Crystal Country

Hey gang, sorry for the horrible delay in posting. But the new Chief Thundercloud album is out and it’s a doozy. 6 tracks spanning across varying noise terrains. We hope you all listen and buy 2 copies…cause you know, it’s good.

Derek

“Blues” is the album I’ve been writing and recording for the past 6-7 months, and I’m excited to finally have it released on our home recording label, Crystal Country. The album, 12 songs long in diameter, accommodates sounds ranging from bontempi organ/choir oohs ambience to Norwegian black death drumming to grandpa guitar folk strummin to face brutalizing accordion-grinding. Hope ya’ll like it!

Jordan Soles – Acoustic instruments/electric instruments

Clapping hands for:
Derek Janzen – Drums/percussion, trumpet, art
Jenell Pierson – Vocals on 2,4, and 12
Jenni Walker – Vocals on 11
Cody Flynn – The recording of sounds on all drum tracks/Jenell vox

You can listen to the album in its entirety at bandcamp.

Thanks for listening!
Jordan

Hi everybody! The last few months I’ve been recording a new Butterbones album set to release on June 11th. It will be titled “Blues”. You can listen in on a couple tunes On my bandcamp site.

Jordan

The melodies are bound tight; sinewy and powerful. The casio melodies and guitar are soft and billowy, but the kick drum threatens to break through the protective cage around your heart and expose the beating organ to the world. Black Beach, the new LP from Victoria based First Nations, is a one-man revolution.

Tribal drums fuel our march but it’s Derek’s yelpy vocals that bring the loners and miscreants out from the dark basements and away from the glow of the screen with his own understated take on those infamous words, “can you dig it?”

Over the last three records, Derek’s bedroom creations have become more fleshed out, thicker and more accessible, but they’ve never lost the heart and energy that propelled his words. He still executes restrained builds – the opener, “Your Waves, They Grow”, proves that – and booming triumphs (the guitar, banjo laced “Mt. St. Helens) but he seems more and more inspired by slower moving scenes. “Swimmers” is as touching a song as he’s put to tape so far, his tone is gentle but the percussion beefs up the tender piano and twinkling textures helping the listener settle into a reserved, reflective second half that starts with the delicate piano ballad “I Sang On Your Heart I” and ends with the sprawling, inspiring 9-minute title track.

It might be quiet enough that you barely hear him, but First Nations is letting everyone know, “we got the streets suckas.”

-Bryan Acker, Herohill

You can check out the review from the site here as well as another awesome review by Joe Gurba at ArgueJob here!

Hey guys,

Just thought i’d stop by to say that my new album,
Wand, was just reviewed on the mighty Herohill blog!
Go check it out HERE

-derek