After recording Pale Horse and Rider's country-flavored album, Moody Pike, with Paul Oldham (Bonnie "Prince"

Billy) and Jon De Rosa (Aarktica) in the summer of 2003, Marc Gartman headed west to Duluth, MN. With his overflowing
songbook and guitar in hand he started work with Alan Sparhawk (Low) on a solo album that would take the singer/song-
writer in a new direction.

Over the course of the next 6 months in the famed Sacred Heart Studios, Gartman and Sparhawk crafted a rock

and roll gem with Eric Swanson (Crash Test Dummies, Haley Bonar) behind the board. Tom Herbers (Low, Fog,
Jayhawks) mixed the results and the debut of No Wait Wait found a home on Chairkickers’ Union Music in the summer of
2005.

The finest local talent was called upon to create No Wait Wait. With Gartman and Sparhawk on guitar, Russell

Sackett on keys, Eric Pollard on drums, Steve Garrington on bass, and members of the University of Minnesota’s
Orchestra called in to add some finishing touches, The Ripsaw News declared the record “equal parts heartache and
pleasure, whirring pop songs and cheeky rock ballads." Vice Magazine called the results "a cross between Weezer and
the Cars."

No Wait Wait set out to make a unique pop rock record ready for the radio, blending independent rock influences

such as Pedro the Lion, Low and The Shins, with the outer edges of more popular bands such as Radiohead, Weezer
and Wilco. It’s a record that can be enjoyed equally at a beach party or alone between the headphone cans.

Each song is fully realized and concise, with every number bursting forth from its predecessor. The punchy

rhythm guitar work lunges at the listener and doesn't let up until the final song’s whisper prepares you to listen to it all
over again.

No Wait Wait is excited to hit the road for their first national tour in June opening for Low that will take them from

Canada to Texas in June. Plan to see and hear more of them with the kick-off single ‘the score’ in the second half of
2005. Press will be handled by Track Star Media and radio by Secretly Canadian. More information and tour dates can
be found at www.chairkickersmusic.com.

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Catalog Number: CKM016 Format: CD Release Date: June 7, 2005

UPC #: 656605946825 Label: Chairkickers’ Music

Chairkickers’ Music * 303 East 8th Street * Duluth, MN 55805-1344 * www.chairkickers.com

Faith and Words * Beaches of the World * The Score * Roses * Rock of Ages * Doesn’t have to be * Love’s Lost Cause

Throwing Stones * A Worried Mind is not Enough * The Luckiest Bastard * No Place to Start * Shots and Sleep

“It fucking rules” – Vice Magazine

“An album with instant allure” – Ripsaw News

“No Wait Wait sound infinitely better than most bands that have only been together for mere months could hope for.” –

Perfect Sound Radio

TOUR DATES

6.2.05 - Milwaukee, WI Miramar Theatre*
6.3.05 - Detroit, MI Magic Stick*
6.4.05 - Toronto, ON Opera House*
6.6.05 - Montreal, QC La Tulipe*
6.7.05 - New York, NY Webster Hall*
6.8.05 - Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live!*
6.9.05 - Asheville, NC Orange Peel*
6.10.05 - Atlanta, GA The Earl*
6.11.05 - TBA

6.13.05 - Houston, TX Engine Room*
6.14.05 - TBA
6.15.05 - Denton, TX Haileys*
6.16.05 - Oklahoma City , OK Opalis Club*
6.17.05 - Kansas City, MO Grand Emporium*
6.18.05 - St. Louis, MO Bluberry Hill*

* with Low