Plugging McPie

From ChartAttack.com:

I'll give you the scoop, so you don't have to scroll down through half the article:

The City Above have released their debut album, just over a year after Steve Fouchard and Ross Henwood "reunited in the fall of 2005 and overcame initial awkwardness by writing songs," as the pair explain in a joint email.

"We played music together in high school, and in university suffered a critical communication breakdown and lost touch."

It's a good thing that music brought the friendship back together, because the resulting album, Mongrel Comets, is a little gem of woozy rock, guitars that shimmer, tastes of shoegaze and even a hint of early Yo La Tengo. It's a fresh sound among the current crop of bands in Ottawa, one that the group calls "heavy mellow."

"The album itself was a bit of a happy accident because the initial idea was recording songs for fun," say Fouchard and Henwood, "One thing to listen for is the studio sounds. We leave them in."

Now that The City Above are a full band — including keyboardist Sheilah Craven, drummer Ken MacLean and bassist Paul Williamson — they've been venturing into Ottawa clubs. Your next chance to see them live is this Saturday at Irene's Pub, opening for Les Allumettes and Books On Books."

Next show is February 15 at Zaphod's, They're "headlining", which means they're playing very late, but I get free dinner for being the sole groupie (other that Sheilah's parents...)