Well today you should get to know my hometown Calgary based musical troupe “Woodpigeon”.  They are Calgary’s answer to the question – what happens when Arcade Fire meets Sufjan Stevens.  Well, you get a whole crew of talented musicians who pump out catchy indie folk.

Woodpigeon
“Knock Knock” (mp3)

from “Treasury Library Canada c/w Houndstooth Europa”
(Boompa Records)

Buy at iTunes Music Store
More On This Album

A quick look at some promo speak for the newly released “Treasury Library Canada c/w Houndstooth Europa” brings the band either into more focus, or possibly just gets you intrigued:

Intimate and endearing, exquisite and ornate, Treasury Library Canada is filled with bells, whistles and handclaps. Girlish voices become instruments, while Mark’s lonely choirboy vocals — impossibly, lodged in a lumberjack-ish bear of a man — sound uncannily like they’re being sung directly into your ear. You can almost feel his minty breath.

The new album is a double disc affair that includes a second disc “Houndstooth Europa” in conjunction with their tour starting this weekend in Vancouver then it is “across the pond” for these Canucks.  If you can get your hands on the double disc in Europe, you better be quick, there will only be 500 copies of “Houndstooth Europa” included in the pressings.  I am sure we all know that Disc One “Treasury Library Canada” was released previously and comes highly recommended.

Check out the tour dates below and join them in a rousing sing-a-long if you are in the area.

07 February 2009 PERFORMANCE WORKS Vancouver, BC
15 February 2009 BOTANIQUE-ROTUNDE Brussels, Belgium
16 February 2009 PONT EPHEMERE Paris, France
17 February 2009 PARADISO Amsterdam, Nlands
18 February 2009 PRINZENBAR Hamburg, Germany
19 February 2009 SCHOKOLADEN Berlin, Germany
21 February 2009 WESTGARTH SC Middlesbrough, UK
22 February 2009 THE CAPTAIN’S REST Glasgow, Scotland
23 February 2009 THE END Newcastle, UK
24 February 2009 THE DEAF INSTITUTE Manchester, UK
25 February 2009 ICA London, UK
26 February 2009 THE AUDIO Brighton, UK

You have your recommendation, now hit the streets and spread the word.

~Smansmith

p.s.  There are more “BONUS” tracks from the free eMusic EP.  Go HERE to get them.