Paddle to the sea

Paddle to the Sea is a 3 piece nugaze band from Montreal, Quebec. Their self-released debut LP “Insert Home Delete End” released in April 2016 was produced by Robert Martins (The Fuzzy Bees/The 222s) and could be likened to power pop with allusions to the Flannel-clad grunge days of the early 90s. They will be digitally releasing a new single "Arrow Song" and a B-side "Skipping Stone" on digital platform Bandcamp on the opening day of Canadian Music Week 2017 and will be playing a CMW showcase on Tuesday, April 18th at Bovine Sex Club in Toronto, Ontario. Their new single and b-side will be released on Spotify, iTunes, and other platforms later on in 2017 along with a second LP still being recorded at Sound Module with Producer Fern Bouie (The Blushing Brides). With a sound that is hard to pigeonhole into a typical musical genre, Paddle to the Sea plays loud, fast, melodic post-punk songs with echoes of the past and with an unblinking, stoic eye towards the looming Trump-driven dystopian future. If interrogated by the CIA at a black Ops site somewhere in Albania at gunpoint, Philip Shearing would say that they play nugaze, a sort of hybrid of shoegaze and 1990s grunge. They have been interviewed on Concordia Radio (CJLO 1690AM, The Go Go Radio Magic Show) numerous times in the past few years and are also about to be featured on notable zine "Forget the Box" (http://www.forgetthebox.net) in an upcoming podcast episode. PTTS has shared a stage with notable acts such as Rusty, The Nils, Pet Sun, The 222s, Lightbulb Alley, Bucky Harris, The Barrel Heads, Rival, Mooch, Open Air, and Dearly Beloved. They also founded their own music festival "Basin Fest" to celebrate the bands that share their jam space building on Basin Street in Griffintown (http://www.basinfest.com). Philip Shearing (The Dissonants/Chemical Swings) handles lead vocals and guitar and Shawn Murray plays drums and also does some live vocals. Former Arcade Fire drummer Dane Mills appeared on the debut LP. Nugaze power trio from Montreal, Quebec, Canada