Mays Tour Wrap Up

After spending from Jan. 17th to Feb. 3rd on the road with the When the Angels Make Contact tour, and then from Feb. 7th - 24th on tour with El Torpedo in the US, Matt and the guys are officially off the road for a well deserved mini-vacation.

The "Angels" Tour went off without a hitch with all 9 band members returning home in one piece, AND they all still like each other. Some fans have been posting photos from the shows (and what a show it was - i saw it 3 times), which I will share with you now, along with a video of "When the Angels Make Contact", shot at The Mod Club in Toronto. Before posting the good stuff though, let me just send a shout out to Matty who not only pulled off his vision, which came together only DAYS before the band started performing, but who also earned a JUNO nomination for the record in the Adult Album of the Year category alongside Neil Young, Jim Cuddy, Ron Sexsmith and Sarah Harmer! God job, bud.

Photos:

(Matt & Tyler, Alanna by Marie)

(IMac's light show by Wenda Atkin)

(The gang by Wenda Atkin)

(A very small portion of the gear by "davethenewfie")

(Matt by "davethenewfie")

(Matt by "Dan")

(Matt & Alanna by Sean Camp)

(Tyler by Sean Camp)

(Dale by ?)

VIDEO:

As mentioned above, Matt Mays & El Torpedo just completed a bunch of US dates as support for Will Hoge, and they performed a few dates with The Lemonheads as well. Andy has promised me some photos, which I will post when they arrive in my inbox. In the meantime, here’s an excerpt from little tour wrap-up message from Mr. Patil (originally posted on the www.mattmays.com message board), and a video of one of the new live tunes they’ve been playing called “Building a Boat”.

"right now we're taking a bit of time off and it's 'some nice'. you know i've really noticed the maritime accent a lot more since we got back and i love it--afterall it's our accent too. however, we get exposed to so many accents in our travels that our's becomes an amalgamation of many different ones by default. after being home for a few days our true accents surface again but no matter what we make sure to represent our maritimer ways in some fashion or another when we travel. here's an example:

louisville, kentucky

me: ah yes, can we buy a 2-4 from the bar please?
bartender: a tewww-fooar, what's that?
lighting guy (politely interjects): he means 'a case'. back home we call it a 2-4. (he was originally from cape breton, nova scotia)
bartender: ooooh! sorry my friend. what kind would y'all like?
me: got any schooner?

it's great to be home!"

MM&ET Live at Pianos Bar, New York, NY.
“I’m gonna leave you for her baby, it’s just a matter of tiiiiiiiime…”