Language Arts

With it’s genre-defying qualities, Language-Arts’ sophomore release “Where Were You in the Wild?” is expected to turn ears to a new side to indie alt-rock; celebrating obscurities and word entanglements with poetic poise, paired with an alt-rock foundation yet fleshed out with classical instrumentation. Confused? Don’t be- it all comes about very naturally, aided in part by Cudmore’s vast reserve of words and ideas, delivered with a “clarion-like voice”.

“Where Were You in the Wild?” is the follow up release of 2007’s “ ” (aka. Quotation marks or Self Titled) and their 2008 teaser EP “Small Run” which has since sold out and has charted healthily on Canadian campus and community radio. Language-Arts have toured extensively around the west coast and across Canada, appearing on stages with artists such as Xavier Rudd, Portable Payback (Jurassic 5), Vancougar and Great Aunt Ida. They’ve appeared at festivals such as TD Atlantic Jazz festival, Halifax Pop Explosion, Sled Island, and NXNE.

Featuring sophisticated arrangements and artisan song crafting, the album boasts mindful instrumentation coupled with precise performances. Cudmore’s classical guitar blends beautifully with double bass, and the occasional string quartet along the way.

Language-Arts are a Vancouver based ensemble but members Kristen Cudmore and Gregor Phillips both hail from Nova Scotia, a common subtext to many of their songs; with the comfort of home so far away, an homage can’t help but pop up here and there, delving deep into images steeped with secrets both deep and dark.

Songs range from beckoning choruses with bright hooks to meandering, lyrical sagas. It’s no secret that many of these songs began as dreams- insights poke out with subtle nuances, sparkling and inquisitive. “If all there was to eat was candy, which would be the most healthy? ..and would we’d even bother, filling the cavity?”

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