FREE EP from Novels

(Photo Credit: Marshall Angus)

And who is Novels, you ask? This new supergroup in Canadian music consists of Graham Wright of Tokyo Police Club, Luke Lalonde of Born Ruffians, Will Currie of Will Currie & The Country French, Dean Marino of Ex~po and Jason Sadlowski of Jay Sad.

From their website:

Hello.

In January of 2009, five of us locked ourselves away in Chemical Sound Studios in Toronto with the goal of writing, arranging, and recording an EP from scratch in one marathon session.  When we stumbled out the door in the wee hours of the next morning, we found ourselves with what we're now calling NOVELS.

NOVELS won't be sold in CD stores, on the internet, or anywhere else.  Instead, we'll give them away, or put them places.  Maybe you'll find a copy sitting on a park bench.  Maybe a masked man will hand you one as he passes you on the street.  Maybe none of these things will happen.  But we'll make sure that everyone gets a chance to listen if they want to.

We also had some friends come along to take pictures and video, which can be found on this website as well as in various other places on the internet.

Thanks for listening, and enjoy!

So go on! Download this EP and see if you'd like to be a part of the army of fans sharing this EP to friends and stranger alike.

Live Video: Tokyo Police Club - Hands Reversed

A small preview of the forthcoming Tokyo Police Club album. For more info keep an eye on http://lookuptobicycle.wordpress.com/.

Novels (Canadian Supergroup) Web Site Up

Photo by Lesley Marino

Novels is a project that involved Graham Wright (Tokyo Police Club), Luke Lalonde (Born Ruffians), Will Currie (Will Currie and the Country French), Dean Marino (Ex~po) and Jason Sadlowski (Jay Sad) locking themselves in Chemical Sound in East Toronto for 24 hours to record one another's songs. The music isn't available yet but the web site featuring photographs and video from the session is now up at okaynovels.com. The video below is just one small sample:

NOVELS - Introduction & Pitch Session from Wade Vroom on Vimeo.

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