Advance Tickets $17.00 + S/C (general admission) at UNIONEVENTS.COM, Ticketmaster.ca and Sloth Records
Toronto, Ontario artists Jason Collett, Zeus and Bahamas have announced a North American revue tour featuring all three artists performing together and alone during a night long set of incredible music. The three acts have a long history of collaboration, as intertwined as their musical lineage. Instead of the typical show in which each act plays its own set, Collett, Zeus and Bahamas will all take the stage together, playing songs by all three. At times you will find Collett strumming softly on the guitar alone; Zeus pounding out their rich pop numbers; or Bahamas melting the rocks in your glass; then find them all back together again in full force. The energy, the creativity, the inherent knowledge each musician brings to the stage, of their fellow musician, will make for a unique and exciting night, each and every night along the tour.
Jason Collett will see the release of his fourth full-length, Rat a tat tat, March 9 on Arts & Crafts. Produced by Mike OBrien and Carlin Nicholson of Zeus, Collett began writing the album last summer in rural Ontario with Afie Jurvanen aka Bahamas. Those bare-boned recordings made there in the cabin would spawn what is Colletts most inspired album to date.
Zeus will release their debut full-length, Say Us, on February 23 through Arts & Crafts. Featuring three songwriter/vocalists, Mike OBrien, Carlin Nicholson and Neil Quin, who swap between guitar, bass and organ, with drummer Rob Drake, Zeus emerged having performed as Colletts backing band, then supporting band, in Fall 2008. Zeus released their debut, the Sounds Like Zeus EP, in June 2009, quickly building a loyal fan base in Toronto and beyond. Exclaim! Magazine called them, One of the best live acts around. The track, How Does It Feel? was featured in a nationwide Nissan commercial and Zeus spent the Fall 09 supporting Cuff the Duke in Canada before making their U.S. debut at the CMJ Music Marathon.
Bahamas, aka Afie Jurvanen, released his debut solo album, Pink Strat, last summer in Canada through Nevado Records. Jurvanen, with Mike OBrien and Rob Drake, was a member of the band Paso Mino who backed Collett during 2005s Idols of Exile. Jurvanen has since been part of Feists band, performed with Hayden, Great Lake Swimmers, The Stills, amongst many others. Response to Pink Strat has been fantastic and Bahamas hit the road last fall throughout North America supporting Amy Millan of Stars.