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POORFOLK

Cannot fall into the familiar. Perhaps this phrase, like none other on Poorfolk’s upcoming sophomore release best describes the sonic trudge forward of this Montreal-cum-Ottawa quartet.

If Poorfolk’s first album was a work of classic bedroom rock, these new recordings showcase a different sound entirely: singer-guitarist Jonathan Pearce’s personal/political lyrics are still recognizable, but are now bolstered by a muscular rhythm section, frantic, dueling guitar interplay and gang-chanting choruses. So…what happened to that guy-and-a-four-track bedroom rock from the first record? Where did this sweaty indie-rock rave-up come from?

For Poorfolk it happened back on familiar ground. While 5,000 bands were busy crowding into Montreal’s shit-hot hipster clubs, Jonathan Pearce and Scott Freeman got out and back to their sleepy hometown of Ottawa, a place they once swore over a steely-eyed blood-brother stare they’d never return.

Whereas the first Poorfolk offering was written solely by Pearce in a lo-fi four-track setting, these new songs came together on home turf with the addition of new members Matt Godin and Dave Clark. Perhaps it was the capital city’s underlying rigidity or maybe just a harkening back to the local indie scene that the members cut their teeth on – but the music on Poorfolk’s forthcoming release is the result.

The music has definite echoes of the nineties indie rock the guys grew up on but increasingly the influences track back further…to the early eighties college scene and ‘Reckoning’-era R.E.M. in particular.

Recorded at Ottawa’s Legendary Little Bullhorn Productions by Jarrett Bartlett and Dave Draves and mastered by Harris Newman in Montreal, Poorfolk’s “Our Burning Street” is set for official release in July 2008 on Vancouver’s White Whale Records.

Poorfolk has shared the stage with: The Dears, Of Montreal, Aaron Booth, Gentlemen Reg, Matt Pond PA, Greg Macpherson, Greenfield Main, among others.



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POORFOLK
- Our Burning Street

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POORFOLK
- self-titled

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SHOWS:

Apr 27 - Bowen Island, BC @ Bowen Island Pub
Apr 29 - Vancouver, BC @ The Biltmore
May 1 - Olympia, WA @ Le Voyeur
May 2 - Seattle, WA @ The Triple Door
May 3 - Portland, OR @ Kelly’s Olympian
May 4 - Eugene, OR @ Black Forest
May 8 - Oakland, CA @ The Night Light
May 9 - San Francisco, CA @ Revolution (4)
May 10 - San Francisco, CA @ The Makeout Room
May 11 - Los Angeles, CA @ AmplyFi
May 12 - Scottsdale, AZ @ Rock Bar
May 14 - Albuquerque, NM @ Blackbird Buvette
May 15 - Austin, TX @ The Mohawk
May 17 - Jacksonville, NC @ Burro Bar
May 19 - Raleigh, NC @ Slim’s
May 20 - Chapel Hill, NC @ The Cave
May 21 - Richmond, VA @ The Listening Room
May 22 - Philadelphia, PA @ JR’s Bar
May 23 - Brooklyn, NY @ Big Snow
May 24 - Manhattan, NY @ Pianos
May 25 - New Brunswick, NJ @ The Courthouse
May 27 - New London, CT @ The Orphanage
May 29 - Cambridge, MA @ T.T. The Bear’s
May 31 - Sackville, NB @ Pickles
Jun 1 - Charlottetown, PEI @ Baba’s
Jun 2 - Halifax, NS @ Gus’ Pub
Jun 3 - Moncton, NB @ Plan B
Jun 4 - Montreal, QC @ CFC Bar
Jun 5 - Ottawa, ON @ Pressed
Jun 6 - Toronto, ON @ Dakota Tavern
Jun 7 - Chicago, IL @ The Underground
Jun 8 - Milwaukee, WI @ Quarter’s Rock ‘n Roll Palace
Jun 10 - Rock Island, IL @ Daytrotter
Jun 11 - St.Paul, MN @ Big V’s
Jun 13 - Winnipeg, MB @ The Albert
Jun 14 - Saskatoon, SK @ MosoFest

July 05 - Melbourne, AUS @ Ding Dong
July 06 - Melbourne, AUS @ Wesley Anne
July 06 - Melbourne, AUS @ Graceland
July 07 - Melbourne, AUS @ The Retreat
July 11 - Adelaide, AUS @ The Grace Emily
July 12 - Shepparton, AUS @ Yahoo Bar
July 17 - Sydney, AUS @ Goodgod
July 18 - Sydney, AUS @ FBI
July 19 - Sydney, AUS @ The News Agency
July 20 - Byron Bay, AUS @ Byron Bay Brewery
July 25 - Brisbane, AUS @ Black Bear Lodge
July 27 - Gold Coast, AUS @ The Loft
July 31 - Canberra, AUS @ The Basement
Aug 02 - Melbourne, AUS @ Cherry Bar
Aug 03 - Rye, AUS @ Baha
Aug 06 - Melbourne, AUS @ The Curtin

July - AUSTRALIA (more dates TBA)
Sept - Nov - EURO (dates tba)

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