The Planet The - Thursday, Oct. 13
Is The Planet The doomed? WW goes to the source to find out.
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[October 12th, 2005] [SPAZZ-ROCK] On the cusp of itsfirst national tour, The Planet The has been dogged by stories of intra-band tensions. One persistent rumor of a final split spread after the band dropped out of an opening spot at the Joggers' CD-release show earlier this month. The latest gossip is made all the more baffling, considering how the Portland trio's infectious math-rock seems poised for national success. The band has seen its profile soar in the months following the summer release of its sophomore album, You Absorb My Vision, including plenty of national press and radio play that saw The Planet The crack the College Music Journal's Top 40 chart. We caught up with frontman Charlie Salas-Humara for the real scoop. JAY HORTON.
WW: So, there's been a lot of talk about you guys ...
Charlie Salas-Humara: Yeah, I've heard the rumors. I mean, we did fight when everything came to a head, but it wasn't serious. And the rumors fly so quick. The day after we fought, our own publicist called to say he heard from the press that we'd broken up.
What did happen?
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We're starting our first big tour next week. We'll be gone for a month touring all the way across the Midwest to New York, parts of the South and Southwest and then back up California. The problem was that Chip [Matze], our drummer, couldn't go. He's just starting a family, and his job [he manages American Dream Pizza] was giving him trouble. In the end, they ended up actually giving him a month off, and he was able to go.
Will he be on the new album?
Yeah, if he's able to record. I'm sure he'll be on some of it. It's due in May for 5RC, Kill Rock Stars' sister label. It's going to be more pop. No synthesizers, all real organs. More organic.
So to speak. Is Chip with the band for good?
We're still hoping he'll be able to get time off, but next summer, when we tour Europe and Australia with Truman's Water, we'll probably have to look for another drummer. We have some friends who'd want to go. Maybe Joe Kelly [ex-31 Knots, Hott Church]. I know he wants to go to Europe, and this way we'd have to pay for it.
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