Sense of Scenery

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I can't exactly pinpoint when SOS started? I suppose these things are debatable, but if you ask me, you could define it when I recorded something of substance, like with the release of 66 copies of 'Ill Fantasy'? Yeah, substance...yeah? It was more of a trial test though. If that's the case, the summer of 2003 would be a beginning of sorts. The idea of Sense of Scenery was much older, and like shitty homemade wine in my cellar, it was fermenting since 1999, though I can't put an absolute date on it. The concept was idiotically the result of a spaced out, narcotic-induced dream. As silly as it sounds, it's true. But I have no bias, and if you think that dreaming up ideas whilst stoned is silly, then the good Dr. Hunter Thompson didn't contribute anything of substance to the art world. But THAT in itself is silly, because if you said it to my face, I would hit you. I guess I do have bias? Hmm...
Sense of Scenery has primarily been a one man band for many years, though the title of the project implies a character of a 'band', I hate most solo project names with the generic given name of the performer. This is not the case anymore, so no need to explain these semantics. Up until the summer of 2003, I had continuously written songs and nurtured it as if it were some personal world that would kill me to publicize it...or so it would seem, upon retrospect. After many failed attempts to fuse the act into a live show with many classified ads around Vancouver, I asked my good friend, Jesse, a pianist, to join the band. I realized that if anything is going to be a reality concerning the project, it was going to be solely up to me to push it, rather than rely on strangers to walk into the situation and pick up my messy pieces. To quasi-hire people and convince them that this is worth doing and somehow convince them to have the same passion for it, is something that is few and far between in reality. When I was a teenager, I thought the latter would happen. It didn't. Hmm. To make a long story short, after the release of 'Ill Fantasy', (an acoustic demo album), I went right back in the studio to work on a fully electric EP, titled 'twentyfourseven'. It was released in December of 2005. After finding US distribution, and making little effort to support its local commercial success, I decided the sound created in SOS was lacking a definitive structure. A structure from the base, as with more permanent bandmates. I had spent so much time with machinery as the 'band' that I forgot that machinery isn't very warm to the music. It digitizes it, and nullifies its original form. Upon meeting and recruiting SOS's drummer, Drew Land, I made the clear decision to write and record our first full length album, slated for release in the spring/summer of 2009. After doing a minimal effort of solo live shows, I can faithfully say that SOS has seen the last of its lonely days as a solo act. Plans for a live show are scheduled to be constructed after the release of the LP, and recruiting will commence. As of the moment, though I do remain SOS's 'leader', I welcome the future sophistication of the project and look forward to a possible evolution of its sound, due to the contribution brought by other musicians than myself to its core. This is what I wanted to happen in '99, and I'm a firm believer in patience when it comes to 'visions'.
sd,
sos.
P.S. Don't be afraid to ask me anything. I am here, and I will answer you. Also, don't be afraid to buy our albums, provided many varied retailers, such as these links below. Don't worry, I won't hate you if you do so. Quite the opposite, actually.
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