Who: Lonely Hunters
Where: Calgary
What: lo-fi lonelies
Contact: lonelyhunters@gmail.com, 403-999-2566, www.myspace.com/garethsband, www.grumpycloud.com.

The debut album from Lonely Hunters is comically titled The Chaste Are Chased, and how very true that is. Perhaps they should change their name to Virgin Hunters, unless they’re the ones being chased? Enough silly musing, the Calgary-based four-piece is headed by vocalist/guitarist Gareth Williams (from Winnipeg’s The Horribly Awfuls) and rounded out by Laurie Fuhr (vocals, bass), Ben Rayner (drums) and Tynan Groves (guitar). The album was made by just Williams and Fuhr “with help from” an assortment of friends/colleagues before Groves and Rayner joined. Recorded by Ryan McVeigh at Winnipeg’s Face Value Studios, The Chaste Are Chased is “rough around the edges” as Lonely Hunters’ bio states, with an early-’90s lo-fi pop feel. Williams handles lead vocals, which are rather rough, while the diametrically opposed Fuhr, with her sweet, thin voice makes a stark contrast (like LEN’s Constanza siblings). They have some quirky lyrics in their quirky pop songs, such as “For True,” which begins “Hold my head while I sick on your shoe,” and “Dirty Tricks,” which mentions the word “syphilis” (maybe that’s where the chaste business comes from?). The band is part of Grumpy Cloud Records, an artist-run collective of Winnipeg natives now scattered throughout Canada, and including the bands Cone Five, The Consumer Goods, and The Haste.

Listen to Lonely Hunters’ For True:

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