Red Cedar

Something dusty and sun spotted. Red Cedar was born out of five boys upending their previous strategies and forging a new path for themselves and their music. Coming from backgrounds of roots, country, psychedelic rock and the growing pains of too many noisy punk and metal bands these musicians were all too ready to strike out a new balance. With an ear for the loose arrangements of psychedelic rock and paying respect to the space and restraint found in the 60's and 70's songwriter movement, Red Cedar put an emphasis on poignant material that both grooved, ebbed and flowed. They had an appreciation as much for the loudest moments as for the quietest. Woodshedding commenced in the late winter/ early spring of 2008. Red Cedar would spend 8 months rehearsing before performing their new material to an audience. From there they set about gigging in and around Vancouver for the next year, with sets based not so much on singles but as flowing, growing pieces of a greater whole. Drenched in reverb, thick with layers, space and a lot of volume, an unspoken communication was forged. In early spring 2009 singer/guitarist Andy Bishop, drummer Colin Jones, keyboardist Bruce Ledingha... more...