halifax pop explosion

Fredericton’s Capital Complex will be serving up some Maritime-based fun next month.

Halifax Pop Explosion and Molson Rocks the Coast presents a night that most won’t want to miss.

The show, on Feb. 10, will feature three talented East Coast groups: Boxer the Horse, Dog Day, and In-Flight Safety.

The show will come on the heels of In-Flight Safety’s CD release for We Are An Empire, My Dear. The album will be released across Canada on Jan. 27.

Vocalist and guitarist for In-Flight Safety, John Mullane, says the band’s sound has evolved on this album.

Three years ago, I missed a chance to see Death from Above 1979, and I’ve regretted it ever since.

I had just started a new job working nights at a call centre in Saint John, and by the time I got to the bar that the dance-punk duo were playing at, the bar had reached max capacity.

When I found out that Sebastien Grainger, the former drummer and vocalist for DFA 1979, was playing at the Halifax Pop Explosion, I jumped at the chance to go. Bruns Production Editor Christian Hapgood was already headed to the city with a friend, so I hopped aboard.

What a weekend.

Josh: Is this your first solo embark outside of Toronto with the Mountains?

Sebastien: No, I think the first thing we did was a tour with Bloc Party and Albert Hammond – so we left the city pretty quickly, I think we played one show in the city and then went on tour.

J: How long ago was that?

S: Almost two years ago.

J: With the current lineup of the Mountains?

S: Yeah, as a three piece. Andrew [Scott] joined a year ago.

J: How long have you been working with the Mountains?