Polyvinyl Record Co.

Aloha began with Tony Cavallario and Matthew Gengler in the summer of 1997 in Bowling Green, OH. One of the few bands to ever actually get a record deal based on a demo tape, the band has operated from a number of bases, doing their writing, rehearsing and living in Cleveland, Chicago, Washington D.C., Cincinnati, Rochester, Pittsburgh and Altoona, PA. Aloha is renowned for their intense, non-stop live shows and extensive touring, as well as their homemade T-shirts and self-reliant ethic. The band has shared the stage with the likes of Q and Not U, Ted Leo, and Clinic, as well as Cex and Joan of Arc, two bands in which drummer Cale Parks has been a member.

Cavallario and T.J. Lipple began playing together during a lull in Aloha's schedule in late 2002, when they both lived in Pittsburgh. Lipple joined the band in May of 2003, when Parks, Cavallario and Gengler joined him at his grandpa's empty house in Altoona, PA. There they began writing the songs that would eventually become 2004's Here Comes Everyone. With Lipple came a more focused approach to making music and a host of new tools including marimba, homemade mellotrons, organs and tape manipulations. Lipple's skilledMore