BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:1.0 TZ:-07 BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Butchart's Summer Festival presents: Towers & Trees URL:http://www.harbourliving.ca/event/butcharts-summer-festival-presents-towers-trees/ LOCATION:Butchart Gardens :: 800 Benvenuto Avenue Victoria, DESCRIPTION;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE:

The Butchart Gardens' summer festival presents indie rock/pop band Towers & Trees.

This open-air concert takes place on the Concert Lawn stage. Come sit on a bench, or bring a blanket and sit on the lawn.

The summer entertainment program is part of your general admission ticket.

About Towers & Trees
Earnestness and vulnerability are two qualities not always present (or welcome) in this digital age of music. Yet true to the cover image of their newest album The West Coast, Towers and Trees have chosen to bear all and sprint headlong into those waters. From the soaring optimism of its anthems to the raw simplicity of its quieter moments, The West Coast could not plant its heart more firmly on its sleeve.

T&T lead singer/songwriter Adrian Chalifour describes it as “an album that believes in love even in the midst of losing it.” It is anchored firmly in personal experience, with stories pulled from the wreckage of loss and the rush of self-discovery that inevitably follows: “Shortly before Towers and Trees took off, I was going through a divorce and the end of a 13-year-long relationship that traced back to high-school. Diving headlong into music was my way of staving off the grieving process and reaffirming my identity in a newly wide-open world,” explains Chalifour. Yet in quieter moments, the grief found its way through the cracks. “The whole time we were promoting our first album, I was writing these heartbroken songs at the same time as songs about hope, romance and the horizon.”

Rather than compartmentalizing or shying away from the duality of this narrative, Towers and Trees have chosen to embrace it on The West Coast, weaving a cohesive journey through love, loss and ultimately forgiveness.

The group worked with accomplished producer/engineer Alex “Condor” Aligizakis (Bend Sinister, We Hunt Buffalo) to craft a sonic landscape where every layer and lyric is placed with the kind of intention and restraint indicative of the group’s maturity. The resulting waves of sound are as dynamic and unpredictable as the album’s namesake. Soaring harmonies and thundering percussion roll into close moments of unflinching introspection.

The West Coast’s bold studio production – recorded at Electric City Sound (Victoria) and Aligizakis’s own Bird’s Nest Studio (Nanoose Bay) – stands in stark contrast to their home-recorded debut Broken Record. Yet the continuity of their key strengths – rich sound and poignant songwriting – make The West Coast feel like a fitting next step.

“If Broken Record was an aperatif for fans, then The West Coast is the meal we’ve been salivating for. And you had better be hungry.” (hystericalfemaleblog)

Towers and Trees are currently touring Western Canada and beyond in support of The West Coast. Their live show has been heralded as “spectacular” (Exclaim.ca) and “one of the greatest shows I have ever witnessed” (Jon Williams, the Zone). Since the surprise success of their debut EP, which earned national radio play and a spot in the 2013 PEAK Performance Project, they have amassed a steady stream of achievements that include commercial, college and CBC radio play, award nominations, licensing deals, festival bookings and sold-out shows throughout Canada.
http://www.towersandtreesmusic.com

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