Trews Acoustic Live CD/DVD Coming

09/17/09 2:51pm

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

The Trews will release a live CD/DVD package, Friends & Total Strangers, on Oct. 6 through Universal Music Canada.

It was recorded at Toronto's Glenn Gould Theatre earlier this year and features the band playing acoustic versions of their songs. It includes previously unreleased and brand new songs like first single "Sing Your Heart Out" and a cover of Joe Tex's "The Love You Save."

The DVD features behind-the-scenes footage, videos for the singles from 2008's No Time For Later and other footage from the studio and the band's previous tours.

"We thought [Friends & Total Strangers] was different enough from what we do to merit its own 90-minute performance," guitarist John-Angus MacDonald says. "A lot of these songs are strummed on acoustic guitars first anyway. It's where they've come from."

"We've always had this other side of us, which is three acoustic guitars and a hand drum," singer/guitarist Colin MacDonald says. "We used to busk in this way and people would stop to listen to the harmonies. It shines a different light on the band; it's not just the loud, in-your-face bar rock. I don't think there are a lot of bands out there who do the harmony thing, outside of pop groups."

The Trews will support Friends & Total Strangers on tour this fall. They'll play an acoustic tour beginning Nov. 2.

Here are all The Trews' dates:

Sept. 18 St. John's, NL @ George Street Main Stage
Sept. 19 Medicine Hat, AB @ Medicine Hat College
Sept. 22 Lindsay, ON @ Lindsay Fairgrounds (Lindsay Central Exhibition)
Sept. 23 Adams, NY @ Hotel Adams
Sept. 24 Ithaca, NY @ The Haunt
Sept. 25 Syracuse, NY @ Funk N Waffles
Sept. 26 Rochester, NY @ Water Street Music Hall
Oct. 2 Sudbury, ON @ The Grand Nightclub
Nov. 4 North Bay, ON @ The Wall at Nippissing University
Nov. 5 Cobalt, ON @ Classic Theatre
Nov. 6 Parry Sound, ON @ Charles W. Stockey Centre
Nov. 10 Picton, ON @ Regent Theatre
Nov. 11 Hamilton, ON @ Studio Theatre
Nov. 13 London, ON @ London Music Hall
Nov. 14 Sarnia, ON @ The Industry Theatre
Nov. 16 Sault Ste. Marie, ON @ The Grand Theatre
Nov. 18 Winnipeg, MB @ West End Cultural Center
Nov. 19 Regina SK @ The Drink
Nov. 20 Calgary, AB @ Orpheus Theatre at Southern Alberta Institute Of Technology
Nov. 21 Edmonton, AB @ Myer Horowitz Theatre
Nov. 23 Campbell River, BC @ Tidemark Theatre
Nov. 24 Nanaimo, BC @ Port Theatre
Nov. 25 Maple Ridge, BC @ Arts Centre
Nov. 27 Vancouver, BC @ The Rio Theatre
Nov. 28 Whistler, BC @ Garibaldi Lift Company
Nov. 30 Fort St. John, BC @ Lido Theatre
Dec. 1 Drayton Valley, AB @ Max Centre
Dec. 2 Slave Ridge, AB @ The Ridge
Dec. 5 Thunder Bay, ON @ C2
Dec. 11 Toronto, ON @ The Opera House

Here's what's on Friends & Total Strangers:

CD:
"Poor Ol' Broken Hearted Me"
"Den Of Thieves"
"The Travelling Kind"
"When You Leave"
"I Can't Stop Laughing"
"Locked Doors"
"Fleeting Trust"
"Gun Control"
"Tired Of Waiting"
"The Love You Save"
"Sing Your Heart Out"
"Man Of Two Minds"
"Ishmael & Maggie"
"So She's Leaving"
"Hold Me In Your Arms"

DVD:
"Poor Ol' Broken Hearted Me"
"Paranoid Freak"
"Den Of Thieves"
"Yearning"
"The Travelling Kind"
"When You Leave"
"I Can't Stop Laughing"
"Locked Doors"
"Hollis & Morris"
"Gun Control"
"Montebello Park"
"Tired Of Waiting"
"The Love You Save"
"Sing Your Heart Out"
"Man Of Two Minds"
"Ishmael & Maggie"
"So She's Leaving"
"Hold Me In Your Arms"
"You're So Sober"
"The Pearl"
"How's Everything?"
"Served My Time"