......................On a sunny day in May 2008, Kris Pope and Dave Scholten had each finished their Steve O Reno’s coffee and were sitting on the concrete wall behind the library. Images of rusty farm machinery and abandoned barns filled their heads as they searched for a name to represent those images and the music they had been playing. One of them said “Acres”, the other one said “and Acres”, and in the same way that they write a song, or a good friend finishes a sentence, Acres and Acres was born.
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After 3 years of heavy touring with ECMA Nominated art rock band Down with the Butterfly, Kris and Dave found themselves obsessed with the values of simplicity and realism. More and more of the songs they were writing seemed to need a stripped down approach to properly tell the story. Inspired by the feel of Neil Young’s Harvest album, and guided by an approach not unlike the Cowboy Junkies’ Trinity Sessions, they headed into the studio.
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The band’s debut album, All Nations is a compilation of live off the floor recordings performed at Spaces Between Studio and at All Nations Church between April 12th 2008 and March 31st 2009. It features some of Halifaxs finest, including Benn Ross (Heavy Meadows, Thrush Hermit), Rose Cousins, Amelia Curran, Don Brownrigg, and The Ukeladies.
.......................Mat Dunlap (Just Friends Records, Lets Get Baked with Mat and Dave), and Stephen Sherwood (Engine Face Films) captured the recording sessions on video as they unfolded. A DVD about the recording of the album and the community that inspired it will be released in early 2010.
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Is your album available in stores, or are you only selling it at venues for now? Just curious, because I love your record from what I've heard off of Myspace. I can't stop listening to it. Hopefully, I can catch you live the next time you are in Toronto.
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Sept
17: Frederickton NS @ Harvestfest Sept 18 Halifax NS @ The Paragon Theatre
w/The Tom Fun Orchestra Sept 19: St.John NB @ Blue Olive Sept 20: Quebec
QC @ Le Cercle Oct 04: Montreal @ The Gamiq Awards, Club Soda Oct 07:
Toronto ON @ Younge and Dundas Square 12;30 (Noon) OCt 08 Cobourg ON @ we are
working on it Oct 10:Fredricton NB @ The Capital Oct 11: Sydney NS @
Sydney Marine Terminal Oct 15: Peterbourgh ON @ The Red Dog Oct 16:
Kingston ON @ The Living Room Oct 17: Ottawa ON @ OCFF Oct 21: London ON @
London Music Club w/The Fugitives Oct 22: Toronto ON @ The Rivoli w/The
Fugitives Oct 23: Wakefield QC @ The Black Sheep w/The Fugitives Oct 24:
Montreal QC @ Divane Orange w/The Fugitives Oct 31: Montreal QC @
Grumpy's Bar 8th Annual Bash up on Bishop
Loved the set the other night! The new songs were fantastic as were the recognizables. Sorry I couldn't stick around for a catch-up chat... Hopefully I'll see you guys soon.
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