LP It was in a recent issue of Toronto’s NOW magazine, music editor Carla Gillis proclaimed that Bart just may be her favourite new Toronto band. This is not an isolated opinion. Over the course of the past year the band has played to a consistently growing group of converts. Last year when Jim O’Rourke declared prog rock as vital and contemporary as it’s ever been we could only nod in approval and it seems others are in the mood for a maximal, musical experience. Bart’s use of dynamics and harmonics take them places where few contemporaries dare to tread. Triple saxophone breaks, piano ballads and synthetic fades into the centre of a new age all make up the band’s debut full length Holomew. Filled with hooks, melodies and meditations on the bigger picture, Bart’s Holomew is ambitious in scope and unapologetically progressive. Notes on the packaging The album will be pressed on black vinyl and comes housed in a matte jacket that has been printed without the use of ink. All of the artwork has been made with impressions using foil stamping, embossing and debossing techniques. Pre-orders for the vinyl are now available here.