SPINCOUNT ARTIST OF THE WEEK: THE OLYMPIC SYMPHONIUM
Crafting delicately arranged folk-pop that drips with bittersweet melodies, soaring harmonies, and an awful lot of passion, The Olympic Symphonium have been sharing their quiet world with us since 2005. They are and always have been a collaborative effort between three multi-instrumentalists, songwriters, and friends: Nick Cobham, Kyle Cunjak, and Graeme Walker.
After piecing together each of their first two albums from sporadic recording sessions stretched out over many months, The Olympic Symphonium have opted this time for a change of pace. A much quicker pace.
The band locked themselves away in a large, empty, secret location in Fredericton, free of distractions, with longtime engineer Brad Perry and gave themselves a week to record an album. With the clock ticking away, the band went to work.
Sketches of songs were prepared beforehand and then developed in the studio with all members being on hand at all times; a new experience for the Olympic Symphonium and one they feel has created a cohesive feeling for their third full length album.
"The City Won’t Have Time to Fight continues the Olympic Symphonium’s exploration of the divide in our souls between urban and rural, cerebral and spiritual, with its finely tuned contrast of electric and
acoustic instruments." - Stephen Cooke, Chronicle Herald
The Olympic Symphonium CD Release: Saturday, January 29th 8pm-10pm @ Wilmot United Church = The Olympic Symphonium + Catherine MacLellan + Isaac & Blewett, as part of The Shivering Songs festival January 29-30 in Fredericton, NB.
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