The EP as it will be has six songs: ‘Other Side,’ ‘We’re Leaving,’ ‘I Often Follow,’ ‘Let Me Know,’ ‘Augustine’ and ‘Let’s Pretend.’ ‘Let’s Pretend’ is brand new (a few days old). ‘Augustine’ has gone the instrumental route, and ‘Other Side’ has turned into a duet with a guest vocalist. The point is BAM! it’s wrapped up. Nothing else goes to (metaphorical) tape.

Rehearsals have started for the release party, too, with Blair McPhee on guitar, Rachael Botur on bass, and new blood Will Wood of Skyscraper and The Electric Nomad on the drums. The gig should be somewhat of a buffet assortment of Canadia treats from the new EP, from One Dog Clapping, and probably even a few not yet record songs, so prepare yourselves.

The artwork is coming together as well. Hannah JV took a sack full of cameras out and about this weekend and shot a buttload of film and flash card. The film goes in to get developed tomorrow, and when the prints come back we’ll start piecing this thing together.

So that’s my news, you guys. It’s 12:39am and I should sleep so I can face things like getting up early on a Monday morning, the first of daylight Savings, and acting like I know what I’m doing at work.

Besides the fact that, hello, this is the third (third!) Canadia gig for 2009, this one’s notable for even more reasons. By my count, three more reasons!(!!) Those reasons are: Blair McPhee, Rachael Botur, and Anji Sami. Yes, all three (3!) of these will be part of the Canadia set on Friday. I’m freaking (3king!) out!

Also on the bill: Hannah Curwood, slumming it once more with me on bass. Also, Sunley. Duh.

UPDATE: I am so sorry, this is in fact the fourth Canadia show for the year. This is so embarrassing.