Best of 2012

Some of our favorites from 2012:

Albums

Sonik Kicks – Paul Weller
Future This – The Big Pink
Night Visions – Imagine Dragons
Eight And A Half
Vice Re-Verses (Remixes) - Switchfoot
The Great Escape - Jane's Addiction
Passive Me, Aggressive You - The Naked and Famous
Beautiful Friction - The Fixx
Brilliant - Ultravox
Not Your Kind Of People - Garbage
Curve – Our Lady Peace
ACT III - Love Will Ruin – Neverending White Lights
Choice of Weapon – The Cult

Songs
Hit The Ground (Superman) – The Big Pink
Afterlife - Switchfoot
Born To Die – Lana Del Ray
It's Time - Imagine Dragons
Madness - Muse
Heavyweight – Our Lady Peace
Punching In A Dream – The Naked and Famous
We Found Love – Rihanna
Titanium – David Guetta ft. Sia
Youth Without Youth – Metric
The Attic – Paul Weller
Anyone Else – The Fixx

Movies
Looper
The Dark Knight Rises
Skyfall
End Of Watch
Life of Pi
Argo
Ted
Think Like A Man Flight

New Blood, New Vibe

So we've been prepping for upcoming shows with a new drummer who goes by the name, Taylor. Despite the process of having to run through the same songs we've been playing for a while, it's been an enjoyable experience seeing how new blood brings new life to the TAE catalogue. We still enjoy playing songs like The Honeymoon Is Over and Wake because we know people really dig those songs and so feeding off the audience is quite possibly the biggest natural high a musician can experience. However, as you can certainly imagine, rehearsing those songs isn't number one in the category of our most fun things to do. Still, we soldier on with only one destination in mind, AWESOMENESS!

We've mixed up the set a bit adding Screams Of The City and My First Robot, both songs we haven't played live for a while, so we're looking forward to that. We're also looking forward to initiating the newb. He's heavily concerned already...as he should be! 

Keep Quiet

I suppose I am waiting for it
Nothing here but the silent buzz of empty
No one to disturb my wafting rings of existence
Time being what it has always been
Moving silently
Along an invisible line
Breaths taken and repeated
Steps taken and retreated
Move responsibly
Remain indifferent
Think wisely
Keep quiet
Tiptoe through the parking lot of my mind
Please don’t poke the sleeping bears
Dangerous should just one be disturbed
Distract me please I’m nearing a zenith
We all need to be distracted
We all want to be entertained
I find it all salacious
That we can never agree
While we drown in this cesspool of mediocrity
I’m sure they’re laughing somewhere
When the silence has been broken
How the violence comes calling
Think wisely
Keep quiet
Move on
Don’t wait for it
It won’t wait for you.

Nothing To Say...

I thought I'd write an update stating that we have nothing to say at the moment. It doesn't get anymore exciting than that really. We aren't completely idle though. Shawn is working on a handful of remixes for songs like Lost Art Of Breathing, My First Robot and Lady Wayward. Brent is piecing together a video for Promise while Jay is doing something illegal and/or highly suspect no doubt. Meanwhile, Rob is still in Hamilton.

be back soon...

2012 - From A TAE Perspective

We didn't really want our first post of the year to be a rant about something silly like Beyonce's baby. However, we do hope that everyone out there sees the absurdity in respect to what appears to be the two most important human beings on the planet? So instead, let's remain positive and talk about what great and amazing things are going to happen in 2012. Here are a few nuggets we believe will be as good as gold, or platinum, since we're emitting positivity.

• Our album Escape Plan will finally break free on March 6 (Spectra Records).
• One and/or many singles, TBD, will chart somewhere on this planet.
• We will be showcasing at this year's SXSW in Austin Texas.
• TAE will be playing a lot of shows in the US as well as some international shows.
• All of the members of this band will at some point hug.
• Shawn will finally get his Wolfgang guitar fixed or perhaps buy a new one! Either way, he'll be adding a new guitar to his arsenal.
• We will be recording new songs to give away as free downloads and/or package as a new album.
• There will be many a grudge-eye battles fought on the blood stained ice of the TAE table hockey game. It is expected that Brent will win most of them. Does that sound like a challenge, anyone? Anyone?
• Pretty sure Jesus will not be performing at the halftime show at the Superbowl this year, however, TAE will most likely be performing at some festivals.
• We will make many new friends in 2012, at least 2012 of them.
• Jay will NOT get arrested!
• It is widely anticipated that our personal vinyl collections will triple by year's end.
• and lastly, thanks to you, this will be the best year EVER for The Apollo Effect!

In The Twilight of Divinity

The room was lit like an ancient sunset

The speckled dust frozen in the streams of half light

And the walls stood weary from the passing years

Her face like a painting by Michelangelo

A thought left to be finished for another time

She stared out a glassless window across the fields of pale gold

A life that lay dormant under the weary hands of time

Questions chasing themselves in circles

As the reverie of lost years crutch her spirit

Nothing amputates the sting of failing dreams

Noted in the hint of her soulless smile

Her eyes speak like a silent tongue

A truth more obvious than a feeble lie

In times of desperation does one’s character grow stronger?

Or does it fade away in the twilight of divinity?

A wrinkled portrait of Jesus rests in a frame on the wall

Like a beacon smothered in a dense fog

There is peace in his eyes but pain in his heart

Things are never what they seem



The Big Give

As we live in times where “standing out from the crowd” is what seems to be the desired effect, essentially we all just want to feel normal. In this “Me” world it’s always good to be involved in something much bigger than yourself and on Tuesday night, as we performed at the 1st annual The Big Give event at The Great Hall in Toronto, that’s exactly what we did.

Look Good Feel Better is an organization that holds 1200 seminars for women and teenage girls who have just been diagnosed with cancer. The seminars teach these women how to maintain their self-confidence and elevate their self-image through their battle with cancer. The LGFB workshop brings women with cancer together in a safe and supportive environment where they can share stories, insights, laughter, and feel “normal.” LGFB should be applauded for their efforts in providing some comfort and self-assurance to those who truly need it.

A Massive Thank You to Margot Grant Witz for putting together a fantastic event and all those who gave their time and those who came out in support. We were honored just to be part of it.