The Guest Bedroom are a relatively new four-piece band. They describe their music as "quirky/bouncy rock with skeletons in the closet." They also, according to a friend of the band, "know how to party and know when to take down the streamers." Shaunna Bednarek caught front-woman Sandi Falconer off-guard with a pre-planned phone interview.

HI SANDI! COULD YOU GIVE ME THE GUEST BEDROOM'S A/S/L?!
We're a young band, some may say fresh-faced. We've only really played a few shows, it took a long time for us to get together, but now that we are, there is joy. We are comprised of Paul, who takes care of bass and reason; Tim who takes care of drums and adds exclamation points everywhere; Rob who takes care of keys and provides puns; and I take care of vocals and guitar. And we are from Toronto.

SO I READ THAT YOU FOUND YOUR DRUMMER VIA THE INTERNET. WAS THAT WEIRD OR CREEPY?
We found a lot of people through really random, random avenues. Rob and I went to school together and thought that it was stupid that we hadn't started a band yet so we had to find other people when we moved to Toronto and didn't know anybody. So we talked to a lot of people through the internet. A lot of them were really weird, like we got some random dude sending us pictures of him on a drum riser and all these crazy things and now he's like so good in my life.

AND HOW'S MEETING BAND MEMBERS THROUGH THE INTERNET DIFFERENT FROM MEETING OTHER PEOPLE THAT WAY?
I don't know, I've never really met people through the internet. It's different because they know that you're testing them, and so there's always, like, total awkwardness. I mean, all the people that we met were really nice and even people that aren't in the band now, I see around. And they're all really cool people, so we're pretty lucky. We could have met a lot of crazy people!

SOME TORONTO BANDS ARE OBVIOUSLY IN IT FOR SHITS AND GIGGLES AND SOME ARE REALLY SERIOUS. WHERE DO YOU GUYS FIT IN?
We are a group of notorious jokers, but we're together because we want to have fun and we're serious about music, or else we wouldn't really be doing it. So we fit in on the serious side, even though we tell many a joke.

AND HERE'S ANOTHER ONE BEGINNING WITH "SOME TORONTO BANDS"; SOME TORONTO BANDS THRIVE IN KEEPING IT LOCAL. OTHERS TRAVEL FAR AND WIDE. WHAT ARE THE GUEST BEDROOM'S LONG-TERM PLANS?
We're sussing out a plan for things, locally, which is fun. But, y'know, we want to play more shows and we want to hit more roads for sure and we plan to do that.

ARE YOU ALREADY PREPPING FOR THE POTENTIAL HORRORS OF BEING THE ONLY GIRL ON THE TOUR BUS?
Although I doubt The Guest Bedroom will see any sort of tour bus in the near future, touring with those boys will likely be a lot like walking around with those boys: a constant laugh riot. Paul would tell us facts about very random everythings, Rob would have a pun for every single occasion, Tim would be laughing at all Rob's puns, and I would be dying a little 'cause they're all so good.

BY SHAUNNA BEDNAREK