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News Feb. 8, 2010: Still Working on New Album.....
I
thought that i'd update the site as it hasn't been updated for a couple
of months. It's definetely not for a lack of activity! "Endorphinated"
has been bumped to the album following
this next one. The next one is called "The Bermuda Triangle", and it's
an entirely instrumental album. The reason for this was because as much
as "Endorphinated" encompasses what I want it to, I felt that there
needed to be a bit of a buffer album in between the heaviosity of
"Desert Opuses", and the change of sonics and moods and textures on
"Endorphinated". It was too drastic of a change, i'd felt. This album,
I feel, is that bridge and transition--it's still pretty far out
sounding and weird and esoteric, but the heavy fuzz is generally scaled
back a bit for synths and other instrumentation. "Endorphinated" makes
alot more sense after this one in terms of the evolution in a band's
catalogue.
It's still pretty heavy in mood at times,
though I think that the vibe of terror on past albums has been replaced
by more of a haunting vibe, when it does surface. It's generally a
fairly optimistic, sunnier sounding type of record.
I had some
instrumental songs kicking around, and they didn't quite fit on the
last couple of albums, and they also didn't fit on "Endorphinated".
They seemed to have their own thing and sort of dictated having their
own record, or never seeing the light of day at all. There's alot more
lead guitar and solos on this record. Some songs were older, some are
brand new. I sort of make it a priority to revisit an older unrecorded
or previously demoed song and there's one on here, too. The release
will be a limited edition with hand painted artwork, and hopefully
finished in the next couple of months.
News Nov. 29, 2009: Updates, Press, Interviews, etc
"The
Ruins of the Pyramids" is featured on a Classic Rock Magazine space
rock sampler cd with December 2009's issue--featuring a holographic
Pink Floyd cover and a tribute to Dickie Peterson (Blue Cheer), it fits
right in, I think. Thanks goes out to Sleazegrinder.
"Desert Opuses" was the album of the week at Heavy Planet for Sept. 1. Thanks goes out to Reg.
There's some new reviews and interviews up in the press
section--some a few months old that i've been meaning to put up in the
meantime. Thanks to all involved for their time and efforts.
Also, much thanks to Tombstone and Spacey Kitty at the Crawlspace/ Melting Space Dreams/ Takilma FM for the excellent support.
Last
but not least, the new album coming up next year is quite a change from
what I think is expected, but it's needed to continue to push
boundaries. You can read more about it here.
News Aug. 23, 2009: Review of "Desert Opuses" in Deaf
Sparrow Zine
The review is here,
an excellent one, 4.5 out of 5. Thank you Hansel and Deaf Sparrow!
News Aug. 9, 2009: New "Desert Opuses" Charts,
Reviews, etc.
Thanks to Scott at Lowcut for this
one! Four cuts/ stars.
Jerry Kranitz played "Headphone Opus" on the July
14, 2009 Aural Innovations show, and Aural Innovations is
pretty much one of, if not the
most well respected psych shows around. Thanks, Jerry!
It's #3 on the loud charts on CFRU Guelph's charts.
Thanks goes out to CFRU!
Also, I forgot that there was a HWE track on last year's Bad Acid Tab
7. Apparently, alot of places are sold out (Catacomb
records
is; StonerRock doesn't seem to have it anymore either). It's a cd/ dvd
and PDF magazine multimedia thing that's super cool, it has a bunch of
psych/ stoner/ experimental bands, going globally from a vast range of
locations. Check it out if you can find it....I think that there's
still some available right from Bad Acid's
MySpace site.
News Aug. 4, 2009: Reviews, Interviews, Accolades,
Deals
I've compiled a bunch of reviews and interviews that i've done or got
over the last few months:
Stoner Rock/
The Obelisk review
Stylus
Magazine review
Uptown
Magazine review
The
Obelisk interview
Interview with Uptown
Magazine
Interview with The
Uniter
Radio charts:
Earshot
top 200 campus radio albums for June 2009 (#96)
Earshot
top 200 campus radio albums for May 2009 (#93)
Thanks to everyone involved! I would start by name, but
i'm
gonna forget some key people so you know who you are. If you write
somewhere or are interested in a promo for radio on a good show
somewhere, don't hesitate to ask for a promo.
News June 23, 2009:
Performance at the
Graffiti Gallery in Winnipeg on Friday, June 26.
I'll be playing a rare non-HWE gig with The Broken Orchestra
of
Winnipeg, and it will be improvised stuff. I love the power of
improvisation, and despite my inclinations towards guitar, i'll be
playing some noise generator stuff on MicroKorg, as well
as some
percussion, so it should be pretty intense, and I look forward to
feeding off of the spontaneous energy of the band members. The band has some
really great and far out stuff, as they've been around for awhile
News
April 8, 2009: "Desert
Opuses" cds have arrived
The cd version has
two songs that aren't on the vinyl: "Evilution" and "Stripped Ruins",
and there's a few ways that the cd and vinyl version differ--
including
some different art designs and layout.
They're $16 CDN including shipping, worldwide. Purchase the vinyl and
cd, and save: $25 CDN, including shipping, worldwide.
Purchase "Desert Opuses" now--vinyl or
cd-- and get a limited edition download
for a "Mountains Of the Pharoahs" 5 song EP,
including one new song, one song dating back to the "Night Songs"
sessions roughly from 2004, one atmospheric demo song going
back to
1997, and an orchestral remix of "Mountains of the Pharoahs". Also
included are photos of scratch lyric sheets and some other information
about the songs on how they were written and mixed, as well as some
other technical information.

News Dec. 21, 2008-- Special Offer
Buy
"Desert Opuses" now--either the cd or the vinyl--and get entered into a
limited time draw to win a
special test pressing of "Desert Opuses", featuring one of a kind
freehand custom drawn artwork, as well as custom hand cut
lettering on the front jacket. There are only five test pressings, all
on black vinyl, and this edition is the only one in existence with this
custom drawn artwork, truly making it individualistic.
"Desert
Opuses"
Released in
2008/2009 Released on translucent 140 gram gold vinyl and
limited to 400 copies.
Also available on cd.
"Night
Songs"
Released
in 2007
Full tracks available at Last Fm
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