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The band might be growing, but the core will always remain the same.

"It's really egotistical and I'll admit it, but the band is me and Nathan on stage," says Joe Doucet, 22, one half of Moncton's newest acoustic duo I Capture The Castle, or IC/TC.

Doucet and musical comrade Nathan Jones, 20, are in the process of adding a bass player and drummer to the band, but both say they will continue to lead the band in the direction they want to go in. The new members will fill out the sound. Once they add that final element, the formula is simple, according to Doucet -- "get everybody together, get tight and get whatever gigs we can."

Doucet and Jones met over monctonlocals.com in March when Doucet was hunting for a band to play in. They agreed to meet up with some acoustic guitars to see what would happen.

"I knew it was love at first sight," says Jones with a laugh.

Each singer/guitarist brought in their own songs and taught them to each other.

"I remember writing these songs and thinking these suck, these songs aren't leaving this apartment," says Doucet. He says playing them with Jones has added a new element and it brought the songs to life.

Quickly, the band recorded a six-song EP. Jones is an audio technician who works with local bands and he put together their recording quickly. The album was called This Ain't Your Father's Union.

Since then, it's been gig after gig, jam after jam. Doucet says it's not difficult to get gigs in this area as long as you know a few people and "your band doesn't suck," he adds, laughing. He says what is good about Moncton is generally, bands will play alongside any other band without complaint.

"We played with Cohesive, a punk band, and CLØÑ, a heavy band... and we're a . . . damn acoustic duo! That's more fun for me, going to a show to see two different bands is more fun."

So that's a bit about the band's history, but where the hell did they get the odd, but unforgettable name? "I was reading Time magazine," says Doucet, when he saw the name. "I Capture The Castle is a movie and a book. I can't remember what the review said, but the name was cool."

For short, the band uses IC/TC, which Jones adds will continue until AC/DC sues them.

Doucet stresses now that whenever someone is going to make a logo or promotional piece for them, it will have "no . . .damn castles."

Jones came up with the album name -- This Ain't Your Father's Union -- from a guitar pick with that quote on it. "I said, OK, here's the album name, jokingly, but Joe said OK," he remembers. "After one of us says OK, it's pretty much set in stone."

Doucet says music is "the only thing that I'm real good at." He says a bit of fame in the Maritimes is all he wants, but both agree making a living at making music is their ultimate goal.

If you would like to check out Moncton's newest rockin' acoustic duo, their next show is with Ditchpigs' singer and guitarist and Metro Marquee's own Don Levandier at Morgan's Pub in Richibucto on July 24.

"The main purpose of this band is to show people that acoustic guitars can rock just as hard," says Doucet.

 

 

I Capture the Castle
This Ain't your Father's Union
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- Ken: This duo has only been in existence in the Moncton scene for a few months now (to my knowledge) and already has an EP available. Teminiscent of Halifax-based band Wintersleep, these six songs show a large amount of promise to what the future could hold, good playing, good harmonies between them, it would be interesting to hear these songs with full band accompaniment. Maybe someday, but this definitley is not bad for the time being. I really enjoy the songs Wings and Another Bootleg.
- Ken's Rating: *** 3/5

- Steve: I had never heard of this band before, but they offer up an interesting debut CD here. Opener "Another Bootleg" has a very cool Zeppelin sound to it. I would have to say it is also the strongest song of the six. One of the vocalists has a good raspy sounding vocal delivery and the harmonies work well with his style. Once again, I agree with Ken, some of these songs would probably become even better with a band. I could almost hear Troubled Teens & the Mothers Who Love Them being played electric with bass and drums. Maybe another time??
- Steve's Rating: *** 3/5