Bootblacks

FOLLOWING A HANDFUL OF FORMATIVE SESSIONS WITH PROLIFIC DRUMMER/PRODUCER JIM SCLAVUNOS (NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS, SONIC YOUTH), THE BROOKLYN-BASED BOOTBLACKS RELEASED ITS FIRST EP, NARROWED, IN THE FALL OF 2012. DEBUT FULL- LENGTH VEINS CAME NEXT IN 2016 AND WAS BACKED BY EXTENSIVE TOURING. 2017’S FRAGMENTS FOUND THE BAND EXPANDING TO A BIGGER, MORE ATMOSPHERIC AND SYNTH- HEAVY SOUND. THE ALBUM LANDED ON MANY YEAR-END LISTS AND HELPED EARN SLOTS ON FESTIVALS SUCH AS COLD WAVES, TERMINUS, ABSOLUTION, WAVE GOTIK TREFFEN, AND MURDER OF CROWS.

THIN SKIES, BOOTBLACKS’ FIRST ALBUM FOR ARTOFFACT RECORDS, ZOOMS FORWARD WHERE FRAGMENTS LEFT OFF. THE NINE SONGS COMBINE A DRIVING, DANCEFLOOR PULSE WITH SOULFUL, MELODIC POST-PUNK, YIELDING RESULTS THAT ARE POSITIVELY ANTHEMIC.

PRODUCED BY JASON CORBETT OF ARTOFFACT LABELMATES ACTORS, THIN SKIES EVOKES SCENES OF DARK DAYS AND RECKLESS NIGHTS IN THE URBAN JUNGLE – A MARRIAGE OF POST-PUNK EMOTION AND CLUBLAND SWEAT. FRONTMAN PANTHER ALMQVIST’S BROODING VOICE CAPTIVATES AS IT VEERS FROM DETACHED COOL TO DEEP VULNERABILITY. GUITARIST ALLI GORMAN’S HARD JANGLE CHANNELS THE TRADEMARK DELAY TECHNIQUES OF [U2’S] THE EDGE,& IN THE WORDS OF POST- PUNK.COM. KEYBOARDIST BARRETT HIATT’S ARPEGGIATED SYNTHS ARE THE LIFE FORCE PUSHING THE SONGS RELENTLESSLY FORWARD, AS LARRY GORMAN BASHES A MIX OF ACOUSTIC AND ELECTRONIC DRUMS WITH POWER AND PERFECTION. 

BACKING VOCALS COME COURTESY OF SHANNON HEMMETT (ACTORS) AND KENNEDY ASHLYN (SRSQ, THEM ARE US TOO).


IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING PROOF OF VACCINE

The Ontario Government has mandated a Proof of Vaccine policy that takes effect on September 22, 2021. Ontario Government Proof of Vaccine receipt (digital or paper) and corresponding government I.D. will be required to enter and attend an indoor concert/event.

Information below how to access and download your Proof of Vaccine from the Ontario Government.

Once the Proof of Vaccine APP is available (October 22) we will be switching to that system that features a digital QR code.

https://covid19.ontariohealth.ca/

In advance of September 22, all Ontarians can print or download their vaccination receipt from the provincial booking portal. The Ministry is working on additional supports and services to assist Ontario residents who need help obtaining proof of vaccination, including requesting a copy be sent by mail. Those who need support obtaining a copy of their vaccination receipt including those who do not have access to a computer or printer can call the Provincial Vaccine Contact Centre at 1-833-943-3900.

Ontario is developing an enhanced vaccine certificate with a unique QR code to make it safer, more secure and convenient to show that you have been vaccinated, when required to do so. The enhanced vaccine certificate and verification app will be available by October 22, 2021. Ontario’s proof of vaccination guidance will be updated to reflect the new processes.