Are you sick of a steady diet of the standard meat and potatoes music cooked up by a bass, 2 guitars and a set of drums? Are you looking for a different flavour of tune? I have found the perfect recipe.
Indie Restaurant
Special of the Day
Lyrics with a bite surrounded by honey coated voices in a perfectly mixed sauce of guitar and keyboards, on a solid bed of cello.
Many bands lay claim to the indie mantle and say that their sound is unique, but few are. Of the several hundred acts that I have seen in the last few years there is one that stands far above the pack as having a unique sound. This band has no drums or bass. From front to back, this band is different.
The first thing you notice about them are the delicious sounds that emanate from vocalist Steph D. Backup vocalist Kristy Bastien keeps harmonious pace with Steph’s vocal gymnastics. Glen Hughes on guitar and Greg Wilson on keyboards weave intricate patterns around the vocals, while the diminutive Trina Nadea is ten feet tall as she provides the backbeat on cello. Each note is honey coated, ready to melt your ear buds as they deliver melodious ecstacy to the musical pleasure centres of your brain.
It’s only after the sweet notes have hit your soul that the lyrical bullets smash your heart..
Their song “Death by Wardrobe” on their myspace is a perfect example of this.
Death by Wardrobe
Desperation’s not a dress that flatters my curves
still I wear it every day, it’s covered in your dirt
every morning I put it on
But it’s not my choice
it’s very ragged, it’s not a nice dress, it swallows my voice
it makes me sad that you’re not around
to see the new light in my eyes
transformation from moth to a butterfly
but you’ll regret what you’ve done to me
trust me baby
you’ll never be quite the same…
Although they spent most of last year on recording hiatus I was fortunate enough to catch them twice.
In February they played The Warehouse opening for Bad Pickle, a local cover band who play everything from “AC/DC to ZZ Top.” The fans came craving pickles, but were more than sated by the “taste of colour.” (I’m sorry, there’s something about Bad Pickle that makes me want to write in puns)
At The Joint. in October they wowed the crowd, made up mostly of fellow musicians. In the middle of their set, just when everyone was suitably impressed and settling in to a comfortable groove, Nadeau and Wilson broke into a keyboard/cello duet that was awe inspiring. Steph told me that their EP “should be out by mid-February,” after which they will be playing local gigs.
They will be making a special appearance on January 15th at The Boathouse at a fundraiser for The Stars Here.