Artist of the Day | LOSER POINTS
ARTIST OF THE DAY
13.06.2020
LOSER POINTS
LOCATION
Edmonton, Alberta
GENRE
Rock
CURRENT MEMBERS
Shawn Taggart
Kurt Anderson
David Lukic
Jason Ezeard
With the current pandemic, the state of the music and touring industry has dramatically changed. Where were you when everything was brought to a halt?
Thankfully, we had just finished a two-week Western Canada tour, and we had all made it back to our homes before everything started shutting down. Things were still pretty normal during our tour, as the first Covid-19 case was not confirmed in Alberta until we were already home for few days.
How has that affected your plans for the coming months? Did you have a tour planned, upcoming album release?
We had started booking a summer tour which has obviously beed put on hold until things normalize. Unfortunately, we did had to cancel a little string of local Alberta shows in early April. We have jumped on the bandwagon of releasing acoustic self-isolation videos on social media which has been going over pretty well. We had recorded an EP last year titled 'Games We Play To Hide' that we had no release plans for. We decided to rush this release a few weeks back via Thousand Islands Records.
What have you been doing to fill/make the most of your new-found free time at home?
The four of us are all in pretty different situations. On a personal level, Ozone is doing a 24-hour indoor bike ride on May 5 & 6 to raise money for healthcare in Central Alberta, so be on the look- out for that. Shawn is focused on writing songs and buying guitars. He sends us a few demos every week so it'll be nice to have a new catalogue to learn when we can get together again. Kurt is still busy working full-time and Dave is finishing up school.
As a band, we have been recording acoustic tracks remotely which has been pretty fun. We are in the midst of recording another single and accompanying music video as well. Recording remotely is pretty different but almost easier. We each have the technology to record our parts at home and send the files into the studio for mixing and mastering.
Favourite quarantine meal?
The weather is finally being decent, so anything BBQ'd right now.
Favourite Starlite Room Moment?
Shawn and Ozone saw Millencolin at Starlite Room in 2016. It was Ozone's birthday, so it was a pretty fun night.
Do you have a message for everyone at home reading this?
Stay safe and hopefully see you soon!
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