The Alex P. Keaton

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As “the funnest 10 person band ever” (Chris Kelly, CBC Radio 3), Saskatoon’s Carbon Dating Service has a lot more going for it than just a clever name. Their ambitious and sprawling self-titled debut, released in June 2006, earned the band a comfortable seat on campus and community radio charts nationwide, while the taste-makers at Fluxblog affectionately described their sound as “layers of warm, gentle instrumentation piled on like blankets”. This cozy atmosphere of triumphant pop symphonies, quiet country gems and raucous club bangers provides a perfect arsenal for doing battle with the shivering winters of their hometown.

One year later, Saskatoon’s spring thaw has flooded Carbon Dating Service out of the basement with Polyentendrii, an album that bobs on its very own raft built of duct-taped trombones, flugelhorn, harp, viola, synthesizers, thumb piano, banjo and whirligigs. Exploring their backgrounds in classical, jazz, cute things, lo-fi indie rock and Dungeons & Dragons, Carbon Dating Service spent the winter feverishly disassembling and reassembling songs like malfunctioning electronic appliances. The result is eight unforgettable compositions, with loving attention paid to Masterpiece Theatre flourishes, arm-linking choral interludes, catchy baroque canons and the odd snow-melting explosion.

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ABOUT CADENCE WEAPON

 “Definitely deserves to step into the higher acolytes of the envelope-pushing hip-hop underground, …heavily laden with original hooks, electro keys and confident, conversational rhyme flow; “Black Hand” and “Sharks” are two of the best tracks I’ve heard all year.”
- Eye Weekly

“this is an impossibly accomplished hip hop album, a dense, paranoid party of seedy beats, lascivious synths, ferociously articulate rhymes and shocking cohesion”
- Coke Machine Glow

“some truly stupefying hip-hop. Incorporating minimal beatscapes, video game noises and crafty bursts of synth, his lyrical flow is pure, effortless and playful like a young Canuck Roots Manuva”
- Exclaim!

 

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