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Title:
Artist Trading Cards then Connor HD nd the Flacs, the Statistics
When:
Thu, Apr 7
Category:
Alternative

Description

Time: 7 p.m.

Cover: $10

WOWIE WHAT A DANG NIGHT! PAY 10$ AT THE START AND STAY FOR THE WHOLE THING!!!!

6:00-8:00- ARTIST TRADING CARDS II
(Entry by Donation)
Following the succsess of our first artist trading card night we're bringing it back in style with more artsits, more trading cards and even more pencils! Come get Spiced while the Spicing is good.

COVERS WILL BE COLLECTED HERE

8:00- CONNOR HD AND THE FLACS
Handsome crew with the tuneful airs comming at you loud and proud- now with one new member! Can you guess who it is? (Hint: It's the handsomist one)

9:00- THE STATISTICS
Darby and Erin Yule had worked too long and hard at building their presence in music to give up when their first band – Lost Cause 34 – expired as they got to the end of high school.
“We’ve heard a lot that it’s impossible to make a career out of something artistic and creative. The joke we made was, we weren’t going to rock ‘n’ roll statistics, so that’s what we decided to call ourselves,” said Erin.
Maybe it was because it was aggressive, young and simple that they gravitated to punk sounds. There was plenty of it around. They had Blink 182, Jimmy Eat World, Billy Talent and Headstones to look up to, back then. They also lived in a city at the crossroads of a lot of styles, cultures and geography. Prince George frequently hosted shows by alternative greats like Bif Naked, Gob, Big Sugar and other notable heavies of the day. And the Yule boys also had local guitarist/vocalist Dave Rosin in town just before he struck big as a member of Hedley. Their table was set for feasting on alterna-rock music.
They became The Statistics and changed their equation. The sums have been impressive. First they released the album The Boy Who Would Be King in 2012 to kick things off. That got Erin and Darby some live shows, web attention, and media coverage – all of it positive about their new life as The Statistics.
Also, it confirmed they were on a solid path in the direction they wanted to go as a duo (they bring in other musicians as the songs see fit). It pointed them towards a hometown university show with Malcolm In the Middle lead actor Frankie Muniz’s band Kingsfoil, then a slot on the Crankworx (big-air bike showcase) stage in Whistler with Bend Sinister, and their first regional tour alongside Yukon prog-rockers Speed Control and opening slots for IllScarlet. They picked up gigs at coveted out-of-town nightspots like The Cellar and The Railway Club.
The success was based on the popular album, but came to life on the stage. Sensing a concert audience starting to build, they released Do You Bleed Like I Do?, a semi-acoustic live album. That propelled them from 2013 into a timeframe of periodic performances, a brief residency in Vancouver to deepen their base, and all the while writing new material.
That new stuff wasn’t going to be wasted on a half-baked production effort, Darby and Erin decided. They pooled their band funds and booked FaderMountain Sound (formerly the famed Little Mountain Sound music house) co-owned by super-producers GGGarth Richardson and Paul Boechler, among others.
The Statistics called in Boechler himself (Yukon Blonde, Raised By Wolves, etc.) to sit at the controls.
They wanted to keep their jangly punk edge, but slip comfortably into some Brit-pop threads and build a bed of analogue warmth around it all. The result is Haunts, a six-song EP that punches well above its weight.
“The reason we went to all this effort and expense is because music matters so much to us,” said Erin. “We could just keep it all in the basement and have our fun, but the whole point of music is sharing it with other people, and if you’re going to invite people to listen, you’d better give them your very best.”
“I can’t describe what it feels like when someone comes up and tells us they like a certain part of a song,” said Darby. “I must look like a weirdo, because I just melt. We are so grateful to get that feedback. For us, those are the triumphant moments and the reasons we try so hard for people.”

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