Parliament of Trees

"Kalle Mattson" was once just the incredibly talented Kalle Wainio playing under the name Kalle Mattson, but slowly "Kalle Mattson" became Kalle Mattson, a peerless 4-piece band from Sault Ste. Marie. In the coming months, Kalle Mattson will also become the following 3 things:

1. Full-time residents of the city of Ottawa.

2. Your new favourite band, and

3. The newest band on PARLIAMENT OF TREES!

Kalle Mattson have been performing with grace and vigour all over Canada for the last several years, sharing stages with such luminaries as The Wooden Sky, Great Bloomers, You Say Party!, Fred Eaglesmith, Josh Ritter, Cuff The Duke, The Rural Alberta Advantage, Elliott Brood, Cowboy Junkies and Blue Rodeo. While that list may give you some indication of where the band fits in on the Musical Spectrum, it's definitely not the full story.

The assured performance, the quality songwriting, the versitility and energy and the occasional spare simplicity that must have powered Kalle's early solo gigs just shines in this unique and beautiful way in Kalle Mattson. These guys have a really special thing going here, and it's an honour for us to welcome them to Parliament of Trees.

We're just making some plans now. Part of that plan will see them touring this fall with The Details (dates coming soon!). Another part is us re-releasing their latest album, Anchors, in October. New music? More perfection? All in good time. While you wait, please acquaint yourself with their existing body of work and get as excited as we are about them!

It's a thrill for us to see our little label grow, both in terms of human resources and exponential awesomeness, but our primary role here is to be curators and supporters of great music and great people. Kalle Mattson is both of those things, and we can't wait for you to hear them!

Give a listen to "Anchors", below. Check out their Bandcamp page to get a few free tracks or to buy the damn thing (you don't have to wait for our re-release!). And go see them next month if you live in these cities:

August 7th- Sault Ste Marie @Loplops
August 10th- Kitchener On @ The Boathouse
August 11th- Quebec City Qc @Le Cercle
August 12th- Montreal Qc @O Patro Vys
August 13th-  Wakefield Qc @Blacksheep Inn
August 25th- Sault Ste Marie @Loplops w/Olenka & The Autumn Lovers

Then: Friend them, fan them, find them on multiple platforms:

Bands website: www.kallemattson.com
Listen: www.kallemattson.bandcamp.com 
Watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO_819DXjuc 
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/kallemattson 
Twitter: www.twitter.com/kallemattson

Thank you for your kind attention, more to come soon!

Yours,

Doug.