Our debut EP We Haven't Been Properly Introduced will be up on iTunes, eMusic and others in a month or so, but you can get it now at the band's own digital store, here. The EP's available to buy in high-quality formats like Apple Lossless, FLAC and 320k mp3s, or more ipod-friendly versions in smaller mp3 and aac formats. We're also giving away two tracks; "Young Love" and "Charge!!" are available for free, so grab 'em and tell us what you think!
For the CD-inclined, there's a great looking digipack version available too, which you can buy here. The EP's spiffy artwork was done by aspiring chanteuse Deniz Reno, and the full package is a sweet collectible. (And about Deniz's online demo, Luke, Marc and Zack all played on those tracks!)
The EP's a taste of what we're working on for our full-length album The Defiant Ones, which we'll be wrapping up this summer. Opener "Young Love" is a soaring paean to the headlong rush of a relationship's first blush. Featuring a fast-moving, dense arrangement with Luke's driving guitars, and Marc's swirling keys flourishes, the song is propelled forward by Zack's thunderous percussion. "Fastest of the Losers" is more melancholy, but still textured and epic in scope. The song got its title from a phrase Luke overheard during the 2008 Olympics. A reference to the second-place finisher of a race, Luke turned the phrase toward the ephemeral, tenuous nature of relationships. Not everyone's a "winner", the song says, but the losers and the outsiders have each other, for as long as love lasts. "Desdemona" is an infectious slice of power-pop wrapped around a relationship-on-the-rocks song, and "Charge!!" is the band's call-to-arms, a rallying cry for determined individualism and expression. The EP's rounded out with an alternate version, the more acoustically-themed "Fastest of the Losers (Endwell Mix)".
The EP was recorded at producer Marc Koecher's Toronto mksoundworks studio, and mastered by Tim Branton at Joao Carvalho Mastering.
