Think About Life

Infobox musical artist
Name = Think About Life


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Origin = Montreal, Québec, Canada
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Years_active = 2005–present
Label = Alien8, What's Your Rupture
Associated_acts = Dishwasher, Miracle Fortress
URL = [http://www.thinkaboutlife.org/ www.thinkaboutlife.org]
Current_members = Matt Shane
Graham Van Pelt
Martin Cesar
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Think About Life is a rock band from Montreal, Québec, Canada, formed in 2005 by drummer Matt Shane and keyboardist Graham Van Pelt.Dunlevy, T'Cha. "Feckless abandon", "The Gazette", 2006-06-08, p. D3.]

Think About Life's third member, vocalist Martin Cesar, also records and performs as Dishwasher. He has released a CD-R on Pink Triforce Tapes. Cesar also previously sang in the rock band Donkey Heart.

Graham Van Pelt is an active studio engineer in Montreal, and has engineered or produced for a number of local artists. He also has his own side project, Miracle Fortress.

Van Pelt and Shane moved into a loft space dubbed "Friendship Cove" with other musician friends, and recorded the band's initial songs there.

Regarding the band's name, Shane said, "We were naming all the parts of our songs to remember them better. On [the album opener] 'Paul Cries', there's one part that sounded kind of deep. We joked that it made us think about life. Then someone said, 'Dude, I think that should be the name of the band.'"

The band's debut recording was released in 2006 by Alien8 Recordings. They began touring in the United States in late 2005, with Beaver Sheppard standing in for Martin for part of the tour, opening dates for Wolf Parade and later Art Brut. [Bottenberg, Rupert. " [http://www.montrealmirror.com/2006/050406/music4.html Dream team: The pop-culture pick-up games of Think About Life] ", "Montreal Mirror", 2006-05-04. Retrieved on 2008-08-08.] John Wenzel of the "The Denver Post" called Think About Life "the new Liars". [Wenzel, John. "15 buzz bands at small to midsized venues", "The Denver Post", 2006-04-30, p. F4.] The band has also toured Canada and Japan. [Guimond, Steve. " [http://www.hour.ca/music/music.aspx?iIDArticle=12031 Triple threat] ", "Hour", 2007-05-10. Retrieved on 2008-08-08.]

The band hopes to release their completed 4-track EP by What's Your Rupture? sometime soon. They will also continue to mix their next full-length record back home in Montreal.

Discography

* 2006: "Think About Life"

References

External links

* [http://www.thinkaboutlife.org Official site]
* [http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2006/05/think_about_lif.html Concert review by Brooklyn Vegan]
* [http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2006/08/an_interview_wi_7.html An interview by Brooklyn Vegan]