"Calgary's most treasured garage-pop band" (FFWD Magazine)
"Their blend of
’90s alt-rock (more Rentals and Pixies than angst-laden grungers) and
’70s power-pop is positively infectious." (FFWD)
"...blends sock-hop-ready mod-pop hooks with the buzzed-out guitars of 90's garage-inspired indie rock." (Swerve Magazine)
A lust for all that is lovely and loamy and slippery and sun-licked
coupled with the fervent desire to crawl all over peoples of this same
persuasion, inspired these kids to attempt to make contact with kindred
spirits through the mass-communication possibilities of a dusty little
scrum of a rock n roll band. Too impatient to learn their instruments,
they instead forced their instruments to learn what their fingers could
already do, and immediately began recording demos. Too poor to afford
proper gear, they were forced to use ghetto blasters as amps, and
rather than replace strings as they broke on their no-name guitars they
simply fiddled with the tuning. Finally one day they took the bottles
back and bought a used rental 4-track. Pine Tarts are JJ, Jester, and
Mike. They are ever searching for the sounds to fill joydrunken hearts
with love and fire. They want small shows, not big ones, they want to
drink wine in the parking lot with the audience after the gig and jump
in lakes with all the beautiful boys and girls they meet. They have
been spotted, on midsummers' eve, when the green aurora cast …
"Calgary's most treasured garage-pop band" (FFWD Magazine)
"Their blend of
’90s alt-rock (more Rentals and Pixies than angst-laden grungers) and
’70s power-pop is positively infectious." (FFWD)
"...blends sock-hop-ready mod-pop hooks with the buzzed-out guitars of 90's garage-inspired indie rock." (Swerve Magazine)
A lust for all that is lovely and loamy and slippery and sun-licked
coupled with the fervent desire to crawl all over peoples of this same
persuasion, inspired these kids to attempt to make contact with kindred
spirits through the mass-communication possibilities of a dusty little
scrum of a rock n roll band. Too impatient to learn their instruments,
they instead forced their instruments to learn what their fingers could
already do, and immediately began recording demos. Too poor to afford
proper gear, they were forced to use ghetto blasters as amps, and
rather than replace strings as they broke on their no-name guitars they
simply fiddled with the tuning. Finally one day they took the bottles
back and bought a used rental 4-track. Pine Tarts are JJ, Jester, and
Mike. They are ever searching for the sounds to fill joydrunken hearts
with love and fire. They want small shows, not big ones, they want to
drink wine in the parking lot with the audience after the gig and jump
in lakes with all the beautiful boys and girls they meet. They have
been spotted, on midsummers' eve, when the green aurora casts its claws
above Cascade, on Banff Avenue with an elk skeleton.
Gordon Lightfoot, Leonard Cohen, Libertines, Pulp, Weezer, The Dishrags, Pointed Sticks, T.REX, The Misfits, The Modern Lovers, The Stooges
