Evening Hymns are sung from the cathedrals of talls trees. They capture the spirit of moments, of friends around a bonfire on a foggy beach, the crunching of snowshoes in the silence of a winter night and memories of tribal boys growing up with pellet guns, fishing and handmade forts.
Songwriter Jonas Bonnetta comes out of the hinterland, along with a yelping group of banshees and some sweet-singing wood nymphs with Evening Hymns' latest release Spirit Guides. Honing songs while cutting logs into planks in the sawdust and sunset of a clearing, Bonnetta has the ear of a woodsman: he knows when the saw blade is dull by the sound it makes against the wood. The album is full of wild sounds for the urban world, from the experience of seasons between two extremes: raucous touring nights with shouts in the streetlights, and in the woods, operating the sawmill he bought with his father a few years back. Somewhere between the two, Evening Hymns finds a rhythm for modern life.
Fiercely emotional and beautifully crafted, Spirit Guides draws a map of music as the crow flies.
This is a video by all around swell champion Colin Medley.
This is a demo of a new song called Port Hope (Our Love). The lovely film was shot by Taylor Kirk, last summer, at his farm. I think he did a beautiful job. Check it out!
Nice review of The Garrison set in Now Magazine "Evening Hymns’ Spirit Guides, has garnered rave reviews all around. The band’s moody, intricately arranged tunes translated amazingly well onstage, and were easily the highlight of the night"
that album.. it's everything I've thought it would be. definitely worth the wait. thank you thank you thank you!!!! and did you get your 5 $ bill signed??
In the UK blog 'Line Of Best Fit'. "And here I’ll give props to the other Canadian album on my 2009 top ten. If the Evening Hymns record hasn’t gotten the respect it should, it's just because it’s been such a low-profile release but hopefully it’ll turn out to be a slow-burner and get the ears it deserves with time"
HAVE A X MERRY CHRISTMAS X HOPE ALL YOUR DREAMS COME ROLLING IN ON 2010 U.K REAL RAPPERS BLESS ...........MARCO AND THE CHOSEN FEW .........................
hey! I was at Il Motore this week end, moved by your voice and sensitivity, your music is gonna accompany me for the next little while, as a landscape where motions sculpted themselves...hope to see you in Montreal again* eve*
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