Victoria indie rock band Towers and Trees have been in the midst of a whirlwind over the past couple years. They are excited to release their latest CD “The West Coast” and support it on tour which comes to the Owl Acoustic Lounge, Nov. 20.
“It is so personal,” said frontman Adrian Chalifour who started Towers and Trees as a solo project which immediately took off about the same time his marriage fell apart. The new music was inspired by both of those things happening simultaneously. 
“ It’s about how I felt about all of that happening at the end of my 20s. We got put in the middle of a whirlwind in 2012,” he said.
The whirlwind included the surprise success of their debut Ep “Broken Record,” followed by being named the Zone 91.3’s Band of the month and becoming a finalist in the 2013 Peak Performance Project coupled with lots of radio airplay on commercial, college and CBC radio and ensuing sold out tours and award nominations.
“ So I was inspired by trying to process all of that,” he said.
“I was hurt at the same time excited about these new opportunities,” he continued.
“ It was a pretty amazing 2013. This CD is a beautiful way to tell that story. And that’s the reason for all of the diversity present on the album,” he continued.
He said the new CD is more of a collaborative effort between Chalifour and his bandmates — guitarist Dave Zellinsky, drummer Jesse Boland, keyboardist James Liira and bassist Dave Arter.
“The first album was a home recorded project. This Cd features the contributions from every single person on the record,” he said.
“That was really different. Some of the songs we built up from scratch together and others I brought the songs and everybody built on them. Dave Zellinsky did things on the guitar that I could never do and Jesse Boland’s drums add to the palette we’re painting from,” he said, adding there is a lot of different percussion.
They have played the new material on CKXUA's program Breakout west.
“ That was the first time we played it in front of an audience,” he said.
“It has been a whirlwind two years, but I found I’m happy living in a whirlwind,” he continued, adding the band are already talking about the future now that is out of Chalifour's system.
“It has been a struggle to find peace. I’ve told that story. It’s been a period of self reflection. Now I think I’ll be taking a broader look at life. It will be a time to reflect on everything that has happened,” he said, adding he is excited to return to Lethbridge.
“We’re going to play the Owl and that’s exciting. We appreciate the opportunity to play Alberta again. It’s something we appreciate,” he said.
There is no cover for the show, which begins at 9 p.m., Nov. 20 at the Owl Acoustic Lounge.
