Saturday, February 10 12:30pm @ Salem’s Loft
Purveyors of: Fucking fizzy fuzz

Previously for Wavelength, The Guest Bedroom gave Evan Dickson a rundown of their beloved self-identifier “fuck-pop” (an interview you can find at wavelengthtoronto.com, a website that if you are holding this hot little print zine in your hands, you should visit way more often). They talked about the band’s 3-inch CD EP Tight. Tyrone Warner looks over the engagement process and lobbed a few questions via the email. UPDATE—the answers are in.

So tell me what your band has been up to since Wavelength talked to you last March.

Tim: Writing, recording, singing, dancing, drinking, sharing, caring.

Sandi: New songs, new member, new EP, new instruments!

What is the status of the new EP Movement? Anything new going on that fans might not expect?

Sandi: The EP should be out in the next month or two. We’ll be releasing it ourselves. People might not expect a potential remix by a mystery special guest! We’ll probably start recording again soon too (and we’ll actually upsize to a full length this time!). 2007 = True!

Rob: I don’t think the recording will shock anyone who is familiar with our live material, though there is a definite shift in direction from the last EP. It’s the same TGB, but now 100% chorus free!

Sandi: Less pop, more fizz?

How is the progress of the 7-inch coming? Still pursuing that one?

Sandi: That’s pretty much on the backburner for now. We hope to rekindle our affection for this plan in the future.

Rob: We’ve discussed recording a split 7-inch in the past. There is currently nothing in the works, though we aspire to release one eventually.

Paul Clifford has left the band for Japan. Have you found a replacement bass player? Are you taking this opportunity to swell TGB into a 20 member youth-group chorus?

Tim: Local celebrity and teen-at-heart Alan Kelley will be playing bass. He likes basketball, hero burgers and digital cable. Youth-group choruses please email us!

Sandi: Alan is also our tallest, most persuasive member, with an incredible knack for storytelling and sarcasm. Animals also really, really like him.

Alan: Alan has had an immeasurable impact.

Tell me a bit about how a Guest Bedroom song comes into the world. Where does the germ of the song come from? How do you know it’s finished?

Tim: Sandi and Rob usually plant the seed. I add fertilizer. Paul used to water it, but now Alan has to do that.

Rob: We have a penchant for writing songs with triumphant endings. Not unlike those old Imperial Margarine commercials, we know a song is finished when giant crowns magically appear on our heads.

Sandi: I am a gardener.

Alan: I add water.

With all the local critical acclaim the band has received, do you feel any pressure now to pull off something really big?

Tim: We’ll be packaging the CD in one of those over-sized novelty birthday cards. It’s going to be HUGE!

Rob: Can the card be of the variety that plays music when you open it? Opening the card will cue track one through four in sequence. No skipzees!

Sandi: We were flirting with adding a plate spinner and a dancing bear to our live show, but it all seemed a little obvious. We plan to get better at making music together. As long as it’s exciting to us, that’s all that matters.

Are there any overlooked bands in Toronto right now that you feel people should be paying more attention to?

Tim: Ancestors are a very good band. I really, really like the Sharp Tongues. I don’t think either of these bands are “overlooked”-—but they’re both amazing!

Sandi: I agree with Tim. Not necessarily overlooked, but still totally dangerous and deserving of more attention: Ancestors, Galaxy, The Sharp Tongues, Permafrown!

By Tyrone Warner