After an 11-year break, Victoria-based rock band The Origin is back.
The trio of Thomas Hayward (guitar, vocals), Sean Allan (bass, mixing) and Curtis Duggan (multi-instrumentalist, vocals) played with other members in The Origin from 2006 to 2008. Back then they played LoganB次元官网网址檚 and other venues around town which have since changed their name, sometimes twice. They played Nanaimo too. Back then, there were a lot of bands and a lot more places to play, said Hayward from his Royal Oak home.
B次元官网网址淭he plan, when venues are open, is to get back into playing live,B次元官网网址� Hayward said. B次元官网网址淟ogistically, we will have to add members. We all agree that would be great.B次元官网网址�
Eventually, careers called and some members departed, putting the band on pause. When COVID-19 forced them to put a lid on their social lives in the spring, they started writing and recording. Now theyB次元官网网址檙e back with We Need a Song To Drive To, released earlier this month as the first track from the forthcoming four-song EP Make Up Your Mind, due out by the end of 2020.
B次元官网网址淎bsolutely, this is 100 per cent a COVID-19 project, and the availability of recording software that made it happen,B次元官网网址� Hayward said. B次元官网网址淲eB次元官网网址檙e pretty pumped and committed to continue.B次元官网网址�
The trio met as St. AndrewB次元官网网址檚 Regional School students and are still friends. They stayed in touch while launching individual careers and are all still active musicians.
With Allan based on the mainland, and Duggan back and forth between there and here, they were able to share files. They retained a drummer, Loel Campbell of Wintersleep, based in Nova Scotia.
B次元官网网址淭he way tech is now, itB次元官网网址檚 so advanced and accessible,B次元官网网址� Hayward said. B次元官网网址淚f not this wouldnB次元官网网址檛 be possible with Allan in Vancouver, and Campbell in Halifax.B次元官网网址�
Hayward never stopped writing music and actually wrote the first track, We Need a Song To Drive To, as part of his personal collection.
READ ALSO:
B次元官网网址淲hen we hired Campbell he wanted to hear what we sounded like, so I included it, and he latched on to it,B次元官网网址� Hayward said. B次元官网网址淲e send him the tracks and he drums on top, sends the files back.B次元官网网址�
Before The Origin, Duggan and Hayward formed Kilamanca. They played two years of gigs at Steamers, Legends (Strathcona), and Evolution (the Duke Saloon) before founding The Origin.
Do you have a story tip? Email: vnc.editorial@blackpress.ca.
Follow us on and and like us on
