Updates out the waz-oooo
November 8, 2009 at 8:09 pm | In forest city lovers, news | Leave a CommentTags: cbc radio 3, cmt, coach house books, phodilus and tyto, the show
Hi friends and dear readers of our blog! We have a few tidbits of newsworthy information for y’allz. Some is good and some is not so good.
The good:
≠ I just did my first solo shows in upstate NY and it was really fun. Thanks to Golden Ghost for having me tag along, and hosting me at her amazing family’s home. They had a basketball net and I rocked a few games of twenty-one while I was there. If you haven’t been, you should visit Endicott, it’s a pretty rad town with some sweet antique shops. Looking forward to going there with the whole band in the future.
≠ Our new video for “If I Were A Tree” is almost complete! It should be out shortly after the vinyl is released. We’re pretty excited to share it, and you should be excited to see it. We had a lot of awesome people help out, it was a beautiful sunny day in the park AND it was shot by the super talented Colin Medley and Jared Raab. We promise, it won’t disappoint.
≠ Coach House Books has started a podcast series on their website, and a couple of our songs are featured on the very first one! You can go download the whole podcast here: http://www.chbooks.com/home
≠ FCL will be featured on an upcoming episode of The Show on CMT – I believe the air date is November 13, but we’ll update you via our Twitter to remind you.
≠ We have new T-SHIRTS that are super soft and really comfy. They’re now available in the store and also available in Toronto at Criminal Records on Queen St. West!
≠ And lastly, our favourite website and internet radio station, CBC Radio 3, is running their annual Bucky Awards. It’s like the fan-choice awards for Canada… There are lots of categories and a lot of talented people up for awards, including your good pal me (Kat!). I’m nominated for Sexiest Musician (I know, what?!?!), and that is hard enough for me to type without blushing. Head over to Radio 3 to vote, it’s open until Midnight PST on November 8.
Oh yes, and the not so good:
≠ Our new 7″ vinyl, Phodilus and Tyto, is going to be a little bit delayed. It was supposed to be ready to go this Tuesday, November 10…but alas, it is taking a little longer to pop out of the factory. We will keep you updated on the expected date (hopefully really soon) and we thank you in advance for your amazing patience and support. Those who pre-ordered, you will still get your bonus tracks on the originally scheduled day. AND we’ll start streaming the vinyl on our Myspace as of Tuesday, November 10, just to get you pumped!
stay cool,
Kat
Balloon Boy!
October 16, 2009 at 3:01 pm | In forest city lovers, news | Leave a CommentTags: balloon boy, halifax pop explosion, phodilus and tyto, pop montreal
Oh this world we live in. Anyone that was in North America the last 24 hours I’m sure heard of the ridiculous story of the boy who was thought to be traipsing across the sky in a UFO style weather balloon. Turns out he was in the attic the whole time.. strange one indeed. So although we used a van (and not a hot air balloon) to get there, playing Pop Montreal was a blast. It was a full house, so we’d like to apologise if you couldn’t get in. We’re heading off next week to go to another one of our favourite cities, Halifax! It’s always such a beautiful sight in the autumn, as the colours peek out from the tops of trees and the wind gets crisp.
We get our test presses for our vinyl today! We’re excited to sit around the record player and hear ourselves for the first time on wax. You can still pre-order the vinyl and get some bonus treats until November 3… a week before it comes out. Then you’ll be able to buy either the record or the mp3 download package as of November 10. Isn’t that so very exciting?
We’re also about 50% done writing the songs for the next record. I think we have about six on the go now. We’ll be recording demos of them soon and then we’re heading into the studio on December 27 to layyyy down the sweetness.
Tell yr friends!
xo
FCL
Pre Order our new 7″!!
September 22, 2009 at 5:49 am | In forest city lovers, news | 1 CommentTags: 7", merch, phodilus and tyto, play the triangle
Hey friends!
We’re putting out a new single on November 10 and we’re pretty excited about it. We are releasing two new songs, “Phodilus and Tyto” and “If I Were A Tree” on a limited edition (only 300) green marbled vinyl! This will be a preview of what will be coming out on our next full length album, slated for a 2010 release on Out of This Spark.
You can now pre-order it from Play the Triangle and you get a bunch of bonuses with it (mp3s, artwork, poster, pins) and it’s only a limited time! Also, we put together a brand new MERCH page where you can check everything out a bit more clearly now. I’m trying to move the site more and more away from just the WordPress format, so keep an eye out for changes in the coming months.
We also shot a video for the B side of the record and that is due out around the same time as the vinyl. Fun times!!
xox FCL
RECORDING BLOG #006
September 13, 2009 at 5:20 pm | In news, recording | 2 CommentsTags: beaver valley, cows, if i were a tree, phodilus and tyto, recording
We hung out with cows the whole time.
Once again, no recording, just writing. But why go to the trouble to change the sequential titles? Last week most of the band hunkered down in Beaver Valley for a few days to work on some existing song ideas and to hammer out some new ones. It was an extremely productive endevour and we have come out with three new songs on the go and three pretty solid ideas. It felt pretty amazing to drop all responsibilities and focus soley on our music for our duration there. If we could go away and do that once a week we would be on fire. Alas, some of us have day jobs :P
Our two new songs are being mastered this week and the new single “Phodilus and Tyto” (with a B side of “If I were a Tree”) should be available for pre-order shortly. If all goes well, we’re looking at a November release. I’m working on the artwork and we’re getting pretty excited to share our new material. We shot a video for “If I Were A Tree” this past weekend and that was a really fun day. Thanks to all our friends who came out and helped out and to our small, but powerful, crew. The video should come out around the same time as the single is available, about a month or so from now.
Some exciting things on the way! We’re headed to Pop Montreal again, and super pumped to be going to Halifax soon (yay!) Thank you again x 1000 for all your continued support, we really appreciated that people get excited about we’re doing as much as we do.
xo forest city kb
YO BIG APPLE, S’UP!
September 6, 2009 at 6:16 pm | In news | 2 CommentsTags: emily wells, josh solar, new york, phosphorescent, ps1, tune yards, williamsburg
Hello from New York! I have been hanging here for about a week now… and the last few days have especially renewed my sense of admiration for this city. So many amazing things going on all the time. Last week I played a solo show with some international friends and got to meet some really rad people. Shout outs to the Brooklyn Tea Party and everyone who housed us. On Friday night I went and saw Emily Wells play (she is awesome check her out) and on Saturday night slid on over to the Williamsburg Music Hall to catch the Tune Yards (fronted by, to my surprise, Merril from Sister Suvi) and Phosphorescent.
Today I am going to go check out the new PS1 Contemporary Art Centre (in conjunction with the MoMa) in Queens, there is a Jonathan Horowitz exhibition on… you should go see!
Here are a couple photos from the show last week – check out Josh Solar’s blog for more of his photography (came all the way from Kansas!)
Canadian on Canadian
August 28, 2009 at 1:27 am | In news | 1 CommentTags: canadian interview publication
An extensive interview Kat did with Canadian Interview Publications is now posted, you can find the article in our PRESS section. Enjoy!
RECORDING BLOG #005
August 27, 2009 at 3:44 am | In recording | 4 CommentsTags: friends in bellwoods, james bunton, prince, we're marching on
Today I spent about 8 hours belting out songs. I have never sung so loud and so high…ever. I felt like I was chanelling both Prince and We’re Marching On. Seriously. But James knew how to get what he wanted out of my voice and so he did. I am excited to hear the mix! This means we’ve officially finished recording our single and it will be available soon. This one’s a bouncy one. On fyyyyah.
No photos today but we took some video… I can’t find firewire so it will have to wait to be posted. Let me tell you though, Jamie captures gold when he picks up the video camera and he definitely caught me singing the wrong words to my own song.
In other news, the Friends in Bellwoods II cd came out a couple days ago, so I hope you all bought it. There have been some good articles about the project lately, google it to read lots. SEE YOU ON FRIDAY! TORONTO. LEE’S PALACE. 9PM BE THERE. Also our good friends have some free downloads on their website, and they are of the hip hop variety. Yum.
xoxoxoxoxoxo forest city kat
RECORDING BLOG #004
August 20, 2009 at 3:17 am | In news | 7 CommentsThe strings are done for the 7″! Woo! Vocals are wrapping up this week. We’re psyched on it. There will be pre-order information very soon. Tonight we worked on a brand new song. It was reaaaallllly fun and foot tappin’. Stomping, even. It may very well be the most rocking FCL song in existence. Proof is below.
That’s right, Kyle broke a bass string. WHOA!
hope y’all are coming to the Friends in Bellwoods release next week! Should be fuuuuuuun. xo kb
LISTEN EDITH, I KNOW YOU’RE SINGING, I KNOW YOU’RE SINGIN, BUT THE NEIGHBOURS MAY THINK I’M TORTURING YOU.
August 17, 2009 at 2:50 pm | In news, vids/phots | 3 CommentsTags: all in the family, archie bunker, colin medley, daily bread food bank, evening hymns, friends in bellwoods, ohbijou, out of this spark, the d'urbervilles
Oh…All in the Family.
Here in Forest City Lovers, we’re happy to be part of a great family. The OOTS family. And to celebrate such, we created a fun mash up with our best band friends for the latest Toronto show. It also happened to be the birthday of our label guru Stuart Duncan. We tossed aside the idea of singing Happy Birthday and rocked out instead. Our friends at Morning Noon Night captured a few songs on HD and you can take a look at “Orphans” from our Haunting Moon Sinking record, and “Belladonna” from the D’urbervilles We are The Hunters record, below!
Chromewaves.net also reviewed the show and has some pretty amazing photos up. Thanks to all our friends (new and old) for coming to the show and making it so disgustingly sweaty. It’s a night we won’t forget any time soon…. unless I figure out a way to wash out the sweat from my dress.
Also a little reminder that the Friends in Bellwoods compilation is going to be released on Tuesday, August 25 (along with other great albums that day, such as the Wooden Sky) and you should all go buy a copy. We’ll be streaming out track on our Myspace soon, but not quite yet. Have to keep some mystery… The big release shows start this week and you can read all about it on our myspace, we list all the venues. We will be performing at Lee’s Palace with our other best band friends Ohbijou and Evening Hymns and all the proceeds go to the Daily Bread Food Bank, so you may as well go buy tickets now.
love love love
kb
SUMMERWORKS
August 8, 2009 at 6:09 pm | In news | 1 CommentJust a reminder that the Summerworks festival has started in Toronto. Check out their website and go see some shows! We are playing next weeek, AUG 13 at the Theatre Centre. You can get tickets now! xo kat
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