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artist The Western Investor

Vancouver, BC, CANADA
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We're #1! Thanks for listening and sending us to number one on the R3-30 - we hope those of you in Vancouver will come check us out live at the This Beautiful Town CD release party in July! Stay tuned for more information.

Big thanks to everyone that tuned in to CBC 3 on Sirius Radio today for our interview. And a big thanks to CBC 1 for giving us some luurv - and contrary to Lisa's warning, Googling The Western Investor will get us popping up in the fourth listing... and that's here at CBC R3 and our NMC website! So thanks for listening gang!

This Beautiful Town now available through iTunes!
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This Beautiful Town now available through CD Baby!
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This Beautiful Town now available at Red Cat Records in Vancouver!
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(More Canadian stores where TWI can be found coming shortly)



A big thanks to everyone for checking us out on the R3 podcast and the R3-30. We consider it an honour and Drew won't stop smiling - so, we uploaded a couple of new songs for you all to enjoy. So enjoy already!

Tariq and NMC gives us the luuuv!

Comprised of members from Vancouver favorites, Feisty and The Mean Reds, The Western Investor has just finished their first album, This Beautiful Town. So when you think about it, the band has been around for nearly 10 years. But it kinda hasn't.

The Western Investor are four old friends who get together once a month or so to catch up, make noise, drink beer and write songs. And every three years or so those songs add up to a record, their most recent effort being "This Beautiful Town".

They're older now and a bit lazier and they make the odd mistake, but they don't care so much because there are just more important things to worry about. And you can tell that they appreciate more than ever that playing in a band really is the best thing ever.

Soundwise they rip off their favourite bands in the most honest and respectful way possible, and they end up playing quiet melodic pop that's sometimes cynical, sometimes humorous, and sometimes quite sad really.

And they're really fucking good, so come on out and invest in the west.


This Beautiful Town
Independent
September, 2006
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EP (as Feisty)
Independent
February, 1998
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Free EP (or "freep", if you like)

posted by castewar   
Finally!

All the tracks are here to listen to as part of your CBC Radio 3 playlist, but now you can download the MP3 files for Feisty's EP. For those not in the know, Feisty is the name The Western Investor went by for years.

EP was our freshman CD, recorded in the basement sound studio of Radical Entertainment (makers of many, many fine video games, like Simpson's Road Rage, The Hulk, Scarface, and the upcoming Prototype.)

More trivia! With only six songs on the EP, it's amazing to think that two of them were featured on the soundtrack for the Canadian, lesbians-are-awesome film, Better Than Chocolate!

Download the MP3s here, and share the love! The album is being re-released under Creative Commons, which is hip internet code for "free to download, burn, share, remix, sample - you just have to credit us and not make money from it."
posted by castewar   
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