If we call the band funky, there will be something angular to the groove, like a spidery fiddle or oblique rock guitar, careening off Frank's fat bottom end and Bil's sweet aching vocals. Undeniably soulful, their roots are hardened by frost, steeled by exposure to extremes, suffused with the pop sensibility of '80s kids who had one ear tuned to alternative radio, the other to old vinyl, and an eye on MuchMusic. Because it slips through all the cracks. After Seven Sisters dissolved, they favoured a more minimalist approach to songwriting. They shopped a demo consisting of bass, drum-machine and lots of harmonies which eventually caught the ear of Duke Street Records.
Critical support is one thing.
Getting people to listen is something else. By the fall of 1995, Ringgenberg and Frank asked to be released from their contract with Duke Street, and set in motion the recalibration of their future. Together Vanguard and Watch stepped in with a genuine enthusiasm for our music and offered complete support. With the reincarnation came a new name and an album of the finest, most creative music of their career together. Overall we see our music as a soulful pop hybrid of a lot of different things.