The Impossible Shapes: A Constantly Evolving Story of Creation

The Impossible Shapes began with three friends in Indianapolis, IN who had been named Chris Barth, Aaron Deer, and Peter King. They were still quite young and not yet broken down by the "real world," ever ready to explore their collective imagination by recording songs on cassette machines. These songs came out easily and spontaneously and eventually formed into an album called "The Great Migration," which was lovingly put together and released by Recordhead and Mr. Whiggs during the Autumnal Equinox of 2000. The three boys played only a few shows here and there at various record stores, coffee shops, and basements with their ramshackle instruments.

Chris and Aaron then moved out of the sprawling wasteland of Indy down into the rolling, forested hills and V-shaped valleys of Bloomington, IN. This beautiful little town proved to be a real utopia for them, offering a diverse and supportive musical community as well as much spiritual inspiration. It was truly the perfect place for them to make their dreams come alive. Meeting drummer Mark Rice and guitarist Jason Groth, they formed the current line up of the Impossible Shapes in January 2001 and began sounding more like a rock band. They played many fun shows in Bloomington and eventually began to share their sound with the rest of the country. Over the next two years they released two more albums with Recordhead/Whiggs titled "Laughter Fills Our Hollow Dome" and "Bless the Headless." The latter album found the Shapes heading into various "real" studios for the first time. Also around this time they recorded a very limited vinyl only album called "The Current." This secret little psychadelic number has since become a true favorite of many fans.

In 2003, the Shapes began working with Bloomington based label Secretly Canadian and went into the forests of Monroe County to Farm Fresh Studios, to record their first album done completely in someone else's studio. With the help of Jake Belser the shapes spent the winter months recording what became "We Like It Wild." This album was released in the fall of 2003 and the Shapes toured most of the U.S. in support of it, even visiting Scandanavia and a good portion of Europe this past Spring.

The band has recently finished working on their next major album, to be titled "Horus." It was recorded at Queensize Studios in Indianapolis with the help of the legendary LonPaul Ellrich. It will be released in February of 2005.