Artist.......: The Fugitives
Album........: Find Me
Label........: Self Released
Genre........: Indie
Catnr........:
source.......: EP
rip.date.....: 2009-12-02
str.date.....: 2009-10-06
quality......: VBR/44.1 Hz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://www.fugitives.ca
track title time
1. Breaking Promises 3:44
2. To the man found in his apartment seven years 3:23
after his death
3. Music (Live) 4:21
4. Blue Belle Lament 4:03
5. Find Me 3:54
Runtime 19:25
Size 25.48
Release Notes:
If youÆve ever felt lonesome in a crowd, you know that talking to strangers
isnÆt easy. ôFind Meö (EP), is The FugitivesÆ first overture in a
musical conversation with the many, many, many, (many) people in the world who
they donÆt know. This conversation will be completed with the release of a
full-length concept album, due out in March 2010.
To write the 5 tracks on ôFind Me,ö The Fugitives followed the stories of
strangers through newspaper articles, interviews, and good old fashioned
eavesdropping. The result is a thread of narrative songs which explore the
extremes of solitude and isolation. The title track recounts the lonely urgency
of cabin fever, while Track 2,æTo the manàÆ grapples with the life of a man so
isolated he died without anyone noticing. The bandÆs personal response to these
stories finds them in turns passionate, perplexed, and vulnerable û nearly at a
loss for how to connect to the experiences of others but reaching out to do so
nevertheless.
Featuring an impressive cast of guest musicians and guidance from Canadian
Art-Rock icon, Veda Hille, ôFind Meö feels unexpectedly oldfashioned, given the
adventurous musicality of the song-writing. ItÆs not that the songs specifically
reference past genres. The Fugitives are not folkrevivalists. Yet there is a
nostalgic, affectionate ease to the album that serves as a reminder that
conversation is one of the oldest art forms around.
The FugitivesÆ 2007 CD, ôIn Streetlight Communionö was nominated for a Canadian
Folk Music Award for its multi-genre exploration of the boundaries between
storytelling and music. In ôFind Me,ö those boundaries are navigated with
assurance to create a lush world of orchestrated storytelling.
For the past five years, The Fugitives have lived on the road, playing folk
festivals, theatre festivals, literary festivals, dance festivals, and every
kind of venue in between. Their ability to garner acclaim in such a wide variety
of genres is proof that their music has the knack needed to speak to all kinds
of strangers, even those hardest to find and most difficult to accept.