This is a song that Paddy and I recorded at the same time as Gormful, but it just didn’t fit on that record. Video seemed to be the obvious solution… Expertly mixed by Michael Phillip Wojewoda, who I phoned to turn up the sleighbells as I was being wheeled in to have hernia surgery. Que mundo! Sadly, it may be fungible.
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Ford Pier has released six solo albums, two more with his rock band The Vengeance Trio, and another with his string quartet Strength Of Materials. He has written and arranged for symphony orchestra and chamber ensembles, had lyrics published in Geist magazine, lectured at The University Of Applied Sciences Europe in Berlin, composed electronic soundscapes for fashion shows, and recorded or toured with acts as varied as D.O.A., The Rheostatics, and Neko Case. He lives in Vancouver.
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Gormful In Maya
Gormless: an unpaired word meaning obtuse, slow-witted, or otherwise lacking in vim. Maya: in Hindu, Buddhist, and other cosmologies, the world of magic and illusion positioned between ourselves and the true fabric of existence, which we perceive as reality. Make of that what you will. If there’s a theme to these ten songs, I’m not …
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Bonne année, tout le monde. 2018 will be remembered as the year that saw the release (FINALLY!) of The Vengeance Trio’s second album, Expensive Tissue, Strength Of Materials entering the studio to offer adornment to new recordings by The New Pornographers, a reunion with the group that plucked me from the pit and set my …