Canadian
      Rock
      Veterans
      54°40
      to
      Play
      The
      Barn
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      Island’s
      long
      suffering
     
     
      54°40
      fans
      can
      breathe
      a
      collective
     
     
      sigh
      of
      relief.
      After
      a
      four
      year
     
     
      absence,
      these
      veterans
      of
      the
     
     
      Canadian
      rock
      scene
      are
      making
     
     
      their
      way
      back
      for
      a
      visit
      to
      the
     
     
      UPEI
      Barn.
     
    

    
     
      “It’s
      our
      second
      visit
      to
     
     
      Charlottetown,”
      said
      Neil
     
     
      Osborne,
      lead
      singer
      of
      the
     
     
      Vancouver-based
      group.
      “The
      last
     
     
      time
      we
      were.
      there
      the
      new
     
     
      [Confederation]
      bridge
      was
      just
     
     
      about
      done.”
     
    

    
     
      After
      such
      a
      lengthy
     
    
   
   
    
     
      their
      ninth
      album,
      Osborne
     
     
      explained
      that,
      “we
      came
      up
      with
     
     
      the
      title
      to
      describe
      our
      approach
     
     
      of
      using
      technology,
      both
      old
      and
     
     
      new.”
     
    

    
     
      The
      creation
      of
      this
      album
     
     
      was
      quite
      experimental
      for
      the
     
     
      group,
      a
      move
      largely
      attributed
      to
     
     
      the
      band’s
      ownership
      of
      their
      own
     
     
      studio.
      This
      ownership
      allows
      the
     
     
      band
      to
      move
      away
      from
      an
     
     
      exhaustive
      manner
      of
      recording
      to
     
     
      one
      more
      relaxed
      in
      nature.
     
    

    
     
      “By
      recording
      at
      our
      own
     
     
      studio,
      it
      allows
      us
      to
      jump
      into
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      We
      haven
      t
      really
      reached
      a
      success-
     
     
      ful
      peak
      where
      we
      ve
      sold
      millions
      of
     
     
      records
      and
      made
      lots
      of
      money.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      absence,
      the
      group
      is
      evidently
     
     
      excited
      about
      returning
      to
      the
     
     
      province.
      “We
      don’t
      get
      out
      to
      the
     
     
      Maritimes
      much,
      especially
      PEI,
     
     
      so
      that’s
      going
      to
      be
      a
      highlight
      [of
     
     
      the
      upcoming
      tour]
      for
      us.”
      With
      a
     
     
      laugh
      he
      added
      “although
      I
      wish
      it
     
     
      was
      spring
      or
      summer!”
     
    

    
     
      54°40’s
      tour,
      which
      kicked
     
     
      off
      in
      Kingston,
      Ontario
      on
     
     
      January
      17,
      is
      in
      promotion
      of
     
     
      their
      most
      recent
      album,
      Casual
     
     
      Viewin
      .
      In
      regards
      to
      naming
      this,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ENTER
      THE
      TAINMENT
     
     
      to
      ake
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
       
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
            
     
    
   
   
    
     
      eo
      2
     
    
   
   
    
     
      MES.
      Ry
      a
      A
     
    
   
   
    
     
      A
      Ryan
      O'Connor
      Production
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      [recording]
      the
      song
      at
      any
      point,
     
     
      rather
      than
      the
      normal
      way
      [of
     
     
      recording]
      which
      is
      to
      rehearse
      the
     
     
      material
      to
      death,
      book
      your
      studio
     
     
      and
      producer,
      and
      play
      what
     
     
      you’ve
      rehearsed
      to
      death,
      keep
     
     
      your
      best
      performances,
      and
      that’s
     
     
      your
      record,”
      said
      Osborne.
     
    

    
     
      With
      worries
      about
      costs
     
     
      associated
      with
      studio
      time
      and
     
     
      producers
      out
      of
      the
      way,
      members
     
     
      of
      the
      group
      produced
      the
      album,
     
     
      54°40’s
      recording
      process
      was
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -
      much
      more
      creative
      than
      the
      situa-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      tion
      most
      bands
      face.
      “We
      did
     
     
      what
      a
      DJ
      would
      do.
      We
      just
     
     
      experimented
      with
      any
      section
      of
     
     
      the
      song,
      and
      put
      it
      together
      in
      var-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      _
      ious
      ways
      after
      the
      fact.
      Whether
      it.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      would
      start
      with
      the
      drumbeat
      or
     
     
      vocals,
      quite
      often
      we’d
      strip
      a
     
     
      song
      down
      and
      rebuild
      it,”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -
      Osborne
      said.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      This
      new,
      more
      at
      ease
     
    
   
   
    
     
      :
      style
      of
      recording
      is
      entirely
      new
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      He
      walks
      among
      men.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      He
      can
      end
      suffering.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      And
      it
      is
      good.
     
    
   
   
    
     
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