Behind The Name, ‘Lost Travellers’
01-29-2011
THE NAME …
So initially we leaked the new album title to be “White Rabbits”. It’s a great name … cool sounding, lots of intrigue, also the name of a great Jefferson Airplane song. I’m pretty sure the suggestion was followed by thumbs up and high fives …
Right around the same time when we were starting the Album, a Canadian band began to break … Their name? White Rabbits. If that wasn’t enough, it also appeared that they stole our love for excessive amounts of drumming. At least we enjoyed their music so the loss of a name wasn’t THAT painful.
Fast forward about one or two years … Band friend, Allison Choppick was hard at work coming up with a visual concept for the album. Allison is an artist out of Toronto, who’s just loaded with mad art skills. After giving the album a few listens she sent me a txt reading, “Lost Travellers”. It was a pretty eerie experience because it dawned on me that that was the exact theme I was lyrically writing about. It was an epic Dr. Phil moment …
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