The Garrys

https://thegarrys.bandcamp.com

The GarrysDreamy blood harmony surf rock doom-wop on morphine.Get Thee to a Nunnery, released 24 September 20211. Get Thee to a Nunnery2. Ambrosia Salad3. In the Dawn4. Sintaluta5. Devil's Dip6. Bury Me With My Money7. Hwy-11 Tumbleweed8. Fallen Woman9. It's Over10. Heavy Flow11. R.M. of WolverineThe fourth album from Canadian surf sister trio The Garrys — 'Get Thee to a Nunnery' is available on September 24, 2021 via Grey Records. Recorded and mixed at Rec Hall Studios by Barrett Ross (Kacy & Clayton and Marlon Williams, The Deep Dark Woods), and mastered by Harris Newman of Grey Market Mastering, the album allowed The Garrys to work for the first time with Canadian music icon Dallas Good (of The Sadies) as producer. Musically, 'Get Thee to a Nunnery' draws upon influences from a diverse array of sounds, including the classic surf riffs of The Ventures, the drama of Ennio Morricone’s spaghetti westerns, the dreamy psychedelia of Kurt Vile, France Gall’s brand of mod-pop cheek, and the lo-fi garage noir of Los Saicos. Like previous releases, 'Get Thee to a Nunnery' pays homage to The Garrys’ familial roots, telling stories and cultivating moods inspired by their windswept prairie surroundings, the isolation and decay of rural life, generational shifts in worldview and faith, the soft-spoken beauty of small moments and oft-ignored locales, and making sense of nostalgia for times and places that they never really knew. Most notably, 'Get Thee to a Nunnery' was inspired in part by stories of their mother’s high school years at an all-girls Catholic boarding school and convent in small-town 1960’s Saskatchewan. On several tracks, The Garrys explore the push-pull of rebellion and redemption that comes within a religious upbringing, and the seeding of persistent guilt that all former Catholic school kids know well. Even for artists as reverentially nostalgic as The Garrys, it’s impossible to avoid grappling with the tensions that arise from their sources of aesthetic inspiration. On one hand, they look upon this era and environment as timelessly cool, and coloured with a sepia-toned innocence; on the other, they know the truth of it was inescapably oppressive to young women and various Others. As these cold realizations surface, much of the album is united by a mourning of the various things that can erode, wither, and die while time marches on and as we get older — including the communities, traditions, and relationships we once held near and dear.

Category: Arts & Entertainment

City: Saskatoon

State: Saskatchewan

Country: Canada (CA)

Currency : CAD

Platform: Bandcamp

Technologies used: Fastly CDN