About Me
THE MURRA IS AVAILABLE AT THE FOLLOWING STORES*:
Rock Garden Jam Spaces - Halifax
Random Play - Halifax
Play Entertainment – Calgary and Kamloops
Backstreet Records - Fredericton and Saint John
Sam The Record Man - Halifax and Toronto
CD Plus – Barrington Street, Halifax
CD Plus – Halifax Shopping Centre, Halifax
CD Plus – Vernon BC
CD Plus – Winnipeg, Manitoba
Frank’s - Moncton
Grooves – London ON
Sunrise - Waterloo, Toronto Superstore
Music World - Halifax
HMV – Montreal Megastore, Toronto Superstore, Mic Mac Dartmouth, Spring Garden Halifax
Mail orders:
BBQ Records
P.O. Box 36095
RPO Spring Garden Road
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
B3J 3S9
The album is also available digitally on the following download sites:
MusicIsHere, Interia, Apple iTunes, GroupieTunes, Sony Connect, Puretracks, Napster, BuyMusic, PassAlong, Bitmunk, PayPlay, MusicNet, AudioLunchbox, Destra, Intent Media Works, Daiki, Inprodicon, MP3-Extension, MusicNow, Tradebit, Verizon, MP3tunes, Nexhit, USEN, RuleRadio, Nareos, WrapFactory, NTT, Liquid Digital Media, PlayIndies, Ruckus, Rhapsody, ISound, and Goodstorm.
ERMINE is the brainchild of Matt Belyea (vocals, guitar), Mike Belyea (drums) and Chuck Teed (bass, keyboards). The band is named after a weasel with a white winter coat, but the moniker is insignificant; the trio just enjoyed how the word rolled off the tongue.
Like the name, Ermine’s music is hard to peg down, but is best described as post-prog rock, a cleaner, more concise spin on the traditional progressive school of song crafting. Influences come from all ends of the spectrum - rock, metal, classical and jazz are all part of the band’s musical canon. The result is simultaneously ear pleasing and awe inspiring.
Ermine’s meticulous methodology is evident on their sophomore album The Murra. Recorded in Halifax by Laurence Currie (Sloan, Wintersleep) and mastered by Noah Mintz (Broken Social Scene, Death From Above 1979), The Murra showcases the band’s evolution as songwriters while highlighting each member’s musical maturation.
The Murra builds on the foundation the band set with their debut album Maps of the Rise and Fall. Independently released and distributed, Maps peaked at number 24 on the Canadian College Charts, received critical acclaim across North America and was nominated for multiple industry awards (MIANS, ECMA).
Ermine performs regularly around the maritimes, and is currently working on new material for release in 2007.
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