I was quite infatuated with Mother Mother’s debut album, Touch Up, last summer. The fun, theatrical harmonies were reminiscent of something I may see in a musical and each track on the record was as melodically catchy as it is cute. Since then though, I have heard slim to nothing about the whereabouts of the band – until now.
In recent weeks, I’ve re-discovered the Vancouver quintet on MySpace with a trio of new songs and announcements of a new record out in September. Needless to say, I’ve been completely hooked to the new tracks and I am drowning with excitement to hear the whole album. Title track, “O My Heart” is a bass-friendly, sing-along with all the essential Mother Mother elements, but with a clear development and evolution from the last record. The other two tracks, “Burning Pile” and “Body of Years” are equally as good, offering indie-pop-rock perfect for the fall.
I’ve yet to see Mother Mother play a proper set live (I’ve only seen them play an in-store at Criminal Records), but I would love to see them play some of these new songs whenever they decide to start touring all of Canada again. Thus far, the band only has plans for west coast shows, close to home, but come fall I can guarantee some shows heading to central and eastern Canada – and most definitely (and importantly, to me) Toronto. O My Heart will be out on September 16th, via Last Gang Records.
In recent weeks, I’ve re-discovered the Vancouver quintet on MySpace with a trio of new songs and announcements of a new record out in September. Needless to say, I’ve been completely hooked to the new tracks and I am drowning with excitement to hear the whole album. Title track, “O My Heart” is a bass-friendly, sing-along with all the essential Mother Mother elements, but with a clear development and evolution from the last record. The other two tracks, “Burning Pile” and “Body of Years” are equally as good, offering indie-pop-rock perfect for the fall.
I’ve yet to see Mother Mother play a proper set live (I’ve only seen them play an in-store at Criminal Records), but I would love to see them play some of these new songs whenever they decide to start touring all of Canada again. Thus far, the band only has plans for west coast shows, close to home, but come fall I can guarantee some shows heading to central and eastern Canada – and most definitely (and importantly, to me) Toronto. O My Heart will be out on September 16th, via Last Gang Records.
MYSPACE: www.myspace.com/mothermotherspace
On that note, label mates, Metric are still in the studio putting together their follow-up to 2005’s Live It Out. If you’ve paid close attention to the band, as I have, you would notice a slew of new songs live. Most do signify a significant shift from their record and most can be heard via live bootlegs or YouTube clips from Coachella, their MySpace live session or various other gigs they’ve played in the past year or so. If you’d like some mp3’s, let me know and I’ll post them. Stand out tracks so far include “Satellite Mind”, “Freddie” and “Gimme Sympathy”. No official release has been set yet, but there are numerous guesses and rumours floating around. I’d bet money on a 2009 release, definitely not a fall release though. Sorry guys.
On that note, label mates, Metric are still in the studio putting together their follow-up to 2005’s Live It Out. If you’ve paid close attention to the band, as I have, you would notice a slew of new songs live. Most do signify a significant shift from their record and most can be heard via live bootlegs or YouTube clips from Coachella, their MySpace live session or various other gigs they’ve played in the past year or so. If you’d like some mp3’s, let me know and I’ll post them. Stand out tracks so far include “Satellite Mind”, “Freddie” and “Gimme Sympathy”. No official release has been set yet, but there are numerous guesses and rumours floating around. I’d bet money on a 2009 release, definitely not a fall release though. Sorry guys.
MYSPACE: www.myspace.com/metricband
One of my most favourite bands from Last Gang was Death From Above 1979. Since their (predicted, yet tragic) break-up a couple of years ago, we’ve seen bassist Jesse Keeler resurface with an electro-dance project (alongside DFA producer, Al-P) MSTRKRFT. And as much as I liked their album, The Looks, it just was no DFA1979 and that made me sad and ultimately, disappointed. Other the other half of the sorely missed duo, drummer/vocalist Sebastien Grainger had mentioned his own solo career, but eventually faded into the misty fogs of Toronto. Well in the past year, he has also resurfaced (thank god!) and like a game of Where’s Waldo, he’s been making sporadic appearances around the Toronto music scene, opening for acts like Bloc Party. Earlier this week, I noticed that he was also signed to American power-label, Saddle Creek and is slated to finally release a full length in the fall. We’ll see how this will fair against MSTRKRFT’s lacklustre debut. Hopefully this will finally satisfy that dark, lonely hole in my heart left by DFA1979.
One of my most favourite bands from Last Gang was Death From Above 1979. Since their (predicted, yet tragic) break-up a couple of years ago, we’ve seen bassist Jesse Keeler resurface with an electro-dance project (alongside DFA producer, Al-P) MSTRKRFT. And as much as I liked their album, The Looks, it just was no DFA1979 and that made me sad and ultimately, disappointed. Other the other half of the sorely missed duo, drummer/vocalist Sebastien Grainger had mentioned his own solo career, but eventually faded into the misty fogs of Toronto. Well in the past year, he has also resurfaced (thank god!) and like a game of Where’s Waldo, he’s been making sporadic appearances around the Toronto music scene, opening for acts like Bloc Party. Earlier this week, I noticed that he was also signed to American power-label, Saddle Creek and is slated to finally release a full length in the fall. We’ll see how this will fair against MSTRKRFT’s lacklustre debut. Hopefully this will finally satisfy that dark, lonely hole in my heart left by DFA1979.
MYSPACE: www.myspace.com/sebastiengrainger
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