Slim Twig's New EP Is Just His Latest Project

Slim Twig, one of the top report card scorers during Canadian Music Week, is one busy guy. The Toronto rockabilly guitar player and all-around performer, who's also half of art-punk duo Tropics (who earned the highest report card mark), will release his Derelict Dialect EP on April 1 through Paper Bag.

Twig appeared in director Bruce McDonald's movie The Tracey Fragments (which also featured Juno star Ellen Page) as Billy Speed, a character devoted to James Dean. He also composed music for an award-winning short film titled Letters From R. He has self-released a few EPs as a solo artist, including the gritty Whiite Fantaseee. Parts of Derelict Dialect were recorded in 2006 with producer Dale Morningstar (Gord Downie, Tangiers) at his Gas Station studio on Toronto Island.

Twig has played shows all over Toronto with his backing band the Mercy-Mercenaries — who are comprised of Siena Decampo from Huckleberry Friends as well as Jesse James Laderoute, Tilman Lewis and The Rhythm Ace.

Twig will be with drummer Simone TB as Tropics again in Toronto twice within the next month, with sets at Teranga as part of the Pitter Patter Fest on March 30 and at Sneaky Dee's with Jewelry Rat and Terror Lake on April 11.

Here are the tracks on Derelect Dialect EP:

"His Eyes Hum Hymns"
"The Replica And Martyr"
"Dragged Down The Dirtpike"
"Birthing And Birthing"
"An Austere Gentleman"
"The Maudlin Jack"
"Trembletongue"