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.