Paper Bag Records is set to release All Red, the new album from Montreal’s Winter Gloves on September 7th.  Recently, the band’s Charles F and Nico Ormiston recorded a stellar session with the tastemaker French website La Blogotheque while shooting offsite sessions in Montreal. The band’s session, recorded during a unique stroll through their hometown that included a stop to play amongst the deserted roller coasters at La Ronde Amusement park, features  a stripped-down version of  ‘Plastic Slides’ one of many stand out tracks on All Red (link below).  Winter Gloves will be touring Canada through September and October in support of the new album, with confirmed dates to be announced soon.

All Red’s ten tracks took shape on and off-stage during Winter Gloves’ past year on the road and were brought back to the band’s studio in Montreal to record. In a return to the roots of the original demos and EP that first introduced Winter Gloves’ poppy mix of gritty bass and synths sound, the band’s Charles F (lead singer, guitar, synths) produced the album alongside Vincent Chalifour (bass, synths). The foursome is rounded out with Patrick Sayers on drums, and Nico Ormiston on guitar and bringing back the glockenspiel that was a well-mentioned highlight on their debut about a girl album.

Born out of the band’s curiosity with what happens in the spaces of jarring transitions between country and urban sprawl explored on their debut album, All Red is a step into the transition from the lightness of youth to the realities of growing up; the hiding places that we will find in corners or on dancefloors in those awkward moments. With the whimsy of “Gym Glass” and tales of classic childhood characters you meet and carry with you in “Tooth Fairy”, alongside the reality of how often you might lose those friends along the way  (“Trap The Mouse”), and hit the pitfalls  and often disillusionment of growing up  (“Plastic Slides”, “Strange Love”), All Red is a celebration of all those sometimes reluctant steps and spaces along the way that we’ll occupy, embrace, dance and hide out in.

With only a handful of live shows behind them at the beginning of 2008, Winter Gloves were already receiving invitations to join bands like Tokyo Police Club on a series of sold-out tour dates. Such well-attended shows helped spread what was becoming the wildfire of the earlier, self-released “Let Me Drive” EP.  After the Canadian release of their full-length in the Fall of 2008, the band continued on the same foot as things had started with dates alongside Tokyo Police Club and a slot at Toronto’s Virgin Festival before hitting the road across Canada with You Say Party, Thunderheist and  Beast. Reactions to the debut album and these shows immediately secured showcase opportunities at International conferences, invitations for further touring and earned spots on “Best of 2008” yearend lists including “Best New Artist” from iTunes
Canada.