If one band is starting to write then the other band will get excited about writing if one band is recording then the other band will get excited about recording. What do you like best about that atmosphere?ĭana Snell: I like how we’re tightly knit. It seems like a kind of family of bands that play with each other: they collaborate and play live shows and switch members and things like that. Popshifter: So you’re a big part of the bands in the Toronto indie scene. ! (laughs)Īndrew Scott: Seven years later? That was like, six years ago, so you’re projecting in one more year we’re gonna be rich! Popshifter: And that’s how they sucked you in?ĭrew Smith: And then seven years later. And then, like two weeks later, they called and said, “We have a show tonight.
Andrew?ĭrew Smith: Randy used to think you looked like Donovan.ĭrew Smith: And you made up fruity songs.Īndrew Scott: First you guys played at the CD release party for the Meligrove Band’s Let It Grow album. right?ĭana Snell: They knew that I played drums so. They wanted a band and they found a bass player in the halls of OCAD. Which is why they’re called the Bicycles.
And then we decided that the Yum Yums was a horrible name.ĭana Snell: And when I met them it was pretty much just Matt and Drew, so they were kind of a two-man show. First year of university, I started a band called the Yum Yums with Randy Lee. Drew, what made you want to start knowing him?ĭrew Smith: Music. It’s true.Īndrew Scott: Truth hurts, man. Matt Beckett: Drew and I went to public school and high school together, although we didn’t hang out.ĭrew Smith: It prevented me from wanting to know you. What was it that made you decide you wanted to be in a band together? Popshifter: Although I’ve seen you play a bunch of times, I don’t actually know the origins of the band, and how you met. Their music is the perfect antidote to a too-hot summer day, so I spoke with them about the band’s history and upcoming release, their favorite warm weather activities, and the highs and lows of summer camp. Instead of autotuned vocals and cookie-cutter lyrics, they employ strings, horns, handclaps, and real-live harmonies, evoking both the wit and whimsy of The Monkees and Nilsson (both of whom they cover flawlessly) without being derivative of either. After all, when a band wears matching T-shirts sporting the letter B, one could expect nothing less.īut don’t confuse The Bicycles’ brand of bubblegum with that of today’s Top 40 artists.
It’s full of sweet-yet cheeky-infectious pop. And waited and waited, along with the rest of their fans.Ģ006’s The Good, The Bad, and The Cuddly was truly worth waiting for. Impressed, I waited for news of a CD release. I saw The Bicycles play on my first trip to Toronto, in 2002. Chewing Bubblegum and Kicking Ass: An Interview With The Bicycles Published on July 30th, 2008 in: Canadian Content, Current Faves, Interviews, Issues, Music, The Summer |
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