They may have cribbed their name from a 1891 Thomas Hardy novel, and Chart Attack might have called them “rock music for smart people,” but there’s nothing egghead-y about The D’Urbervilles, a couple of pals that started a band for drink tickets and rock shows then wound up winning over critics everywhere from New Brunswick to New York. Following a self-financed EP and tours with Canadian heavyweights like Malajube and You Say Party! We Say Die!, the band bowed with their debut full-length, We Are The Hunters, a post-punky slab of anthemic guitar revelry on the Out Of This Spark label in 2008.
MP3: "Hot Tips"
“It's a post-punk rock sound that's sure to get your ass shakin' and your head bobbing...you folded-arm, pretentious little bastard." – My Old Kentucky Blog
"Frontman John O'Regan may have been wearing a Billy Joel t-shirt, but his stage presence was more Ian Curtis-on-paxil than Piano Man. Check out songs like "Hot Tips"...live, these tracks come across in a self-assured blast." – Village Voice
Later this month the band will celebrate the Out Of This Spark Anniversary at the Tranazac in Toronto and the Albion Hotel in Guelph, along with Forest City Lovers, Timber Timbre and Jenny Omnichord. It’s a momentous start to a 2009 that’ll prove mighty eventful for the D’Urbs, currently hard at work on a follow up to We Are The Hunters.
01-10 Toronto, Ontario - OOTS Anniversary @ The Tranzac *
01-16 Guelph, Ontario - OOTS Anniversary @ The Albion Hotel *
02-07 Guelph, Ontario - Hillside Inside @ Sleeman Centre
* w/Forest City Lovers, Timber Timbre, Jenny Omnichord
For More Information:
www.myspace.com/thedurbervilles
MP3: "Hot Tips"
“It's a post-punk rock sound that's sure to get your ass shakin' and your head bobbing...you folded-arm, pretentious little bastard." – My Old Kentucky Blog
"Frontman John O'Regan may have been wearing a Billy Joel t-shirt, but his stage presence was more Ian Curtis-on-paxil than Piano Man. Check out songs like "Hot Tips"...live, these tracks come across in a self-assured blast." – Village Voice
Later this month the band will celebrate the Out Of This Spark Anniversary at the Tranazac in Toronto and the Albion Hotel in Guelph, along with Forest City Lovers, Timber Timbre and Jenny Omnichord. It’s a momentous start to a 2009 that’ll prove mighty eventful for the D’Urbs, currently hard at work on a follow up to We Are The Hunters.
01-10 Toronto, Ontario - OOTS Anniversary @ The Tranzac *
01-16 Guelph, Ontario - OOTS Anniversary @ The Albion Hotel *
02-07 Guelph, Ontario - Hillside Inside @ Sleeman Centre
* w/Forest City Lovers, Timber Timbre, Jenny Omnichord
For More Information:
www.myspace.com/thedurbervilles
