Thrush Hermit Releasing Seven-Disc Box Set

For 10 years, there was nothing on the Thrush Hermit releases front... mainly because the band had broken up. Now, since they're playing a reunion tour next month, there's a whole bunch.

If you're new to Joel Plaskett's pre-solo/Emergency band or a long-time fan of the Halifax, N.S. indie rockers, you'll be interested to know they're re-releasing their entire discography in a limited-edition seven-disc box set. Plaskett says it will hopefully be available by the time the band head out on a brief reunion tour in March. It'll come out on Plaskett's New Scotland label.

The box set contains the band's 1997 Sweet Homewrecker and 1999 Clayton Park studio albums, 1994's Smart Bomb and 1995's The Great Pacific Ocean EPs, along with a disc of 22 outtakes, B-sides and remastered tracks.

Another CD features 23 early singles, EPs and previously unreleased tracks, while the sixth disc contains a "hodge podge of really early material" by Nabisco Fonzie and The Hoods (what Thrush Hermit were called before they were Thrush Hermit) Thrush Hermit and Thrush Hermit side-project The Tim Robbins Experience.

Finally, the box set also comes with a DVD that's got the 1999 Learn To Party documentary and as-yet-unseen footage from the band's history.

It all comes with a 24-page booklet with photos and liner notes from singer/guitarist Rob Benvie.

Additionally, Plaskett says he will release a two-song seven-inch single he recorded with Hamilton, Ont. singer/songwriter Jeremy Fisher this spring. He also plans to put out Canadian-born U.S. singer/songwriter Steve Poltz's new disc, Dreamhouse, in April or May through New Scotland. Plaskett plays drums and bass on the record.

Plaskett also produced east coast singer/songwriter David Myles' new album, Turn Time Off, which is due out April 20 through the musician's own label.

Thrush Hermit will play these shows:

March 18 Moncton, NB @ The Manhattan Club
March 19-20 Halifax, NS @ The Paragon Theatre
March 23 Waterloo, ON @ Starlight Club
March 24 Peterborough, ON @ Red Dog Tavern
March 25 Ottawa, ON @ Capital Music Hall
March 26-27 Toronto, ON @ Lee's Palace

You can see Plaskett here:

Feb. 8 Halifax, NS @ Halifax Metro Centre (Halifax For Haiti)
Feb. 12-13 Windsor, NS @ Mermaid Imperial Performing Arts Centre
Feb. 22 Halifax, NS @ The Carleton
Feb. 26 St. John's, NL @ Mile One Centre (CTV Olympic celebration, performing with The Joel Plaskett Emergency)
April 6 Victoria, BC @ Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre w/ Barenaked Ladies
April 8 Calgary, AB @ Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium w/ Barenaked Ladies
April 12 Saskatoon, SK @ Sid Buckwold Theatre at TCU Place w/ Barenaked Ladies
April 13 Regina, SK @ Conexus Art Centre w/ Barenaked Ladies
April 14 Edmonton, AB @ Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium w/ Barenaked Ladies
April 17 London, ON @ John Labatt Centre w/ Barenaked Ladies
April 20 Kingston, ON @ K-Rock Centre w/ Barenaked Ladies
April 24 Halifax, NS @ Halifax Metro Centre w/ Barenaked Ladies
April 28 Hamilton, ON @ Hamilton Place Theatre w/ Barenaked Ladies
April 30 Montreal, QC @ Metropolis w/ Barenaked Ladies
May 1 Oshawa, ON @ General Motors Centre w/ Barenaked Ladies