Hello Dan here from bend sinister. I have neglected to write a blog this past month since returning from our cross Canada tour with Library Voices and the Paper Lions. As soon as we returned I disappeared for a couple weeks doing the master-cleanse only to pop out for a performance with the ODDS for shore 104.3 Music Saves video premiere. It was a great night and it was amazing to play keyboards the whole eve with a band that I was a big fan of growing up. In Bend Sinister land we parted ways with our management due to complexities to long winded to explain, so we are now breathing the fresh air of having no representation which feels nice for a change. We are exploring other opportunities now while I sit at home and try to come up with some more songs for a new record. Our label distort is on board for us to record a full length record in the early new year, we now are just trying to write a few more songs to give ourselves options. We recorded the 10 demos in Toronto which would be the start of our new record, and I’ve got another 5 or so songs on deck that we are recording demos of now. In other news Alex our bass player who joined us for the last tour did an amazing job, however he has plans to move to Edmonton in the new year so we are once again searching for a replacement in the bass world. We are not rushing the matter, in fact we have not even started searching, but we hope to have found and trained someone by the time february rolls around. Alex will continue to play with us til he departs, and we wish him the best of luck in the bitter bitter cold of northern alberta.. lol. On a final note the fate of our Van is still undecided. It is at the mechanics right now, but we are at the point where we can’t afford to put much more $$ into the beast but aren’t sure whether we can sell it or scrap it. This year alone with the thanks of our peak money we sunk over 6000$ dollars into fix ups while on the road for over 6 months this year. Now the engine has a rattle which could mean the end of the line.. and sadly we have officially spent all 50,000$ we earned from the peak performance project.. Anyway big things in the new year!!!