered and crossed pasts, said pasts mostly including Issaquah High and Central Washington University.

The super-secret event – dubbed Sunset Blackout 2 – Electric Boogaloo – was by all accounts the rare sequel that surpasses the original. There are pictures.

We were there. We played some sets. We drank some liquor. We shook some booty. We enjoyed ourselves immensely. A big thanks to Trent and the rest of the Sunset Blackout gang for having us, and we hope to see y’all next year. It’ll be sweet 2 3peat.

Itunes finally caught up with us, and the new Hug Point single is available for download. Get it here.

Haven’t heard it yet? Listen to all the Lunar Singles released so far this year (Hug Point, Multiply and Skeletons) on Half Acre Day’s website.

And oh yes, The next song is in the final stages of production in preparation for it’s May 14 release.

Special note to our friends east of the Cascades! We’ll be returning to our favorite Central Washington haunt – the Yakima Sports Center – on Saturday evening, May 1.

Housed in what was a century ago a house of ill repute, the YSC is now the music Mecca of the area – a kickass venue, bar and eatery run by some of the finest folks in the business (the music venue business, sillies, not the house-of-ill-repute business).

Cheers!

Song #3 of the 12 monthly Lunar Singles releases is officially on the loose. “Hug Point” is a positively lovely little number destined to become a HAD fan favorite.

Don’t believe me? Listen to Hug Point at Half Acre Day’s site. Brag to your friends that you were the first. Even if you weren’t, who’s gonna know? Your cat, or perhaps some dear departed loved ones (all of whom are watching your every move, by the way)? No matter. The important thing is that they won’t be telling anyone.

When your release schedule is synchronized to the movements of celestial bodies, timing can be a challenge. That said, iTunes – which is apparently not iTuned to such arcana – is lagging behind a bit on getting the song up for download.

Happily, Amazon is on the ball. You can get Hug Point at Amazon.com right now. At less than a dollar, even.

Its lack of awareness of the Lunar Calendar notwithstanding, I myself remain and iTunes man. As soon as it becomes available there, you can bet we’ll be getting the word out. Shoot, it might have already happened. Check on HAD’s iTunes place to find out. If nothing else, you may find a trove of undiscovered aural delights from the band.

If you like Hug Point, or any other works by those roguish devils in Half Acre Day, please consider posting a review, comment, blog, twitter, handbill or bathroom-stall-carving to that effect on the media outlet of your choice. Oh, and you should totally be our fan on Facebook. We do this kind of stuff all the time.

Here is something fun for you to do:

1. Go to our new home on Pandora.com
2. Click on the Create a Station button.
3. Commence with rocking out to Half Acre Day and like-minded artists.
4. Keep on rocking.

We in HAD are just pleased as punch with this development, which for any recording artist is many months in the making; first you gotta make an album. A REAL album – you know, all shrinkwrappy with liner notes and a barcode and all that – and get it up for sale on Amazon; then you submit some MP3s via email to the Music Genome Project.

Then, you wait.

You wait for so long, in fact, you forget you were waiting.

But you have to wait because your music is queued up with thousands upon thousands of other submissions to see if it is even worthy for inclusion in the library. If they deem it so, Pandora contacts you directly with instructions on sending your physical CD. These instructions must be followed to the letter and involve printing, cutting and sticking things to other things. If you screw up any of these steps, it seems, the whole process collapses and it’s game over, man. (I myself was paralyzed for several days before sealing and sending the package because I wasn’t sure if the padded envelope I was using qualified as a “CD Mailer,” a term used several times in the instructions. Eventually, my lovely wife got tired of the package sitting there, so she swiped it, sealed it and dropped it in a mailbox. “Oh no!” I thought, “It wasn’t in a ‘CD Mailer’!” But it was too late.)

Then, you wait.

You have to wait because now your whole album has to be listened to by a highly trained actual musician in a process that takes 20-30 minutes per song. But eventually, your music shows up on Pandora Radio, each song having been assigned 150-or-so “genes” describing its musical character. Using this information, a little dark magic and some nerdy thing called a “distance function,” Pandora constructs an awesome radio station of stuff you like based on the name of one song or one performer.

So yeah! Get over there and make your HAD station. I did. Who’s showing up on the playlist so far? Cake. Grandaddy. Maximo Park. Matthew Sweet. Plus a bunch of cool stuff that I’ve never heard before.

‘Cause that’s the whole point, ain’t it?

The next hunk o’ HAD is poised, panther-like, for it’s April 14 leap onto its unsuspecting prey – which are you.

Perhaps you’re thinking hey! I don’t care to be eaten by a panther, thanks! But wait! …this is one panther by which you really will want to be eaten, because it is an awesome panther.

I don’t want to say too much and spoil the mystique of it all, so I’ll just sum up:

New Half Acre Day song, 4/14/10, awesome, panther, eat, you.

Can’t wait? Tide yourself over and download the first two Lunar Singles. Haven’t even heard them yet? Listen here.