Thus:Owls

02/06 Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal, Festival International de Jazz de Montréal. (CA), Tickets HERE
03/06 Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal, Festival International de Jazz de Montréal. (CA), Tickets HERE
04/06 Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal, Festival International de Jazz de Montréal. (CA), Tickets HERE

13/07 Winnipeg Folk Music Festival *Duo performance*, Winnipeg (CA), Tickets HERE

26/07 Prince Island Park, Calgary Folk Music Festival, Calgary (CA), Tickets HERE
27/07 Prince Island Park, Calgary Folk Music Festival, Calgary (CA), Tickets HERE
28/07 Prince Island Park, Calgary Folk Music Festival, Calgary (CA), Tickets HERE

07/08 L’Ange Cornu, L’Assomption, QC (CA), Tickets HERE

10/10 Cabaret-Théâtre du Vieux Sain-Jean, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC (CA), Tickets HERE

11/10 Café-Théâtre Coté-Cour, Jonquiere QC (CA), Tickets HERE

Starting an opening tour with our favorite band Patrick Watson today!! We’ve also squeezed in a show of our own at Le Cercle in Quebec City. Happy easter people!!

31/03 Théâtre Lionel-Groulx – Sainte-Thérèse (CA) w/ Patrick Watson
03/04 Théâtre Hector-Charland – L’Assomption (CA) w/ PAtrick Watson
04/04 Le Cercle – Québec (CA), Tickets HERE
05/04 La Ferme – Baie Saint-Paul (CA) w/ Patrick Watson
06/04 Théâtre Palace Arvida – Saguenay (CA) w/ Patrick Watson

Nous serons en tournée à travers le Québec durant les prochains mois! À quel spectacle serez-vous?

16/02 Boquebière — Sherbrooke (CA)
21/02 Black Sheep Inn w/ Joe Grass — Wakefield (CA)
22/02 PHI Center as part of “Festival Montréal en lumière” w/ Joe Grass — Montreal (CA)
31/03 Théâtre Lionel-Groulx – Sainte-Thérèse (CA) w/ Patrick Watson
03/04 Théâtre Hector-Charland — L’Assomption (CA) w/ PAtrick Watson
04/04 Le Cercle — Québec (CA)
05/04 La Ferme — Baie Saint-Paul (CA) w/ Patrick Watson
06/04 Théâtre Palace Arvida — Saguenay (CA) w/ Patrick Watson

BIG, BIG DAY!!

We have now released “Harbours” in Benelux with Kytopia Records based in the Netherlands and the album is also available world wide on Itunes! Along with this big event we are making a little tour and we hope to see you at some of these shows! xx

25/01 Le Poudriere – Belfort (FR) HERE
27/01 Ekko – Utrecht (NL) Tickets HERE
28/01 Merleyn – Nijmegen (NL), Tickets HERE
30/01 Iboat – Bordeaux (FR) HERE
31/01 Le Fuzz Yon – La Roche Sur Yon (FR) Tickets HERE
01/02 La Boule Noir – Paris (FR) Tickets HERE

It’s time to take a break, to rest and spend some time with our loved ones. We want to Thank YOU for this year, for your support and for sharing music with us , for creating magical moments that we will remember and carry close to our heart for the rest of our lifes.

We’ll be back in january again with a tour and release in Europe. There are many exciting things to look forward too. But first, have some wonderful holidays and we’ll meet again next year!

I WEED THE GARDEN – The Kytopia Sessions #2:

25 JAN – HARBOURS  OUT IN BENELUX!!

SHOW DATES EUROPE JAN/FEB 2013
25 Jan – Le Poudriere, Belfort, FR
27 Jan – Ekko, Utrecht, NL
28 Jan – Merleyn, Nijmegen, NL
30 Jan – Iboat, Bordeaux, FR
31 Jan- Le Fuzz Yon, La Roche Sur Yon, FR
01 Feb – La Boule Noir, Paris, FR

An early X-mas gift to you all!!

We went to Utrecht for a week in november to make some music with the Kytman Orchestra. This is a little taste of what we came up with!! We had so much fun with these amazing musicians and beautiful human beings. Enjoy!!

Thus:Owls live Montreal Oct 3 2012 – Photo: Susan Moss

The Montréal based ethereal folk outfit Thus:Owls, lead by the powerful voice of Swedish born Erika Angell & her Quebecois husband Simon Angell, releases following tour dates as of today:

2/06 Laval QC @ Salle André-Mathieu &

2/07 Lavaltrie QC @ Chasse-Galerie

2/16 Sherbrooke QC @ Boquebière

2/21 Wakefield QC @ Black Sheep Inn *

2/22 Montreal QC @ Phi Centre (Festival Montreal en Lumiere) *

2/24 Terrebonne QC @ Moulin Neuf

& w/ Louis-Jean Cormier
* w/ Joe Grass

Thus:Owls released their second studio album ‘Harbours’ last month on Avalanche Productions – reaching #8 Most Popular Artist on HYPE MACHINE – and heavily praised by media across the world:

“…carefully arranged, moving and melancholic pop with cinematic elements that’s just simply beautiful.” – THE GUARDIAN (Music Across The Map)

“No record in recent memory has given me the chills as consistently as Harbours” – TORONTO STAR

“…eerie, evocative music to transport you to faraway places” – 4/5 MONTREAL GAZETTE

“…the record sounds less like an ideal couple’s vacation than it does the weight of being apart” – THE FADER

“It’s this ability to keep a listener intrigued for such a prolonged period of time, whether it’s a five-minute production or an entire album, which reveals the talent behind Thus:Owls” – EXCLAIM!

“Thus:Owls – unreserved recommendation…” LA PRESSE

“Each stylistic influence Thus:Owls draws from works in their favor, as Harbours succeeds in establishing a sound all their own” – NIGHTLIFE

Direct any Thus:Owls press inqueries to:
(French) – Jean Lamothe lamozik@videotron.ca
(English) – Jonas Edvinsson jonas@edvinssonpublicity.com

We spent some amazing days in Utrecht last week in wonderful Kytopia land!! We were invited to record some songs with The Kytopia Orchestra in their studio and we had spent days and nigths writing arrangements for them. A string quartet, a brass quartet and a 15 piece choir!! Not every day you get the opportunity to do that. It sounded so beautiful and we had so much fun. The whole shabang was filmed so you will all be able to take part of it very soon. We just want to say THANK YOU to the Kytopia Orchestra!!

We can also announce that our album Harbours will be released in Benelux by Kytopia Records in January 2013!!

Here are some more pictures from the projekt: http://www.flickr.com//photos/willemkuijpers/sets/72157631980574018/show/

We are very sorry to announce that our show in Terrebonne this upcoming week is moved to the spring. The new date for the show is february 24th. Hope we’ll see you then instead, when the light is on it’s way back again after the winter!

All the best!

Thank you so much for coming out to celebrate the release of Harbours at Lion d’Or the other night. We had an absolutely amazing night!! We haven’t quite landed yet and are still overwhelmed and very happy! Tack, tack, tack!

Photo: Susan Moss