Patrick Krief is best known as guitarist for critically acclaimed Montreal pop-rock band the Dears, however, his focus now is his brand new solo CD “Hundred Thousand Pieces.”
He will be bringing it and a new five pice band to the Slice, Sept. 10.
“ The Dears have never been a band who goes out and tours for nine months. We’re like a family who gets together for Thanksgiving, and then goes off to do other things,” he described.
He has been working for the past two years on his first solo CD.
“ I feel like the songs are a lot more personal. The Dears are all over the place,” he said.
“Sonically there’s a lot more energy in the Dears. But the solo record is more stripped down and vulnerable, maybe,” he observed adding he began working on it in 2010 or 2011.
“ It was actually finished in April 2011, but we waited a bit last year. I was talking to record labels and there was a lot of back and forth,” he said.
“So it was nothing but logistics,” he continued.
He is pleased with the end result.
“I love this album,” he said adding audiences love it too.
“Audiences response has been awesome. it is fantastic. It is close to what I wanted it to be,” he said adding audiences have responded to several tracks including “Simple Life” and the title track “Hundred Thousand Pieces.”
“Hundred Thousand pieces gets very, very large on stage,” he said.
He is looking forward to the three week tour with the band, which expanded beyond his original plans.
“At first I wasn’t going to tour other than two or three dates. But oh, my God, I feel like I need people to hear this,” he enthused.
“It’s going to be pretty intense. We’re playing two or three times a day Including TV and radio appearances, ,” he continued.
He hasn’t played Lethbridge since about 2008 0r 2009.
“I remember it was a really good show. And I remember the Bob Dylan poster on the wall,” he said promising an energetic rock show when he returns on Sept. 10.
“It will be a five sweaty dudes on stage rock show,” he described.
They haven’t received any requests for the band to play Dears songs.
“Somehow it’s never happened. We’ve been expecting it, but it has never happened,” he said.
There is a eight dollar cover for the show, which begins at 9 p.m.
