Denim On Denim

Denim on Denim will be released on April 13, 2010(Young Soul Records /EMI). Young Soul Records is the most recent label to join a decorated EMI Label Services roster alongside the likes of: Arts & Crafts, Hidden Pony, Secret City, Ultra Records, Century Media and Side One Dummy - all utilizing EMI Music Canada’s distribution and services reach.

Denim on Denim was (painstakingly) recorded in Regina in the back of a local dance studio. Staying true to their objective of documenting spacious and concise pop songs meant omitting dozens of ideas and tracks from the final mixes. Yet, the record is still teeming with instrumentation - guitars and keys, horns and synths, and (of course) the occasional feedback loop. Denim on Denim was produced by Library Voices and Orion Paradis and features guest appearances from co-prairie musicians and friends in Woodpigeon, Rah Rah, Sylvie, Northcote, as well as Andy Shauf. Right down to the die-cut album packaging - the exterior cut-away lightening bolt revealing the denim inner sleeve, demonstrates the attention to detail that extends to every corner of their work.

As with their previous EP, Denim On Denim is rich with cultural reference. Stan Getz and Fyodor Dostoevsky make cameos in songs about late night escapades. Similarly, Haruki Murakami, Charles Bukowski, Dennis Wilson, and Gram Parsons (among others) weave their way through tales of indulgence, promiscuity, modern living, and the forthcoming apocalypse. This is feel good music for an audience with a conscience (albeit likely, a guilty one). Lead single from Denim on Denim - Drinking Games is available at http://www.myspace.com/thelibraryvoices

The bands unabashed celebration of the term 'pop music' has at times, been met by confusion, leading some to expect bubble gum or auto-tuned FM shine. Although apologetic for the misunderstanding the band stands behind the term. They could have called it, “Post-Twee-Power-Folk-Nu-Beach-LoFi-Modern-Indie”- but they didn't. It's pop. Just pop. You know, like The Stranger, The Zombies, and Videodrome.

We're packing scarfs and sweaters. Parkas and yeti repellant. WINTERrr TOURrr 2010

LIBRARY VOICES - WINTERrr TOURrr 2010

Feb 12 - Regina, SK - The Exchange *CBC Canada Live Session w/ Northcote
Feb 18 - Nelson, BC - Spirit Bar
Feb 20 - Vancouver, BC - Saskatchewan Olympic Pavillion 9PM
Feb 21 - Vancouver, BC - Saskatchewan Olympic Pavillion 9PM
Feb 22 - Vancouver, BC - Saskatchewan Olympic Pavillion 9PM
Feb 23 - Vancouver, BC - BC Place - medal ceremony
Feb 25 - Kelowna, BC - Habitat
Feb 26- Calgary, AB - Gateway (SAIT)
Feb 27 - Edmonton, AB - The Pawn Shop

Download Baby It's Xmas now!

Well this is it. Christmas Eve. The stockings are hung, our tummy's are filled with holiday baking, and the spiced rum is coursing through our veins like a morphine drip.

Earlier this week we spent an hour rehearsing and recording a little holiday duet written and performed by our beloved friend Julia McDougall (www.juliaandherpiano.com)

It feels a little loose and rough, but so do we after all of the festive "cheer" we've been taking in this week.

Download HERE : www.myspace.com/thelibraryvoices

Wishing all the best to you and yours,
Michael, Carl, Mike, Amanda, Paul, Eoin, Brennan, Karla, & Julia.

Happy Holidays from Library Voices (and NXEW)

Where does the time go?

Has it really been a decade since Magnetic Fields released their masterwork 69 Love Songs.

Despite the fact we're all a little grayer and a little rounder, it still feels like only yesterday we were standing on the doorstep of Y2K. Armed with bottled water and canned goods we braced ourselves for a digital meltdown. Stephen Merritt's prolific triple-album served as our soundtrack, a record so vast and comprehensive that Dave Eggers likened it to David Foster Wallace's sprawling Infinite Jest. Somehow singing along to "I Don't Want To Get Over You" just made it a little easier to swallow the fact that not only had we still not colonized space, we were still light years away from the hover-boards and time travel promised to us 15 years prior by Back To The Future.

As our gift to you, in hopes we can all share some love this holiday season, we would like you have have our rendition of the Magnetic Fields 'Book Of Love'.

Download it here.

Wishing the best to you and yours this holiday season,
Library Voices

CBC RADIO 3 BUCKY AWARD SHORT-LIST

It was announced today that we have been short-listed for a CBC Radio 3 Bucky Award in the category of "Best Live Act"

We'd be flattered if you considered taking a moment out of your day over the next week to vote on our behalf.

http://radio3.cbc.ca/buckyawards/vote

Much Love,
LV

PHOG

Some photos taken by Cristina Naccarato at the always awesome Phog Lounge in Windsor a few weeks back. She also has some great photos of Rah Rah on her blog. http://www.crustina.blogspot.com/
Oh and hey we made the CBC3 Bucky Awards Shortlist. Neato!

Home And Halloween

We are back in Regina. Thanks so much to everyone who helped make it such a wonderful tour, from Victoria to Charlottetown and back to the prairies again. We met so many wonderful people and bands and I can honestly say that every show was wonderful to play, whether it was to packed houses at the Legion in Calgary and the Seahorse Tavern in Halifax or to 20 wonderful people and bar staff in Lethbrigde. We are going to miss In-Flight Safety and Julie Fader so much! We couldn't have asked for more fantastic people to share a tour with.


What did you do for Halloween? We played a rather ridiculous party in Barrie, Ontario at The Mansion. What a night! From what I remember. Our two 'Best Ontario Friends Forever' (BOFFs?) Caitlyn and Matthew were on hand and shared this photo with us. Also, I was bored before our show in Hamilton so I recorded a Vangelis-inspired version of Kundera On The Dance Floor in our hotel bathroom. Yes, the same hotel that had the Hooters attached to it. I've called it the Kundera Caitlyn Mix. Thanks to Mike for help tweaking the keyboards and thanks to Caitlyn and Matthew for the fun times!

Check it out:
Kundera Caitlyn Mix