Expertise:Fun music founded on acoustic guitar and harmony vocals, full of strange and funny lyrics, played with enjoyment and energy. Occupation:Artist Industry:Entertainment
I (Justin) am just back from a wonderful couple of weeks staying with Byron and his lovely family up in Goose Bay, Labrador. You can check out a CBC radio piece about the workshops I gave at the Labrador Creative Arts Festival. You may remember that Byron and I did a filmmaking workshop there 4 years ago, resulting in the Close To You video. After the Festival clued up on Tuesday, Byron and I had a few days to hang out and work on the album. We actually got a surprisingly large amount accomplished! It's very exciting to see this project coming so close to completion!
A friend of ours asked us to post Keep The Hope (The Moustache Song) from our first album. We put together a quick slideshow to accompany it, featuring all sorts of moustachish goodness. It's posted in our new Youtube account, which will hopefully soon be home a some new and exciting things. So do feel free to subscribe so you can be the first to see and hear what's coming up!
Keren Ann just posted her four favourite remixes out of the over 60 submitted so far, and ours is one of them!! We're flattered and very excited that she's enjoying our effort. If you haven't yet taken a listen, please do!
Well after a few minor technical hiccups, we are proud to present the first new recorded Ticklish Brother material in quite some time! It's not, however, from the upcoming album. It's a remix of a song by a favourite artist of ours, Keren Ann. The song is called My Name Is Trouble, and it's the first single from her upcoming album "101". The Ticklish Brother version strips away the drums, guitar and keyboards and replaces them with lots of choral goodness. It's not necessarily what you'd expect, and we hope you'll enjoy it. You can check out the original version on youtube, and then give ours a listen on the remix site.
Yes, that's the stage we're at with the new album. Pretty much all the songs have their core identities established, and most of the recording left to do is the little touches and flourishes that will make it extra-special. Interestingly, its release will coincide with the 15th anniversary of Ticklish Brother! Yes, it's been a long and crazy journey since 1996, but we're still going strong and extremely excited about unleashing these new songs.
We will be dropping some tidbits very soon, and as the release draws nearer, we will be hoping for your help to spread the word and share the strange, folky fun with the uninitiated. Feel free to Like us on Facebook, and we welcome every little scrap of feedback that you send our way.
