Jun. 01, 2011 - Issue #815: Nextfest 2011
100 Mile House
The band, which includes Scott Zubot on a variety of instruments and often includes Tom Murray on bass and Tyrn Armstrong on the drums, was buoyed by the lack of constraints that home recording afforded: without having to watch the clock fastidiously, the album could reveal itself over time more naturally.
"Everyone has an idea of how they want their music to sound in their heads, and it gives you the ability to get it out no matter how long it takes," explains Stone, of the advantages of recording at home. "A lot of it we did know how we wanted it to sound before we started and then it was just a matter of finding it, but there's always bits that catch you along the way where you find something great by accident. Like you record on the wrong mic and then you go, 'What's that sound?' Mistakes sometimes show the greatest stuff."
100 Mile House began life in England, where Stone hails from. After meeting MacKay in Toronto, the couple lived together in Edmonton for a year, moved to London for four and eventually returned to Alberta's capital. Those movements, as well as the constant displacement of one half of the couple, form the bedrock of Hollow Ponds' themes.
"Since we've met one of us has always lived away from home," Stone says of his relationship with his wife. "There's this constant thing where, no matter how good a time you're having, you're not at home. As much as I really enjoy Edmonton—and can't see myself ever leaving Edmonton—there's always that constant feeling you're not at home, and there are a lot of songs on the album influenced by that."
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