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as - WA'r‘euLoo CHRONIC): - Wednesday, April at. 2010 ‘ ._ l. . unitinnnl . . .» . . "l |«"‘ , “it ; if“? 'r. I‘.'. ‘. . * e roupo. .. ,. l ' , z , ' v- : '. “ " ' I ' ‘ ' . - . e k '2' 3‘ ‘ ‘ u o i . I "315%“ a o o ‘ a c . Barenaked Ladies Kevin Hearn r ' ’ : rustic Slde m playfid drawings 3 BYMAWWARD . ‘ * I I I _ Hearn, as a visual artist, is also a story- ' Forlhe Chronicle ( . . . o ' ' ' teller with paint. imagery and abstract inter» l ' ' » f . . . ' pretation as he chronicles some of his per~ l In a song called Watching the Northern . t I . I. 7" ‘ , ' ' .- sorta] challenges. like battling leukemia 10 l UglttsonthenewBarenakedladiosalbum. . . a “vi .‘ .3- ' .' yearsago. { Kevin Hearn sings: “floating like a dream a, , '- c r ‘ ~ .' ' ’ - . In one of the more minimal and crude cloud above the lake. drifiing in and out ofsight. . ' ’ ~ - ; drawings found on his site, kevinhearn.com, forty miles above us. watching the northern ‘ l” . ‘ - I.“ ‘ . '. ' two figures have a dialogue with hand-writ- ‘ lights" ‘ ‘ ' , . ‘ ' .\ I \‘ ten text: “I've been medicated for so long. ! Whether singing about the inspiring ‘ ' ' 4 y - l've forgotten what it feels like to be myself." andeur of the northem li ts. or ‘nIin . - . . The second ft re, mouth a a e while I L glued imagery of a bluebegrhry pmgfke Hyg- , l ' ' ' . ~ ' ‘ - popping pills, msgnds: “We be; Siedicatâ€" ing in the sky. Kevin Hearn is a musical and | ' . . ' ed so long, I have a whole new set of disorâ€" n’sual artist who follows his intuition. I . ders.” , a “l have always en)oyed drawrng and , . - Hearn explained: I actually drew that approach it in a very automatic way," Hearn " 55,. g . . ' ' - while I was on a lot of medication going said over the phone from Calgary, just hours 3 ‘ " t " through cancer treatment. And that drawing before taking the stage with Barenaked ‘ tr! V ' " is a good example of how l could express ladies. who are currently on a cross~Canada ' - ‘ ' ‘ - something painful in a humourous way." tour. or , \. t This past year for the Barenaked Ladies “l don‘t think about what I’m going to '. / l ' .3 has had its share of ups and downs as well. draw too much. l just let the pen sort of flow ." ' , 'I . , ,‘ with the departure of Stephen Page. who and put an eyeball here and an eyeball there - ' _ . shared lead vocals with Fri Robertson. and things start shaping up â€" that‘s my ‘ ' . . . Making the transition from afive-piece to approach." . l 0 .. . _‘ a four»piece band is something Hearn said is Heam's approach is working. His intrigu- , ‘ ' , . - I, a journey of reinvention and rediscovery ingly simple. colourful and naiveVartwork . . -- , 0 . ) I “.As a band. we were talking today about can be found throughout his five solo . ‘3, r (i 4- u (. other bands that had gone through srmtlar albums. along with several Barenaked , . ' . i , ' :“ I ~ things â€" like AC/DC. Pink Floyd. Genesis. ladies recordings. . . . . . i , _ . . i ' _ ’ , ‘ ~ and Van Halen â€" and were success stories. His imaginative and playful drawings also , - \ . f i L . 1'“ 3‘: ‘ v -' We feel like a solid unit right now, and l animate the Barenaked Ladies' music video * f (I) l 1 “a“; (a. think we're already growing and changing for Drawing. a song from their children's «; ' '2‘.) ’)‘/,_";‘7* ”g“ F. [2" . . . ' ,""& -".‘. t into something new that is very refreshing - album. Snacktime. . g - I 9'}. .. f» ‘ 7- . “ ~ 2'1 r .r' ( i’o for us. It‘s beenunice that there's been a cata» Along With the cover art for Snacktime. l . i . - 2 .I‘ :3 L , .- 1 J . . , . lyst for change. did all the drawings for the book we put out ‘ ' ' .. I" 'r I a“; r/ ‘5! , ‘ ' )2 On stage. Hearn has a more prominent with it." said Hearn. who primarily draws 0 7” ' I“? ' 3v . at“ {f II-rT" . . role now as he covers more ground vocally with ink. ncil crayons and acrylic 'nt on , ,. 4' 4' ', , . ‘ i ,3; ‘ i . . 1 ,1, . ‘7 I with the absence of Page. paper. pe Pal 2’25! '1!“ Evil? ' it a? £426 3’ "y 69%. "ill tell you one thing. I never thought-id “Originally. i never knew how my visual """ ' a?! “ '2 “F - I ‘ ' ’ 'i“ I be the guy singing along to If] Had a Million art and music would ever fit together. ‘ ll) ‘ . ’ “f r " “'3‘" Dollars â€" doing Steve's part, like my art. in “I had boxes and shelves full of drawings ’ ’- I ‘- . a . . )â€" ’ that sense. it's kind ofsurreal." that I did over the years and often wondered _ , (r , I 3‘ D ‘ . . . : ”7’ .1. ’ l. . what use they would ever serve. and l was :1- 5...“ m 7" ' . _ 73‘"- ‘ '3‘?!" - a really happy when they started meeting up I? , , . . as . . I an‘ “'1" t " with the music in that way â€" and l saw Ҥ\m§¢-fl ’1} .. u-“trf: y» {‘2' .-. ' there wasa relationship.” MR“ ’ HT; 1v ; - a“; a .- 3% {I 2: Barenaked Ladies Barenakedladiescom said of Hearn on I ‘ \ J ,3 *7 - r ,- . ‘ , “ ' . ., 3" ‘ i “gt . x ’ I. ~ ‘ as .0 ,q, \' V . h the new album. All in GoodTime: The sym- ' \\\‘__ :vrg"Â¥4 .34 . I . m “a! 5.: I . {€591 lOIVQueen 51 - -. KM ener phonic ‘Another Heartbreak.’ the surreal M [6‘ GM"? fly ‘ V .. ‘ ‘M‘j ." April 26' 8pm ghost town travelogue ‘Ierome.’ and the luxâ€" ‘ ' I“ ‘2 , "‘ 3‘51! , V g; LI“: ._ . 9- J: lat/1’, Tickets: $52.50. $37.50 uriously groovy ‘Watching the Northern 31519-578-1570 f Lights’ all showcase his unique. fragile . to www.centre-squaremm or more voice.” Kevin Hearn is balancing playing music with his long-time band the Barenaked Ladies and information Hearn explained, "I brought my songs in drawing sketches of the surreal things that pop into his mind. with sketches of how l heard them." 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