A New Single Release, Plus A Few New Video Finds!!

As tomorrow is my 32nd birthday, I am getting this post up beforehand so I am free for whatever the day brings, but it is nice to get a new post up two days after the previous one for a recent change! To end May 2021, we have a post half devoted to Sault Ontario topics to start, but we'll end things across the river with new videos from E.U.P. artists. Here's what you should know!

New local noise metal project Molten Imp have released their first proper single release via their Bandcamp page on Friday! Entitled "Double Dose (Me)", this features two songs publically, both with two titles (Double Dose (Me)/Steeltonia" & "Rusted Hinges/News at 11:11"), but paid download copies do include two very short bonus tracks. Planned to be the "first in a series of virtual 7'' singles", this was independently recorded, but it was mixed by former Free Beer/Id Iota guitarist Dustin Goodall at Unsalted Audio (nice to hear him working on new music again!) Copies of "Double Dose (Me)" run for $4 at the above links. Without giving full thoughts on these tracks yet (as we might be properly reviewing this single on the SMS next month), these songs do have more of a metal component than Molten Imp's two prior standalone noise tracks, but still don't hold a lot in common with Boyd's AlgomA work. 

Molten Imp are definitely off to a quick start, and with a proper paid "single" already out, who knows how fast things will proceed for their upward trajectory! Again, "Double Dose (Me)" may very well be our next CD review on the SMS, so stay tuned in that regard, and buy/stream it above!

Next up, here's at least one more Treble Charger song that I've discovered from a compilation album that was not on one of their five studio albums! Back in 1998, Treble Charger's old indie label Sonic Unyon put out their compilation CD "Now We Are 5" in honour of their fifth anniversary, and it features recognizable acts like Shallow North Dakota, The Kittens, and Danko Jones, among others. Sonic Unyon had put out print runs of Treble Charger's first two albums, and while the local/Toronto indie/punk quartet had left Sonic Unyon prior to 1997's "Maybe It's Me", they did contribute to "Now We Are 5" with a live recording of "Ever She Flows" that is labelled as being from Rock 100.5 with Pat DiNizio in New York City. However, I can't find any record of a station there with that frequency. Also, Pat DiNizio was The Smithereens' frontman, not a radio DJ, so what's the story there?

As best as I can gather, the "Now We Are 5" booklet has an erroneous (but close) credit. From my research, I would hazard a guess that Treble Charger's performance was on WDHA 105.5 in Dover, New Jersey, a rock station then & now that Pat DiNizio made a number of on-air appearances with over the years. As for the song proper, it's a fine acoustic rendition of one of Treble Charger's signature songs from their pre-punk, Bill-led era, and it's nice of them to help support their old label on their anniversary like this! Give this acoustic version of "Ever She Flows" a listen below, and thanks to YouTube user CanuckShoegazer for uploading this last month!

We'll close today with some new videos from Sault Michigan, starting with a fresh upload from local classical metal project Theatre of Night's YouTube channel, set to "Military Theme Song Medley" from their 2012 American patriotic-themed instrumental album "The Dawn's Early Light"! Uploaded yesterday as a clear tie-in for Memorial Day tomorrow, this video is set to assorted pro-America and pro-US military video clips & photos, including a few of the band proper at the start and end. It's easy to forget that Theatre of Night have more public activity than just their Christmas album and tours, but with their momentum stalled during the pandemic, it is good to see that Theatre of Night are still working on stuff behind the scenes, let alone on something so timely! Give it a watch below, and hear/buy "The Dawn's Early Light" above for more metallized historical American standards!

Finally, here's a new video from Heavy Lies The Crown guitarist Ted Olson's YouTube channel last night, specifically of an instrumental composition named "Aurora". Despite the thumbnail, the video does not feature Ted on camera at all, instead only showing sped up footage of clouds in the sky, bookeneded with shots of power lines. As for the song proper (apparently recorded with his Strandberg headless guitar from the "Odin" video), it delivers the progressive metal goods and has nice forward motion without getting too brutal! Give it a listen below!

That's all for today, but stay tuned for this month's "Where Are The New Albums?" post on the site on Wednesday! Thanks everyone!