Upcoming show & a CBC One interview

Our first fall show is an exciting one – we’ll be playing with Royal Canoe, Savoir Adore and Santah at Rancho Relaxo on October 13th. We first caught Royal Canoe at CMF earlier this year and were blown away. Also, we’ve never seen a setup with so many keyboards tear down so quickly! This show’s on a Saturday, so there’s no excuse for missing it!

In August, Meg from CBC One’s Bandwidth caught us right after our direct drive from Halifax to Ottawa and we did an interview after being awake for all too many hours. It was aired this weekend, but if you missed it you can stream it here!

Wendy Versus Party, with friends!

There’s a couple days left for vinyl pre-orders so especially if you’re not in Toronto, here’s your chance to have a Wendy Versus party in your living room at the same time as we have ours at Sneaky Dee’s on June 1!

Speaking of release party, it’s our goal to make you dance all night so we asked a few friends to help us make this happen:

Patrick Grant is a friend who’s friends with our friends. That is to say we haven’t met him or his new band yet but we know we’ll get along when we do. According to him they are a “danceable light psychedelic combo”. If it’s a dancey and features this great voice, you won’t want to arrive much past 9 to make sure you catch their set.

Lovely Killbots are dear, dear friends of ours. Never mind the fact that Lauralee and Ryan are great or that I’m a sucker for dark synth/drum combos (and robots for that matter), if you haven’t heard Once Smitten for yourself you really should check it out. We haven’t played with them since way back in 2009 so we’re excited to finally be able to share the stage again.

And if you think the party ends after our set you’d be very, very wrong. Midnight is prime time for DJ/producer Mix Chopin and we fully intend to stay on the dance floor with him (and you) until after last call. Mix is also a great friend of ours and we’re happy that his internationally-traveled self is closing out our night.

Bottom line? There’s no better way to ring in your June than to come party with us. Did I mention two of the three of us will be celebrating birthdays that week too? It’ll be big.

New song stream, radio play and a video review!

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!

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!

Download for you + a new show!

We’re getting a bit antsy waiting to get our hands (and yours) on the vinyl so the next best thing? How about a free download of one of our favourite tracks from the album? Get Control!

In show news, Owen’s other band Soi Disant is doing a residency at Toronto’s Drake Hotel Underground every Monday in March (starting today). We’ll be joining them for their last show on March 26th so you should come say hi!