HIJK is a modern indie rock trio from Oakland, CA playing sophisticated art-pop indie rock. HIJK was formed by Dave Tsui, Trevor Wencl, and Mike Mahony in 2007. In August of that year, they independently released their debut full-length album, "The Pen And The Letter" which was met with positive reviews in the press and blogosphere.
In early 2008, they created a campy DIY live action stop-animation video for the song "Paper Boat" with their friend, producer, engineer, and film buff, Enrique Gonzalez Muller. Shortly thereafter, the video won the SF Bay Guardian independent film maker's contest and was put in rotation at the De Young Museum in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. This paved the way for Enrique being asked to present the video and speak about independent filmmaking at the Lago Film Festival in Italy. Then in July of 2008, Mike parted ways with the band.
Over the next year, Dave & Trevor took a breather to focus on other projects while writing and experimenting with drums and guitar. In early 2009, Karl Tupper (formerly of Golden Birds) joined HIJK on bass. With the new lineup, the band is about to drop a dense 17 minute, 5 song EP on the neighborhood & internets March 18th, 2010.
In early 2008, they created a campy DIY live action stop-animation video for the song "Paper Boat" with their friend, producer, engineer, and film buff, Enrique Gonzalez Muller. Shortly thereafter, the video won the SF Bay Guardian independent film maker's contest and was put in rotation at the De Young Museum in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. This paved the way for Enrique being asked to present the video and speak about independent filmmaking at the Lago Film Festival in Italy. Then in July of 2008, Mike parted ways with the band.
Over the next year, Dave & Trevor took a breather to focus on other projects while writing and experimenting with drums and guitar. In early 2009, Karl Tupper (formerly of Golden Birds) joined HIJK on bass. With the new lineup, the band is about to drop a dense 17 minute, 5 song EP on the neighborhood & internets March 18th, 2010.
Folks we've shared the stage with: Sloan, Mother Mother, Straylight Run, Cloud Cult, Cold War Kids, Heavenly States, Birdmonster, Hard-Fi, Diamond Nights, White Rose Movement, Scissors For Lefty, The Velvet Teen, Sabrosa Purr, Cex, and Rainer Maria amongst others.
