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Oh No Forest Fires

About Me


The hardest part about this band was picking a name. The naming process took almost 7 months. Everything else was pretty easy, because we're friends and we help each other out. All of this will be built on the same warmth and love that lives in the basement where we started.
To get in touch with us, email [email protected] .
You can buy our album here:


"It's like snipers of weirdness lay waiting inside the psyches of the scruffy members of ONFF, who, to outward appearances, are accomplished, polished, even stately composers of epic pop gems" ~ Exclaim!
"Oh No [Forest Fires] assert their own charming identity with complex four-minute ranging song structures and frequent jumps between stop-starts and protracted, frenetic guitar duels" ~ NOW Magazine
"[The War On Geometry] is surprisingly well-rounded... it's a pretty great debut from a bunch of high-energy guys." ~ Chartattack
"It should be fairly obvious to anyone who listens to The War on Geometry that Oh No Forest Fires is onto something, possibly something big... [it is] one of the outstanding Canadian EPs" ~ HeroHill.com
"The War On Geometry careens around with reckless abandon... it's impossible to resist! Oh No Forest Fires have come out with one of the year's most exciting debuts, and it'll be interesting to see where they go next." ~ Iheartmusic.net
"Glorious, guitar-driven anthems that make prog-pop seem like the most natural thing in the world and an energetic live show that the stage couldn't contain... ONFF were one of the most impressive new things I've seen in a long time. That their four-song EP is as good as it is and is still just a demo is both exciting and frightening." ~ Chromewaves.net.
"The debut EP from this Toronto 4-piece is like a sugar-coated buzzsaw – all raw energy and cutting edge, mixed with a powerpoppy melodic sense." ~ Adult Contemporary Essentials (UK)
"The songs are also sharp bursts of kinetic energy… that rise well above your typical indie rock fare." ~ It's Not The Band I Hate, It's The Fans.
"[ONFF] destroyed their live show... I was hooked and I now deem them the must-see-band out of Toronto." ~ Two Way Monologues.


Press Links:
Exclaim! album review
NOW Magazine album review
Chromewaves album review
Chartattack album review
HeroHill.com album review , 2
I Heart Music album review
Charlatantric review of Untitled EP
Toronto Indie Live Review
Exclaim! CMW 2008 Live Review
Chart Magazine CMW 2008 Report Card: 86%
Chromewaves Live Review , 2
Pete Nema Live Review
It's Not The Band I Hate, It's Their Fans Live Review 1 , 2 , 3
Two Way Monologues Live Review

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 28/08/2007
Band Website: http://radio3.cbc.ca/bands/Oh-No-Forest-Fires/
Band Members: Rajiv Thavanathan
Brock Swanek
Matt Del Buono
Adam Nimmo

With occasional help from our friends:

Lesley Davies
Kinley Dowling
Jo-Ann Goldsmith
Nadia Baer
Nick Bernal
Lisa Horvath
Shawn Jurek
Michael le Riche
Sounds Like: The sounds we make are almost entirely made with a combination of musical instruments and voices.

Like this:

"It's Not Fun And Games Unless Someone Loses An Eye"

"New Cove Road Back Home"

"I Gotta Tell Ya Fellas, This Is Pretty Terrific"

Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

#3 this week! Top 30 on CBC Radio 3 !!! EEEE!!

**UPDATE V: CHRISTMAS VACATION 2 COUSIN BROCK'S ISLAND ADVENTURE!THREE!?! We're number THREE?!? That's friggin ridiculous, hear me.AND AWESOME.Thank you so so much to every for helping us stay on this...
Posted by on Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:20:00 GMT

Album review in the UK

The name "Adult Contemporary Essentials" sounds like it wouldn't be suited to us at all, but other reviews on the site include Hayden, Dinosaur Jr, Battles, The Walkmen... so we're in pretty good comp...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:56:00 GMT

Exclaim! reviews "The War On Geometry"

Wowee wow wow.I mean. WOW.You gotta read this:Exclaim! review of "The War On Geometry""Oh No Forest FiresThe War On Geometry By Scott A. Gray Canada continues to dish out quality pop ro...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:48:00 GMT

A few important words about this past weekend...

ALLLLlloooo bebehs,This is long and you don't need to read it unless you want to, and I don't normally do this, but it's important this time, just wanted to say a not-so-quick thanks to everyone tha...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:32:00 GMT

NOW Magazine reviews The War On Geometry...!

"Oh No [Forest Fires] assert their own charming identity with complex four-minute ranging song structures and frequent jumps between stop-starts and protracted, frenetic guitar duels" That's pretty de...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Jan 2009 11:12:00 GMT

Too good not to share! Anyone know German?

This came across my metaphorical desk today:http://vrstrkr.blogspot.com/2009/01/oh-no-forest-fires .html"Ach, was soll's. Wenn es dieses Jahr mein Schicksal ist, von derCopyright-Polizei geschlachtet z...
Posted by on Mon, 05 Jan 2009 08:34:00 GMT

#3 Canadian EP of 2008 (Herohill)

Hey urrrbody,The great Candian music blog "Herohill" has named "The War On Geometry" their #3 Canadian EP of 2008!! That's quite an honour to be mentioned in the same breath as bands like Tusks a...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:03:00 GMT

Chromewaves Album Review! Chart Magazine Feature!

HI TO ALL THE PRETTY THINGS AND SOME OF THE UGLY ONES TOO.We are back in black with the smack smack smack (but not the drug smack, like a slap in the face more like).I have had too much coffee tooooda...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:52:00 GMT

14th "best band on myspace"?!

Someone... somewhere... thinks we're almost as good as crystal castles.#14 of the "Best Bands On Myspace"Maybe the stats will change and we'll get bumped down to like #16... or #95547. ...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:05:00 GMT

Fun week as Myspace Featured Artist!!!!

Oh gee golly whillikers, that was a blast.So much fun.Thank for you listening so much and it's awesome to have made all these new friends!!!If you really want to help us out, you should request us at ...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Nov 2008 19:18:00 GMT