Nightwood

About NIGHTWOOD is a heavy, dark but totally fun rock trio from Montreal. The band have recently released their first full-length album, Carta Marina, entirely independently and have been touring in Eastern Canada to support the record. Like a ship in a bottle, Carta Marina is a carefully crafted rock album teeming with oceanic themes and nautical imagery. CARTA MARINA is a ten-song album in the truest sense of the word: the release formats are exclusively 12” vinyl LP and digital download ...

About NIGHTWOOD is a heavy, dark but totally fun rock trio from Montreal. The band have recently released their first full-length album, Carta Marina, entirely independently and have been touring in Eastern Canada to support the record. Like a ship in a bottle, Carta Marina is a carefully crafted rock album teeming with oceanic themes and nautical imagery. CARTA MARINA is a ten-song album in the truest sense of the word: the release formats are exclusively 12” vinyl LP and digital download with songs that are thematically dense and laden with deep-sea imagery. Carta Marina features drums that thump, elliptical riffs that crash-land rather than end, fuzzy waves of guitar, and voices that call out to each other. Carta Marina’s songs are like sailors lying snug against each other below deck, whispering stories about life at sea, a bottle passed back and forth, adrift amidst oceanic rock and roll. Proud Montrealers, Nightwood tapped into the city’s deep well of talent. The album’s artwork is courtesy of celebrated local painter Rick Leong, and the album features production by Martin Horn of Digital Bird Studios and additional engineering by Tyler Crawford. NIGHTWOOD (Amber Goodwyn, Jeremy MacCuish, Erin Ross) have been touring Quebec and Ontario in the weeks following their Pop Montreal album release and are planning a national tour this coming spring. Fiercely D.I.Y., Nightwood have been knee-deep in many aspects of the band; filming their upcoming music video themselves on Super 8, silkscreening band t-shirts and managing an art and style blog on their website. The members of the band are similarly eclectic in their lives outside of Nightwood: Amber is part of the experimental film collective Double Negative and publishes Lickety Split smut zine and Jeremy also plays in the bands Parlovr and Cotton Mouth. Nightwood have one previous recording, Big City E.P., released in May 2008. Carta Marina album review from The Singing Lamb: * Nightwood’s first LP was bound to be a nearly perfect album. Carta Marina is a collection of carefully arranged rock songs complimented by beautiful, powerful voices. The album is a 12” vinyl and digital release only and can be purchased at shows and on the interwebs at the band’s website. Carta Marina flows freely and swiftly allows the listener to adopt each and every song. Carta Marina album review from EMORAGEI (4.5/5): * Depuis sa sortie le 1er octobre dernier, l’album Carta Marina m’a ensorcelé à un point tel que j’ai dû l’écarter de ma vie, l’enfermer dans un coffre-fort à double tour et jeter les clés par la fenêtre. Tout cela pour demeurer en bonne santé physique et mentale. Je me doute qu’il n’est pas nécessaire de vous dire que je n’ai rien fait de tout cela. Je l’ai simplement écouté, savouré jusqu’à la dernière goutte, et aujourd’hui il me fait plaisir de vous partager mes impressions. Carta Marina album review from In Your Speakers: * Montreal based Nightwood’s full length debut album, Carta Marina, is a fascinating experience. Nightwood have focused their considerable talent on creating a true album. In an age when records are rapidly becoming either a loose amalgamation of songs or hyper-intensive concept albums, it seems the idea of musical albums as they once existed is becoming obsolete. Amber Goodwyn, Erin Ross and Jeremy MacCuish have shown us otherwise(…) Carta Marina is yet another reminder of all that Montreal’s independent music scene has to offer. It is an album made by artists who clearly have both a desire and ability to one day be masters of their craft. It shows remarkable maturity to craft an album which flows together so well and demands such attention from the listener. Nightwood have established themselves as a band worth watching.