Sid Williams Blue Circle Series: The Strumbellas

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Sunday, October 26th, 2014
7:30 PM

�Every single band member played their part with a passion you could taste, brows furrowed furiously, sweat beading and dropping with every foot stomp, making you wonder whether they really love performing this much or whether maybe they�re all just in love with each
other.� - VancouverWeekly.com

It�s been busy for The Strumbellas since they released their sophomore album, We Still Move On Dance Floors in October in Canada (Six Shooter Records). In March, the Lindsay, Ontario band took home the 2014 JUNO award for Roots & Traditional Album Of The Year for the album. In May they laid clam to the SiriusXM Indies award for Folk Group Of The Year and in June they earned the title, Polaris Music Prize nominee, when We Still Move On Dance Floors nabbed a spot on the prestigious prize�s coveted Long List. This summer they pull up stakes in Canada and head for America, releasing the album on August 12th (through The Orchard).

FolkPop, RockGrass, AltCountry� whatever you want to call it, there�s plenty to go around on The Strumbellas� We Still Move On Dance Floors. For the album, the band headed to the woods of the Pacific Northwest, settling in at Bear Creek Studio just outside of Seattle to record with Grammy nominated producer, Ryan Hadlock (Metric, Gossip, Moondoggies, The Lumineers). It seemed a natural progression for the band, whose dark lyrics about death and solitude crop up amongst beautiful lyrical mindscapes of trees and lakes and home.

�As one of Canada�s finest country-roots bands, Ontario�s Strumbellas do not disappoint with their sophomore record, We Still Move On Dance Floors. From the rollicking Did I Die and Home Sweet Home through more sullen moments like album closer The Fire, the future looks incredibly bright for The Strumbellas.� � Musicnerd.ca

Since the release of The Strumbellas� eponymous 2009 EP, which was peppered with accolades from Toronto weeklies and prompted a proclamation from the CBC that they are a �band to watch,� the six-piece group has been slogging it out, earning their stripes through SOLD OUT residencies at different clubs in Toronto, as well as several cross- country tours, a plethora of festivals including CMW, NXNE, Pop Montreal and Hillside in Guelph, which by all accounts was the equivalent of their cotillion ball. This summer they head west for a slew of summer festivals including the Winnipeg Folk Festival, Yellowknife�s Folk On The Rocks, Live At Squamish and Darrington, WA�s Meltdown Festival. The band have also started gathering steam on the eastern seaboard of the US, as well as the mid-west, including a sold out show at Chicago�s The Space with St. Paul And The Broken Bones.

�There�s a mightiness and a grand � if, at times, reaching � comportment to We Still Move on Dance Floors, which is a little like watching a child vault from standing to fruit hanging ripe at the top of a branch, but still. After living with this record for an afternoon or two, one would be foolish to under-estimate the nature of the band�s vertical leap.� � National Post

The Strumbellas� 2012 JUNO nominated debut album, My Father And The Hunter, offers a beautiful, harmonious dichotomy between melancholy heartbreak and blow-the- barn-doors-off spunk. The album, produced by Cone McCaslin and recorded at Blue Rodeo�s coveted Woodshed Studio, is the harvest of talented friends, some whisky and a few rounds of euchre.

�The Toronto-based roots rockers prove you don�t need auto tune and synthetic beats to get people�s feet moving on their sophomore album. The Strumbellas hopeful brand of finely crafted indie music � full of handclaps and harmonies � offers an enchanting mix of folk, bluegrass and country. This one should earn them another JUNO Award nomination. No gimmicks or shameless promos required.� � Chris Lackner �PopForecast� Postmedia

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