C.I.A. Concerts Presents


THE TREWS


Special Intimate Acoustic Performance!


Saturday NOVEMBER 28th


Advance Tickets $20.00. Also Available @ Garibaldi Lift Co., Billabong & Katmandu

 
The Trews, perhaps most commonly known as a hard rock band, today announced the release of Friends & Total Strangers, a CD/DVD release which showcases their acoustic side. Recorded live from acoustic shows they performed at Toronto ’s Glenn Gould Theatre in early 2009, Friends & Total Strangers will be released on October 6 in both audio and video formats. In the spirit of celebrating their less-electrified but no less electrifying set, they will also embark on a cross-Canada tour in November and December.
 
Friends & Total Strangers features previously unreleased songs, some of which were left out of previous releases, some of which are brand-new, such as the first single “Sing Your Heart Out”, and even an unexpected cover in the form of Joe Tex’s “The Love You Save” –the side-effect of viewing Death Proof on the tour bus. There are no overdubs or post-production ‘fixes’ in the audio and F&TS comes just as it was in house on the night. The DVD also includes behind-the-scenes footage, videos from No Time For Later, archival footage from touring and studio over the years, and is presented in 5.1 Surround Sound.
 
The Trews are surely known as a hard-rocking Canadian band but an indie music junket to Japan in 2008 resulted in an acoustic set at the Canadian embassy in Tokyo . It was so well received that the band was convinced they should embark on similar concerts on home turf. John-Angus MacDonald explains, “we thought that it was different enough from what we do to merit its own 90-minute performance. A lot of these songs are strummed on acoustic guitars first anyway. It's where they've come from.” Brother Colin MacDonald expands further: “we've always had this other side of us, which is three acoustic guitars and a hand drum. 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.”

Defying convention, defining remarkable... Experience The Trews as a friend or total stranger this fall.

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