Nov 08 - Edmonton - Pawn Shop ^
Nov 09 - Calgary - SAIT *
Nov 10 - Louis Pub - Saskatoon *
Nov 11 - The Pyramid - Winnipeg *
Nov 12 - The Black Pirate - Thunder Bay
Nov 14 - Call The Office - London *
Nov 15 - Babylon - Ottawa *
Nov 19 - The Drake - Toronto

* w. The Secret Machines
^ w. Land of Talk

For the online route, you can buy the CD through the Boompa shop, or if you’d like to get it digitally, the album is available for download through Zunior with 2 BONUS TRACKS, that aren’t available anywhere else.

A new song will get posted on the band’s MySpace page every week leading up to the release. This week will be track one, a song called “I Need A Friend.” Go listen and let the band know what you think!

Small Sins was a masterpiece of wistful electro chamber-pop, with hushed stories of love lost and found. The critics agreed, with Blender calling it a “…lovely piece of campfire synth-pop”, and Spin opining - “Imagine if Jack White had a crush on Kraftwerk.” The band toured the US relentlessly, with dates supporting Scissor Sisters, The Kooks, Radio 4, The Little Ones, and Sloan. Mood Swings fuses the power of their live show with their knack for penning addictive hook-laden gems.

Small Sins was originally conceived by Thomas D’Arcy as a self-contained solo unit, with D’Arcy not only singing and playing every instrument on his debut album, but also writing, producing, and recording it entirely on his own. As D’Arcy began to perform live with four exceptional musicians: Steve Krecklo (guitar, banjo, keyboards) Todor Kobakov (keyboards), Brent Follett (drums), and Kevin Hilliard (percussion, handclaps), they found themselves occasionally writing together and talking about future recording plans. It was inevitable that D’Arcy would involve them in the making of Mood Swings.

The album was recorded mostly at D’Arcy’s home in Toronto, although not in the traditional sense. D’Arcy wanted to strike a balance between recording on his own and with the rest of the band- thus retaining the intimacy found on Small Sins, while capturing the energy of the live band.

The result is an album that one can mellow out at to home, as well as turn up to feel the power and vitality of the live show. This new vigor is most notably heard on the explosive tale of retribution “On The Line” and the driving “We Will Break Our Own Hearts”.

Elsewhere on Mood Swings D’Arcy’s recurring themes of longing and revenge are evident on “On The Run” and “What Your Baby’s Been Doing” - both songs juxtaposing pensive lyrics with buoyant up-beats. And then there are the guns- references to guns and other weapons are used throughout the entire album as metaphors for power and conflict. All of these contrasting sentiments can be summed up in two words we can all relate to -

Mood Swings.

TRACKLISTING:
I Need A Friend
Morning Face
What Your Baby’s Been Doing
On The Line
Prove Me Wrong
Drunk E-mails
On The Run
It Keeps Me On My Toes
Airport
On A Mission
We Will Break Our Own Hearts
Holiday
 Bullet

Featured on the soundtrack are “She’s The Source” from the Small Sins self titled debut release, and “Dose,” from Catlow’s Kiss the World. So if you are in to backstabbing, debauchery, murder, and ski resorts, go check out the show or buy the soundtrack as it features the cream of the crop of Canadian talent.

1. The Dirtmitts “Ordinary Day”
2. Small Sins “She’s the Source”
3. The Mark Inside “Carousel”
4. C’Mon “The Messenger”
5. The Marble Index “Never Ends”
6. Boy “Every Page You Turn”
7. Pilate “Turn the Lights On”
8. Hawksley Workman “It’s a Long Life to Always Be Longing”
9. Neverending White Lights “The Grace”
10. Catlow “Dose”
11. The Diableros “Working Out Words”
12. The Tangiers “A Hundred Million Feathers”
13. Controller.Controller “City of Daggers”

In 2006, the Ladies and Gentlemen have signed to Astralwerks in the USA (staying with Boompa Records for Canada), and changed their name to Small Sins — the same name as their critically acclaimed debut album.

Right now Small Sins are on their last Canadian tour before heading out to conquer the USA and UK, starting Thursday night in Vancouver at The Lamplighter.

Upcoming Shows

Apr 20: Vancouver, BC - Lamplighter *
Apr 21: Victoria, BC - Lucky Bar *
Apr 22: Nanaimo, BC - The Cambie *
Apr 25: Kelowna, BC - Blue Gator *
Apr 26: Edmonton, AB - Starlite Lounge *
Apr 27: Calgary, AB - Broken City *
Apr 28: Saskatoon, SK - Louis Pub *
Apr 29: Winnipeg, MB - Collective Cabaret *
Apr 30: Thunder Bay, ON - Killroy’s *
May 03: Ottawa, ON - Zaphod’s ^
May 04: Kingston, ON - Elixir
May 10: Hamilton, ON - Underground
May 11: Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern
May 12: London, ON - Call the Office

* w. Magneta Lane
^ w. Dirty Projectors, Cities and Dust

Look for Small Sins’ self-titled debut album — re-mastered and re-packaged with new cover art, and a new bonus track — in stores June 13th, 2006.

Then at midnight, you should go see Boompa’s newest band, The Hylozoists, at the Silver Dollar. The Hylozoists is a 9-piece mallet instrument mini-orchestra featuring members of Cuff The Duke, FemBots, Weakerthans, Old Soul, Fuermusik, Broken Social Scene, Hopeful Monster, Heavy Blinkers, Hayden, Minotaurs, Golden Dogs, Deadly Snakes, Andre Ethier, Sadies, Bodega and so on. On the friends of Boompa note: Edmonton MC, Cadence Weapon is on stage right before The Hylozoists and you should check him out too, because he is the dope shit and he just finished up a Catlow remix that you’ll hear sometime soon.

The thing that makes March such a crazy month, is that immediately following CMW is SXSW. This year three Boompa bands are heading south:

Run Chico Run will go all Celcius on your Fahrenheit asses at Zero Degrees on Friday, March 17 at 9pm.

Leeroy Stagger plays Creekside EMC at Capitol Place between Matt Mays and Cuff the Duke, on Wednesday, March 15 at midnight. Then on Saturday he’s playing the Vitriol BBQ.

Also check out Smalls Sins at the Astralwerks showcase at the Parish on Saturday, March 18.

Boompa Records, a Vancouver-based independent label, initially released The Ladies and Gentlemen debut album Small Sins to critical acclaim across Canada in September 2005. The buzz spread after a sold-out Boompa Records label showcase at Austin’s SXSW ‘05 music festival, where The Ladies & Gentlemen were one of the label’s showcasing artists. Astralwerks then signed D’Arcy under the Small Sins moniker in late 2005.

Most Canadians already know the story: Thomas D’Arcy - the solo mastermind behind Small Sins - marches to the beat of his own drum machine. That’s what he discovered after spending the better chunk of a decade in bands percolating around the indie-rock scene of his Canada hometown of Toronto, ON. By Christmas 2004, D’Arcy found his band broken up and himself in the midst of a mid-twenties crisis.

“I was really questioning what I was doing with my life,” D’Arcy says. “Why am I in this band I don’t love? Why am I not making music that I do love? I was thinking back to how things used to be, when it was pure spirit and fun. Music had become work, yet I still felt like I should be getting to work on something.”

And get to work he did. D’Arcy retreated alone to the basement of his childhood home: armed with little more than a Roland 707 drum machine, a clutch of vintage Moog keyboards, and a sixteen-track recorder, he was determined to create sounds that reflected the passion that led him to music in the first place. After nearly a year of woodshedding, D’Arcy fulfilled his goal, emerging with Small Sins. A masterpiece of heartfelt electro chamber-pop, Small Sins bubbles with gorgeously layered harmonies, synth gurgles, and hook-filled tales of love lost and found as honest and bracing as the Canadian winter. Despite its intensely personal nature, Small Sins became D’Arcy’s most well-received musical venture yet.

Astralwerks GM Errol Kolosine commented, “I was already in love with the album and after seeing the band live only once, it was obvious they HAD to be on Astralwerks. Thom is one of the most extraordinary and exciting new artists we’ve had the pleasure to encounter and we see an amazing future with SMALL SINS.”

With only three days off post Matthew Good tour to rest up and rehydrate, The Ladies and Gentlemen managed to squeeze in enough time to dust off their now signature pearly-white tee’s and jeans before hitting the road alongside of fellow indie rock darlings Wintersleep and Sylvie.

Nov 15: Peterborough, ON - Red Dog *
Nov 16: Kingston, ON - Grad Club *
Nov 17: Toronto, ON - The Horseshoe *
Nov 18: Hamilton, ON - The Casbah *
Nov 19: London, ON - Call The Office *
Nov 21: Northbay, ON - Wylder’s *
Nov 24: Regina, SK - District *
Nov 25: Calgary, AB - Broken City *
Nov 26: Edmonton, AB - Victor *
Nov 28: Vancouver, BC - Richard’s on Richards *
Dec 01: Saskatoon, SK - Amigo’s *
Dec 02: Winnipeg, MB - Collective Cabaret ^
Dec 03: Thunder Bay, ON - Killroy’s ^
Dec 07: Moncton, NB - Oxygen ^
Dec 08: Saint, NB - Trapps ^
Dec 09: Halifax, NS - Attic ^
Dec 10: Halifax, NS - Attic ^
Dec 11: New Glasgow, NS ^
* w. Wintersleep, Sylvie
^ w. Wintersleep

Don’t miss your chance to see The Ladies and Gentlemen - one of the best things to happen to Canadian indie rock in recent memory. The debut album, Small Sins, is in stores now!

The solo-project of Thomas D’Arcy - former member of The Carnations - Small Sins is a one-man show on record, but on the road it’s a full-fledged band having already performed to sold-out rooms across Canada before the debut even hit the shelves. And now that Small Sins has been released - by Vancouver’s Boompa Records on September 13th - The Ladies and Gentlemen are hitting the road alongside Matthew Good.

Oct 15: Phoenix Theatre - Toronto, ON (early show)
Oct 18: Club Soda - Montreal, PQ
Oct 20: Element - Kitchener, ON (All Ages)
Oct 21: Stages - Kingston, ON
Oct 22: The Drink - London, ON (All Ages)
Oct 24: Community Auditorium - Thunder Bay, ON
Oct 25: Cowboy’s - Winnipeg, MB
Oct 26: Cowboy’s - Winnipeg, MB
Oct 29: Starlight - Edmonton, AB
Oct 30: Starlight - Edmonton, AB
Oct 31: Starlight - Edmonton, AB
Nov 01: MacEwan Hall - Calgary, AB (All Ages)
Nov 02: Vernon Performing Arts Centre - Vernon, BC (All Ages)
Nov 04: Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC
Nov 05: Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, BC

More shows are being added so be sure to check theladiesandgentlemen.net and matthewgood.org for tour updates.

Don’t miss your chance to see The Ladies and Gentlemen - one of the best things to happen to Canadian indie rock in recent memory.