key witness

PRAISE FOR “MERCURY IN RETROGRADE” by KEY WITNESS
“Best indie effort [of 2007]: Toronto’s Key Witness’s Mercury in Retrograde is a great combination of modern rock and alt-country.”
- Vue Weekly (Edmonton)
“Album highlight ‘Desert Novel’ [is] a seven-minute epic that exceeds anything on the Arcade Fire’s Neon Bible in musical scope and lyrical depth...A potent brew equally as influenced by A Silver Mt. Zion as Johnny Cash and Sonic Youth, Mercury In Retrograde is easily one of the most overlooked albums of 2007.”
- Exclaim!
“**** (out of 5) This sextet blends a perfect mix of alt-folk rock and infectious pop melodies, sewn together by the sweet and sometimes frenetic sounds of the violin.”
-Metro News (Toronto)
“Mercury in Retrograde is a splendid mix of art rock with a hint of country that is rich with rustic guitar twangs, husky vocals and elegant string work...I think Mercury in Retrograde has enough substance and boot stomping pop to appeal to more than just the indie crowd.”
- Two-Way Monologues
“Desert Novel is enough to make this album a worthy purchase — the seven-minute track is soaked in Sonic Youth, wrapped in Arcade Fire and covered with enough of their own seasoning to create a distinctive, powerful song. Diversity can be a beautiful thing."
-Eye Weekly (Toronto)
buy Mercury in Retrograde
Sold at:
Sonic Boom (512 Bloor St. W Toronto)
Soundscapes (572 College St. Toronto)
Also available through amazon, napster, emusic and itunes.
Key Witness is the test tube baby grown from the love of six diverse musicians. It's genetics are so varied, (unfinished tests show tracings of folk, garage, noise rock, country goth, punk...) that a chaotic youth nearly tore itself apart. Now, having embraced it's battles and vast soundscapes, Key Witness is booming forth like never before.
Since 2005 Key Witness has played all over Toronto, including the Horseshoe Tavern, Sneaky Dee's, the Tranzac, and their home, the Silver Dollar. They've played the NXNE festival with King Khan and his Shrines, and with such bands as Japan's Zoobombs, the Willowz, Polaris Prize Winner Patrick Watson, Plants and Animals and Swedish rockers the Soundtrack of Our Lives.
In the end, the merge of energy and original sound flooding a Key Witness show is the fuel that drives them. Album "Mercury in Retrograde" has been recorded at Chemical Sound in Toronto and produced by Jay Sadlowski and Key Witness in 2007.
CONTACT:
Band: [email protected]
Booking: [email protected]
LINKS:
keywitnessband.com
key witness on facebook
key witness on CBC radio3