Three new tunes to debut at Amigos gig, March 12.

We’ve got three new tunes under our belt that we’re going to be pulling out for the first time at a gig at Amigos. Well, maybe second time, as we may be playing the Tumbler Ridge teen centre the week before.

Two of the songs were written by Marko and one by Ray, and you can tell which is which. The Ray songs have been practiced and practiced and practiced to get the timing and changes down pat, and I’m still struggling with the whole “which part goes where” concept. The Marko songs, on the other hand, we practiced once and were all like “Yeah, we could do that onstage tomorrow.”

That’s not to say that Ray’s new song (currently called “Ray’s New Song”) is difficult to listen to. It is actually quite listener-friendly; it’s just that to pull that off, there’s a lot of work that needs to happen on the back end. And the Marko songs are the sort of songs that just get into your brain, and the next time you hear them, you’ll swear you’ve known them for years. They just connect with you on that deep, primal level.

Anyway. All this is to say Heavy Things in Chetwynd, March 12. Be there. Especially you, Elvis.

Practice.

We spent our last practice jamming and working on new tunes, and I gotta tell you, there were some pretty cool ideas generated. Be looking for a handful of new tunes coming up at our next show. You know, whenever that may be.

Heavy Things. Real Canadian. Real Rock..

Hailing from Tumbler Ridge, a small town Northeastern British Columbia Heavy Things has a sound that is both hard to define, yet comfortingly familiar at the same time.

With influences that run from folk to punk with stops along the way, Heavy Things has a sound that is all their own while still tapping into the spirit of Canadian musicians who have gone before.

While the band has a deep repertoire of covers, the emphasis is on originals. Their first album, Put to the Test, was released in 2009. You can listen to the entire album on the music page.

The band has been playing across Northern BC, headlining Peacefest  and sharing the evening headline set at Grizfest with Theory of a Deadman and the Headpins in 2008. In 2009, they closed the Friday night stage at the Kispiox Music Festival.

For information on what the band is currently doing, read on. To listen to samples of their work, visit the music page. To find out more about the members of the band, go to the about page, and to book Heavy Things or to buy a copy of the CD, visit the info page.