Horseshoe Tavern

A Place Called Echo Valley and Our Next Record…

Hi,
Some of you may have already noticed – we are not that band any more.  In my opinion, this is a good thing. Bobby, Betty and myself have been working on new material as a three-piece for a few months now. It’s been a slow, and at times awkward, but very rewarding process.   I know this sounds funny coming from the main songwriter but I finally feel like we are making the music I’ve always wanted to make –  it’s just much more focused.  That doesn’t mean we won’t be expanding our ranks  – in fact we have plans to add a new member very soon but meanwhile we have established a great vibe that we want to continue nurturing.

Way back in June 2012, while I was finishing up the final mixes for Inferior Ghost, we moved all our stuff out of what was once Chemical Sound and into a new space. At first the space was an empty white-washed shell with no electrical outlets, harsh lighting and a big chaotic mountain of gear in the centre – a quite daunting scene actually – but eventually with the help of some friends (namely Cameron Harding and Owen Norquay of Mesa Mesa, Jay Sad and Nathan Vanderwielen) we began building our new headquarters and named the studio/workspace, Echo Valley. Unlike Chemical Sound, Echo Valley is not a commercial studio but rather a shared facility where cool producers work and cool bands rehearse and record. Now that the studio is fully functional I am cheerfully looking forward to committing our new songs and vibe to tape.  I intend to document the process here at papermaps.net, so look for more updates about the new album – things like pictures, video clips, lyric scans, etc.

The upcoming show at the Horseshoe Tavern (Thursday Feb 7) will be the three of us  and we are going to play at least three (maybe four) new songs that we plan to record shortly after that show. The rest of the set will be comprised of back catalogue songs that we still enjoy playing and work best in our new configuration.  One song we will not play is “Reunion.”

What else??? Oh, we’ve moved our mailing list to a new mail service.  If you want to subscribe to our mailing list just look for the form in the top right corner of this blog called, Email Love.

I want to thank everyone who supported these past 3 years, especially those who continue to support us – and all you newcomers!

cheers,

-dean

Horseshoe Tavern Thurs Feb 7!

Hi!
We are breaking our Holiday Hiatus with a hometown show at the Legendary Horseshoe Tavern, Thursday February 7!  Joining us will be Toronto’s Alright Alright as well as our studio-mates MESA MESA who are a fantastic sounding band and the amazing VISTAVISION will also be making a rare live appearance!  Deets:

FB Event:  http://www.facebook.com/events/547064551972239/
Showgopher:  http://showgopher.com/#!Toronto/2013-02-07/HorseshoeTavern

AUGUST 28 – TORONTO – INFERIOR GHOST RELEASE SHOW

Hi,
It seems like September is just around the corner! We just came back from a 3000+ kilometer Canadian tour (tour pics and diary forthcoming) – it was a long laborous birthing for our new EP, Inferior Ghost. We’ve had a week off and should be well rested for our BIG HOMECOMING / CD RELEASE show at the Horseshoe Tavern, Tuesday August 28th. Set time: 11PM.  Admission is FREE. This is the LAST PUSH in the birthing. CDs and records will be in stores following this show (for exuberant prices – ok, ok,  for reasonable prices).  Joining us will be Little Barrie (UK, members of Primal Scream / Spiritualized) at 10PM. If you live in or near Toronto and like us you should really come out to this one!  I’m not sure when/if we will play Toronto again this year.  We might just decide to hole up in the woodshed for a while (the woodshed being the new studio, Echo Valley). Autumn is perfect for that sort of thing, no?  This new EP should give you something to chew on while we write/record a new LP.  The vinyl gods tell me the 12-inch records may very well be ready in time for the show.  People who pre-ordered their vinyl (thank you, thank you, thank you) can rest assured that they will ship on the 28th. Most of you live far away – so it works out great.   If you pre-ordered the vinyl and you come to the show, however, I’ll hand you a signed copy right there!!! We will have a list of names.
Please join the Facebook event (if you FB):
www.facebook.com/events/126427917502714/

Pretty pictures follow:

Other birds have told me that the record may already be in your local college radio library or slush pile. Cools.  Happy school days, keep your pencils sharp and make us the soundtrack to your collegiate life.

Fondness and Cheers,

-dean

We’ll Be Back

Hey folks,
We are taking a break from live performance for the time being as we work on new material and plan our Fall Tour Schedule that begins October 20th. Dates will be announced soon. Meanwhile, our next hometown show will be September 8,  at the Horseshoe Tavern. More info about this show is forthcoming, so stay posted. Meanwhile, I urge you to send in your submissions for the Reunion music video (http://papermaps.net/blog/2011/06/be-in-the-reunion-music-video/) since we will be announcing a deadline in the coming weeks.  Our goal is to start editing this video together in time for the September 8 show.  In other news, we are sitting on an extended and remixed version of Complicate Things (remixed by Harry Hess) which should come out very soon and will be serviced to all your favourite radio outlets  . . . there are also plans to film a proper music video for this . . .

See, we are actually not taking a break at all.

-dean

First Ever Horseshoe Appearance

Hi,
One week today (Tuesday, May 31) we will be appearing at the Legendary Horseshoe Tavern for the first time as part of Dave Bookman’s Nu Music Nite series. We are on third (10pm – sharp). There are some interesting bands playing the same night including Austin Texas band  Love Inks, who are currently touring all over the USA and Canada. The Love Inks go on first, so come early! Oh and it’s FREE!

Here is a little-known and under appreciated FACEBOOK event we created for this show:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=215156801845109

OFFICIAL LINEUP BELOW:
Wild Domestic @11:40pm www.myspace.com/wilddomestic
Saidah @10:50pm
Papermaps @10:00pm
Prince Caspian @9:20pm www.myspace.com/theprincecaspian
Love Inks @8:40pm (Austin TX) www.myspace.com/loveinks
No Cover/FREE!!!

We hope to see you there!

-dean