It was a Very Good Year.
I suggest that you listen to this song while you read this gigantic image-heavy blog post and marvel at the amazing string arrangement and the stunning use of pizzicato.
From this ordinary desk placed beneath an old single pane window (that looks out towards the tops of naked trees and green-and-brown crumbling rooves), I can see the sky is grey and lonesome. There are but two more days left in our year of twenty ten. Often it feels like the year has gone by so fast, but when I stop and reflect on everything that has gone on, there are years of memories dispersed throughout this twenty ten. Here is a sampling of some fun times in our year:
We started off the year in the studio, finishing up Carriage. Here we are making our producer Chris’s head spin with our demands.
Right after we wrapped up mixing the record we all headed down to Texas.
From USA to UK, spent some time reppin’ Canada in England while Carriage got mastered.
Spent the summer touring across Canada and US with lots of good pals (Evening Hymns being one of them). This is about the time that Claire joined our fantastic team to contribute even more beautiful strings to the mix.
We’re not on tour in this photo but just having a summer meeting with our label guru, Stuart. It looks like maybe we were waiting for our delicious food to arrive at this moment judging from our fake smiles. We love the Beaver!
Speaking of food, we heart Tubby Dog and hit it up every time we’re in Calgary. Just think how great we all felt, jiggling along in the van for hours on end, after eating this massive gastro mess? Worth it!
This year we learned how to play Crazy Knucks. We’ll show you sometime…
We released CARRIAGE in July! This is the only photo I took from the night. I remember I had to run up to the balcony and snap it right before we went on.
“There is nothing more fun to do in Chicago than drink American beer and wear 3D glasses.” Truth.
But posing like this comes in a close second…
Lots happened in between all these photos, but I’m sure you don’t want to spend your whole lunch break looking at photos of our smirking mugs. Here we are at our favourite ‘Dep in New Brunswick posing with a giant pumpkin to begin our mission to take a group photo with every pumpkin we saw, wherever we went.
Towards the end of the year we wrapped up a super fun tour with these guys here and then headed back to our fair city. Our hometown show to cap off the year was a lot (tonnes and tonnes) of fun. We just can’t wait to get back into it next year.
You’ve probably noticed that most of the photos I posted here are of us doing things other than play our instruments. That was done with careful thought, you see, because although the shows are of utmost importance to our career, the friendships/family/fans/adventures in between seem to stay with us most of all. We are forever grateful for your fantastic support, smiles and affections. There are so many places to go and so many people to see., I hope we get there together. On the note of together – sadly, our dear friend Neil is going through an illness that needs some good vibes sent his way. Please go to bruce-peninsula.com to hear it from the horses’s mouth. We hope you’ll send your warm wishes his way and consider donating to Princess Margaret Hospital here: http://www.pmhf.ca/
As the year comes to a close, and everyone begins to look wistfully behind them to collect their thoughts, I leave you with this sentiment:
“Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience treacherous, and judgment difficult.” - Hypocrites.
Thank you and xo Kat
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