How I Won The War – May/June 2006
Who: How I Won The War
What: victory
Where: Toronto, ON
To Contact: Dylan White, 5 Sudbury St., #504, Toronto ON M6J 3W6 (416) 662-3455, dylan_white@hotmail.com.
Toronto-based Dylan White and Alex McKee have been writing together for six years, but this is the first time they’ve stepped out on stage and really made a go of it. All that woodshedding has paid off – the songs are full-realized harmony-driven pop gems, in the vein of an adult-contemporary early treble charger. While there still needs to be some more up-tempo numbers in their live repertoire, the four songs on this demo EP are perfectly crafted. The lead track, “The Highest Low” is the rockier, most catchy of the four, followed by “Further I Go,” which has this odd ominous vibe. The beautiful “House On Fire” has a melancholy feel and “Everytime You Go” is another melodic mid-tempo number. How I Won The War was only solidified in October of 2005 with McKee (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), White (lead guitar, backing vocals), Michael Dilauro (bass, backing vocals) and Patrice Dion (drums). They recorded the EP at their rehearsal space in downtown Toronto, bringing in a Pro Tools rig owned by Dilauro, who calls his set up Crow’s Nest Studios. He mixed it back at his home. How I Won The War played its first gig February 4, and only a few since then, but it has been drawing at least a 100 people each time.
