Wilderness of Manitoba: October 28
Wilderness of Manitoba: Sunday, October 28; 8:00 $10.00 at door: “… a fantastic, genre-defying young Canadian quintet. The
group showcases a sound that blends indie champions like the Civil Wars and Band of Horses with the early magic of Neil Young’s Harvest era.” Orange County Register. Their new album is called Island of Echoes. They bring an infectious joy to the proceedings, turning songs that can sound sparse into warm, lush anthems. “ ‘Echoes’ refers directly to burdens or triumphs that you carry with you, that remind you of what you’ve been through. There are elements of folk happening throughout the album, but it is in no way a folk record although it is definitely a Wilderness of Manitoba record. The seventies was just a reference point that happens to include some of our favourite influences such as Fleetwood Mac. We were looking to bring in the kind of instrumentation you hear from that era that is heavy with electric guitars, Hammond organ, synthesizers and a prominent backbeat with lots of harmonies happening vocal-wise on top”. WoM vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Will Whitwham
