So, a few months back, just before our release, I stopped in for a visit with Jimmie Inch of ECC . We had a chat, filmed an interview and a few in-studio performances for his new show, East Coast Countdown Live .. you can check it out by going to www.eastcoastcountdown.com
Also , a HUGE thanks to all of you who voted for us, our latest single “Run For Cover” has hit #1 for the second week in a row!
Thanks so much for your support of East Coast Rock and Roll…
We’ll see ya down the road,
AH
Music Review: Andrew Hunter & the Gatherers – Warhorses
Fri, Sep 23, 2011.
“The twin peaks of the Halifax guitar rock scene are Matt Mays and Joel Plaskett, Mays harder and Plaskett more thoughtful and indie and pop-based. The new album by the trio of Hunter and Gatherers (great, great name) sees them skirt nicely down the middle, giving us lots of power trio to enjoy for our visceral side, and melody for the brain. The sound is more straightforward and rocking than fans will remember, but it’s a natural progression, as the group strips it back and gets to a core sound. Plus, Florenceville, NB native Hunter has written a grand group of tunes, featuring nothing else but guitar-drums-bass-vocals.
This is an economical blast of passion, with 32 minutes split among 8 songs, plus an acoustic version of one of them repeated to soften things out at the end. Hopefully you’ve been hearing One Good Reason around, a typically infectious, big guitar number, but there are several songs here that you could say the same for, all of them top flight. Lead cut Your Heart Don’t Know has the chords and bass recorded at near-grunge level, and you know that one will be blasting off the walls of Eastern Canada’s finest rock clubs as the trio heads out on the album release tour. It has a fist-pumping, lyric chanting chorus, just the title repeated. If that isn’t enough to get the blood pumping, the new single, Run For Cover, doubles the tempo and explodes with more chiming chords and choruses. That’s a heck of a 1-2-3 punch to open the disc.
The fourth cut, Remember, lets us take a break, slowing down but not losing the intensity, with still lots of heavy guitar, a Crazy Horse ballad. Next comes Burn To Fade, moving us back into uptempo mode, softer and more jaunty this time. It’s one of those discs that works great on repeat, because each time through, I just keep liking the songs more. This, to me, is what a rock and roll record is supposed to be, and it’s been awhile since I’ve felt that way.”
CBC’s Bob Mersereau , Author, Top 100 Canadian Albums, Top 100 Canadian Singles
Hey gang, so, where we at? Since we last checked in, we completed our Ontario tour, (had a great time!) and got to see lots of old friends and make some new ones as well! Overall an awesome times in Ontario and a special thanks to our crews in Guelph and Kingston and of course our home base in Bobcaygeon! (..We were spoiled on this tour!) This past weekend we had a time in Yarmouth at the annual Nova Scotia Music Week conference and made some great international contacts and played a sweet showcase (see photo) to a packed house! Always great to get together with friends and colleagues and celebrate our industry. Speaking of celebrating, our latest single “Run For Cover” is #2 on The East Coast Countdown this week! Vote at www.eastcoastcountdown.com thanks for all your votes and support! —- This weekend we head out for the New Brunswick leg of the Warhorses tour with shows in Moncton, Saint John and Fredericton. This will wrap up our fall tour but we will be back out on the road for a second round of touring in early 2012 so stay tuned….! And, as always we will be doing our annual Holiday Shaker in NB on December 23rd, details to follow soon!
See you soon, AH
Im sitting in beautiful Bobcaygeon Ontario looking out over the lake after a swim in (almost) October? Listening to the loons and the wind on the lake… definetly a great time of year to be touring….
Tonight we head to Toronto to play The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern, night 5 on our tour… and so far it has been unreal..!
Our cd release shows in Halifax and NB were off the chains, thanks so much to all you fine folks who came and rocked with us..you really out-did yourselves…which made for a grand kickoff!
Also , the critics are loving the new record, check out what CBC’s Bob Mersereau has to say… ” It’s one of those discs that works great on repeat, because each time through, I just keep liking the songs more. This, to me, is what a rock and roll record is supposed to be, and it’s been awhile since I’ve felt that way.” - CBC’s Bob Mersereau , Author, Top 100 Canadian Albums, Top 100 Canadian Singles.
Read the full review here:
http://www.cbc.ca/nb/mt/east-coast-music/2011/09/music-review-andrew-hunter-the-gatherers—warhorses.html
Feeling lucky …
here’s a shot from the other night in Halifax…
We will see you down the road!!
Here we go!
Warhorses was released to the world on Tuesday September 20th. GET THE ALBUM www.ahtg.bandcamp.com or go to Itunes.
Feels so great to finally get it out there and to finally get to share it. Get it now on Itunes, bandcamp , cdbaby.com or HMV or of course at shows…
We have been busy doing all kinds of things, filming videos for the Atlantic Film Festival, grant writing, press stuff plus all kinds of tour prep… Tour kicks off in Halifax tonight and sees us make our way up to Tarana…
always fun to tour in the fall..can’t wait to see some old friends! Plus we have a limited run of new merch!! Including hoodies and t’s , (photos coming soon.)
Been getting some great feedback on the album, we hope you will pick up your copy today….Check out this great review from The Chronicle Hearald’s Stephen Cooke – “…Andrew Hunter & The Gatherers have been paying dues and honing chops for the past few years now and the fruit of their labours is ripe and rugged on Warhorses.
Hunter’s whipped his trio into a tight rock unit, and come up with songs like Run For Cover and One Good Reason that stay in your head for days thanks to his melodic ingenuity and the emotion he pours into the simplest of lines…”
Stay tuned for updates, news and more videos and reviews,
cheers,
AH&G
The new record is now available for pre-order on bandcamp !! check it here : http://ahtg.bandcamp.com/
Pre-orders get three new songs before the record comes out on September 20th!!
Fall tour dates have been announced! Thanks to ChrisTdesigns for the album artwork and the new tour poster!
New merch coming soon to the site and the NEW record drops on September 20th!!
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Scott Blackburn Photo
See you soon,
AH&G
