Contest Alert! Our latest single is out next Friday – a fresh, electronic pop take on Queens of the Stone Age’s “Make It Wit Chu” with B-side “Please Please Me” (The Beatles).
Save the songs to your Spotify or Apple Music library HERE to be the first to hear when they’re out, and also be entered for a chance to win our debut album on vinyl.
The album drops August 23 and features uniquely reimagined covers of classics from ABBA, The Beach Boys and more.
Cover art by Studio io
This acoustic video of our Cars’ cover may be Just What You Needed. Our debut album is coming August 23 and features this classic, plus reimagined covers of ABBA, Beach Boys, and more.
Listen to the first singles wherever you get your music.
Shot & edited by Will Selviz & Somewherelse.
Our cover of “Don’t Worry Baby” is out now and to celebrate, Tyler put together this video with footage from a wild year of recording, touring and all the time in between.⠀
“Just What I Needed” and “Don’t Worry Baby” are out… NOW. Listen here.
We’ve put a fresh spin on two of our favourite classics by The Cars and The Beach Boys. “Just What I Needed” in particular is a really special one for us – it’s actually the first tune we started messing around with for our upcoming album of reimagined covers. The Cars’ original is a perfect pop song and one we love so much that we thought it would be fun to see it in a new light. Our version draws out the love song undertones into a more dreamy, introspective take on the new wave classic.
Big shout out to EARMILK for premiering our latest tracks, and even giving us a nice little write up:
“Dwayne Gretzky accomplishes one of the most beautiful things in music: They make us fall in love with the songs we grew up with over and over and over again. And little by little, we start to realize that who we’re really falling in love with is them.”
Read more and listen to our latest singles “Just What I Needed” and “Don’t Worry Baby” here.
Our next two singles (!!) are out next Tuesday, June 25. Pre-save them both HERE.
We’ve put a different spin on two classics: The Cars’ “Just What I Needed” and The Beach Boys’ “Don’t Worry Baby”. Pre-save them on Spotify and Apple Music to be the first to put ’em in your ears.
Photo by Arden Wray | Styling by Amanda Lee Shirreffs
Taking a dive into studio days practicing our take on ELO’s “Livin’ Thing”. ⠀
Weirdly, Electric Light Orchestra seems to be one of the most under-appreciated bands. They made so many masterpieces, blending pop and classical music in really innovative and theatrical ways, and at the core of these intricately lush arrangements are really great songs. So, we decided to take their song “Livin’ Thing” and strip it down to its bare bones to see how we could reframe it. ⠀
We ended up giving the song a sort of Carole King, 70s FM vibe with big pop/country harmonies in the choruses to keep it super warm and organic. We think this version really came together thanks to Lydia Persaud’s stunning vocal performance.
Listen to our take on “Livin’ Thing” HERE.
Video shot & edited by Will Selviz + Somewherelse
You better hav a nap and get ready because it’s almost festival season and we’ve got some great summer show dates lined up:
June 14: Dundas, ON @ Dundas Valley Montessori School: TICKETS
June 20: Toronto, ON @ River Gambler Boat Cruise: TICKETS
June 21: Toronto, ON @ River Gambler Boat Cruise – SOLD OUT
June 29: Oro-Medonte, ON @ Canada Rocks with The Rolling Stones, Burl’s Creek: TICKETS
July 4: Calgary, AB @ Calgary Stampede, Big Four Roadhouse: TICKETS
July 13: Guelph, ON @ Hillside Festival: TICKETS
July 27: Toronto, ON @ Toronto’s Festival of Beer, CNE Bandshell: TICKETS
August 14: Peterborough, ON @ Peterborough Musicfest: TICKETS
August 17: Paris, ON @ Paris Drinks Fest: TICKETS
September 12: Ottawa, ON @ CityFolk Festival: TICKETS
All aboard the River Gambler! The annual Dwayne boat cruise is back June 20 & 21 across the high seas of Lake Ontario. Tickets are on sale now, so batten down the hatches before they float away.
Thursday, June 20: BUY TICKETS
Friday, June 21: BUY TICKETS (SOLD OUT)
The “S.O.S.” video just landed on the internet! Watch it now via Indie88Toronto, or below.
Shout out to director & animator Anne Douris (AKA Bossie) for bringing the video to life.
You can listen to “S.O.S.” and “Livin’ Thing” now wherever you get your music.