"After Winter must come Spring" reviews:
Exclaim!
Coke Machine Glow
IheartMusic.net
Chromewaves
Blown by the Wind
Swoon
Skyscraperlife
Delusions of Adequacy
Scenepointblank review
Scenepointblank interview
Mocking Music
Being There Mag
Ottawa Xpress "Best album of 2006"
Kronic (Italy)
Mocking Music Best 15 Albums of 2006 (#11)
Nerd Litter (Artist of the year 2006)
Earshot! Top picks of 2006 by Anne-Marie!
Chart Magazine:
Straight out of the basements of northern Ontario and southern Quebec come My Dad vs. Yours, who are here to let you in on their own homespun version of transcendental meditation they've been practicing for the last few years. "No big deal," you can almost see them saying, "We just invented the sort of masterful meditation practiced in the east by accident with our electric guitars." The band need no words to get their point across, just soaring, searing guitars, energetic but well-spaced drums, interesting jangly riffs, and perfectly paced song structures. Though they certainly don't adhere to any one genre, My Dad can generally be described as atmospheric, instrumental and exploratory-- which always kind of got my mon in a tiff. 4/5 --GK
About my dad vs yours:
Music begins where words end.
With their first full length, My Dad vs Yours force down
post-rock barricades to a state where pop melodies take
precedence over orchestral crescendos; where electronic
beats, slide guitar and shoegaze co-exist in vibrant
harmony; where instrumentals can incite sing-alongs.
Recorded over the marrow-chilling months of 2005-06, After
Winter Must Come Spring is tulips pushing through a late
thaw. It is the sound of intense expectation that focuses
not on escape but upon communal re-alignment. Though not a
movement, it draws upon the social energies behind one:
sometimes sullen, often celebratory, always self-aware and
questioning boundaries.
After Winter Must Come Spring was recorded and mixed by Howard Bilerman & Efrim Menuck at Montreal's Hotel2Tango (Wolf Parade, Arcade Fire, Godspeed You! Black Emperor).
The first My Dads EP, Winning Hearts and Minds, earned the group sound indie credibility: They taped two songs for Canada's underground art program, ZedTV ; the album was released through Duotone Records in Japan; and it received regular airplay by American radio guru, Nic Harcourt.
Video for "No Farm, No Food, No Future" from the album After Winter Must Come Spring.
Video for "Sea Song" from the album Winning Hearts and Minds. This video was made using excerpts from Arturo's dad's super8 film from a trip to Brooklyn, NY back in 1971. It was also used as a back drop for their performance on ZedTV.
