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June 28

 

Hello to all!

 

A French friend reminded us on our website it was exactly 2 years ago we were playing our first concert in France. A lot has been going on since then… At this moment that I’m writing to you, it’s been 6 months since we’ve been on stage. We’ve been working on our new album since we got back from France in November.

 

News has been rare as we don’t have that much to talk about … We can resume by saying that everyone is in top shape and the song writing is going great. We don’t have a release date at the moment to announce. Things have been rolling so quickly since the release of ‘’Me, Myself & Us’’ - it’s been really strange to be away so long, and we can’t wait for people to listen to our new stuff… Especially after 3 beautiful years of touring with you (Me, Myself & Us was released in April 2007). For the moment the only concert planned is an appearance at FME (Festival de Musique Émergente) in Rouyn-Noranda, QC in September.

We’ll keep you posted as soon as we have some new dates. Thanks to everyone who has been sending us supporting words, we’re thinking of you, too!

 

‘Bonne fête de la musique’’ and enjoy the summer, talk to you soon I hope,

 

Pascale

 

October 23

Brussels!! We just arrived in Belgium. It’s been 2 weeks now since we’ve been in France and we haven’t had much time to rest… not even enough time to give you a news update ;) As usual we’ve had warm welcomes as much from the fans as the people at each venue… We eat and drink well… On other hand I feel obligated to share one recurrent subject on the bus: when we are far away from home sometimes we attach ourselves to strange things… I know it’s hard to have a craving for cheese whiz and Quik (one of us has a crush on powdered Quik…) when we have access to all the great food in Europe, especially when we wouldn’t eat these things at home. The heart has its reasons that cannot be reasoned… In short, if anyone knows where we can find these products please let us know! We have managed to find a poutine restaurant in Paris so far… thanks for listening and please don’t judge us too much J haha

 

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October 1st

We’re packing, almost done and ready to fly out for France next Wednesday. That being said I don’t have that much interesting stuff to tell you this week. (Far from saying that our news is always pertinent…)

I can say that I’m very happy to let you know that we’ve been very productive during September. I can even go as far as to say that we have 10 almost complete songs and that it looks like a second album!!! Yeah!!! We can’t wait to be back on the tour bus and to be on French, Belgium and Swiss stages. Hoping to see you soon. 

 

Pascale

September 22

September 16th
 
Hello again to all!
 
We’ve been through a lot since our last update in June so I’ll try my best to be clear and effective to summarize everything today… All summer we traveled the road in France, Belgium and Switzerland.  We even found time to stop by Amsterdam just for fun! We’ve been to more countries in 2 months then in our entire lives. Our address books are full of very nice people now and in fact, at the end of this year, we will have been in Europe for 6 months.
 
On October 7th we’ll be flying back to France to end the tour for “Me, Myself and Us”. For the ‘followers’ you already know that we’re writing a second album. The Morin Heights studio is booked for January, February and March. All the residents in the area can likely find us on occasion around the SAQ for those months (free translation: Where we buy French wine for half the cost…)
If everything goes as planned we should be able to release the new album before next summer.
 
In the mean time, before going back on tour we’ll be stopping at Jonquière en Musique September 26th to celebrate their 20th Anniversary - for those who might be interested!!
 
Take care for now!
 
Talk to you soon,
 
Pascale
 

June 22nd / June 30th

June 22nd

 

Yesterday was Music Day. There were groups of musicians all over Paris and people everywhere that made a little more traffic in the city. We walked all day to enjoy the energy and ended up in a very popular little bar called "Les Pères Populaires". They set up a little stage in the street and the band that was supposed to play never came. To keep the thirty people there happy two employees of the bar went on stage and then they gave us the guitar... In short, Math and I took the opportunity, ended up playing for Music day, and we had a wonderful evening...

 

And then... June 30th...

 

Last week we managed to cross France in 2 days!! Everything started with a tour at Décibulles in Neuve-Église en Alsace. (after being lost 20 times and checked by policemen, we made it to the site only one hour before going on stage) to leave the next day for Tullins and the next next day to Pas-de-Calais.

 

The bad news is that instead of visiting the places that we were playing we reserved our time at rest stops, and instead of enjoying every outdoor site we were trying to catch up on some sleep...

The good news is that the 3 shows went really well and that we are off until our next show on July 4th in Cergy. The band is dispersed all over France to be tourists... Congratulations!!!

 

So see you soon!!

 

Pascale

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