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Modern Sands EP (Released on March 23rd, 2013)

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Modern Sands are a four-piece band formed in the Greater Toronto Area (with members hailing from Etobicoke, Brampton, and Mississauga) in 2010. The band’s lineup consists of Francis Domingo (drums), Hilario Gilbuena (bass and vocals), Daniel Bartholomew (guitars and pedals), and Gregory David (guitars, vocals, and loops). The band’s sound is an amalgamation of noise, pop, shoegaze and psychedelia, which has been cultivated by the use of alternate tunings, fuzz, reverb, delay, and textural loops, that is often compared to Sonic Youth, My Bloody Valentine, Deerhunter and No Age. It is not Modern Sands’ intention, however, to directly emulate their immediate influences, but it is their aim to keep these sounds alive and breathing by always pushing them forward into sonic territories yet to be discovered.

Modern Sands developed out of the teenage desire of cousins Gregory David and Francis Domingo to start a band, write original songs, and to stop covering acts such as the Chili Peppers and Rage Against the Machine. Through their mutual desire to expand their musical horizons and create unique sounds, the chinky-eyed relatives began to improve as musicians and slowly found like-minded individuals to round out their raw sound.

Daniel Bartholomew, a drummer turned guitarist, was a high school friend of Gregory’s. They began to hang out on a weekly basis post-graduation and jammed for the hell of it. When Gregory eventually told Francis about Daniel’s brilliant use of a multi-effects pedal and the chemistry they shared, Francis came by the basement and the trio immediately wrote a song. From there, the three of them formed The Dirty Black Hands, banged out track after track, and played three shows in Toronto. They soon began to notice that their sound was missing a key ingredient and often sounded too empty to continue on as a three-piece.

Enter Hilario Gilbuena, a high school friend of Daniel and his brother Andre, who played guitar and often jammed out tracks with the band. Hilario’s similar musical influences and his ability to quickly learn and subsequently add new dimensions and depth to songs made the transition from friend to band member smooth and natural. As they began to develop a different sound and identity, the band grew out of The Dirty Black Hands moniker and naturally became Modern Sands.

With a line up now solidified and a sound continually progressing, Modern Sands are eager to showcase their unique blend of raw energy and blissful noise.