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Poorfolk

Finally some new songs...

About Me

ModMySpace Profile Customizer'Cannot fall into the familiar.' Perhaps this phrase, like none other on Poorfolk’s upcoming sophomore release best describes the sonic trudge forward of this Montreal-cum-Ottawa quartet.If Poorfolk's first album was a work of classic bedroom rock, these new recordings showcase a different sound entirely: singer-guitarist Jonathan Pearce’s personal/political lyrics are still recognizable, but are now bolstered by a muscular rhythm section, frantic, dueling guitar interplay and gang-chanting choruses. So...what happened to that guy-and-a-four-track bedroom rock from the first record? Where did this sweaty indie-rock rave-up come from?For Poorfolk it happened back on familiar ground. While 5,000 bands were busy crowding into Montreal’s shit-hot hipster clubs, Jonathan Pearce and Scott Freeman got out and back to their sleepy hometown of Ottawa, a place they once swore over a steely-eyed blood-brother stare they’d never return. Whereas the first Poorfolk offering was written solely by Pearce in a lo-fi four-track setting, these new songs came together on home turf with the addition of new members Matt Godin and Dave Clark. Perhaps it was the capital city’s underlying rigidity or maybe just a harkening back to the local indie scene that the members cut their teeth on – but the music on Poorfolk’s forthcoming release is the result.The music has definite echoes of the nineties indie rock the guys grew up on but increasingly the influences track back further...to the early eighties college scene and 'Reckoning'-era R.E.M. in particular.Recorded at Ottawa’s Legendary Little Bullhorn Productions by Jarrett Bartlett and Dave Draves and mastered by Harris Newman in Montreal, Poorfolk’s “Our Burning Street” is set for official release in July 2008 on Vancouver’s White Whale Records.Poorfolk has shared the stage with: The Dears, Of Montreal, Aaron Booth, Gentlemen Reg, Matt Pond PA, Greg Macpherson, Plants and Animals among others.

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/28/2006
Band Members: Jonathan Pearce Scott Freeman Matt Godin Dave Clark
Influences: Cans of Old Milwawkee The Mohawk Lodge Kids These Days Octoberman Precious Fathers Pinback Constantines Jim Guthrie Fugazi Calexico Dinosaur Sebadoh Pavement The Marato Mishima Les Savvy Fav The Lapse Blonde Redhead The Band The Clash The Jam Wire Husker Du Television Talking Heads The No Shirts The Abjects Depravity Brown Winchester Warm Sea Snakes Royal City The Acorn Greenfield Main Home Superchunk The Soft Disaster Snailhouse Wooden Stars Timber The Field Register Orillia Opry Neutral Milk Hotel BlueSkiesTurnBlack
Sounds Like: frenetic goodness and overwrought badness
Record Label: White Whale Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New Songs Up - Album out Soon!

Greetings fellow blogosphere watchers, We are so happy and giddy and excited that the release date of our long awaited new album. It was recorded and mixed at Little Bullhorn in Ottawa by Jarrett...
Posted by Poorfolk on Thu, 22 May 2008 12:09:00 PST

Ottawa Bluesfest/New Album News

Hey Folks,We are so very happy to find out we will be playing the Ottawa Bluesfest this year -July 6, 1pm on the Roger's Stage - hope to see you all there!And on another exciting note we have finished...
Posted by Poorfolk on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:25:00 PST

Holy Shit Crazy Egg Nog Chugging Party Coming Up!

Hi fans and stalkers, Just wanted to apologize for not updating our blog in a while - I realize the blogosphere is where it's at and from now on we'll try to be better! We are still recording the mons...
Posted by Poorfolk on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:11:00 PST

Kill The Lights + Poorfolk - Saturday September 29 - Zaphods

Hey y'all - just wanted to let you know that we are playing with a great Montreal band called Kill The Lights - Yann Geoffroy, their Skin pounder is also the drummer in Silver Springs - here is some i...
Posted by Poorfolk on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 09:14:00 PST

Poorfolk on CBC Bandwidth this Saturday August 18!

Thanks so much to Alan Neal for randomly choosing Poorfolk from his oodles of myspace friends - Listen to cbc bandwidth, on CBC Radio one on Saturday between 5pm and 6pm for the interview ht...
Posted by Poorfolk on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:58:00 PST

Forgot to mention this earlier...Poorfolk love The Wrens!

I've been meaning to put this in writing for some time but the wrens show we that we opened up for as part of the Capital Idea festival in June was nothing short of life-changing.  They really pu...
Posted by Poorfolk on Thu, 09 Aug 2007 09:51:00 PST

Poorfolk - NXNE - ..."sensitive ballsy art rock..."

Thanks to everyone who came out to our show in Toronto a few weeks back - it was great fun but Rancho Relaxo smells really bad - like a really strong dirty old cheese. PoorfolkToronto ON June 7 to 9 B...
Posted by Poorfolk on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:07:00 PST

Poorfolk playing North By Northeast - June 7!

Hey folks, Just found out we are playing this year's NXNE festival in Toronto on Thursday June 7 at Rancho Relaxo, 300 College Street, 10 p.m. Please tell all your Toronto peeps. We will be playing o...
Posted by Poorfolk on Wed, 23 May 2007 12:56:00 PST

Heading into the Studio!

We are real excited, been jamming like crazy. We are finally heading back into Little Bullhorn Productions with Dave Draves and Jarrett Bartlett to commence recording the second album. We got 10 new o...
Posted by Poorfolk on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 09:03:00 PST

Poorfolk on Afghanistan compilation

Should have told you all about this sooner but... Poorfolk's song "topple the pride" has been included as part of a compilation entitled "Afghanistan&On Guard for Thee?" It's a 3 CD collection of Cana...
Posted by Poorfolk on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:14:00 PST