CURSED ARROWS

Cursed Arrows are a pair of odd siblings disguised as a married couple. The duo met in 2003 at an all-ages punk show. Disgruntled writer and groupie Jack e locked eyes with post-punk guitarist Ry n (former member of indie rock outfit The Vermicious Knid) from across a sweaty room, and so began a partnership to end them all. Do or die. Start over. Too misguided. Two misunderstood. Together. For good.

Co-songwriters Ry n and Jack e are art-school and high-school dropouts respectively. After breathlessly bonding over a shared love of late 80’s punk and noise rock and good clean rock and roll, they packed up and left town together. Their commitment to creating a shared life of art and music ever since has near-bankrupted them both. Day jobs are short-lived in the face of art - in a sea of ink, paint, and guitar strings.

Never ones to be part of any particular scene, they create their own wherever they go. This duo cannot - or will not - settle. They moved to the seaside in 2010 to focus on mental recuperation, writing and recording, but the road – the city at night – wags its dirty fingers. It beckons. The glow of the stage lights haunts their lucid dreams. The land across the sea says, “Come on over here!” And they listen. This all adds fuel to the flame, keeps their blood racing and their minds reeling.

Officially formed in 2006, Cursed Arrows been slow-touring small night clubs and seething all-ages venues in Eastern Canada ever since. They've recorded three full-length albums, a cassette single, an EP, and a half-dozen or so no-budget music videos. Like so many bands they know, their songs are played and chart consistently on national and campus radio – but that is not their concern. They’d rather keep their hearts on the road, rolling downhill without brakes or mirrors. Unlike so many they admire, they have no manager or booking agent. No merch girl, roadies, or tour bus. They squeeze their instruments into a small hatchback and trust that their music will take them far away from here, because if it doesn’t, then surely something else will.

On the heels of 2011’s Death Rattle Blues cassette and The Madness of Crowds full-length, comes Skin Behind The Shroud. November 11, 2011 marks the release of the duo's latest 6-song EP, which suffered a few scars and setbacks due to crashing computers and a lack of sound mind. The 23-minute digital EP, also available on cassette, offers a sun-soaked sonic motorcycle ride across the ever-growing psychic terrain of Cursed Arrows.