Who: The Perms
Where: Winnipeg
What: nothing’s permanent
Contact: Bill Blair 204-782-6982; e-mail: theperms@theperms.com; www.theperms.com; www.myspace.com/theperms

Barroom rockers The Perms are working on a new album, tentatively scheduled for an October release, and what it will sound like is anyone’s guess now that the saxophonist/keyboard player has left. On the band’s third and most recent album, 2005’s Better Days, there’s just something about the sax that makes even the saddest of sentiments (such as the lyric “Leave her alone/ Stay away” on “Lies”) sound like a good time and one can tell this is a party band that would do well at a frat house gig or cottage party. One of the album’s two producers, Neil Cameron (The Watchmen, Christine Fellows), referred to The Perms’ sound as a “blend of modern rock and a taste of Motown groove.” For the next album, Shane Smith (bass, vocals), Chadwick Smith (guitar, vocals) and Marty Chapman (drums) will continue as a three-piece and are currently looking for a producer and deciding where to record. “We have been going for a while without the sax, so it’s not going to be that big of a change for us,” says The Perms Manager, Bill Blair. “We have even done a number of tours without the sax and people still loved what they heard. Remember, the guys started out as a 3-piece.”

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