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Wendy Versus roadtrip! August touring…

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Ok, so it looks like we took an extended summer siesta between NXNE and now but really we’ve been busy nailing down details for our August mini-tour with sister band Papermaps! We’ll be joining Papermaps this Monday to round off their month-long residency at the Drake Underground, and then we’re off to visit Montreal, Halifax and Ottawa later this month. Catch us if you can!

Mon. August 6 – Drake Underground, Toronto, with Toki Oto and Papermaps
Sun. August 12 – Le Cagibi, Montréal, with Dirty Boots
Thu. August 16 – Gus’ Pub & Grill, Halifax, with Poplar Street and Papermaps
Fri. August 17 – Zaphod Beeblebrox, Ottawa, with Papermaps

Oh also, Crayon Wars is now up on iTunes, if you prefer digital over vinyl.

3, 2, 1…launch!

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This is it! In two days we’ll finally be releasing our album, Crayon Wars at Sneaky Dee’s in Toronto! Woo! For those of you not in the city, both digital and vinyl will also be available online via Bandcamp.

But also, to cap off our residency as band of the month, The Indie Machine is streaming our entire album for the rest of the week. And they’ve also taken the time to write an amazingly detailed review too!

Speaking of reviews, we love it when people are pleasantly surprised. A couple weeks ago Grayowl Point posted a review that summarizes our music in a great way: “Underneath the synths, drum machines and guitars, Wendy Versus has a big, vulnerable heart. And it’s impossible to not appreciate that.”

And thanks to WildWorks on CKCU FM for spinning Control on this morning’s program. We’ll be seeing you soon, Ottawa!

If you think we’re done, we’re just getting started. Stick around – there’s very exciting news around the corner…

Pre-order the vinyl! Plus, we made a mixtape for iM…

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Only half a month to go until we release our album! Can’t wait? Neither can we really, so we’ve set up pre-ordering for the Crayon Wars vinyl. If you order between now and May 23rd you’ll get an immediate digital download and you’ll also have the physical copy in your hands before anyone else does!

In other fun, as The Indie Machine’s band of the month we curated a 7-day mixtape this week that features a few of our favourite electro influences. Take a listen and read about why we decided to put Britney alongside Kraftwerk…

New song stream, radio play and a video review!

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The folks at Two Way Monologues have been great supporters-turned-friends of ours for many years. I first met them when I released my last solo album, Stop/Start, and they’ve been following closely ever since. They’ve watched this band develop and have been waiting (for years!) for us to finish our album, so it’s not a surprise that they are helping us throw our vinyl release show on June 1. This week on their blog they’ve reviewed Crayon Wars and are also streaming a new track that isn’t even up on our own site yet! Head over to TWM to listen to Open My Eyes.

Speaking of exciting new things, White Noise was the “Track to Start Your Saturday Night…” on last week’s episode of Bandwidth on Ottawa’s CBC Radio One.

And last but not least, Tiana from Ride The Tempo spoke about all the songs on Crayon Wars in her video review.

All good news!

Countdown to vinyl release starting…now!

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It’s been a bit silent on the blog front but facebook friends may have noticed bits and pieces coming together to assemble 300 vinyl copies of Crayon Wars.

Well, they’re finally done! And just in time too, because we’re counting down to our album release party on June 1 at Sneaky Dee’s (Toronto) which we’re hoping you’ll join us for. We’ll dance, we’ll play and then we’ll dance some more. We won’t want to miss you and you won’t want to miss Lovely Killbots, Mix Chopin or Patrick Grant and band. More on this in the coming weeks…

Meanwhile, kind words like these from Panic Manual are popping up and oh, we’re The Indie Machine‘s featured artist of the month so stay tuned there for more fun from us too!

Tracks redux – new songs up!

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Just got the final tracks for Crayon Wars in our hands and we couldn’t be happier. Still a few months away from having the physical copies ( <3 vinyl ) but that doesn’t mean we can’t share a little in the meantime.

Back in 2010 we holed up at Chemical Sound for 14 hours and recorded demos of White Noise and Juliana. We mixed and released them on el internets while we worked on more material. These songs made it onto the album and you can find the new mixes here!