The Pinetree Line - Sunrise and Streetlights
Name: The Pinetree Line
Album: Sunrise and Streetlights
Released: 2007
Members:
Lindsay Dagenais - bass
Jordan Lane - drums, percussion
Paul Taylor - vocals, guitar
Jason Van de Water - keyboards
Website: www.thepinetreeline.com
Record Label: The Pinetree Line Records
Favourite Song: Heartbreaker (track 5)
Alright, so everyone by now knows that I rely on the band and Myspace a lot to figure out, usually the genre of the band because I’m a horrible judge of that. But this I think was one of the very few times where I needed something (specifically iTunes) to figure out the album name. I couldn’t find it anywhere on the liner notes or on the CD case. Maybe it’s on the CD itself (which is in my CDrom currently) but iTunes says the album name is Sunrise and Streetlights. So that’s what I’ll put!
The Pinetree Line write themselves up to be a mix of Rock, Country and Blues. And I’ll agree with them, judging by the fact that they’re from Calgary, you really have to have some expectation of at least a little bit country and a little bit rock & roll. Ughs. That wasn’t supposed to be there. But it’s a nice mellow mix. I like it. I like a lot of things though. And if this is “country” I’m going to take a wild stab at the idea that it’s “new country” and not “old country”… which apparently Jessica Simpson has gotten herself into. I digress.
I said it before, and I’ll say it again The Pinetree Line is a mellow kind of rock. Just enough country for me to agree with the fact that they’re from “Cow-Town” AB. I think it’s just a few of the guitar riffs that makes me think country, otherwise I really wouldn’t. And while I really don’t like making comparisons, I can actually see myself thinking many of these songs are written in the same mindset as my favourite singer/songwriter of all time, Tom Cochrane. Someone else who a lot of people tell me has a bit of a country flair, which I can never see.
Where would anyone listen to some easy listening kind of rock? Everywhere! Seriously. There’s not a place I wouldn’t really mind listening to The Pinetree Line, and that’s a fact. I’d have no problem taking them to the gym on the treadmill, or just strolling through downtown Toronto. They’ll probably end up in my car CD rotation pretty shortly. I mean, my yoga studio probably won’t like them, but they don’t seem to like anything with words. At least not during class.
