Joel Plaskett's new emergency? Recording and producing his new album in ten weeks.
Inspired in part by the record industry of the 1950s - a decade when the single ruled and when songs went from the studio to the radio very quickly - the Halifax singer/songwriter and his band, The Emergency, are taking a run a recording and producing a brand new song each week from now until early March, resulting in his new album: Scrappy Happiness. Each track will be available to buy after it debuts here, and the complete physical album will be available on March 27. A tour will follow beginning in Victoria on April 13 (dates below).
It's an ambitious project. How will it go? Who knows! But you will be able to follow Joel's challenge here and at Radio 2. Each Wednesday for the next ten weeks stop in to hear the week's new song, listen to Craig Norris talk to Joel about it, and let us (and the band) know what you think.
We'll also have some great bonus content coming your way over the next two months, as we examine the songwriting and recording process with multimedia features, video updates from Plaskett HQ, and bi-weekly live chats (every other Wednesday at 2pmET, starting January 18) with Joel so you can ask him yourself how the project is going.
So, Plaskettmaniacs, keep your browsers pointed here, and check back on Wednesday for the first song. And if you're on Twitter, follow the conversation using the hashtag #scrappyhappiness.
Check back here to hear the first song tomorrow, and listen to Craig Norris' interview with Joel on Wednesday morning.
Scrappy Happiness tour lineup after the jump:
04-13-12 Victoria, BC - Alix Goolden
04-14-12 Vancouver, BC - Vogue Theatre
04-16-12 Banff, AB - Banff Centre
04-18-12 Calgary, AB - MacEwan Hall with Special Guest Frank Turner
04-19-12 Edmonton, AB - Winspear Centre with Special Guest Frank Turner
04-20-12 Saskatoon, SK - U of Sasks, Louis Pub with Special Guest Frank Turner
04-21-12 Winnipeg, MB - Garrick Centre with Special Guest Frank Turner
04-25-12 Montreal, QC - Corona Theatre with Special Guest Frank Turner
04-26-12 Ottawa, ON - Bronson Centre with Special Guest Frank Turner
04-27-12 St Catharines, ON - Brock Centre for the Arts with Special Guest Frank Turner
05-18-12 Toronto, ON - Queen Elizabeth Theatre with Special Guest Frank Turner
05-19-12 Toronto, ON - Queen Elizabeth Theatre with Special Guest Frank Turner
