Juno award winning Toronto based pop band Down With Webster are all about having fun. So they will be having lots of it when they return to Lethbridge to play Bully’s, April 26.
“ The band is all about having fun and we’re all good friends,” said frontman, rapper/ vocalist Camm Hunter from Red Deer where the band is winding down a long tour with this year's Juno award winning, Vancouver based pop band Marianas Trench.
“It’s gone extremely well. They’re a great band and there’s been lots of partying,” Hunter said.
After finishing their tour with Marianas Trench, they will be staying out west to do a couple solo shows including the one in Lethbridge.
“There are a lot of new songs, it is going to be big, high energy and loud,” he described.
It will be an extension of the 45 minute opening sets they have been playing with Marianas Trench.
“It will be an extension of that show, but bigger and beefier, then we’ve got to get back to Toronto and finish the new album,” he continued adding the new CD should be released in the fall.
The first single, the keyboard/ organ driven pop rocker “One In A Million” has already attracted a lot of attention.
“It‘s been great and radio has been really supportive. It’s great to see everybody enjoying it and we enjoy playing it which is most important because we have to play it every night,” he said.
While it is a little different than the band’s previous more guitar driven rap rock, Hunter said it is a natural progression for the band.
“It isn’t that different, our drummer Marty (Martino) and Tyler ( Armes) both play keyboards. So it really comes naturally,” he continued.
The band is excited about their new music.
“ We‘re constantly writing music, but we’ve been working seriously on this album for about six months,” he said.
“The new music will be very energetic, very uplifting, with faster tempos, very positive and very fun. A lot like we are on stage,” he described adding the band’s sound hasn’t evolved.
“When we were beginning we didn’t really have a sound, so we were free to do whatever we wanted to in the studio,” he said.
“ We’re lucky, We like to have fun, we like to party and we’re all great friends,” he continued.
They are excited about returning to Lethbridge for the first time in what he thought was about six months.
“Man, great crowds, great people and a good time in particular,” he recalled of the band’s last Lethbridge show.
He noted if fans want to ask the band anything, they can ask them on Twitter at CammHunter at @Cammhunter
“If fans want to know anything, just ask me. We’re always on there,” he said.
Advance tickets for Down With Webster with special guests Transit and Rise, cost $25. The show is scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. It is an all ages show, though there will be a licensed section.
— By Richard Amery, L.A. Beat Editor
