Dinosaur Bones, the band on the tip of everyone’s tongue, is releasing much anticipated new material. February 2nd marks the release of Dinosaur Bones’ 7-inch on Toronto/New York upstart vinyl label Hi-Scores Recording Library, available digitally worldwide and off-stage. Fans can pre-order the limited edition record now from the Hi-Scores website: http://hiscoresrecordinglibrary.com.
In 2009, Toronto’s Dinosaur Bones were able to showcase their brooding indie rock at festivals including Edgefest, NXNE, Pop Montreal, and Halifax Pop Explosion while playing alongside the likes of Crystal Antlers, Malajube, Hey Rosetta!, Arkells, Born Ruffians, and more. The band will kick off 2010 with a slew of North American tour dates, including their 7-inch release party in Toronto at the Steamwhistle Roundhouse on March 5th, and a stop at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas.
Holed up at Toronto’s Giant Studios, the band recorded the two tracks featured on the 7-inch (“Royalty” and “Ice Hotels”), along with the nine others that will make up their debut full-length album. Producer Jon Drew (Tokyo Police Club, Arkells, Fucked Up) has managed to capture the power and melancholic allure of the band’s ambitious live show. Dinosaur Bones’ distinct brand of indie rock has won them praise from Canada’s top media outlets, garnering attention from Toronto’s 102.1 The Edge, and radio stations across the country. Their live show is a memorable display of uninhibited talent; the type of musical complexity rarely witnessed in a band this early in their young and rising career.
BIO
While you’d be hard-pressed to get them to admit it, Dinosaur Bones have inadvertently become the poster boys for abandoning education in the name of rock n’ roll. In 2008, after months of prioritizing writing melodic indie rock songs over Hemingway essays, vocalist/guitarist Ben Fox finally packed up his guitars, leaving behind his undergrad and Montreal apartment for his hometown of Toronto. It was with that, a bold against-your-guidance-counsellor’s-best-advice move, that Dinosaur Bones was born.
As soon as he re-planted himself in his home soil, Fox immediately began assembling a mosaic of former bandmates and friends-of-friends to give life to the skeleton of songs captured on his shifty 4-track recorder: Branko Scekic (bass), Dave Wickland (keys), Lucas Fredette (drums) and Joel Clifton (guitar). Raw as they were, the outside input from these fresh minds quickly turned his unpolished tunes into broody pop gems, dripping with haunting synth layers and a throbbing rhythm section.
In less than two years since exchanging a university auditorium for a cramped 12-seater Econoline tour van, Fox and the fellow Bones have been efficient in inflicting enough damage on the Canadian indie music community to justify their namesake. After releasing a self-titled, 4-song demo EP in late 2008, the band has hit the stage with Handsome Furs, the Rural Alberta Advantage, Born Ruffians, Arkells, Malajube, Hollerado, and Sebastian Grainger, received praise from both college and commercial radio, and been personally invited to play some of the country’s largest festivals. They’ve also outgrown many of the venues in their hometown, packing the Legendary Horseshoe Tavern, among others, wall-to-wall with hundreds of rabid fans, often storming the stage for sing-alongs induced by their anthemic blend of hook-laden melancholy and broody charisma.
In late 2009, Dinosaur Bones entered the studio with producer Jon Drew (Fucked Up, Tokyo Police Club, the Arkells) to lay down the foundation for their long-anticipated debut LP. Until then, anxious fans can take solace in a 7-inch, being released February 2nd 2010 - consider it a preview of what is to come.
TOUR DATES
Jan. 28 @ Phog Lounge, WINDSOR, ON
Feb. 2 @ L3, ST. CATHARINES, ON
Feb. 3 @ Bug Jar, ROCHESTER, NY
Feb. 6 @ Harper’s Ferry, BOSTON, MA
Feb. 8 @ Cameo’s Gallery, BROOKLYN, NY
Feb. 9 @ Piano’s, NEW YORK, NY
Feb. 10 @ Black and Red’s, WASHINGTON, DC
Feb. 13 @ Valentine’s Day Loft Party, BROOKLYN, NY
Feb. 16 @ Jerkys, PROVIDENCE, RI
Feb. 18 @ Monkey House, BURLINGTON, VT
Feb. 20 @ Divan Orange, MONTREAL, QC
Feb. 25 @ Piano’s, NEW YORK, NY (*Hi-Scores showcase)
Feb. 26 @ Live Lounge, OTTAWA, ON
Feb. 27 @ Oscar’s, BARRIE, ON
Mar. 4 @ E-Bar, GUELPH, ON
Mar. 5 @ Steamwhistle Roundhouse, TORONTO, ON (**7 Inch Release)
*More dates to be announced on Myspace.
LINKS
http://myspace.com/dinosaurbonesband
http://hiscoresrecordinglibrary.com
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