Thanks to all who pre-ordered the album and all sorts of other prizes via IndieGoGo: the album is in the bag and ready to roll out. The official release date is set for October, when we’ll be touring the album (stay tuned for dates coming soon) but in the mean time, if you are in Kingston this Friday (Aug 27th), come on over to the Wolfe Island Grill (map) and hear a sneak preview of Dawn Time Riot, claim some of your prizes and listen to The Gertrudes rock out with Special Guests… The show starts at 7:30 and will continue late into the night – with The Gertrudes somewhere in the middle. Come for dinner, stay for music, and jump in the lake with us!
We’re having the most awesomest of summers. We just recently got back from the West Coast playing at some amazing festivals and topped it all off with a family trip (all the families!) up to Blue Skies for an amazing long weekend. We’ve met amazing audiences across the country and got to jam with some super fine bands and musicians. Man, we’re feeling on top of the world – despite the sleep deprivation of staying up all night to jam and waking up to the songs of children in the early am, not long after falling into bed. Wish you were all here… wherever that may be.
Hope to see you all again soon – Anyone coming to the Eaglesmith Picnic? We’ll be there… possibly attired in bells of some kind.
Check out some photographic highlights of our west coast trip, courtesy of our T-bone player Pim over at his flickr page: Gertrudes Out West!
All the best,
The Gertrudes
ps. our IndieGoGo crowdsourced fundraiser to cover manufacturing costs is going really well! only 8 days left to pre-order or get some puppets! We’re just over $2500 of our $4000 goal at this time… help out if you can at www.indiegogo.com/gertrudes – Thanks!
Want to pre-order Dawn Time Riot AND help us manufacture the record? You too can be an executive producer…. See video and links below for how to get involved!
We’re stoked to be heading out west this summer – see the tour dates below. We’re also really excited about the album – stay tuned for more news on the progress of that soon!
Annie’s arrangement for the last chorus of Catfish John… we we’re lucky enough to get The Gertrudes backed up by an entire choir! Open Voices generously joined us for this recording for our upcoming album “Dawn Time Riot” (Apple Crisp, 2010).
This is just a sneak preview of the awesomenesses to come…
We’re really excited to be headed into the studio next week to start recording our first official full-length album! (release date tbd) We’ve got a great collection of songs together and looking forward to hearing some of the early results… Will keep you updated on this front.
We’re also really excited to be on the verge of releasing a split 7″ – a Gertrudes collaboration with PS I Love You with on one side and our friends Bruce Peninsula teaming up with Muskox on the other. It’s been a great project to work on and we’re thrilled with the results thus far. Can’t wait to see it! Hopefully to be available in limited run around the end of March.
HeroHill was kind enough to place us #3 in their 10 favourite EPs of last year… so we polished up a live version of Catfish John as an exclusive treat for them and their readers. If you didn’t stumble across it sooner, go check it out on Herohill!
For other musical recommendations and more exclusive content, check out the rest of HeroHill’s favourite EP’s of ‘09 here.
See video and links below for how to get involved!
