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"This Rock and Roll thing is a Dangerous Business" - 4 song EP 2005
"Nervous Gospel Breakdown" - 3 song album Demo 2007

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::Meghan::

"3 years ago if anyone told me I'd be pursuing music as a profession I'd have laughed. I sprang from the womb singing my lungs out, but I had given it up, focusing on finishing my education and working as a behavioural therapist for autistic children. I love working as a therapist and I make a hell of a lot more than I do singing. It's crazy to choose this life, but I do it because I can't stop, even when I've tried. This music is part of something so much bigger than just me”

Meghan found regional success in a high school band which caught the attention of Eyeball Records (Thursday, My Chemical Romance) and landed a deal. Unfortunately the band broke up in 2003 and Meghan resigned herself to having a fleeting brush with success. In her travels she met Shira Yevin, who dreamt of hosting an Alt-Femme music tour. In 2005, Shira landed the opportunity to host an all-female stage at Warped Tour. Originally invited to play an acoustic gig, Meghan decided to form a band with a few of her pals. Enter Dana and Krissy and an old friend to play drums. Due to the response from the show, she decided to take the new band on the road.

::Dana::
"The summer was insane. We were touring in Meghan's mom's minivan, and we totalled it the second day of tour. Meghan figured that was it and we'd go home, but Shira took some of us in her RV. The others really had to struggle to hitch a ride every day. We'd meet the truck at 7am every morning and unload and set up this handmade stage and haul these 90-pound amps from other trucks to the site. It was crazy.

After the trials and tribulations of touring their drummer quit the band. Enter Raine.

::Raine::
So, we start practicing in Meghan's mom's basement. We’re writing songs, we're playing shows, we’re looking to do something more. IWe started looking to record a new demo in 06'. Meghan called a bunch of places and then she called this studio called Big Blue Meenie. Their production house has done, Thursday, Taking Back Sunday, Folly, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Agnostic Front, the Bouncing Souls, Candiria, and a bunch more. She called just to see how much they charge, and this guy, Tim Gilles picks up the phone and talks to her. I guess they kind of hit it off, cause when Tim was hanging up he was like, "Alright, kid. Tell you what, send me a link to your Myspace, when I get a chance I'll take a listen and tell you what I think. It took him a while to listen to it, but then we got this email, "I'm BAFFLED, and very interested. Call me."

Tim Gilles offered to Produce, Record and Mix the band’s new EP.

::Kristina::
We went on the Warped Tour again in the summer 06'. When we got back We ended up rehearsing at Big Blue. I don't know why Tim let us do that. Especially since we gave everyone there more grey hair than anything else. He made us go over everything with a fine-tooth comb and fix and align every single note. It was like he put us in a Petri-dish and fed us and watered us and we just grew up. I really learned how to play my instrument, hah. Being there was so fun, we were always pranking people. In February 07, we finally got the o.k. to come out of the Petri dish. We picked some songs, put the final spit and polish on it with Tim's help, and we started recording our Demo. It took until September 07 to have it mastered, and then we finally started booking shows again, trying to get out there. We are awesome girls, the kind that dominate a party, but we never mean to, we’re just so wrapped up in the chemistry we have.

Needless to say Calentura are now a well oiled machine with a serious work ethic. Their music is the embodiment of contrast. Brutal yet delicate songs, which dance between solid walls of sound and sweeping velvet melodies.