Cruel Young Heart

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• Artist: Cruel Young Heart
• Date: Thursday, May 17th 2012
• Time: 8:00pm
• City: Cruel Young Heart in Kelowna
• Venue: Habitat
• Address: 248 Leon Ave
• Country: Canada
• Admission: $7 (pre-sale) $10 (at door)
• Age restrictions: No Minors
• Notes: Fields Of Green Cruel Young Heart Mercy Years Nuuka
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Your favorite flavour of pop tarts are back from Mexico.

We had a great time, I got a chance to catch up on my beer consumption and got a lot of song writing done too. Now that we are back I though I would give you an update before my tan wears off.

We recorded our next single Love & War. We did a special pre-release of the song at The Cellar in Vancouver a while ago. I am putting together a video of our studio experience which will be posted in the near future.

It has been a while since we have release any new music, mostly because we have been so busy playing shows and picking out new stage clothes that will burn a hole in your retina, so we will be bouncing in and out of the studio in the next couple months releasing a few more singles.

We will be heading off to Kelowna, Victoria, Nanaimo for a few more shows, and then Campbell River where we will be headlining at the Canada Day Festival., playing right before the FIREWORKS!!!!!!!!! We will also be doing an acoustic set live on-air at 97.3 The Eagle.

See you next week when we take you into the studio to get a first hand look at all the ‘studio drama’ involved in creating a multi-platinum single. Someone is getting voted out of the studio…..DUN DUN DUuUuUuNNNNNNNNNN………………..

Well…..the unthinkable has happened, we lost! The number one team in the Western Conference beat out by the lowest standing in the first round of the Playoffs. I can only imagine the number of people showing up for work late in the morning with sunglasses on, popping Advil all day. For us hear at CYH headquarters, the hard work is just about to begin. If you’re not aware of our wager with Edmontonians “The Flash Jam”, here are the results. Since the Canucks lost to the Kings, we will be covering a song of theirs and posting it on Youtube. These guys are talented, so believe me when I tell you that by the time we actually start to dig into what ever song it is they choose for us, I’m sure we’ll be spending the first week scraping our jaws up off the floor. Wish us more luck than you did the Canucks!

On to more relaxing things!

James and I have been spending the last week vacationing in Mazatlan, Mexico with our family. We’ve had the pleasure of staying with our aunt and uncle at their time share place which is no more than a minute walk from the beach in the Salomar district.

We have seen some amazing places, from the most lavish condos in the marina to the lowest slums where the people make a living digging through trash at the dump! The most amazing thing is the value of our dollar down here. A person could save up for a year and come live like a king in Mexico! It’s no wonder why so many Canadians and Americans come down here to retire.

Today we went surfing and it was just as hard as I remember. The waves weren’t too amazing, nothing to write home about, but the price…..let me tell you! I can only hope I’ll get another chance to suck at surfing for only $7.50 (100 pesos)!

In other news, I am getting freakin brown!! The locals are starting to approach me speaking Spanish…..”No hablo español!”

See you in a few days Canada!

- Andrew

The last leg of our trip. Kamloops at The Pogue Mahone. We are really starting to feel loved in this town. On the way in we got a case of the munchies, and with The Donut Mill far behind us, we had to resort to a Klondike bar.

Thanks again to Pacho for coming on this trip with us.

Next week we are taking you into the studio for the recording of our single Love & War.

- (in all seriousness) James

After a great night in Calgary we spent the morning having coffee and eggs with Bellwether. But soon after it was time to hit the road for Edmonton to play at The Brixx.

On our way through Red Deer we stopped at The Donut Mill for 2 dozen artery clogging, cream filled, chocolate sprinkled, honey dipped, oversized nuggets of golden pastry goodness. At first we though we had bought enough donuts to make us sick, just what you want before playing a show….but somehow before the night was over they all managed to disappear. Everyone in the bus had a similar story; “how can they all be gone, i only got….like….two….” I am blaming Pacho, it had to be him.

We got to see our good buddies in The Flash Jam, and we got to hang out at the Edmonton military base that night with our very good friend/old room mate/band mate who shall remain nameless. Let’s call him Payton Flavik, and although he wouldn’t let us see where they keep the guns, or even take his tank for a lap around the block, it was cool to see what it would be like to live on a military base. When we make it rich we are going to buy our own army.

Playing at The Brixx was a blast. Lots of people came out, we played with Edmonton’s Zerbin, and From Love To Forfeit. This city has a lot of appreciation for live music, Edmonton people aren’t the type to sit at home and watch funny cat videos on a friday night. Much respect.

Here are a few highlights, please pardon the sound quality, it was very loud in the building and our camera was distorting like crazy. Our people are working on it…..

Happy st. Patricks Day, don’t drink anything I wouldn’t drink

Yomps 604

Acoustic performance of “Make It Through The Night” Filmed in Kelowna by Brandon Fletcher/Awesome Okanagan.

We just came back from playing shows in Nanaimo, Crofton and Victoria, Kelowna and Calgary. We met two fantastic sound men on our travels. Lloyd from Crofton, who ordered two beers at a time (one for himself, and one for his amazing beard) and Darcy from Victoria, a man with more hospitality than a five star hotel. (he let us crash at his house)

We also had the privilege of having Rachel Ashmore come on the road and play synths at our shows. She is small half Japanese girl who can carry three times her body weight in band gear, and is a lot of fun to travel with. She also works at Mushroom/Hipposonic studios in Vancouver where we recorded our EP.

Next we went to Kelowna to play at Flashbacks Niteclub. When we got to the club we found that Hedley was also playing in Kelowna that night right next door at the Prospera Center. Their giant tour busses were parked right across the alley from where we had our little bus parked behind Flashbacks, and we could hear their audience screaming from outside. I can only imagine what it will be like when we are finally on that big stage playing our music to thousands, but for now the party is at Flashbacks. We had a great time performing with Oceans Apart and Nuuka and we got to see our favorite Kelowna brothers Mike and Dave Long who always have a nice soft floor for us to crash on.

The last stop was Calgary. We played at Local 522 with our new friends Bellewether and Escape The Audience. Bellwether’s two front women Carol-Ann and Oksana had the kind of wit and charmingly hilarious stage banter that had the audience howling with laughter between songs. I would like to put them in a head to head match with Tegan and Sara and see who could make the audience loose their urine first. Escape The Audience had some great songs. It was very clear that the guys has a lot of experience with writing and had invested a lot of time into the quality of their sound.

Next friday the 18th we will be playing at the Dodson in Vancouver, an all ages show put on by Rustic Roots productions with Young Liars and The Oh Wells. We are headlining the show, so we will be able to pull out a few surprises for our fans, including some new songs. Be ready to see some flashy stuff. Don’t miss it, or you will just have to come back here and watch the video.

here are some of the best parts of our trip, EN-frickin-JOY!!!!!!!!

- Yomps

Yesterday Cruel Young Heart had the pleasure of being interviewed by Sonja at Youth in 57 Minutes. The band had two 4 minute interviews live on air along with a two ticket give away to the upcoming, “Rustic Roots Presents,” show they are headling on Feb 18th.

Youth in 57 tweeted out to their followers for the ticket give away and within seconds someone had responded and won the tickets!

Thanks to Youth in 57 Minutes for having the band on the show. Cruel Young Heart had a blast as well as myself, Dani manger of Cruel Young Heart.

You can check out Youth in 57 recording of this interview here.

- Dani