Hot on the hooves of Whitehorse’s announcement about a new record, Leave No Bridge Unburned, to be released on February 17, 2015, comes follow-up news confirming an expansive headline tour from West Coast to Canada’s capitol in April-May 2015.
Whitehorse launched the new album with a sparse and sinewy video for “Sweet Disaster,” a piece that longtime fan Grant Lawrence (CBC) calls a “sultry cross between ‘Stand By Me’ and ‘True Detective.’” The song is about space, time and love, nestled in an idea about a one-way ticket to planet Mars.
Whitehorse's live show is built on mesmerizing guitar work and smoldering vocal chemistry, but also brings much more to the stage with complex layers of percussion, keyboard and telephone receiver amplification, tangled like an embrace with the help of looping pedals. Their sold out Winter Garden Theatre show in February, 2012 signaled their unquestionable arrival as a band.
Individually, Luke and Melissa have been recognized with awards and nominations from the Juno Awards, the Canadian Folk Music Awards, the Hamilton Music Awards, the Independent Music Awards and Polaris. Together, Luke and Melissa create music that cascades forth, rushing like currents fluid and electric. More than the sum of considerable talents, Whitehorse showcases the rarity of true give and take in partnership, uniting falcon with songbird to dramatic effort.
Whitehorse breaks headlong and heartstrong in pursuit of it all, cards on the table, everything on the line. Luke and Melissa figure the odds the way travelers count miles, undaunted by twists and turns of luck and road, so let dice and wheels roll.
VIP packages (which include tickets) are available through http://www.ticketbreak.com/whitehorse starting Fri. Nov 21st.
Performing in the Regina Rosen Auditorium, Grand Theatre.
Tickets are $39.50 or $34.50 plus HST and handling fee.
