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Capital Alt-Rock Fiends Missioner Premiere Self-titled EP

//bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/v=2/album=3586572470/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=e32c14/tracklist=false/ For your aural pleasure, we present the new Self-titled EP from Ottawa’s Missioner, now available for public consumption across the World Wide Web. Recorded at Shoebox Studios in Ottawa by Jonathan Chandler (Amos The Transparent) and Bryan Ruckstuhl, the four tracks follow up the band’s 2014…

MISSIONER Ottawa alt-rock band Missioner (MI) is riding high off the release of their recently released self-titled EP. To follow it up, they’ll be doing a Southern-Ontario tour mid-August to bring their music to more ears! Read more to learn about their influences, their recording experience and their favourite songs to play live. Then, catch them in Ottawa on August 20th!

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Latest release: Missioner (EP, July 2016)

Upcoming shows: August 11 @ The Atria. Oshawa, ON. August 12 @ Club NV. Brampton, ON. August 13 @ Smiling Buddha. Toronto, ON. August 14 @ Doors Pub. Hamilton, ON. August 20 @ Ask A Punk. Ottawa, ON. 

SA: How did Missioner start, and when did you start playing together? MI: We’re all friends from high school so we’ve been jamming since then. Through the years we’ve gotten to know each other very well, both musically and on a personal level, and so Missioner today is a culmination of all that time spent together.

SA: What bands or musicians would you say are the biggest influences on your sound? MI: We all come from very different musical backgrounds, but we have a certain group of bands that we mutually enjoy. Some of which are Weezer, Jimmy Eat World, and Blink 182. A lot of the late 90s, early 2000s, alternative rock/pop punk influences shows through in our music.

SA: Thus far in your career, what has been your biggest accomplishment? MI: The whole process with our most recent EP has got to be our biggest accomplishment. We’re very happy with everything from the music video for “Fingernails” (with the Trenches Media), to recording our EP at Shoebox Studios, and our upcoming tour booked with Ryan Fitz from the Indie Scene. It has all been very exciting and we’re extremely happy with how everything has come together.

SA: On the other hand, what is the biggest challenge you have faced, and how have you dealt with it? MI: Our biggest challenge has been coordinating everything for the release. Its quite a bit of work to be balancing out with our jobs and personal lives, so we’re very happy that all the people involved with the release have been very flexible and easy to work with. We managed to stay focused through it all and set deadlines to assure that everything was out on time and of a quality that we saw fit.

SA: What are your thoughts on the Ottawa music scene? MI: From the musicians to promoters and to everyone else involved, the scene has grown a fair bit over the past few years. You tend to see fresh faces at every show, which is a good sign of the scene growing. You used to see tons of people move to Toronto or Montreal to grow their music careers, but the more time passes the more people have started to stick around Ottawa and in turn have created a more viable music market.

SA: What was your experience like working at Shoebox Recording Studio in Kanata and how did the recording sessions go? MI: Recording at Shoebox was the fastest and most efficient recording process I have ever been a part of. Bryan (Ruckstuhl) and Jon (Chandler) work to really push the best performance possible out of us. They're easy people to work with and their studio is beautiful - its a great environment for musicians to feel comfortable in. We really couldn't recommend it more.

SA: How does your new EP compare and contrast with your 2014 effort, The Loneliest Place? MI: The Loneliest Place was recorded over a period of months as opposed to a week, the impact of that kind of process allowed for too much time to overthink the songs, which lead to them feeling very stale when we released the EP. Our songwriting process has matured a lot, due to experience, our own maturity and expanding our musical influences. I think these songs have a lot more depth to them, making this EP something we could be really proud of.

SA: Now, a question just for fun: what is the band’s favourite song to play live? MI: One of the songs on the EP entitled Keep You in Mind is one of our favourites to play live, its a very energetic and dynamic song.