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thegatheringbc.bandcamp.com
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Moody, Mysterious, Smooth flowing Post Punk shimmers of guitars, synths & dance floor rhythms.
Inspired by such bands as The Cure, The Jesus and Mary Chain and Killing Joke, in 1985 Jeff Pawson, Peter Burns, Gary Economy and Dave Goodman formed The Gathering. Based in Vancouver, Canada they played at some of the city’s finer local music venues, with bands such as X, National Velvet, 13 Engines and Art Bergmann. The Gathering released the Let It Shine EP in 1988, produced and recorded by Glen Reely. The EP earned favourable reviews and plenty of college radio airplay. The band toured across Canada with the likes of 54-40, Weddings Parties Anything, Nash The Slash and After All. The Gathering disbanded at the end of 1988.
Inspired by the resurgence of the Post Punk, New Wave and 80’s music movement, The Gathering reformed in late 2017. In the spring of 2018, the band enlisted producer and composer Jason Corbett, of ACTORS, to ReTransmit the original Let It Shine EP. The ReTransmission EP was released in June of 2018. In April of the following year, The Gathering signed a deal with Germany based label Cold Transmission. Cold Transmission released the Jason Corbett produced Love Songs EP June, 2019 and the Night Light EP October, 2020. The EP’s have garnered plenty of airplay and made numerous playlists especially in Germany and other parts of Europe where the Post Punk revival movement is thriving.
Since reforming the band has opened for: The Alarm, Chameleons Vox, Spear Of Destiny, Theatre of Hate and Canadian legends Platinum Blonde and The Grapes Of Wrath.
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