Music, musings and miscellanea

Celebrating the best (?) of 90s Cancon sanctioned rock.

This one’s a twofer. With Halifax’s Thrush Hermit reunited for a brief two-week jaunt that brings them to Toronto for two-sold out weekend gigs and an afternoon show at Lee’s Palace. NOW, a local alt-weekly here in Toronto, put them on the cover this week with with a story written by former Plumtree member Carla Gillis to celebrate.

For those not in the know, the Hermit was Joel Plaskett’s band before he went solo in ’99. They released a pair of records and EPs before splitting after delivering the extremely underrated Clayton Park. “The Day We Hit the Coast” appeared on that disc while “French Inhale” was on the Smart Bomb EP – Joel met his wife Rebecca on the set of the video set (I think she was doing makeup).

“The Day We Hit the Coast”

“French Inhale”