Hi there. My name is Matt and I play guitar and sing in The Champion Heartache. Today is the first day of starting this blog, and I thought it might be fun to write from time to time about things happening with the band. In the past year or so, we finally put out our first LP, played some really nice shows including North By Northeast, met some amazing people, and found out what it's like to make music with your best friends.
Now that we've done all we could to support the first effort, we've taken some time off within the past month or so. Some of us got married, some have gone on trips to Nashville and Portland, while others have stayed put attempting to enjoy the last of the summer months. Autumn is my favorite time of the year, so it's rather fitting that we're going to start tracking the new album at the end of October. We've got 10 tracks at the very least that will make the cut, and possibly some new stuff as we haven't even jammed in over a month. I'm excited to try something new this time around. There's been talk of swapping instruments, and letting other members of the band take on lead vocal duties for some tracks too, which would be awesome. In the meantime, we've all got other things happening. My fiancee Karlie and I have been on the market for a new home, so that's been very consuming. Ideally, our next rehearsal space will be in my own basement! Our bass player Trish Robb has been hard at work on her solo album which will hopefully see the light of day before the new year, and Craig our drummer is on his honeymoon right now. Things have been all over the place this summer, but all in all it's been a great one.
I know I won't be updating this everyday, but if there's something significant to talk about, it'll be here. I hope to get some MP3's posted, and I've even toyed with putting up our first album in it's entirety here. In the meantime, here's a link to our 3 song EP.
We don't have much planned other than the following:
August 28th @ Johnny B Club, Whitby
Matt Holtby & Derek Giberson, Evening Hymns and Human Kind
Sept 11th @ Johnny B Club, Whitby
Sean Maclean, The Side Project
Oct 17 @ The Hideout, Toronto
The Champion Heartache, Joe Roncetti
We'll be back with some updates hopefully, plus a day to day recording blog once we get started. xo.
