Woodpigeon's Songbook
A Quick Look By Miss Fitz
As I sit in the dark surrounded by muffled whispers, the anticipation rises. A group of musical miscreants assembles in the shadows with guitars, accordions, and flutes to form… an orchestra?
You never know what to expect at the concert of a new indie band. Sometimes, you luck out and get a surprise—an unforgettable performance.
With a small but strong following, Woodpigeon has exploded into one of Canada’s biggest indie music hopefuls. Fronted by Mark Hamilton, this sunny sounding group has just signed with Universal and seems poised to become the next nabob of the Canadian indie music scene.
The group’s new album, Songbook, has the sexy undertones of what real up-and-coming Canadian music should be. The songs have titles like, “A Sad Country Ballad for a Tired Super Hero,” “Death by Ninja,” and “Home as a Romanticized Concept Where Everyone Loves You Always and Forever.”
While their lyrics should leave you sarcastically melancholy, it’s hard to resist the temptation to tap your foot along with the tambourine and peppy handclaps. If argyle had a soundtrack, this would be it.
Woodpigeon’s Songbook is an album of edgy lyrics wrapped in the romantic, lighthearted ponapoly of sweet pop rock. Even a virgin listener would be hard-pressed to denounce this album’s subtle cavity-inducing excellence.
Woodpigeon can now be heard on CBC radio 3, and seen in The R3 30 Charts next to big names like The Arcade Fire and Buck 65.
As I sit in the dark surrounded by muffled whispers, the anticipation rises. A group of musical miscreants assembles in the shadows with guitars, accordions, and flutes to form… an orchestra?
You never know what to expect at the concert of a new indie band. Sometimes, you luck out and get a surprise—an unforgettable performance.
With a small but strong following, Woodpigeon has exploded into one of Canada’s biggest indie music hopefuls. Fronted by Mark Hamilton, this sunny sounding group has just signed with Universal and seems poised to become the next nabob of the Canadian indie music scene.
The group’s new album, Songbook, has the sexy undertones of what real up-and-coming Canadian music should be. The songs have titles like, “A Sad Country Ballad for a Tired Super Hero,” “Death by Ninja,” and “Home as a Romanticized Concept Where Everyone Loves You Always and Forever.”
While their lyrics should leave you sarcastically melancholy, it’s hard to resist the temptation to tap your foot along with the tambourine and peppy handclaps. If argyle had a soundtrack, this would be it.
Woodpigeon’s Songbook is an album of edgy lyrics wrapped in the romantic, lighthearted ponapoly of sweet pop rock. Even a virgin listener would be hard-pressed to denounce this album’s subtle cavity-inducing excellence.
Woodpigeon can now be heard on CBC radio 3, and seen in The R3 30 Charts next to big names like The Arcade Fire and Buck 65.
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6 Comments:
Wood Pigeon. What a great name. And they sound fascinating! I wonder if Toe-Sock has heard of them...
argyle so needed a soundtrack!
Hey! This is good to know. Perhaps Woodpigeon will swing through The Vag one day and play to an audience of, well, me.....'cause everyone else will be at Motley Crue tribute show.
Jack has great taste. I'm lucky enough to live in the band's home town of Calgary and they truly are an amazing band. They give an amazing show plus the album is un-real in its goodness.
Yay for Calgary bands!
Chad VanGaalen and Remote Kid are great as well.
Remote Kid and Woodpigeon released a 7" together recently.
I want a copy....
I heard someone talking about it on CJSW.... (Calgarys University Station for all you chicago kiddies)
bgood
miss fitz
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