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Produced by <b>John Fields</b> (Goo Goo Dolls, P!ink, Switchfoot), the album features <b>Top 20 Hot AC radio hit</b> <b>“Something To Believe In”</b> - which the band will perform on <b><i>The Tonight Show with Jay Leno</i></b> on <b>May 19<sup>th</sup></b> – and <b>“Kiss Me Slowly,”</b> a track co-written with <b>Lady Antebellum.</b> Parachute will be headlining June U.S. tour dates before hitting the road in July for a North American summer tour with the <b>Goo Goo Dolls</b> and <b>Michelle Branch</b>. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i>The Way It Was </i></b>is the follow-up to the band’s 2009 debut album <b><i>Losing Sleep </i></b>(Mercury Records), which shot to #1 on the iTunes and Amazon digital albums charts and received praise from the likes of <b><i>Billboard, People, Seventeen</i></b> and <b><i>Marie Claire</i></b>. Since their debut, <b>Parachute </b>has performed on <b><i>Good Morning America</i></b>, <b><i>Jimmy Kimmel Live!</i></b> and <b><i>The Early Show</i></b> and their songs have been featured on MTV’s <b><i>The City </i></b>and the CW’s<b><i> One Tree Hill,</i></b> <b><i>Vampire Diaries</i></b> and <b><i>90210</i>.<i> </i></b>In the live arena,<b> </b>the past two years have seen the band playing headlining shows and opening for the likes of <b>Kelly Clarkson, The Script, Plain White Ts, O.A.R., 3 Doors Down</b> and <b>Secondhand Serenade.<i><o:p></o:p></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span lang=EN><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span lang=EN><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span lang=EN><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span lang=EN><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span lang=EN>CHECK OUT PARACHUTE’S VIDEOS for “Something To Believe In” and two other album tracks, out now on iTunes!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span lang=EN>“Something To Believe In” </span></b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyVZ4uVHYRw">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyVZ4uVHYRw</a>.<b><span lang=EN><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><span lang=EN> “Kiss Me Slowly”</span></b><span lang=EN> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXqYw_II6Pc">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXqYw_II6Pc</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span lang=EN> <b>“You and Me” </b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQzFZPEs020">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQzFZPEs020</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><o:p> </o:p></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u>Praise for Parachute and “Something To Believe In”:</u></b><b><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>“A choir bolsters Will Anderson’s urgent vocals on this romantic tune [‘Something To Believe In’]…” – <b><i>USA Today</i></b> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>“…a surefire hit…<span lang=EN style='color:black'> ‘Something to Believe In’ could have Parachute poised for the stardom it deserves…” - <b><i>Billboard</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:purple'>Carla Senft</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:purple'>Press Here </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:purple'>138 West 25th Street, 9th Floor</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:purple'>New York, New York 10001</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:purple'>Phone: 212-246-2640</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:purple'>Fax: 212-582-6513</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:purple'><a href="http://www.presshere.com"><span style='color:blue'>www.presshere.com</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><a href="http://twitter.com/presshere" title="http://twitter.com/presshere"><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>http://twitter.com/presshere</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>