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Thanks so much to everyone who came out to the Chicago, Toronto, and St Cats shows. Specific shout outs to The Haiti crew in Chi-Town, Korey Schaefer, Dan Burke, Brianne Nesbitt, Indoor Shoes, MP, Mark & Nicole, Gunner’s Daughter, Ryan/Dave from the Indie Machine, Prince’s When Doves Cry, Carly Rae Jepsen’s Call me Maybe, the nut off his meds in Michigan who reached in the van and took our keys out of the ignition and told Rick to “do what he was told” while Rick listened to R & B in the van, and as always the border service. Tour was fantastic and I hope anyone we spent the time with had as much fun as did. Love you guys…but the girls mostly.

http://bloodyunderrated.net/2012/05/08/music-you-sent-us-vol-7/

We did a spotlight segment on Concordia Television this week. You can check it out here:

http://www.montrealmirror.com/wp/2012/05/03/music-reviews-80/

The Montreal Mirror gave Winter Lightning got a 7/10, Sawdust & Rum got an 8/10.

We recently recorded a cover of April Wine’s song ‘Cum Hear The Band’ for a CJLO 1690AM funding drive compilation. If you want to hear the song/donate to get the album, go to:

http://www.cjlo.com/magazine/feature/youre-related-vol-1

The folks at AUX TV have put up ‘Winter Lightning’ in it’s entirety for you to listen to:

http://www.aux.tv/2012/04/album-stream-the-city-streets-winter-lightning/

2 more days until they’re both out, we’re pretty stoked.

We’ve also just confirmed our Toronto release date. The show will be Saturday, May 12th at the Silver Dollar with The Sweet Mack, Brave Little Toaster, and The Dirty Nil.

The Winter Lightning LP’s/Sawdust & Rum CD’s are in now and look great. From now until the May 3rd release date you can save $10 on the pre-sale deal. After that, prices skyrocket and we get rich.

If you buy the Winter Lightning vinyl, it comes with a download link for the bonus track we recorded ‘Middle Distance’.

Rick recently made a record of him doing songs by Steve Loree from Greyhound Tragedy/Jr Gone Wild/Deadbeat Backbone. You can check it out here:

http://rickreid.bandcamp.com/

As you may know, we are releasing a couple records coming up and we figured it’s time to get back in the van. There are more being added so keep yer eyes peeled.

APRIL

6-Montreal QC, La Sala Rossa, PRP Benefit showcase w/New Apple Taste, Ango

http://www.facebook.com/events/137380749711664/

19-Montreal QC, Barfly w/Those Gulls
21-Ottawa ON, Cafe Dekcuf w/Those Gulls

MAY

10-St Catharines ON, venue tba

JUNE

1-New York City, Piano’s
2-New York City, XPO 929
28-Dauphin MB, Dauphin’s Countryfest w/Kim Mitchell, Reba
29-Winnipeg MB, venue tba w/Whiskeyface
30-Saskatoon SK, The Fez w/Whiskeyface

JULY

3/4/5- Recording another full length at the Hive Studios in Vancouver
5-Vancouver BC, The Railway Club w/Garett Craigs, Ghost House
6-Calgary AB, Broken City w/Whiskeyface
7-Edmonton AB, venue tba w/Whiskeyface

Clamour Records is happy to announce the arrival of The City Streets’ 4th and 5th LP’s entitled ‘Winter Lightning’ and ‘Sawdust & Rum’ out May 4th 2012. Pre-sale is at citystreetsband.com and clamourrecords.com.
A video and a single from each album is streaming below.

Winter Lightning is 12 songs under the influence of classic power pop and Motown and features the inventive arrangements you’ve come to expect and love from the boys.
Themes of friendship, morality, loyalty and awe are explored in addition to good ol’ love and death. The album was recorded on 2 inch tape at Hotel2Tango in Montreal with
Howard Bilerman (Arcade Fire, Wolf Parade). It will be released on vinyl, Itunes and digital download. Tracklist below:

Side 1:
1. For All The (Doomed) Lovers
2. Concentrated Living
3. Tristesse
4. Lie Laugh
5. How I Pray
6. Love is Real
Side 2:
7. Into the Place of Dead Songs
8. Waking Up To Motown
9. After I’m Gone
10. Innocence=Lust
11. Nameless
12. Cacophony

‘Sawdust & Rum’ – This album was inspired by my grandfather’s life. His name was Ernest Keith Reid but most people called him Keith. I called him grandpa. I played him the
song ‘Everything Works Out’ years ago and he said I got the story mostly right. Some details may have been changed for the sake of rhyme/poetry. We recorded this in a cabin
one grey week in September on the Northumberland Strait in Nova Scotia not far from where he grew up. It is very beautiful there. The songs have white noise and sadness, joy and
walls of distortion. Sometimes all at once. – Rick Reid.

The album will be released on CD and Itunes. Tracklist below:

1. There Are Stories
2. The Deer
3. Sawdust & Rum
4. Be Good
5. Nothing Can Be Planned
6. Calendar
7. Everything Works Out
8. Better Than Silence
9. When I Was a Younger Man
10.Labyrinthine
11. The Squirrel

March 10-Death House (679 St Remi #735)
w/Greys, Black Love, Shaman

https://www.facebook.com/events/189125061196104/

March 17-L’Esco (Samedi Pouzza)
w/Sack Attack, Young Lungs

http://www.facebook.com/events/338790836162705/