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Released: Jan 1, 2010

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Genre: Folk Rock / Pop / Psychedelic
Location Montreal, Ca
Profile Views: 267112
Last Login: 2/27/2012
Member Since 11/14/2006
Record Label Indica Records (Canada), Pop Up/Cargo (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), Suburban (
Type of Label Indie
Bio
Based in Montreal, this emerging quintet has rapidly made waves with their unique brand of psychedelic folk-rock. Final Flash rapidly caught the attention of fans, local media and programmers, landing shows at CMW, Pop Montreal, the Whistler Canadian Music Showcase, as well as Transmission. The band's Fall 2008 performance at the Canadian Music Café, for the Toronto International Film Festival, was so well received, they landed an international publishing deal with Los Angeles based North Star Media, and placed their music in popular television sows like "vampire diaries". The band once again received great reviews from music supervisors and media for their shows at both CMW and SXSW in March 2009, as well as NXNE where they were approached by EMI adding to the buzz, which continues to gain momentum surrounding this exciting young band. Final Flash toured China in April-May of 2009 as part of TRANSMIT-China. The tour was such a success that the band has already been invited back to both China and Japan and other Asian festivals. They also made a strong impression at international showcase event M for Montreal in November 2009, leading to an invitation to The Great Escape and a 12-day UK tour in May 2010. After a trip down to SXSW 2010, the band released their debut album Homeless. Produced by Jace Lasek (Besnard Lakes) through Indica Records and EMI Music Canada, the album hit the stores on May 4th 2010 to widespread critical acclaim. Summer has been just as busy, playing at festivals such as Osheaga, supporting Juliette Lewis, and then Besnard Lakes on their August UK tour. Coming up will be a Canadian tour to support the release of their first single "go outside", followed by a month-long October tour to support their album release in Australia.
Members
Joey Chaperon Cyr, Alexandre Girard, Maxime Hébert, Mathieu Bourret, Andre Bendahan.
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Contacts

Management

Franz Schuller / franz@iguana-management.com

Press

Melissa Hetu / melissa@indicarecords.com

Booking Canada

The Agency Group (Adam Sylvester) / adamsylvester@theagencygroup.com

Booking Québec

Preste / info@preste.ca

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Reviews

Album reviews

“Homeless is the band's shockingly accomplished debut, characterized by an uncommon sagacity and maturity” Jamie O'Meara - Hour
“Spin the album once and by the second go around you’ll catch yourself thinking you’re listening to a classic.” Carla Gillis - Now Magazine
“…Final Flash's debut album Homeless, which provides a groundbreaking and genre-blending sound, will fascinate listeners from beginning to end.” (…) “They bring a new interesting sound to the table, and the entire music industry needs that.” Jordan Fallis – Sputnikmusic
“Thoughtful, chilly, distant and swathed in mysterious beauty, Homeless takes the iceberg’s approach; each pretty little ditty alludes to something much larger lurking just below the surface.” Christine Leonard - Fast Foward Weekly
“Overall, Homeless is an incredible album. I honestly cannot think of a single thing that I would change. Check it out and keep your eye on this young band from Montreal.” Allyssia – Grayowl Point “You'll find you like this more and more each time you listen to it.” Scott Bryson – CHARTattack
"Final Flash is not trendy music, it’s solid music." Cedric Lizotte
"Puis vient le charme des compositions de Joey Chaperon Cyr. Viscérales, ses mélodies empreintes de lyrisme s'élèvent tel un chant mystique au-dessus des guitares électriques, piano et autres arrangements de cordes ou de sitar (!). Les comparaisons sont multiples (Pink Floyd, Neil Young, Brian Wilson…” Olivier Robillard Laveaux – Voir
“…Homeless, un premier disque qui témoigne d’une maturité surprenante…” Philippe Meilleur – Rue Frontenac
“Final Flash nous ramène en 1967” Nightlife

Live reviews

“Much better were Montreal’s Final Flash, a sixties psychedelia obsessed five piece who bash out folky rock n roll on a stage made out to look like Mr Tumnus’ LCD trip. It’s the best use a cherry red double-neck Gibson since Jimmy Page defined a generation with his.” Dai’s Great Escape Overview - The Dirty South ***