The Old Confidence Lodge is located in the small rural community of Riverport, Nova Scotia. Like the name suggests is old. It was built in 1929 as an Odd Fellows Hall but now is a music studio. When naming the EP perhaps Jon just looked at his surroundings and liked what he saw. This five song EP sounds like it could be an old album, not reliant on technological blips and bleeps but rather driven by the emotion and dark content of the music. Opening track Monster Of the Mirimichi starts off the EP with a slow jam setting the tone for the album. A track that chugs along slowly until the halfway point when almost obnoxiously loud guitar chords and drums bombard the speakers before slowing down again as the story of an insane killer continues to be narrated. Listening to the subject matter makes the song almost uncomfortable, evoking the same emotions of a track like John Wayne Gacy, Jr. by Sufjan Stevens on his Come On Feel The Illinoise! album. Uncomfortable in the sense that it can seem odd to enjoy a song about a killer. The song Snow Owls also dips into some dark matter with lines talking about a sinister light and being strangled by fear. While the overall feeling throughout the album is haunting, Motion Pictures is a fast paced and upbeat song that picks things up for a couple minutes that are almost danceable.

Confidence Lodge is dark and haunting, yet it doesn’t feel depressing as each track is full of emotion painting vivid imagery and showing the beauty that can be found in darkness. This sincere album is full of songs that are perfect for the cold and dark winter nights. Clocking in at just over fifteen minutes long, the EP is robust with each song being able to stand on it's own as a solid song. An enjoyable EP that translates as well in the studio as it does live.

Available February 8th on Youth Club Records or now on his Bandcamp site.