#MELIGROVE BAND PLANETS CONSPIRE FULL#

The first single, 'Halflight,' will be released as a limited 7' on August 24th in Canada. The band's new LP, Shimmering Lights will be released September 21st in Canada (Nevado Records) and the United States (Last Gang Records), with international releases to follow. Jose Contreras, who produced the previous album, and recorded all of the drums and bass for this new one, returned to mix the songs as well. Rich Aucoin recorded his own vibraphone on 'Bones Attack!!' in Halifax and emailed it to the band. Most of the singing happened in a few days at a cottage up north with no phone or internet. They'd get home, go over what they'd recorded, and try new ideas that came to them on the road. The band would take a week to record, then do a run of shows down the Eastern seaboard, or accept an invite to a faraway festival. Freedom from label timetables allowed the band to experiment with sounds and production, going back to recording mostly in their homes, with no idea of how the eventual album would be released. Touring became more sporadic, while the band took a slow, piecemeal approach to album-making. V2 Records folded, effectively canceling the album's US release, and removing any deadline or urgency from the task of making their next album - not to mention the money to do it. The Times of London said that 'every song is murderously catchy, with a rickety charm' while Rough Trade Shops made it their Album of the Month, proclaiming 'this isn't disposable pop this is stuff that gets into your bloodstream and overwhelms you.' At home in Canada, Exclaim called Planets Conspire 'strong as super glue' while it reached #2 on college radio. The Meligrove Band were one of the first Canadian acts to sign a worldwide deal with V2 Records, releasing Planets Conspire to massive critical acclaim in 2006. They've taken their explosive live show across Canada, the USA, the UK and even the Azores, touring with the likes of Dinosaur Jr, Tokyo Police Club, and The Constantines among others, playing anywhere from large outdoor festivals and concert halls to Brooklyn art galleries, Philadelphia church basements, and the curling club in northwestern Kenora, Ontario. Catchy hooks sit alongside violins, organs and brass, wired through any number of guitar pedals - all atop a pounding, fuzz-bass rhythm section.

#MELIGROVE BAND PLANETS CONSPIRE FULL#

They've taken their explosive live show across Canada, the USA, the UK and even the Azores, touring with the likes of Dinosaur Jr, Tokyo Police Club, and The Constantines among others, playing anywhere from large outdoor festivals and concert halls to Brooklyn art galleries Read Full Bio Toronto's Meligrove Band makes music that is heavy yet pop it's noisy but it's full of melody. Toronto's Meligrove Band makes music that is heavy yet pop it's noisy but it's full of melody.

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