Halifax has posted a new demo titled “Perfect Life” on their MySpace page. The demo features the bands new singer, Chris Brandt. A message from Chris can be seen below.

I can’t make you wait any longer! This is what my voice sounds like.

I just put a new Halifax demo, titled “Perfect Life”, into our music player. Keep in mind this is just a demo that we recorded in my house. We will be going into the studio with producer Dwight Baker to professionally record the album with in the next 2 months. Make sure to show us some love and tell us what you think.
WE REALLY WAN’T YOUR FEEDBACK.

Halifax has posted a message about Mike leaving the band.

As you may or may not have heard, Mike has decided to leave the band. We part with him with a lot of mutual love, respect and understanding. We look forward to embracing the next chapter of Halifax with both a huge amount of appreciation for the last 5 years with Mike and the excitement of rising to the challenges that lay ahead to make Halifax shine brighter than ever. The band will be entering the studio this summer to record their new album with Chris taking over the lead vocal duties.

Halifax has launched a special presale to thank their fans for their continued support. All presale tickets sold on thru Halifax’s Fan Club. Ticketing will be only $5 each and have no service fee. Only a limited amount of tickets are available for the low $5 price, so act fast!

The shows below that have a * next to them are currently on sale on the Fan Club Ticketing website at http://tixx1.artistarena.com/halifax/. Shows not onsale yet will be shortly - and lots more shows are still being announced!

Below you can find some best of 2006 lists from some of your favorite bands.

Jeff Kummer (The Early November)
1. John Mayer - Continuum
2. Justin Timberlake - FutureSex / LoveSounds
3. Goo Goo Dolls - Let Love In
4. +44 - When Your Heart Stops Beating
5. AFI - Decemberunderground
6. Saves The Day - Sound The Alarm
7. New Found Glory - Coming Home
8. Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now
9. Spitalfield - Better Than Knowing Where You Are
10. The Format - Dog Problems

Tim Spier (Say No More)
1. Copeland “Eat Sleep Repeat”
2. John Mayer “Continuum”
3. Underoath “Define The Great Line”
4. Taking Back Sunday “Louder Now”
5. The Format “Dog Problems”
6. This Providence “This Providence”
7. The Early November “The Mother, The Mechanic and the Path”
8. Gym Class Hereos “Cruel as School Children”
9. Say Anything “…Is A Real Boy”
10. Hellogoodbye “Zombies!, Aliens!, Vampires!, Dinosaurs!”

Congratulations to Halifax who recently won the 2006 Dew Circuit Contest! Past winners include Hellogoodbye, Taking Back Sunday, and Hawthorne Heights.

The MTV2 Dew Circuit Breakout is now down to its final three bands. Halifax, Zolof the Rock And Roll Destroyer and Fallen From The Sky need your vote if they are going to win. Head over to MTV2.com to listen to music and watch videos on each of the bands. You can then cast your vote for your favorite band and tune in Saturday Dec 9th, at 6:30 ET for Dew Circuit Breakout Finale to see the winner announced!

Halifax will be supporting Hoobstank on their upcoming tour. Those dates and Halifax headlining dates are listed below.

Drive-Thru Records will release their 4th DVD on November 14th. The DVD will feature videos, interviews, and exclusive content from Hellogoodbye, The Early November, Halifax, Dave Melillo, I am the Avalanche, House of Fools, Self Against City, Houston Calls, and more.

Halifax will be performing live on “Last Call with Carson Daly” on NBC this Wednesday Night (technically its really Thursday morning). The episode airs at 1:35 AM EST & you can find more information here.

Halifax will ALSO be on FUSE Tuesday Night at 10:30 PM EST on “Tip of Your Tongue”.. so make sure to tune in as its a Halifax packed week!

Artist: Halifax
Album: The Inevitability of a Strange World
Label: Drive-Thru Records
Purchase: Smart Punk
Release Date: May 23, 2006

Overall: 8.6
Music: 9.5
Lyrics: 7.9
Production: 8.9

It’s been a long time coming, and when I say a long time coming, I mean basically a year. “The Inevitability of a Strange World” is Halifax’s debut LP for Drive Thru Records. This album is great. It’s not awesome, it’s not bad, but it’s great. It’ll make for good summer-driving music..or party music, depending on how you look at it. It’s no surprise the content of this album is more concentrated on being a big time rock band as the groups penchant for partying has been made public by several appearances on MTV’s “The Real World.”