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I'm Totally Going to See This Band!: Mother, Mother
Posted by Andrew Kurjata Posted Saturday, February 07, 2009
So even though I'm "of" Prince George, I'm not currently "in" Prince George, having taken a gig in Victoria for half a year or so. During this time, I'm taking advantage of the change in locale by going to a bunch of great shows that, unfortunately, don't and probably won't come up to PG (until I do something about it, that is). I've already seen Sam Roberts with the Stills, Kathleen Edwards, and Jeremy Fisher, and today it's Mother Mother. Interestingly, I got into the band as a result of my fact-finding mission to Victoria while looking for a place
to stay. I'd thrown together an iPod mix of bands I'd wanted to check out, and the song "Body of Years," was in there. Normally I'm not a fan of the 80s style production, but as my ltgf pointed out the odd goodness of the song, I couldn't help but agree.
It's been in constant rotation since then, as has the rest of the album Oh My Heart, the follow-up to the band's 2005 debut, now-called Touch Up. I think what really works is the arrangement-- it's got a clean, minimalist feel, but manages to maintain the vitality that's often sapped from those sort of projects. It'll also be my first trip to Sugar, and I've noticed the opening act is Victoria group the Racoons, who seem to be generating a fair amount of buzz themselves. Oh, and Mother Mother are originally from Quadra Island, so it's something of a hometown show, which is always good. This tour marks the debut of new vocalist/keyboardist Jasmin Parker.
From mothermothersite.com:
O My Heart is Mother Mother’s second album on Last Gang Records (Metric, DFA 1979, The New Pornographers, Crystal Castles) and since its release in September of 2008, has achieved great milestones:
- #1 on Chartattack’s weekly Campus Radio Top 50 for four weeks
>- #1 on !Earshot’s weekly Campus and Community Radio Top 50 for six weeks
- #1 on !Earshot’s monthly Top 200 for two consecutive months (ranking at #13 in the Top 200 albums of 2008)
In its yearend accounting of noteworthy albums during 2008, iTunes Canada positioned O My Heart as:
- #3 Best Canadian Album of The Year
- #3 Best Indie Album of The Year
- #5 Best Alternative Album of the Year
- #5 Best Overall Album of the Year
The song “Body of Years” won the band a CBC Radio 3 Bucky Award under the category of Best Vocals and was rated #31 by iTunes for Best Song of the Year - All Genres. South of the border, O My Heart made its American debut as the #6 most added album on CMJ’s Top 20 weekly adds, charting as high as #24 on the CMJ Top 200."
I'll let you know how it goes.
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