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WWW-Mum; Mareh20,2013°n Taking the High Road 0 ‘ 0 Sounds of Summer favountes Grapes ofWrath reunite for new album and tour BYMANMuWun Hooper attributes the warm, organic ChmnicleSmfl sound of the new album to sound engineer Neudorf. Canadian folk-rock trio The Grapes of "Darryl has a great, no bulls--t kind of Wrath are back with their first new sound and he really captured our essence in ‘ album in 22 years, High Road. and a show in R" a natural way after all these years,” said Waterloo Region tonight at The Hacienda 0 Hooper. “He's known us since childhood. l Sarria. was 10 when i first started hanging out with “This new record is a continuation of ‘3 ‘ it. him as we were all friends in Kelowna back where we last left off.” said Tom Hooper, the fit in the 705. band's singer and bassist. “This isn't a nos- g ‘ . a “We were all into punk rock and new talgia trip. & 3 ' , wave at the same time, and big Beatles fans. “It's like our other records â€" the next ”4 t 50 he knows exactly where we came from step in our growth as songwriters and musiâ€" ' . 1 . and all our influences. We always use The cians. The only difference is it took us a little " we "é White Album as an example of a record we longer to make the step,” g f? ‘, like. where it kind of goes all over the map Formed in Kelowna, BC. The Grapes of ‘ - ‘ F‘ with different styles, but when it comes Wrath sold out concerts from coast to coast - 1 L; n i f 3 down to it, it's still the Beatles in their heyday with a string of hit singles ; g -j l . " , ii 4 _ . "Another huge rewrd for us back in the that include 0 Lucky Man, All the Things l i r» _."' ' i ll ‘ ’ ." early days was Pink Floyd's The Piper at the Wasn't. What Was Going Through My ~ , " . 4. -'1 on 11 Gates ofDawn. We used to always jam that Head. Backward Town and I Am Here. That '/_ ,. a, ' N 3, , stud in our rehearsal space." ‘ included appearances at Waterloo's Sound , f t a , 5-1 1} (A I, ‘ Q And while rehearsing and recording the of Summer music festival. ' ’ 1 3 ‘ ‘ fl , i' , , new album was a fun and rewarding experi- : In 1992, the band decided tocall itaday. 1" a ‘. ' E ‘j ' 33 Q, ’ ence. Hooper said it was also an intense .‘ But in the Spring of 2012, original band - 1 ‘_ , . it), t g ~ one. , members Tom Hooper. Chris Hooper and l 5; 1.3 i “we did it in two weeks and we were Kevin Kane gathered at co-produoer Darryl “i Q s “. . A! . \\ ‘ together the whole time, so it was kind of Neudorf's (Neko Case, Blue Rodeo) private ;- a; ll , A i . is like boot camp," he said with a laugh. “We studio to begin work on the new album. it , f; “a. \.‘ Ԥ\\’ i‘ were livingh a bum kind of thing. sleeping \ wasthe first time thetriohadbeeninastu- ,: ,} i“; “c . umbandrecordingdownnairsallday At dio together since completing their “final” ‘ v If .‘i ‘ .: ,. ~ mt. we'd have a few drinks and listen to album, These Days, at London's Abbey Road ‘ : ' phyback. in 1991. . - f’ ’ “i remember looking around and think- “I just can’t believe we actually did it,” I ' ing: i can't believe we're actrraliy doing this! said Hooper with a laugh. "I live on Salt ze 5 This is arming, We're all getting along and Spring island and my brother lives in Van~ ' ' havingsuch a good time.’ couver, and Kevin lives in Toronto now. So 1 t 1 The result is one of the best albums The it’s kind ofhard to get us on the same page \ ‘ Grapes ofWrath have ever made. according todoanythingalotoftimesotherthanplay \ tothoeelnvolved. the odd show. Then suddenly we got this “i knowlots of artists say that about their offer from Aporia Records. we agreed to it \ - latest album. but I think there’s something and set a date. and the wheels were put in ‘ y , -‘ really special about this one, as we have motion." The GrapesofWrath have thfimfim in 22 your: and will be performing such a history together," said Hooper. 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