{"id":7668,"date":"2013-09-12T16:13:03","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T16:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stylusmagazine.ca\/?p=7668"},"modified":"2013-09-12T16:13:03","modified_gmt":"2013-09-12T16:13:03","slug":"flying-fox-the-hunter-gatherers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ckuw.ca\/stylus\/2013\/09\/12\/flying-fox-the-hunter-gatherers\/","title":{"rendered":"Flying Fox & The Hunter Gatherers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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by Martyna Turczynowicz<\/strong><\/p>\n

Flying Fox and the Hunter Gatherers are one of Winnipeg\u2019s most interesting up and coming acts. From eclectic live shows to intricately put together indie opuses, the band is one of this city\u2019s most exciting. With a new EP behind them,<\/em>\u00a0Stylus\u00a0sat down with Lindsey Collins (bass) to talk about the new EP, Winnipeg\u2019s music scene, and plans for the future.<\/em><\/p>\n

Stylus: What’s the inspiration behind your latest album? And the title?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lindsey Collins:<\/strong>\u00a0Our latest EP Fruit and Ash<\/em> is inspired by organisms in the natural world, specifically one fish (salmon) and three insects (the dragonfly, the ant and the water boatmen). The album title comes from a lyric in \u201cSalmon,\u201d which I believe is a reference to the peaks and valleys of existence, be it in the life of a human or any other organism. There is a specific intent with the lyrics to draw parallels between the struggles of human existence and the struggles faced by other creatures in the animal kingdom.<\/p>\n

Stylus: What’s exciting and original about Fruit and Ash<\/em>?<\/strong><\/p>\n

LC:<\/strong>\u00a0This is the first recording for us to feature our new lineup of musicians; Kyle Wedlake (tenor sax) and Andrew Littleford (trumpet) have been our horn section since fall 2012, and Jaime Carrasco has been playing drums with us for almost two years now. It\u2019s great for the newest members to finally have a new recording with their own playing on it. Fruit and Ash<\/em> also features our singer Jesse Krause\u2019s new project the Riel Gentlemen\u2019s Choir. There were just over 20 male singers crammed into the recording studio to contribute to a very triumphant section of \u201cAnt Eating Matriarch\u201d<\/a> where we inserted a segment of the Russian song \u201cOchi Chyornye.\u201d The pace of recording this EP was also extremely blistering; we recorded all four songs in one weekend, they were mixed by engineer Ryan McVeigh evenings during the following week and the mixes were finalized the following Saturday, mastered on Sunday and sent to manufacturing on Monday. \u00a0Basically it was all done in about ten days.<\/p>\n

Stylus: How are you promoting your latest album?<\/strong><\/p>\n

LC:<\/strong>\u00a0We toured Western Canada at the end of May – all the way out to Vancouver and back in ten days. We also have two summer tours in Saskatchewan and Alberta booked for early July\/early August. Joelle May from ModMay Promotions has been working as our publicist for the release of Fruit and Ash<\/em>, and she\u2019s been doing a great job so far of helping us to spread the word about the band.<\/p>\n

Stylus: How does it compare to your previous works?<\/strong><\/p>\n

LC:<\/strong>\u00a0The pace with which we recorded Fruit and Ash was considerably faster than our previous full length album Hans My Lion<\/em>. Aside from the Riel Gentlemen\u2019s Choir, we didn\u2019t have any additional musicians, and we kept the overdubs to a minimum, whereas on Hans My Lion<\/em> we had a small orchestra on a few songs and also our singer Jesse Krause overdubbed a great deal of cello and violin as well.<\/p>\n

Stylus: Flying Fox definitely has a theatrical feel to it and it\u2019s something that should definitely be seen live. How would you describe a Flying Fox show to somebody who has never been to one?<\/strong><\/p>\n

LC:<\/strong>\u00a0I\u2019d like to think our live show is very energetic and entertaining; as long as the show goes according to plan I end up with an extremely sweat-soaked shirt. The audience should hopefully feel like they\u2019ve seen something that is a combination of many musical and visual elements that they\u2019ve never quite seen combined in such a unique format.<\/p>\n

Stylus: How do you feel about Winnipeg’s music scene?<\/strong><\/p>\n

LC:<\/strong>\u00a0I\u2019m probably too biased to answer this fairly, but I think Winnipeg\u2019s music scene is the best one in Canada. \u00a0There is a ton of talent here, but more importantly I think there is a tonne of innovation, which I think is even harder to come by. Bands like Chic Gamine and Royal Canoe<\/a> are mixing genres to create extremely inventive pop music that defies genre classifications. The F-holes are doing the same thing in the roots genre, so there\u2019s no lack of innovation here in the river city.<\/p>\n

Stylus: What\u2019s in your plans for the near future?<\/strong><\/p>\n

LC:<\/strong>\u00a0After a busy summer of touring we are planning on working on our next full-length album, which we plan to release in the spring\/summer of 2014. We\u2019ve already got some shows and tour plans made for this time frame and we are eager to finish another album before the 2014 summer festival season.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Catch Flying Fox & The Hunter Gatherers out at Harvest Moon in Clearwater this weekend!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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