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For example, having a kids table at the show - set up
with vintage video games - is one way they're trying to
experiment.
The band's latest album, Sweet Nostalgia, was written
around the theme of '80s and '90s nostalgia, a concept
album that Goudreault says is meant to be a bit like a
classic 1980s summer movie, in album form.
also bring a changed game, " continues Elmes. " Just a new,
overall experience, and a new type of show coming out of
Covid. "
And there's certainly the excitement of getting to start
" TOURING FROM 2004 TO 2012, THAT'S A
LONG TIME. AND THEN TO TAKE ALL OF
THAT TIME OFF UNTIL NOW - WE KIND
OF HAVE NO CLUE WHAT TO EXPECT "
-Francy Goudreault
" I think that in the last couple of years, with what we've
all collectively faced, nostalgia is a good way of escaping
those things, " says Elmes. " We can look back into the past
and think about those good times. "
But they also know you can never really escape the
present. " We know that the game has changed, but we can
over. The music business has changed considerably in the
18 years since the band first toured, and now the veteran
ensemble, made up of people who've been in the music
industry for a while, get to experience
it fresh again. It's fun, Goudreault
says, but it's also a journey into the
unknown for them.
" Touring from 2004 to 2012, that's
a long time, " says Goudreault. " And
then to take all of that time off until
now - we kind of have no clue what to
expect. "
" When a band like this takes some
time off, and you're coming back to live shows, you've got to
do it with humility and respect for other artists who have
been at the grind that whole time, " sums up Elmes. " And it's
important to be honest with ourselves - this is who we are,
and this is what we want to do. Take it step-by-step; just
take it one day at a time. "
KIERAN DELAMONT
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