Means Tour To Keep From Sinking
Thursday May 08, 2008 @ 05:30 PM
By: ChartAttack.com Staff

Means

Regina Christian hardcore band Means will cross Canada in support of their third full-length album, To Keep Me From Sinking, which will be released by Underground Operations on June 3.

The band recorded the follow-up to 2007's Sending You Strength with producer Mike Watts (As Cities Burn, The Almost) at Long Island, N.Y.'s Vudu Studios. "Breaking In" and "Burned Into Me" are streaming on Means' MySpace page.

Means were originally known as Means 2 An End when drummer Aaron Friesen, singer Dylan Johnstone, guitarist/vocalist Matt Goud and bassist Blair Roberts began driving from Regina to Winnipeg to play shows on the weekends when they were in high school. They released their In Red Ink debut full-length under their new moniker in 2004, then followed with two more EPs and Sending You Strength. Roberts then left the band and was replaced by Todd Wells.

Here are Means' confirmed dates:

• May 31 Winnipeg Park Community Centre w/Gravemaster
• June 1 Regina, SK @ The Exchange
• June 18 Barrie, ON @ Foundation w/Endwell
• June 19 Kingston, ON @ Time To Laugh
• June 20 Montreal, QC @ Club Lambi
• June 21 Quebec City, QC @ The Casbah w/Endwell
• June 22 Ottawa, ON @ Cafe Dekuf w/Endwell
• June 23 Oshawa, ON @ The Dungeon w/Endwell
• June 24 Hamilton, ON @ The Casbah w/Endwell
• June 25 Guelph, ON @ The Shadow w/Endwell
• June 26 Brampton, ON @ Good Time Cafe w/Endwell and Oceans
• June 27 Toronto, ON @ The Reverb w/Endwell and Oceans
• June 28 Kitchener, ON @ The Gig Theatre w/Endwell and Oceans
• June 30 London, ON @ The Salt Lounge w/Endwell and Oceans
• July 1 Windsor, ON @ Bodog's w/Endwell and Oceans

Here are the tracks on To Keep Me From Sinking:

• "Awareness"
• "Breaking In"
• "Somewhere Up Ahead"
• "Blackout"
• "Steadily"
• "We Dwell In Possibility"
• "Burned Into Me"
• "Refuge"
• "What We Seek"
• "Of Dread And Dreams"

—Kate Harper