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now they’re IN
Canadian.
Cases, that is.
The Ottawa band is one of six groups chosen for
the latest promotion from the brewers who brought
you The Rant. Their song So Real was selected
from the IndieBlast ’00 CD, which features
18 Canadian bands, for a CD which is packaged in
some cases of Molson Canadian beer.
It’s great news for the local quartet, who
will release their first full-length album Half
Built Set in September. They play upcoming gigs
at both Barrymore's and The Black Sheep.
“It’s great,” said drummer Marco
Rayes of the Molson promotion. “We get a bit
of money and some exposure.”
The exposure from both the beer campaign and the
IndieBlast CD can only help the band as they try
to market and sell their new CD, which Rayes
describes as “a raw pop groove with a
dancehall underbelly.”
“Speaking it sounds retarded,” said
Rayes. “Maybe written down sounds a little
better.”
While Lister — part of the Fresh Festival
2000 bill earlier this month — has been
playing since the late ’90s, it’s taken
a couple of years to get everything together for
a full release.
“It’s really difficult to get things
done without some money behind you, and a
team,” said Rayes, whose band’s first
big break came in ’98 when their song Half
As Good was played on popular TV shows
Dawson’s Creek and Party of Five.
But back then the band was known as Zoe. The name
was changed shortly after they finally started
getting some exposure due to confusion with other
bands who had the same name — now, Lister is
trying to re-establish its identity.
“No matter what we do, it’s always
‘the band formerly known as Zoe’,”
said Rayes with a hint of laughter. “(Even
Zoe) still means nothing to them.”
The song Half As Good, which still gets
occasional play on local radio stations, will be
part of the full album, but is not a featured
song.
“We have much better songs now,” Rayes
says. “It seems like a different era. The
band has evolved a great deal, songwriting and in
the studio especially.”
July 21, 2000
LISTER
At: Barrymore’s, July 29
Tickets: $6 at the door
At: Black Sheep Inn August
11
Tickets: $5 in advance and at the door
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“We have much
better songs now. It seems like a different era.
The band has evolved a great deal, songwriting
and in the studio especially.”
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