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Hey guys,
If you’re still reading this, we’ve moved. Well kinda. If you’re reading this, our new page is http://thecircuit.ca/.
Thanks for all of the TRAVIS love over the years. It truly means a lot.
Enjoy!
Your lovers,
The TRAVIS team
– Steph Martyniuk
The vision of Charge of the Light Brigade is truly a focused one. Even the most reluctant of listeners will agree; with The Defiant Ones, this is a band that certainly cannot be stopped.
The debut LP from Charge of the Light Brigade combines intense, punk-influenced melodies with an irresistible pop sensibility yet there are no tracks that pander; instead, this collection of thirteen tracks has a vision that will leave listeners helpless.
Guitarist/songwriter Luke Sneyd has long been a fixture on the Toronto scene, originally as the guitarist for electro-rock act Mountain Mama. Two solo releases included an early demo of his track ‘The Prisoner’ that was a finalist in the Unisong International Songwriting Contest, and the video won him a Top 5 spot in the Great Canadian Band Challenge, competing for a deal with Universal Canada. And now, with new songs and new collaborators, The Defiant Ones is an honest and earnest culmination of five years of work.
Strong themes of doomed heroism and the terminal tick of relationships gone awry abound here. They’re heard in the resilient sprawl of ‘Fastest of The Losers’, the furious early 90’s punk stomp of ‘Charge!!’ and finally, a moody but ultimately fulfilling cover of ‘Atlantic City,’ which serves as the album’s closer. Each track drives its way into your subconscious with alarming and altogether defiant grace. It’s an honest approach that fuels the entire record. Candid emotions are abundant in every song.
Charge of the Light Brigade is a collaboration between songwriter Luke Sneyd and producer Marc Koecher, with bassist Jason Eagan (Clockwise, Ryan Luchuck), and drummers Zack Mykula (Bella Clava, Inhumanoids) and Owen Tennyson (Blue Peter, Rough Trade).
I don’t think it could end any more perfect than this:
It’s culturally relevant, it’s fairly accurate, and it resolves perfectly because Rules of Engagement is on next.
– Bryan
– Steph Martyniuk
– Steph Martyniuk
I’m in the final stretch of my internship, and I’m starting to get the itch. To be honest, the only reason I’ve hung on this long is because I’m a serial abandoner. There’s something about the final stretch that makes me restless to get onto the next thing. I was missing two courses from university when I dropped out (I finished two years later). I dropped out of college with one final semester after I was offered a handful of jobs and an internship. And if I didn’t have those two priors glaring at me, I’d probably be long gone from my internship.
I enjoyed the experience. It’s nice to be young and to get to work downtown and be close to the city. The problem is that I failed to ask the right questions, and I fear that the next generation of interns will follow suit, as few of us have many role models in interning.
I was offered an internship pretty quickly. It was within the first handful I applied for, and I know a lot of people may have had difficulty, but I was an eager beaver and applied more than six months ahead of the pack. The memory of summer interns was still fresh in the minds of employers when I came a-knocking. I dressed for the part, I packaged a professional looking portfolio with my best work, and I familiarized myself with the magazine.
The problem was that I had asked what I could do for them, and not what they could do for me. I was trying to sell them on giving me an internship rather than figure out if it was right for me. In retrospect, I should have made sure the internship was tailored to my needs. I came into it looking for a job and some real world experience.
Doesn’t mean we won’t post a lot of stuff!
There’ll be lots coming up this week and some big things happening, so make sure you check back!
– Bryan
– Steph Martyniuk
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