OUR FATHERS

Stonehands

wayfarercollective — Fri, 13 May 2011 04:54:09 +0000

So we’re back home from our quick run to the east coast. Other than some van issues summed up in an interview I did HERE with JUNNNKTANK, everything went pretty great. All the shows were a blast so thank you to anyone who came out, or helped put on the show or played the show. It was awesome getting to see so many old friends and make a bunch of new ones along the way. I sort of miss hanging out with those Decay dudes all day. For 8 people crammed in one van for two weeks we had a pretty good time. Sorry to Erik O’Neill who not only went 0 for 4 against me in Scrabble but also was completely destroyed in the cleanliness contest. 12 days no shower and I still smell like a goddam dream. I warned him but he’s young and foolish still.

On a shitty note, we had to postpone our hometown record release show because we still don’t have any records to release. Instead of continually pushing back dates we’ve opted to hold out announcing the rescheduled date until we are actually physically in possession of everything. Look for a very similar line up at a very similar venue with hopefully an equally good time to be had.

Right now there isn’t too much going on. Geoff’s other band is going to be doing some recording soon, Steve’s other band is also wrapping up some new songs and playing shows regularly and I’m bumming around Civilian Printing all summer if anyone needs any screen printing done.

Hopefully we’ll see you at the record release show sometime in June.

Massive Nights

wayfarercollective — Sat, 07 May 2011 20:57:35 +0000

So the last few days have been interesting. Leaving Montreal the cabin of the van filled with smoke and we were leaking gasoline and trasmission fluid. We got that repaired the next day. Then the wipers stopped working. It had been raining for two days and would be for two more so we went to another garage and got a new motor. After a bit of driving the van died. Ww got a boost and drove another 15 minutes where it died again. We made it into Woodstock, NB and parked all night waiting for a garage to open and thus missing our PEI show. The next morning we got some parts on the alternator fixed and made it to Dartmouth Nova Scotia to play our first east coast show. We spent the day exploring Halifax and play at the guys from Make No Gains house tonight. Although the last few days were stressful and draining, we managed to have a bit of fun still.

These Days

wayfarercollective — Wed, 04 May 2011 19:06:17 +0000

We just wrapped up our days in Ottawa and Montreal. Thanks to Doug from the university of Ottawa radio show “Do You Hear What I Hear?” for hanging out with us. We’re sorry for the editing disaster we’ve left you with.

Montreal was a blast as expected. With the exception of an early falaffel sandwich I was able to maintain a steady pizza diet.

Big thanks to Erin from Laureate for setting up such an amazing show on a tuesday night. If you havent checked them out or our longtime e-friends and newly acquired real life friends Prevenge you should do so. We managed to not get robbed or get hit by any cars which is quite an accomplishment for the city.

We’re now embarking on our 14 hour drive to Charlottetown for the east coast dates. It is a much needed rest for those who chose to get the full Montreal experince last night while I slept on guard in the van from the Montreal wet bandits.

Thanks to our Kitchener/Waterloo/Guelph friends who made it out to the show, a bunch of which some of us hadn’t seen in years. It meant a lot.

Blank Landscapes

wayfarercollective — Mon, 02 May 2011 16:29:25 +0000

Our Sudbury weekend is now over. The Towne House show was a blast even if there were only 6 songs played between the two bands. Miscommunication ontop of having us play at 130 in the morning made for a confusing and blurry time. Millard’s Garage was awesome, such a cool space run by the nicest people. Good luck to the hosts Lightmares on their tour.

After two days at Tyler’s parents house were reluctantly moving on. I’ve never been so full for so long. It was great seeing old friends and new ones this weekend. Now we head to Ottawa for the election outcome and to do a sit in interview/acoustic performance at the local university station. Take the time to vote today.

Northern Towns

wayfarercollective — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 23:05:29 +0000

We’re currently en route to Sudbury for a show at the legendary Towne House followed by an equally exciting show at Millard’s Garage tomorrow. Windsor was a blast, if you have a minute check out Night Lights from Florida. Great band. London was awesome as usual. Big thanks to the Dude Ranch for having such awesome shows and giving people a reason to come to London.

All 8 of us are now snuggled up in the Decay van thanks to Lifestory:Monologue for lending us their giant trailer. We added a little flair to it as a thank-you.

Heading to Quebec soon, super excited for Montreal with our new friends Laureate.

Constant Headache

wayfarercollective — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 23:03:02 +0000

So we’ve got some dates coming up next week with The Decay to celebrate the release of our split LP. They should be fun and if you’re in the area you should check one out! We’ll have a bunch of new merch etc and some other cool stuff. See you there

April 28 - Windsor @ Coach and Horses http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=133280596743359
April 29 - London @The Dude Ranch

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=188163734553201

May 1 - Sudbury @ Millard's Garage

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=207326139295961

May 2 - Radio show in Ottawa
May 3 - Montreal @ L'esco

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=162402413815060

May 5th - Charlottetown, PEI
May 6 - Heartland, NB - Foster's
May 7 - Halifax, NS - Make No Gains house show
May 8 - Quebec City
May 14 - Kitchener @ The Artery 

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=161578733903506

Sink The Fucker

wayfarercollective — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 18:21:25 +0000

The free download of our split LP with the Decay is finally available via JuiceBox Recording. We couldn’t be more excited to finally have it up and give people the chance to check it out. If you like it, please repost it on whatever social media/message board type websites you use. Any help is greatly appreciated. Hopefully see some of you tonight at the show with Comeback Kid and Title Fight?

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

Don’t Rock The Boat

wayfarercollective — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 18:27:46 +0000

Lots of updates here real quick. First, if you haven’t checked it out yet, head over to our bandcamp page (click me) and check out a new song from our upcoming Split with The Decay called “Daughter of Time”.

In just under two weeks we’re playing with Comeback Kid and Title Fight in Kitchener at The Wax. Check out the facebook event here (click me). Tickets are $16 which I know is steep but Title Fight alone will be well worth it. We’re going to hopefully have some new limited silk screened CD’s our “Our Fathers” and POSSIBLY a few silk screened versions of just our half of the split.

The goal right now is to have the JuiceBox Recording free download of the split up before this show. We’re just waiting on artwork to be completed then the ball can get rolling on that. Ideally, we’d love for you to be able to hear it by the end of the month but you know how this stuff works.

If for some reason you haven’t checked it out yet, go over to the Decay’s bandcamp page (click me) and check out the first song they’ve posted off of their half. It’s absolutely incredible and I can’t wait for you to hear the rest of their songs. Every time they put something out it amazes me how much better they get. They set the bar high with This Month’s Rent and absolutely shattered it with this EP.

The tracks have been sent to the pressing plant as of early this week and we should have the LP’s for late April. Following this up, both band will be doing a run out to the east coast and back from April 28th – May 9th. More details are on their way but so far the stuff we have booked is already shaping up to be a great time. Plus, 8 dudes in one van? How could it not be a blast.

Daughter of Time

wayfarercollective — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 19:05:18 +0000

We’ve posted a new song on our bandcamp page. It’s called Daughter of Time and it will be on a split with the Decay. We’re releasing the vinyl ourselves and there will be a download via Juice Box recording hopefully in the next month. Check it out, send it around.

CLICK HERE TO CHECK IT OUT

Day 4

wayfarercollective — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 04:21:40 +0000

Day four is now complete. Steve managed to lay down his 16 bar solo and I did all the vocals for the EP. It’s pretty much complete. We were going to try and wrap all the harmonies and back-ups tonight and finish a day early but we decided to wait until morning for fresh throats to polish it off. Also got a little break tonight and sat in on a Hunter jam. Wrapping everything up tomorrow then mixing and mastering next week. Also, the clock got too high to move anymore.