Our new album, titled The Millions Too Many, is available now! We're pleased to announce that our original violinist, Erin Aurich, has rejoined the band for this album. We've also found a new drummer in Craig Halliday. (our last drummer, Stumpy Joe, died in a bizarre gardening accident . Spinal Tap anyone?)
This album definitely has some of the thickest and most complex arrangements we've written so far, but still doesn't sacrifice those sparse moments that we're so fond of. The lyrics are chalked full of anti-deterministic sentiment. We're still wading through that fog of disparity and trying to maintain a clear sense of immediacy. It somehow turned out that all of the nine songs on this new album are under 6 minutes... We made a point early on that we didn't just want to churn out the same kind of record as Bitter Hands Resign, but rather try our hand at some different tempos and arrangements.
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TBA
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MEMBERS:
Stuart Livingstone -
Guitar, Vocals
Pete Hall -
Guitars, Vocals
Erin Aurich - Violin
Owen Davies -
Bass
Craig Halliday - Drums
Alex McMaster - Cello, Vocals
On their fourth album, Canadian indie pop combo A Northern Chorus fits together all the pieces of the puzzle to make their finest album yet. While the band has expanded its line-up with original violinist Erin Aurich rejoining and the addition of new drummer Craig Halliday, it has done the opposite with song structure. Previous albums contain songs stretching out towards the eight minute mark, this time the band has created nine new songs that are all under six minutes in length. The songs are more concise and the arrangements more grandiose but the band has refined their direction. Recorded and engineered by Holy Fuck's Graham Walsh, The Millions Too Many is undoubtedly the best A Northern Chorus album to date. |
A Northern Chorus
The millions too many
SUNCD113 (CD)
Sonic Unyon
March 20 2007
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A Northern Chorus
Bitter hands Resign SUNCD095 (CD)
sonic unyon
2005
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A Northern Chorus
Spirit Flags
SUNCD087 (CD)
Sonic unyon
2003 |
A Northern Chorus
Before We All Go To Pieces
BMM006 (CD)
black mountain music
March 20 2007
After being out of print for quite some time now we have in our hands the re-issue of our debut album, Before We All Go To Pieces. The re-issue features new artwork and two B-sides from the recording sessions at the Black Mountain Lodge.
"Perfect late night highway driving music, this is intoxicatingly beautiful,
intricate and charming."
– Exclaim Magazine 2001 |
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A Northern Chorus
Before We All Go To Pieces
BMMCD001 (CD)
black mountain music
2005 |
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"The Steeltown squad's sprawling web of soaring strings and the dreamiest guitars spin out underneath intense, airy harmonies, shooting their ambient songs to stratospheric heights.."
–Sarah Liss, NOW Magazine, 5 bands who make you wish you hadn’t turned your trombone into a bong (or your violin into a coathook) NXNE Festival Preview - June 7 2007 (http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2007-05-31/music_feature11_p.html)
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"A Northern Chorus's fourth album is a patiently constructed, emotionally rich work full of dreamy, hazy melodies made even lusher by the addition of cello and pedal steel guitar. This should easily stand as one of the year's best." –Evan Davies, NOW Magazine, Toronto ON
"this deserves to do for A Northern Chorus what You Forgot It In People did for Broken Social Scene." –John Sakamoto, Anti-Hit List, TORONTO STAR
"The millions too many is definitely strong enough to make A Northern Chorus one of Canada's best-known bands" –iheartmusic.net
"The Millions Too Many fuses the foundations of pop with violin and cello, creating an expansive collaboration of drama and joy." –Darcie Stevens, AUSTIN CHRONICLE
"There's just as much magic in the sparse moments as there is in the wonderful washes of sound that swirl and swell throughout." –Bradleysalmanac.com
"plenty of lush, expansive soundscapes" –MTV.com
"a really logical, solid progression for the band" –CBC Radio 3
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“Resonating with Pink Floyd’s cold and swirling qualities, Explosions In The Sky’s delicate textural layers, Godspeed’s epic thrust and Sigur Rós’s inexorable freeze, A Northern Chorus has turned out the record that Death Cab for Cutie might make after taking an online classical composition course and a near-fatal overdose of tranquilizer cocktails.” –PITCHFORKMEDIA.COM
“Gorgeous, grandiose soundscapes that’ll take you to your safe place faster than a fistful of Valium.” –ALTERNATIVE PRESS
"it's easy to let the band's sound wash over you with its shifting guitar rhythms, lush harmonies and shimmering strings" –WASHINGTON POST
"Bitter Hands Resign eulogizes humanity’s most hopeless hopes and lifts up its pulverizing regrets" –PASTE 4/5 |
A Northern Chorus
The millions too many
SUNCD113 (CD)
Sonic Unyon
March 20 2007 |
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A Northern Chorus
Bitter hands Resign
SUNCD095 (CD)
sonic unyon
2005 |
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A Northern Chorus
Spirit Flags
SUNCD087 (CD)
Sonic unyon
2003 |
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Please credit the following photos to: Stephanie Bell • Emerging
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Please credit the following photos to: Ed Gass-Donnelly
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