hinterlandband

Hinterlandband play a cool slice of cottage pop with shades of ethereal art rock. Blissful, melodic, and dissonant –‘Doves’, ‘Elbow’ and ‘Explosions in the Sky’ – and purveyors of folk pop music that echos influence of ‘Midlake’, ‘Wilco’ and ‘The Jayhawks’. Somewhere in between are Hinterlandband. hinterlandband is a group of musicians who live in interspersed locations in rural Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada. The name ‘ hinterlandband ‘ - the cover of their first record ‘leaving fallow fi...

Hinterlandband play a cool slice of cottage pop with shades of ethereal art rock. Blissful, melodic, and dissonant –‘Doves’, ‘Elbow’ and ‘Explosions in the Sky’ – and purveyors of folk pop music that echos influence of ‘Midlake’, ‘Wilco’ and ‘The Jayhawks’. Somewhere in between are Hinterlandband. hinterlandband is a group of musicians who live in interspersed locations in rural Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada. The name ‘ hinterlandband ‘ - the cover of their first record ‘leaving fallow field’, and their music, attempt to convey the essence of their homes’ landscape and their lives therein. “ Leaving Fallowfield is a rustic, George Harrison-influenced pop record that isn’t as lonely-sounding as you’d expect. In fact, if you should ever decide to flee the metropolis for an off-the-grid cabin, it would make a welcome companion”.- BY JASON KELLER NOW | December 16-23, 2009 | VOL 29 NO 16?Copyright 2010 NOW Communications leaving fallow field ‘ is a collection of music selected from song material collected over the course of ten years by its author – Colin Wylie. “Colin Wylie, the clever singer-songwriter who fronts the new band of rustic rockers Hinterlandband.” - By DENIS ARMSTRONG OTTAWA SUN 22nd December 2009 " ... these four lads from Ottawa (Valley) had their fair share of sing-along gang choruses and guitar pedal/synthesizer tweaking to accent twangy leads and poppy, overdriven chord progressions. ...Wylie a skilled vocalist and brainy lyricist" - Exclaim Magazine By Andrew Gordon Macpherson Pop Montreal - Hinterland Band Mission Santa Cruz, Montreal QC September 30 The album title - Leaving Fallow Field - refers to a point in time when a personal decision was made to begin performing and creating music again and to leave a musically barren time in life behind. The dandelion album cover art for the album leaving fallow field attempts to convey that message. " HINTERLANDBAND: This is the kind of Canadian folk-pop that Sub Pop could make a fortune on. " - 1000 Times No Temporary Residence’ Record Label Blog No?0028/?1:38 PM Jan 10th " HINTERLANDBAND Leaving Fallowfield (independent) - A cool slice of cottage pop from former Blinker the Star drummer Colin Wylie and company." - (Lorraine Carapenter) by MIRROR MUSIC September 23, 2010 "Hinterland Band is from the Ottawa Valley. Officially, I think they should be filed in that "should be more famous than they are" folder. I love their record Leaving Fallowfield, I love this band, and I really love this song." - Posted by CBC Radio host Amanda Putz on Jul 06,2010 The hinterlandband live set has come as a result of the additions of: Marc Leblanc on bass/vocals, Damon Criger on synths/keys, and Robin Pinkerton percussion/vocals. Marc Leblanc is a definitive bass man who brings an extensive indie rock palette of rhythm and melody. Damon Criger has brought lush arrangements to life with his contribution to the keybords and synths. Damon owns and operates Half String Studio -www.halfstringstudio.com - where he has worked with Melissa Auf Der Maur (hole, smashing pumpkins), Dave Nugent (Sam Roberts Band ) and engineered ‘leaving fallow field’. Multi – instrumentalist /vocalist Robin Pinkerton plays drums in live performance but has also lent his mandolin and banjo playing skills to some recordings. Colin Wylie sings lead and plays guitar. Colin was the drummer of the band ‘Blinker the Star’ – critically acclaimed 90’s Canadian alt rock band. Colin has recorded and played with members of The Dears, Sam Robert Band and shared the stage with Oasis, The Flaming Lips, etc. “Former Blinker The Star member Colin Wylie has a new creative outlet: Hinterlandband. The Ottawa-based group has released one album, Leaving Fallow Field. It was recorded and produced by Wylie and Hinterlandband member Damon Criger at Ottawa's Fresh Air & Half String Studio. Noah Mintz (Rheostatics, Stars) mastered the album in Toronto.” - by Kate Harper (CHARTattack) Former Blinker The Star Member Forms Hinterlandband?12/14/09 5:22pm? Since the inception of the hinterland band, the songs on leaving fallow field have taken a much more ethereal departure from the production sound of the album, however, both live set and record are very much in compliment to one another - both should be experienced. Instrumentation colin wylie - guitars, VOX damon criger - keys, Perc marc leblanc - Bass, VOX robin pinkerton - Drums, VOX Discography "Valley So Low" is the name of their first single from their first self released record " Leaving Fallow Field " - and has been receiving weekly national rotation on CBC Radio 2 Drive and CBC Radio 3 for much of 2010. As well, ‘Leaving Fallow field’ has been charting on Earshot! campus radio stations across Canada. Hinterlandbands'single 'Intelligent Design' was given the distinction of being CBC Radio 3's 'Track of The Day' for July 6th/2010 - this track will included in their follow full length to 'Leaving Fallow Field' but is available for donwload at their site www.hinterlandband.com. Hinterlandband are presently completing their follow up to " Leaving Fallow Field ' slated for Spring 2011 release. Links http://www.hinterlandband.com CBC Radio 3 MySpace Twitter Facebook