History of Pain

The WP’s fourth album is out today! You can buy it on iTunes or most digital platforms, or (best bang for your buck) on our Bandcamp page. Listen to it there and tell us what you think…

The album was recorded and mixed by our producer and friend Murray Lightburn. It features Stacey DeWolfe on drums, the guitar stylings of Steve Raegele, a guest keyboard spot from the great Nicole Lizée, and some co-writes from Warren Auld, Mocky and our friends in Les yeux fermés.

I like it, and hope you do too!

 

Eve of Construction

I’ve spent much of the past two weeks assisting longtime WP cohort and advisor Bryan “The Brain” Burt on the construction of a secret WP project. What are we building? Well, you’ll have to come to one of our shows to find out!

Brain wielding the brad nailer (which would be a great name for a porn star… just sayin’).

 

The homoerotics of carpentry: drilling, nailing and screwing.

 

ARE YOU INTRIGUED YET?!?

 

Summer of Pain Free Download Series, Part 6: Adam Waito

As the summer draws to a close, so too does the Summer of Pain series, with this most enjoyable remix of our song “Gary Sinistre” by Adam Waito–leader of Adam and the Amethysts, remix artist and man-about-town.

I hope you’ve enjoyed these tunes, and I hope to see you at our upcoming record release shows! History of Pain comes out on September 13 and will be available for purchase on CD or download on this site or (insh’Allah) wherever you like to make your purchases.

Gary Sinistre (Adam Waito Remix)

Summer of Pain Free Download Series, Part 5: Taylor Savvy

Taylor Savvy is perhaps the most mysterious member of the “Canadian jackass crew” that spawned the WP along with Peaches, Feist, Chilly Gonzales and Mocky. You may have seen Savvy onstage with Mocky, Peach or Jamie Lidell (or, if you’re really old school, in Feist’s band with me and Nathan Lawr way back in the day). He hasn’t unleashed any new Savvy music on the world for some years now, but we hold out hope.

He recorded this demo of ours during our visit to Berlin in the spring of 2009, in his basement studio (which has since been torn down and turned into a parking lot – yep, these kinds of things happen even in Berlin). Stacey made the beat on Savvy’s groovebox and played the live drums, Savvy tweaked some knobs on the box and played the tremolo guitar, and I played the keys and the bad indie-rock guitar. This song hasn’t been recorded in “official” form yet, although it has become one of our favourite songs to play live.

Enjoy!

Magic Touch (Berlin Demo)

 

Summer of Pain Free Download Series, Part 4: Pecora Pecora

Pecora Pecora are a  duo from Montreal with a dreamy analog synth sound and the best stage costumes this side of, well, us. They provide this remix of our song “City Lovers” perfect for the lazy, hazy days.

City Lovers (Pecora Pecora Remix)

Crowdsourced Set List

We are beginning rehearsals with the (awesome) new WP band, and excited to play some shows in the fall for the release of History of Pain, the upcoming fourth WP album.

As my devoted fans know, the career of the WP has been devoted to walking the line between shameless artistic self-indulgence and craven populist entertainment. In light of this, we will be playing the entire new WP album at these shows. But I would also like to play any songs that the people want to hear.

So, we are now taking requests. Any era of the WP is fair game. Let me know what songs you’d like to hear us play, by email (thatworldprovider @ yahoo . com ) or through any of the well-known social networks (maybe not MySpace).

Looking forward to hearing from you!

xo WP.

Summer of Pain Free Download Series, Part 3: Lee Neutron

If you’ve always thought “what the WP sound needs is more AutoTune and shredding,” you will be pleased with the newest installment of the Summer of Pain series. I hope you will be pleased regardless.

Lee Neutron is a longtime associate of the WP who plays in such diverse musical projects as The Sun Through a Telescope, Daiquiri, Street Meat and Lauderdale.

Enjoy!

Naked and Craven (Naked and Unshaven Remix)

 

Summer of Pain Free Download Series, Part 2: Montag

As summer has finally descended upon Montreal, I offer for your enjoyment the second installment of the Summer of Pain series, a collection of remixes, demos and oddities from the WP vaults in anticipation of the new WP album, History of Pain.

This is a remix of our song “21 Guns” by Montag, a long-shining gem of Montreal’s indie-pop community.

Enjoy!

21 Guns (Montag Remix)

Summer of Pain free download series, Part 1: Violence

Hello to all! As the fall release of the new WP album, History of Pain, approaches, I am releasing a series of free downloads of remixes, demos and oddities.

This is the very first – a remix of our song “City Lovers” by the mysterious duo Violence. If you happen to be in the Montreal area, we are playing with them and a bunch of other artists at a free show on Friday June 24 – contact me if interested in attending.

Otherwise, enjoy the music and see you soon!

City Lovers (Violence Remix)

Summer News

A trusted confidant recently commented that the WP site’s latest postings have a “valedictory” quality. So let’s forget about the past for now and concentrate on the (immediate) future! There are some exciting WP events coming up.

WP à la St-Jean (or should I say St-Jean à la WP?)
We are playing a loft party on Friday, June 24, as part of a rock-solid lineup including Why Alex Why, William Crop, Violence, Dj PatAte,  Magnanime, Horticulture and Entre Rien. If you’re interested in attending, please email me (thatworldprovider @ yahoo . com) or contact me through the various social networks to get the address and other info. We’re scheduled to play at “10 or 11” which, by my math, probably means 11ish. Oh and it is a FREE show! Hope to see you there.

Summer of Pain free download series coming soon
Over the past while, I have been commissioning and compiling a series of remixes and demos which will be released for free to my adoring public over the course of the summer. I just got the last one yesterday and it is a fine compilation indeed, featuring many great contributions from Montreal and beyond. There will be more news about this soon, so stay tuned.

New WP video

The video for my song “I Got It All Wrong” by the amazing Sanchez Brothers will be completed soon. It is the most high-concept, high-budget WP video to date, and has spent the last several months in heavy-duty post-production. The late-June completion date is approaching soon…

And of course…

History of Pain – the new WP album!

I recently met with designer Todd Stewart to finalize the (awesome) cover art for the long-awaited new WP album! It is one step closer, and very close, to completion. The album is coming out in September and shows will be announced soon! I am super stoked about this and I look forward to sharing this new music with you all.

That’s about it for now. See you soon!