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Released March 16, 2019
The Vanrays: EastVan Soul from Vancouver BC Canada
It's a Motown beat down in a shark skin suit. It's wailing like its gospel while they're laying in the boots. It's a curb stomping rhythm on the corner of control. It's a nod in the direction, when all the shoes had leather souls. And to when those shoes were twisting, to Otis and to James. And so now do, The Vanrays too, we are here to do the same.
Our first recording in 2018 was intended to be a quick demo recording to show to venues and the like to drum up gigs for our new creation. As we went forward in the recording, we realized that we had to polish these songs and release it as our first EP in 2019.
It was a very indie affair, with tracks recorded in Brian's living room (minus the furniture) with overdubs recorded in Brian's basement and additional keys recorded in Gord's garage. And the video for Hey Barcelona was filmed in just over an hour at practice on some iPhones and cut together at home.
It was, indeed, the beginning of something special.
Spencer McKinnon: vocals
Phil Addington: bass
Eric Cottrell: guitar & backing vocals
Eric Lowe: drums & backing vocals
Scott McLeod: lead guitar
Gordon Rempel: electric piano & organ
Leroy (Andy) Pierpont: trombone
Peter Juric: trumpet
Produced By Brian Barr and The Vanrays
Engineered by Brian Barr
Mastered by Glen Hollingshead
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