[BrenTheodore]

Just saw a post on Maple Music's facebook page saying that 'Thrush Hermit reunion! Who's excited? We know we are!'.

That was it. Anyone heard anything about this...

And for anyone who doesn't know who Thrush Hermit are, they were Joel Plaskett's band before his solo work and the Emergency.

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[sean.bonner]

Oh. My. Fucking. God.

[Mr. Dave]

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[BrenTheodore]

Holyfuck.

Marked on the calender. Going to be one hell of weekend in Halifax. Them dates better stand strong.

[mojo_mattv]

SWEET, kinda strange that Peterborough is randomly thrown in there...

[mojo_mattv]

Exclaim! confirms it! The title of this thread must be changed

After a weekend rampant with speculation, Joel Plaskett has confirmed that his beloved former band, Thrush Hermit, will indeed be reuniting for a short string of dates in 2010.

Among the most respected and emulated artists to emerge during the mid-’90s Halifax pop explosion, bolstered by Sloan's Murderecords, Thrush Hermit featured Plaskett, Rob Benvie, Ian McGettigan and Cliff Gibb. When Gibb departed in 1999, drummer Benn Ross joined the Hermit to tour behind what was arguably their best record, Clayton Park.

Since the band's demise, Plaskett has gone on to a storied solo career, Benvie has dabbled in music, but is mostly immersed in writing as a novelist, and McGettigan has been playing on and producing records by others, most notably those of the Joel Plaskett Emergency.

In an Exclaim! exclusive, Plaskett answered questions about the reunion in an email interview this morning:

So, is there a Thrush Hermit reunion of any kind happening? If so, where and when will this take place?

Joel Plaskett: Yep! In March. Not sure if the dates are totally locked down yet but it's looking like Moncton, two nights in Halifax, Ottawa and two nights in Toronto. Maybe one more somewhere else in Ontario. Wish we could go out west but we gotta keep it brief.

What exactly prompted this particular reunion show/tour? Who initiated it?

JP: Rob may have brought it up first. We'd been batting it around casually for about a year, but we wanted to make sure the timing made sense.

Is this a one-off or is there any possibility that a tour or further collaboration might happen?

JP: As it stands, this is a one-off tour. We're all busy with our own agendas and we wanted to do this, so we are all pressing pause on our other lives to make it happen in March.

How do you feel about getting the band back together to play again?

JP: I'm super-excited to rock out with the boys again... and to play some serious riffs.

Here are all the Thrush Hermit reunion tour dates announced so far:

3/19 Halifax, NS - Paragon Theatre
3/20 Halifax, NS - Paragon Theatre
3/24 Peterborough, ON - The Historic Red Dog
3/25 Ottawa, ON - New Capital Music Hall
3/26 Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace
3/27 Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace

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[robert goulet]

Can someone help me with a Thrush Hermit song that I might remember...the name rings a bell but no songs come to mind.

[mojo_mattv]

Can someone help me with a Thrush Hermit song that I might remember...the name rings a bell but no songs come to mind.

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A link from Joel's website of a bunch of youtube related thrush hermit stuff :thumb:

[GBV]

First time I saw them was at the Volcano in downtown Kitchener. With Slowburn.
Cover charge: $4.

[ashtrayrock]

fri and sat in toronna!

theres a reason why i love this town

[GBV]

Waterloo show too.
Starlight. March 23.

[ashtrayrock]

fri and sat in toronna!

theres a reason why i love this town

sold out!! fun to be had.

[BrenTheodore]

From a post on Joel's Website today:

Waiting to be Disc-covered…
Posted on February 7th, 2010

HEY PEOPLE!
Been very busy over the past few months in the studio and gigging. Here are some of the projects I’ve been working on that are due to show up over the next few months.

Thrush Hermit – Complete Recordings- 7 DISC BOX SET- to be released on New Scotland. An epic project. Scrambling madly to get it together for the Hermit reunion tour in March (fingers crossed!).



Disc 1- Clayton Park

Disc 2- Sweet Homewrecker

Disc 3- Smart Bomb and The Great Pacific Ocean

Disc 4 – All Technology Aside – 22 songs – outtakes, b-sides and unreleased

Disc 5 – Hits and Giggles – 23 songs – early singles, eps and unreleased tracks

Disc 6 – Embarrass Ourselves Awake – hodge podge of really early material from Nabisco Fonzie, The Hoods, The Hermit and The Tim Robbins

Experience. Truly embarrassing stuff to keep you awake on long drives

Disc 7 – DVD consisting of Learn to Party documentary (1999) and lots of extra never before seen footage from 1990- 1999

Will also include a 24 page booklet with lots of photos and liner notes written by Rob Benvie.

(This is only part of the post as the entire entity is in the JP thread)

How sick does this sound?!!!!

Mee REALY likey. :jump :thumb:

[ashtrayrock]

From a post on Joel's Website today:

Waiting to be Disc-covered…
Posted on February 7th, 2010

HEY PEOPLE!
Been very busy over the past few months in the studio and gigging. Here are some of the projects I’ve been working on that are due to show up over the next few months.

Thrush Hermit – Complete Recordings- 7 DISC BOX SET- to be released on New Scotland. An epic project. Scrambling madly to get it together for the Hermit reunion tour in March (fingers crossed!).



Disc 1- Clayton Park

Disc 2- Sweet Homewrecker

Disc 3- Smart Bomb and The Great Pacific Ocean

Disc 4 – All Technology Aside – 22 songs – outtakes, b-sides and unreleased

Disc 5 – Hits and Giggles – 23 songs – early singles, eps and unreleased tracks

Disc 6 – Embarrass Ourselves Awake – hodge podge of really early material from Nabisco Fonzie, The Hoods, The Hermit and The Tim Robbins

Experience. Truly embarrassing stuff to keep you awake on long drives

Disc 7 – DVD consisting of Learn to Party documentary (1999) and lots of extra never before seen footage from 1990- 1999

Will also include a 24 page booklet with lots of photos and liner notes written by Rob Benvie.

(This is only part of the post as the entire entity is in the JP thread)

How sick does this sound?!!!!

Mee REALY likey. :jump :thumb:

fuck yeah!!!

ive been listening to thrush the last 3 weeks(full time!). i cant wait!!!

[ashtrayrock]

oh they added a sunday afternoon show in toronto(3 total)

dry show. 445pm start