This caused V2 to smartly realize they needed вЂњsome young blood to make the decisions,вЂќ leading to their hiring of TorontoвЂ™s hotshot live music promoter Eric Warner. We expected to release it ourselves on CD-Rs and call it a day.вЂќДЄs Small recalls, the Canadian offshoot of UK major label V2 Records mistakenly passed on several Toronto artists who would go on to become household names. Then at the same time Jay was writing everything on piano, Darcy and I started getting heavily into The Flaming LipsвЂ™ вЂThe Soft BulletinвЂ™ and Neil YoungвЂ™sВ вЂOn the BeachвЂ™.We were really excited about it, but just thought people would laugh at our stupid album.

вЂњNo one was making a mid-tempo, mostly piano record at the time unless they were Vanessa Carlton. вЂњWe were creating something we didnвЂ™t think anyone would put out,вЂќ laughs bassist Michael Small. Returning from a tour of Western Canada, the bandвЂ™s core trio of Jason Nunes, Darcy Rego and Michael Small began recordingВ вЂPlanets Conspire,вЂ™ an album with an unlikely clash of influences that would change the course of their musical careers. After self-releasing theirВ debut album вЂStars & GuitarsвЂ™ in their early 20s, the MeligrovesвЂ™ sophomore effort вЂLet It GrowвЂ™В saw them sign to WinnipegвЂ™s Endearing Records, then home to Canadian stalwarts such as Julie Doiron, Destroyer, and Plumtree. More about The Meligrove Band? The Meligrove Band emerged from TorontoвЂ™s early aughts indie-rock boom in a scene that included future members of Final Fantasy and Death From Above 1979. They will be joined by fellow Toronto indie-rockers The Bicycles and a 20th anniversary appearance fromВ HamiltonвЂ™s Mayor McCa. On Nov.В 24th at Toronto venue LeeвЂ™s Palace, The Meligrove Band will celebrate the вЂPlanets ConspireвЂ™В reissue with their final live performance. The Meligrove BandвЂ™s вЂPlanets ConspireвЂ™В will be released on November 10th byВ Label Obscura.В ItвЂ™s available for preorder here. A gatefold jacket features collages by frontman Jason Nunes, including song-by-song credits to (in The Meligrove BandвЂ™s words) вЂњhelp you really nerd out.вЂќ Pre-orders of the album include an original double-sided tour poster printedВ in 2006. Spread over two vinyl records and remastered, Label ObscuraвЂ™s 2017 edition of вЂPlanets ConspireвЂ™ sounds bigger and better than ever before, with sonic detail unheard on any previous release.

Originally released in 2006, this long out of print piano-driven indie-pop epic became a breakthrough for the Toronto band, leading to their signing as the first Canadian group on UK major label V2 Records. Continuing its deluxe reissues of Canadian classics, Label Obscura has announced the release the definitive double LP edition of The Meligrove BandвЂ™s вЂPlanets Conspire on November 10th.

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