Landing Sound

From the studios of Montreal’s Trebas Institute to an up-and-comer Halifax music scene, Phyl La Ferriere is back at work with his brand new project: Landing Sound.

It was an internship in Halifax, after two years at Trebas, with popular rocktronica group The Jimmy Swift Band that gave La Ferriere, from Quebec City, a first-hand look of the thriving community that is East Coast music. In awe of the talent and enthusiasm for his passion in the Maritime’s largest city, La Ferriere made Halifax his permanent home and focused on starting his former band the WAX.
After meeting Adam McLellan – AKA Snug, a talented synth player and electronic producer – and a pile of hard work, the two completed an EP in two weeks and started playing live shows, a lot.

The hard work soon paid off: not long after La Ferriere was awarded Nova Scotia’s Emerging Artist Recording Grant. Along with a few musicians that he and McLellan had met along the way — Jeff Mayhew (drums), James Spray (synth) and James Arsenault (bass) – the group booked time in the Old Confidence Lodge in Riverport, N.S., and with help from sound technician Colin Crowell, produced his first record, “Waiting Room.”
After polishing the band’s lineup, La Ferriere and the crew toured ruthlessly from April 2012 to April 2013, playing no less than 67 shows all over Eastern Canada.
With two years of non-stop focus on The Wax in his wake, La Ferriere took a break from the recording, promoting and touring to spend some much-needed time with his family and write new songs, playing only a few shows here and there, mostly in his home province.
Now back in the swing of things, La Ferriere is working on a set of brand new songs that feature former members of The Wax along with some new additions. Under the name Landing Sound, the rock group is on pace to release its newest work in 2017.

There have been a few highlights along the way:

-Jan 2015: Featured in movie "Hard Drive" produced by William D. MacGillivray (http://harddrivethemovie.com/blog)

May 2013: WON GOLD in the Coast's Best of Music readers' survey in the best artist to be blown away by category

Oct. 2012: Reached the semifinals at the Indie Week Music Festival in Toronto and had songs in rotation of 11 different college radio stations across Canada

Sept. 2012: Featured in “Under the Radar,” (a U.S./international magazine) for October Edition

Fall 2012: Selected to support Maritimes's show "Sportsland" with songs "Rift" and "Waiting Room"



"THE MEMBERS OF HALIFAX band the Wax are working hard to become rock stars with their electronically-infused tunes, but they might become film stars along the way, too."
-Stephen Cook, Chronical Herald

"People took notice, with the group featured in Under the Radar and performing as semi-finalists at Toronto's Indie Week."
-Matthew Ritchie, The COAST

"Phyl La Ferriere’s eerily haunting vocals complimented the fast fingers of keyboardist James Spray to create a sound reflecting a more aggressive Radiohead. The boys of The Wax loved to dance and the close-knit audience seemed to thrive off of La Ferriere’s energy"
- Cory Beetham, GUFF magazine

"Saw these guys live and picked up the album.
they've got a fantastic, full sound. The album is a good showcase of the WAX's abilities as the band cruises through some really great up-tempo tracks and some mellow cuts toward the album's end. The band has mastered catchy riffs and the vocalist displays a wide range from high-pitched wails to softer moments. Highlights on the album are "Rift" and "Eon Highway", two great electronic tracks that raise the blood pressure and are certainly danceable. "Militant" and "N.Y.K." are a bit slower, but extremely catchy. This is a great release debut release for the group and hopeful" - Warwick (iTunes)