The Sizes of Things to Come

Victoria, British Columbia is located on Vancouver Island, and is sometimes referred to as the City of Gardens, and in spring the coastal city abounds with blossoming tulips. Also blossoming is Victoria’s indie music scene, producing some serious heavy-hitters that are branching out and taking over the entire country, city by city. Shapes and Sizes are one Victoria band that has recently made the move from Victoria to indie music hot-spot Montreal, and Montreal has responded with open arms. Quirky, frenetic, and fun, this four-piece make you feel like you wish you would have heard this kind of music as a kid. Caila is the foursome’s cute, boyish, short-haired lead, who’s unassuming off-stage presence is diametrically opposite from her on-stage ownership of rocking out. Hard. With a microphone and keyboard in front of her, and electric guitar strapped on her back (and mid-song capably flipping it around to play it), she magically tells stories that transport listeners to a place where “rock and roll” and “indie music” no longer exist . . . only awe, surprise and high energy matter. They are in tune with such sound-makers as Animal Collective, Deerhoof, and the new strain of bands that are uninhibited and refuse to follow formulas or conform to indie’s mainstream. On a cross-Canada and US tour this past summer with Montreal’s Miracle Fortress and Vancouver’s They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, Shapes and Sizes will no doubt become one of those bands that changes how music is (and isn’t) defined, regardless of whether or not people can wrap their head around them.
Let's hope these kids come back out to Western Canada this year to grace us again with their awesome presence.

Check out their pretty website at www.shapesandsizes.ca, and their myspace at www.myspace.com/shapesandsizes.