Sunparlour Players Wave North In May

04/22/09 1:09pm

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

Sunparlour Players will release their second album, Wave North, on May 19 through Outside Music.

The follow-up to 2007's Hymns For The Happy was recorded by producer Jeremy Backofen (Frightened Rabbit, Mice Parade) at Blue Rodeo's Woodshed Studios and the FemBots' Junkshop in Toronto between December and February. Wave North features a choir and horn section recorded at Toronto's Factory Theatre.

You can hear "Battle Of 77" on the Sunparlour Players' MySpace page.

Sunparlour Players are Andrew Penner (vocals, guitar, bass, banjo, kick drum), who was raised in a Mennonite community near Leamington, Ont., and multi-instrumentalists Dennis Van Dine and Michael "Rosie" Rosenthal.

Check out a video interview with Sunparlour Players here.

You can see Sunparlour Players here:

June 13 Wakefield, QC @ Black Sheep Inn
June 19-21 Driftpile Valley Site, AB @ North Country Fair
July 12 Ottawa, ON @ LeBreton Flats (Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest)
July 17 Sudbury, ON @ River And Sky Festival
July 18 Sault Ste. Marie, ON @ Rotaryfest
July 19 Sudbury, ON @ River And Sky Festival

Here are the songs on Wave North:

"North"
"Make A Sound"
"Battle Of 77"
"Joy In What You Lack"
"Mersea Community Horn Club"
"Nuclear"
"Boards"
"Point Pelee Is The Place To Be!"
"Wood Dress"
"Wall Sisters"
"Figure It Out"
"O'Captain"
"Build It Up"