Tell us about your new single, “Zeros and Ones.”
The song evokes an absorbing, melancholy, dystopian look of our modern civilization today. The internet reigns supreme over all the land. The deluge of information and misinformation pours down indiscriminately soaking all who venture. Fact checking, propaganda, toks, tics, and friend requests overwhelm us to no end. Manipulating algorithms track our history for the highest bidder, selling us what we think we need.
Is there a lyric you’d like to highlight?
The lyric “It’s raining on my city, it makes it look so pretty” counters the climate of opinion that we for the most part barring any major storms, have bad and good weather. It’s just weather and it’s how we look at it that affects our life. The same can be said about how we use and get used by the internet.
How did you first come together as an artist?
With life spinning out of control on a U.K. tour with The Ryecatchers, I decided it was time for a change… Returning to Vancouver, I realized the need to continue the rainy city’s musical heritage. After being awarded money from Vancouver’s PeakFM as part of the Peak Performance Project, myself and fellow Ryecatcher Mark Christopher headed to the iconic Mushroom studios. We recorded the song “Tomorrow Today” with Jeff Dawson (Daniel Powter) and got it mixed by Mike Fraser (ACDC, Mother Mother) at another historic studio, Bryan Adams’ Warehouse. The song gained some notoriety getting spins on Vancouver radio stations.
Pensive Indie rock
Who did you work with on the track?
Mark Christopher engineered the drum tracks with Blair MacDonald for this single. Overdubs of bass by Eric Lefebvre, guitars by Brendan Tyndal, lead vocals, triangle, more guitar, rain, and hard drive interference by myself were recorded in my jam spot. Mixing and mastering were finished in my Vancouver apartment.
What’s been the biggest change in your lives over the past year?
The biggest changes have been going from not playing any live music to having to say NO to bookings!!
Where would you perform tomorrow, if you could anywhere in the world?
Well I’m booked to play a coffee shop tomorrow Ill see if I can get out of it, I’d rather be playing The Royal Albert Hall In London!
What’s next for you?
