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hey everyone.
here’s a boring update.
we added an mp3 player and a press section to the website.
i felt the main page was getting cluttered with press stuff and so now i’m going to clutter it with updates like this, saying that we updated the website.
exciting right?
no but this is:
http://www.wavelengthtoronto.com/?q=node/2730
we are pretty excited about it.
stay warm.
jb
Just got in from some shows, mostly in Quebec, with The Wooden Sky this past week. Hymns were travelling as a 3-piece, working out the songs off of Spirit Guides in new ways, trying to find our feet, trying to get over bronchitis, a bike accident and getting blown away each night but how amazing The Wooden Sky are as a live band. Seriously, go see these guys if you haven’t yet. It was a real treat playing with them every night and getting to hear all those songs. Their new record, “If I Don’t Come Home, You’ll Know I’m Gone” is a stunningly beautiful record that we all highly recommend.
We’re set to officially release our new record Spirit Guides out into the wilderness/city this Friday by throwing it a little party. It has been out for almost a month and so far the response has been flattering. The little guy is growing up fast and it’s time he put on his party cap and celebrated. Evening Hymns will grow this Friday night to possibly it’s largest incarnation yet. The details are as follows:
Doors at 8pm
The Harbourcoats (Bry Webb from the Constantines) at 9pm
Evening Hymns at 10pm
DJ’s Bahai Cassette till whenever…
We got some surprises in store as well.
Please spread the word.
We’re excited to share this evening with you.
I can’t express how excited I am to have Bry (Harbourcoats) playing this night. The music he creates in both the Cons and Harbourcoats is wonderful and truly inspiring and it’ll be a real treat to have him in a room like the Main Hall on Friday! Please come early!
The poster was made by Sylvie Smith and I think she did a damn fine job.
More details about the show here:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Evening-Hymns/90093497008?ref=ts#/event.php?eid=170179132226&ref=ts
Thanks! Hope to see you Friday night!
jb
Organic stuff is all the rage right now with our food and drink, so why not with our music, too? OK, maybe not, but if that was the case, I would suggest stocking the aisles of your favourite organic music shop with Spirit Guides. This nine-song album exudes a connection to the natural world—so much so that the soaring chorus to “Mtn. Song” proclaims that “the world is a mountain”, while penultimate track “November 1st, 2008, Lakefield, Ontario” is an unaltered five-minute field recording of a rainstorm.
But Evening Hymns bandleader and songwriter Jonas Bonnetta doesn’t just sit back and let nature do all the talking. Spirit Guides may be a lush, unhurried foray into ruminant, orchestral folk-pop—complete with the able backing of members of bands such as Forest City Lovers, The D’Urbervilles and Ohbijou (whose drummer Jamie Bunton recorded the album)—but these ruminations ain’t just granola. Instead, the record embraces the grey, with tracks like “Dead Deer” and “Broken Rifle” shifting ably between brilliant light and murky menace. This gentle tug-of-war is carefully expressed by gorgeous arrangements that see the record blossom effortlessly from guy-and-a-guitar plainspeak into full-throated calls of strings and voices.
It’s a record that conveys the balance of solitude and lump-in-the-throat beauty one encounters on their best hikes in the woods—moments where you go to witness nature but end up thinking more about your own place in it. In this way, the natural world this record ultimately delves into is that of human nature, its casual approach disarming you to its powers within.
