WEAK DECAYING AGE

As the first snows of winter began to drift in from the north, the children built a canoe of dried wood and dead leaves, eager to cross over the 49th and find themselves at home before the lakes and rivers froze over. While the snow swelled in a quiet cyclone around them, the predicament was clear – with the temperature dropping mercilessly quick, they would surely be stranded as a grizzly bear's snack if not a frozen block of flesh and bones. Unfazed, one of the children pulled a glass bottle from inside his wool coat, placed it on its side and spun it around. When the spinning slowed to a stop, the spout of the bottle pointed in the direction of the prettiest girl among them; so he turned to the girl and – while sweetly kissing her cheek – their feet started to warm and the snow beneath their boots began to melt. Please enjoy sex with Canadians responsibly.

Love,
The DoneFors

HO HO HO HUM

What's the word? Well, a new CD! Instructional even! How to have sex with Canadians will be ready to go just in time for Valentines Day. How appropriate! The official release happens in Toronto on February 12th, 2009 at The Supermarket in Kensington Market. This spankin’ new 12 song debut from The DoneFors has been a long time in the crafting and we're just beside ourselves with sadness to be bringing you this lovely little gem. Many other new things on the way, too! A music video, a new website, t-shirts, and more. Stay tuned! You won't want to miss this very sexy and very Canadian love-in.

There's somebody hiding in your bushes.

love,
The DoneFors

PAST THE BUCK

Happy Happy all you Sad Lonely People,

That makes two of us. It's been a few months, eh? Family good? Kids? Career? Good and you? There's a reason why you haven't seen us out on the town. No time to be frolicking in the summer heat and chasing the ice cream truck down the street. And no, none of us have perished in any freak hunting accidents or bear attacks. But amongst the four of us we have been doing some globe trotting through parts of europe and canada, also building houses up in northern ontario... oh yeah... and we've also been making an album to be reckoned with. Live off the floor beds. Flawed and beautiful. A track here, a track there. Here a tuck, there a tweak, everywhere a nudge bump. It shouldn't surprise you how awesome this album will be. Grizzled and unrelenting. We are honing in on exactly how we hear it. Please stay tuned for our teaser and don't forget to look both ways.

They're talking about you behind your back.

love,
The DoneFors

SKIN PULLING AWAY

Dearest,

It wasn't the fact that he was wielding a trembling knife or that his expression was wrought with a perplexed anger - the bed burning kind. It was mostly that I knew with certainty that his heart was colicky. A relentless whining baby heart that no amount of warm breast milk or rocking or swaddling or tireless pacing could evaporate. So, with this knowledge, and with a lack of weapons of my own within close reach, I stood and prepared for the worst kind of thing. The end of it all or the end of something. The change in figure, weather, texture, mood, plan, spirit and senses. Love was a dying afterthought. I was done for. So was he.

Seeing you soon,
janine, paul, liam and brian

WHEN THE DARK TAKES OVER

Hear ye! hear ye!

Alas, you are one of the chosen.
One of the chosen to bear witness.
Chosen to bear witness to something extraordinarily rare and elusive.

You are now one of many in the new army.
The new army that will shell the landscape of new music.
The landscape of new music has never looked this abundant.

When the smoke clears, we are what will emerge.
What will emerge will be pure and unprecedented.
Nothing like anything history has yet to document.

Wednesday.January.23 in Hamilton @ The Casbah – 10:30pm
Friday.January.25 in Toronto @ Mitzi's Sister – 10:00pm

The DoneFors are coming.

GIMME GIMME GIMME

Dear friends,

We recently received a feisty letter from our web provider letting us know that they would be cutting off our service if we didn't upgrade our hosting package to something a little more substantial to float the weight of increasing visitorship. You see, our site has had some traffic due to the fact that we've got our songs available for free download. We like to give you free things. This is true. But it seems that now our bellies are asking where all the food went.

So, you see, though free things are lovely, making donations to a lovely band who you'd like to see continue to make lovely music is also nice. If you've enjoyed our music and would like to support us by throwing some quarters in our hat, please click the button above. Every little bit is big. We thank you greatly for your support!

Love,
j.p.l.b.

FROZEN BENEATHE THE SNOW

Dearly Beloved,

So here we are in the dead center of December and if there were ever any questions of when winter would final hit us hard, they were answered on Saturday night whilst the heavens opened up and sent 30cm of snow before the calm finally came. 1cm of snow for every one friend or family member who came out to see us at C'est What this past weekend. Although the weather disappointed us DoneFors due to low concert go'er turnout, not a single ear was disappointed or harmed in what proved to be the best DoneFors performance yet. Don't say we didn't warn you all to be there. We'd still be at your funeral if the weather were shitty.

So thank you to everyone who came out. Special night for the band and glad you could all be there for it. Hope to see all you purgatory dwellers at the next show. We'll be ascending it.

Your phones are tapped,
The DoneFors

I WANT A PIECE OF THE SKY

Dear little crumbs & morsels,

After seven long months of musical hiatus from one another, The DoneFors are back at it and working furiously to get you the secrets of life and death before an inopportune situation may arise. Let's say that in the near future you find yourself in a padded white room where no one believes a single word you say. Wouldn't your touched little mind find peace in knowing some of the massive secrets that we all dig to uncover? We've got answers for you (at a minuscule price) but Walter my friend, you must stay in the loop. You can't say we're not thinking of your well being, but please listen closely. Here we go....

Our first few steps in spreading the good news have been recording three new songs at Brian Lahaie's studio here in Toronto and we've also begun to fill up the schedule with live shows. Our first show back on board together was last week at The Mod Club for The Open Door Festival -- a benefit event for The Red Door Family Shelter. Let's just say that everyone who witnessed our performance has a better understanding of universal intricacies. Those who missed out are still in the dark. Are you in the dark? If so then tsk tsk! Are you not curious to know how it all ends? Gertrude? Are you listening?

Close the blinds. They're watching you.

Love,
The DoneFors
paul, liam, brian & janine

BACK IN THE OLDEN DAYS

Hey Kids!

The good ol' DoneFors are gearin' up to make a neat record this fall. Maybe you'll wanna come out and see a show. That'd be swell. We'd be happy to have you. This here site is a new little baby, and we'll be able to post more news soon. But for now, please come visit us again from time to time. We enjoy your visits very much. Bring freshly baked goodies when you swing by and we'll provide the entertainment. We like goodies. Do you like entertainment? I'll bet you do!

Be nice to people. Be careful out there.

Most sincerely,
janine, paul, liam & brian