Woodhands are back with Remorsecapade
Toronto – Woodhands is set to unleash their follow-up to 2008’s critically acclaimed debut Heart Attack. The band’s second album, Remorsecapade, will be released on Paper Bag Records on January 26th 2010. with a coast to coast Canadian tour planned through February. In the meantime, watch for the debut of the band’s video for stand-out track “CP24” over the next couple of weeks.
“’CP24’ is a little joke about my tendency to sensationalize emotions,” says Dan Werb. “I wondered what it would be that would get me on the news…and ‘CP24’ is a little portrait of that. Please note that I haven’t actually burned down any of my girlfriends’ apartments with roman candles.”
Remorsecapade dives deeper into the emotional territory of Heart Attack, painting strangely compelling portraits of lost souls inhabiting the late night abyss of dance clubs (“I Should Have Gone With My Friends”), sweaty handholding (“Pockets”), and – of course – heartbreak, here described as ‘doubling’. The album runs from the deceptive bubble gum pop arrangement of “Dissembler” to the explosive punk rock/electro hybrid of “Coolchazine”, and throughout, Woodhands offers listeners a rich journey through the scorched landscape of what the duo’s sweaty brand of electro has now become: risky, emotionally resonant, and highly addictive.
“For me, Remorsecapade totally captures the ups and downs and insanity of interpersonal relationships,” says Werb. “All pop music is about love, but our pop music is about how fucking insane love can be.”
Since dropping their debut album in April 2008, Woodhands has been touring constantly with dates across North America, Japan, China, and Europe. Along with their hectic touring schedule, Dan and Paul have also been cranking out remixes and cover tracks (including a version of ‘Electric Avenue’ blessed by Eddy Grant himself) that have attracted high-level praise from the likes of Rolling Stone, NME and Q Magazine which named Woodhands as one of ‘The Ten Best New Bands On Earth’ in their post-SXSW issue this year.
While Heart Attack appeared on a slew of “Best of 2008” year end lists including “Best Electro Album” from iTunes Canada, their live show has to be seen to be believed: no pre-programmed samples, no laptops, no safety net: just two hyperkinetic, high-energy performers bringing the party as hard as possible, a little different each time.
Remorsecapade Track Listing:
1. Pockets
2. Talk
3. CP24
4. Sluts
5. Coolchazine
6. I Should Have Gone With My Friends
7. Dissembler
8. When The Party Is Over
9. I Want To Be Together
10. How To Survive A Remorsecapade (Outro)
