A decade of tunes
Racoon Bandit marking 10th anniversary with new singles
Charlottetown music scene favourite, Racoon Bandit, is celebrating a milestone birthday as a group this summer and are poised to release two new singles. To mark a decade of Islandindie-rock, Racoon Bandit are releasing a split-single of songs – “Tattered Star” and “Modern Life” and music videos for each. On July 6, the group will hit the deck at Fishbone’s for a pub show, which will include songs from all four of their self-produced releases. Rising star songwriter Alicia Toner and her band will kick off the night at 11 p.m. with songs from her folk-rock, award-winning album, “I Learned the Hard Way.” Racoon Bandit is also set to perform in Saint John, N.B., on July 9. Their two new songs are being released a couple of days before the event, July 3 and 5. They can be found on iTunes, Spotify and Bandcamp. Music videos were created by P.E.I.’s Chris Robison and were released on the same dates. Racoon Bandit is comprised of Fraser McCallum, Roger Carter, Adam Gallant and Colin Buchanan. “For me, ‘Modern Life’ and ‘Tattered Star’ perfectly represent the two distinct identities of Racoon Bandit. Brash but angelic (‘Modern Life’) and classic but not ancestral (‘Tattered Star’).” Buchanan continues, “Recording just two singles really put focus on finding the right sounds for each song. As for which is the ‘A-side’ and which is ‘the B?’ We’ll let the listener decide.” Buchanan produced the two songs at Charlottetown’s The Hill Sound Studio.
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