Label Obscura has announced that they will be releasing all three of Plumtree’s albums (Mass Teen Fainting // Plumtree Predicts The Future // This Day Won’t Last At All) on vinyl for the first time ever. All three albums were remastered by Toronto’s Lacquer Channel before being pressed on 180gram vinyl with deluxe packaging with new artwork courtesy of Yorodeo and liner notes by someone called Vish Khanna. If you buy all three albums together they will come in a special Plumtree tote bag! They are limited edition of 300 copies, so grab yours here.
Plumtree was a Halifax pop/rock band that existed between 1993 and 2000.
Sisters Carla and Lynette Gillis met Amanda Braden and Nina Martin through music teachers in 1993 when they were all under the age of 17. Four months later, they performed their first set at renowned Halifax all-ages club Cafe Ole. Plumtree’s upbeat “happy” sound quickly caught the ear of local label Cinnamon Toast Records, as well as popular Halifax bands Sloan, Thrush Hermit and Jale. This support helped Plumtree secure high-profile shows at the Halifax Pop Explosion and Toronto’s Edgefest, and kick-started years of touring.
In 1995, Ottawa native Catriona Sturton joined Plumtree after Nina left for university in Montreal. Plumtree maintained a strong national (albeit underground) presence throughout the late ’90s thanks to video airplay, festival appearances, three full-length albums and near-constant touring alongside Thrush Hermit, the Local Rabbits, the Weakerthans, Duotang, Superfriendz, Julie Doiron and the Inbreds. Notable awards included Best Canadian Band Under Twenty from the YTV Achievement Awards (1996) and an East Coast Music Award nomination for Predicts the Future (1998).
During Plumtree’s career, all four members were active in Halifax’s thriving indie music scene. Amanda, Nina and, Lynette had radio shows on Dalhousie University’s CKDU, while Carla produced demos for fledgling punk bands. Carla and Lynette also performed in the pop-punk trio Absolutely Nothing, among other bands. Plumtree’s demise in 2000 was a result of academic aspirations. Carla and Lynette currently live in Toronto and perform in Overnight. Amanda lives in Vancouver, Nina in Chicago and Catriona, who has a solo music career, in Ottawa. Sixteen years later, the ladies remain the best of friends.
What do you think of labels going through artist’s back catalog and releasing their work on vinyl, often for the first time? Which classic release would you like to see vinyl for the first time?
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Good morning! I’ll admit to not knowing Plumtree, but want to check them out. It appears they were popular in Halifax around the same time I was there for university.
Good morning! For everybody’s edification (and collective “sigh, that’s easy” — you’ll see), Catriona Sturton’s first name is pronounced ‘Katreena’ — same as in Katrina.
Second bit, she’s a very good singer, songwriter and guitar player, but she’s also a —>kickass harmonica player. Rare among the girls, it seems to me.
I think a lot of people know about Plumbtree through Scott Pilgrim
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaxuDUcu55M
Yup. They were real indie, real small, real regional. Whereas the Hip were regularly reaching the Canadian pop-rock mainstream.
I don’t have any Canadian vinyl but I want these (I’ll have to wait until Monday to pre-order though)
I’m excited to check them out. I’ve seen the Scott Pilgrim movie, but didn’t make the connection to the band.
Frank Turner interviews John K Samson on punk, Bob Dylan, and his career so far
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/frank-turner-interviews-john-k-samson-the-weakerthans-album-a7605566.html
Hm, will read. (I’ve gotten a ticket for JKS in early April.) (Despite it being at a place I don’t like.)
I re-booked my accommodation for my visit to see him in Manchester when I realized I had booked my train down for the day before it needed to be there *facepalm*
Probably a good thing you realized it before you got on the train!
I was just thinking that myself
Plumtree had the song Scott Pilgirm, the comics were made using that name, those were made into a movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb3TWNzMSr0
I am glad you caught the date mix up early Garf. Oops.
Evidently, she’s saying “I’ve liked you for a thousand years”
I always heard it as “a dozen years”
Misheard lyrics are fun.
http://www.kissthisguy.com/
Update on Gloin the figureprint, when they discovered the mistake they tried to block the delivery with the courier but they evidently have a huge in-house communication problem. Myself and the sender, Fabzat, were both trying to get that delivery stopped but they just kept trying to get it to me. So now the courier is scheduled to pick it up tomorrow and Fabzat has sent me the money I had paid in custom duties. Gloin will soon be on his way home. He is an adventurous dwarf.
Little Gloin is definitely well travelled
My page seems to be doing a refresh thing. It keeps bouncing around.
I have no idea what would cause that
It happens with mine too.
I think it’s when the picture changes at the top.
what browsers are you using?
I have tested it on Windows 10 using Firefox and Chrome and it ‘s not moving up and down here.
I’ll remove the smaller image, let me know if that helps (I may have to remove the entire slide show)
Internet explorer.
It seems to have stopped after I manually cycled through the pictures.
The first picture doesn’t have the Plumtree logo at the bottom which makes it a different size.
That will probably do it.
The 3 square images were album covers
Sorry, it was the first (and last) time I had tried doing that
I only found it could be done by accident
I am on Firefox on Mac and yes it was just today it was doing it.
No worries. I just have this screen in the background & check it every once in awhile.
Theoretically, I’m supposed to be working.
Likewise Scott. Hehe
Darbar, I’m glad the Gloin chronicles were resolved and you didn’t have to pay out of pocket for it.
This place is as close as I get to work
Me too Janet.
the sisters were also the sisters who were behind Sister, right? who did an EP a few years ago that R3 (may it rest in peace) played a single from, called Wishbone, if I recall correctly
That is correct
hey, is Ben Caplan playing in the city that rhymes with fun?
I highly recommend going to see him if you haven’t (darbar, since you’re the only one down there who is online)
He is very entertaining
Yes he is coming to Regina I saw. I do plan on going. I had some candy cigarettes of his from NXNE. Ha!
hmm…just got an “Oops! this page could not be found” while trying to post
wonder if streaming from that bandcamp thing up there did it?
anyway, was pondering going to see Blackie & the Rodeo Kings on Monday. It costs a lot more to see them here than in Regina, which is weird. Maybe the Broadway is a lot smaller than the casino
That is weird. I was contemplating going to that show as well.
And I just had a comment disappear.
I’m a big fan of Blackie & the Rodeo Kings. I’ve been patiently waiting for them to end up at RFF. As Matty points out, though, they don’t appear to be Sandra’s cup o’ tea…
either that or they haven’t been touring when RFF is on in the past 5 years. that IS entirely possible, given that they all have solo careers as well, but you’d think we’d see ONE of the solo acts there or something
Hard to know for sure what goes on. Sandra has been there a long time now and it may be time for someone else to take on the job.
I am listening to an album by Jensen Sisters and Ben Monder for Polaris research. It is a good album but it is making me sleepy right now.
are you allowed to talk about this publicly?
I don’t know why not. It is just albums released in the time period. That one happens to be one recommended by another juror but there has been no voting done yet.
I have just been listening to a lot of albums in preparation.
I will not be sharing who said what and taking screen shots of conversations. That part is private.
Hmm Rose Cousins will be here next week as well. I really enjoyed her new album.
awwwww, why not? 🙂
Hehe. Grant isn’t there anyways. :p
g’night folks
Night Garf and anyone else lurking.