Two Hours Traffic
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Two Hours Traffic is a Canadian indie rock band, based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. They are named after the final line in the Prologue to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Founded by Liam Corcoran (lead vocals/guitar), and Alec O'Hanley (guitar/keys/vocals), the group eventually added bassist Andrew MacDonald and drummer Derek Ellis to its roster in 2002 after meeting while attending the University of Prince Edward Island. At age 19 the quartet recorded a demo titled "The April Storm EP" at local recording studio, Sandbar Music. After handing a copy of the demo to Canadian music legend Joel Plaskett at one of his Charlottetown performances the band was able to grab Plaskett's interest. Enough so that in 2005 the band released their self-titled follow up LP simply titled Two Hours Traffic, which saw them work directly with Plaskett, who produced the album and added guitar tracks to two songs(3&10). Plaskett's sister, Anna Plaskett also played French horn on two of the album's tracks (7&12).
The group currently performs with various up and coming East coast artists such as Plaskett himself, In-Flight Safety, Wintersleep etc. The self-titled album was recently recognized with their first nomination at the 2006 ECMA's for "Newcap Rock Recording of the Year". The band's first video shot in August of 2005, for "Better Sorry than Safe" can currently be seen on MuchMusic's Videoflow, The Wedge and Going Coastal. Recording of their sophomore album has begun with three new songs already on tape and the release set for fall, 2006.
Discography
April Storm
1.Sweet and Sour
2.Lockup
3.Think More Often Than I Should
4.End of The Line
5.Shelf Life
6.Pretender
Two Hours Traffic (2005)
1.I Feel Naked Without My Cellphone
2.Stick To It
3.Heroes of the Sidewalk
4.Limelight
5.Better Sorry than Safe
6.White Light
7.Mr.Saturday
8.Oz
9.Little Missy
10.Girl Up the Stairs
11.Purpose for My Time
12.Selfish
Websites
- [Two Hours Traffic Homepage]
- [Two Hours Traffic at Maple Music]
- [Two Hours Traffic at Sandbar Music Group]
- [Two Hours Traffic MySpace]
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