Before we begin this post, I wanted to apologize for missing local acoustic classic/hard rock duo Dodge This' concert at The Dive Gastro Pub last night. The show was only announced early yesterday on the venue's Facebook page (the band did not corroborate the booking on theirs), but it is worth noting that they were the apparent replacement act last night, as Frankly Speaking were advertised on The Dive's February concert calendar. A reason for the Franks' withdrawal wasn't announced, but hopefully all is well, and that Dodge This had a great show yesterday! We'd have absolutely covered it on here had there even been a couple days' notice, but apologies again!
Jamie, Mark, and David were recording at Unsalted Audio with producer Dustin Goodall last year, and bassist Mark Rand uploaded the first single from "Fuller II" onto the band's new YouTube channel yesterday, namely "And I End". This is definitely a song played during Mark's original tenure in Fuller in the early-mid 2000s, and to my understanding, the album will mostly (if not entirely) be comprised of Mark-era songs that never came out on CD. This should be well worth a listen for emo and punk fans whether you were around for Fuller's heyday or not (let alone Buckle's), and while I won't comment on "And I End" yet pending our CD review, give it a listen below!
Next up, let's re-enter the world of local/Barrie crossover thrash band Spades GT, who have been hard at work on their new album recently, so what's new to report from the past month? On January 31st, they revealed on their Facebook page that they were "wrapping up demos for the new album this weekend", with a brief clip of Dave Galante's video of them at Walterstock attached. I won't embed it here, as the full & not-vertically pillarboxed video was featured in our Spades post from two weeks ago. The guys finished pre-production on the eight-track album as of February 2nd, with this photo of the band's current four members attached to said Facebook post. One week later, they noted that they are looking for promoters, bands, shows, and PR to help promote the band/album upon release, and for bookings in areas that they haven't played in yet, so contact spadesgtmusic@yahoo.com if you're interested in talking to them or getting details! With all of that said, how about the recording sessions proper?
Like on 2023's "Sewer City Radio", the former Jack Spades are recording this album with producer Kyle Marchant at Room 21 in Toronto, and the sessions began on Monday with drummer Tyler Reiner tracking material first. You can see 34 seconds of him drumming in studio in this video, and while things sound good so far, it's obviously way too soon to comment on the song proper. On Tuesday, they recorded bass parts for the album, though they have yet to find a permanent bassist to replace the departed James Roy Daley. At least in their 71 seconds-long teaser video from that day's sessions, guitarist Daniel Horton is seen on camera playing bass, but it remains to be seen if he will be covering that instrument on the whole album (fellow guitarist Matthew Voros can play bass too, and they've largely gotten by with guest bassists in concerts since last summer). Both Dan and Matt were in the studio on Wednesday & Thursday to record guitar for the album, and a video was shot then too!
For some reason, that day's teaser video was uploaded A. as a "Reel", and B. with both letterboxing and pillarboxing, so despite being vertical from the start, it's tiny in the "Reel" frame. How did that happen? Watch the screen closely for the best effect, but it focuses on Daniel tracking for the album alongside ex-guitarist Jay Sarrazin, who played on two songs on "Sewer City Radio" and appears to be back as a guest performer for this album. They hadn't teased his involvement at all on social media beforehand, so it's good to see Jay working with Spades again! For day 5 on Friday, the sessions featured singer J.D. Pearce at Room 21, and that teaser clip is another "Reel", but this time, a horizontal video forcibly pillarboxed into the vertical dimensions. I'd complain, but it's much bigger than the guitar one! This focuses on a brand new Spades song, possibly named "United" or "We Are United".
While sounding fairly complete, I won't comment on the song yet pending our eventual album review, but Spades fans will definitely want to watch that "Reel" to see how things are progressing! Yesterday's sessions were focused around guest appearances and gang vocals, but at press time, the band has yet to post anything about what went down at Room 21 then. We'll let you know when further updates come out on the album sessions, but give Daniel's bass tracking video a watch below!
That's all for now, but stay tuned for more news and notes on the site this week! Thanks everyone!
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