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Van Music:
Details are a bit scarce, but longtime Morrissey guitarist Boz Boorer will produce the debut album from indie Toronto rock band Shoot The Image.
Little is known about the band, but they say they're influenced by the following:

"Doves, Blonde Redhead, Metric, The Smiths, Stars, Ride, Slowdive, Alpinestars, Morrissey, Joy Division, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Trashcan Sinatras, Tiger Army, Amusement Parks On Fire, Midnight Movies, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, My Bloody Valentine, The Black Angels."

So we're pretty sure they mostly wear black, do lots of drugs and have an air of world-weary cynicism.

According to a brief post on the band's MySpace page, the group will record the new album in June at Serra Vista Studios in Portugal, where Boorer is the "house producer." A bevy of artists have used the facility over the years, including Adam Ant, Morrissey, Edwyn Collins, David Bowie, Lily Allen, Madness and Girl In A Coma, among several others.

Shoot The Image are recording an EP and will release pictures, songs and video footage on their website sometime next month.

Fans posting to the Morrissey-solo.com fan site have also raised the question whether Boorer's association with a Canadian band violates Morrissey's staunch refusal to perform in Canada to protest the federal government's stance on the seal hunt.

In 2006, Moz refused to play in Canada as part of his world tour behind Ringleader Of The Tormentors to protest "...the largest slaughter of marine animal species found anywhere on the planet."

Morrissey's last Canadian gig was in Toronto in October 2004 while touring behind You Are The Quarry.
- Van Music

Some Dizzy Whore:
I just don't post any old video that's not Morrissey unless I think it's worthy. And I
do think this band out of Toronto is very worthy. This is the debut video for the song
Lithograph that just came out and it's excellent. So enjoy.

- Some Dizzy Whore

Hits in the Ear:
Have spent some time tonight streaming the debut album (Cranes In The
City) of Toronto band Shoot The Image. I can only recommend that you
do the same, if you could imagine yourself enjoying a band sounding
like a mix of Blonde Redhead, New Order, Yeah Yeah Yeahs etc. Just to
mention a few... - Hits in the Ear

We Nom Music:
The last set of the evening was provided by Shoot The Image. This
was their first time playing all together live as a group and it was their
album release as well. With a very unique sound almost reminiscent
of The Smiths combined with new wave Brit-pop/mod-rock, they blew
my mind and were nothing like I would have expected. With extreme
energy coming from every member of the group they were a total
treat to watch and I would go see them again in a heartbeat.’ - We Nom Music

National Aboriginal Music Countdown:
Debuting in the number 40 position is the newly formed band out of Toronto Shoot The Image. A musical project including Aboriginal music vet Simeon Ross. The first single from the group “Reykjavik” is a bit of a play on words and an excellent track all around. The single comes off their debut LP Cranes In The City, something that was produced by Morrissey guitarist Boz Boorer. Check out the new single from Shoot The Image, “Reykjavi” this week on the National Aboriginal Music Countdown! - (06.20.11') - National Aboriginal Music Countdown

Creative Planet:
Toronto indie band Shoot the Image's video for "Lithograph" features
instruments placed in snow-blown locations while pedestrians and
cars zip past in typical time-lapse fashion. The video was directed
by Olaf Blomerus and shot by cinematographer Jess Blight. Says
Geek.com, "Blomerus and cinematographer Jess Blight shot the footage
for the video on a Canon 7D and used the Dynamic Perception MX2
DollyEngine. The use of the dolly can be seen throughout almost the
entire video and is what gives the series of still photos the perception of
movement."
Read more here and watch the video below - Creative Planet

The Lonely Vagabond:
A kind tribute by Toronto band Shoot The Image. Debut “Cranes In The City” produced by Boz Boorer of Morrissey.
- The Lonely Vagabond

The Owl Magazine:
Only in its infancy, Toronto band Shoot the Image released their debut album in April. But prior to release of Cranes In The City, they began generating interest even before family members knew of the music coming from duo Erin Landry and Simeon (fill in the blank). No really, we have no idea what his last name is and it seems to be all a part of their plan.
The Owl Mag: Congratulations on the recent release of your debut LP, Cranes In The City. Where did the title of the album come from?
Shoot the Image: During the Winter of 2010 we spent most nights driving around Toronto trying to figure out vocal melodies. We really noticed the drastic changes in our city’s skyline and also started to realize a ton of our favorite places were disappearing. Sim loved the idea of actual cranes living in a large city. We were both also fascinated by the multitude of construction cranes littering the downtown core.
The Owl Mag: Morrissey guitarist, Boz Boorer, produced Cranes. How did Shoot the Image hook up with him?
Shoot the Image: A couple of years ago we found Boz’s MySpace page and sent him a message. We were completely floored when he actually responded. Over the next year we talked back and forth about new bands and cool movies, etc. Sim booked an acoustic show at 12 Bar Club in London, UK. Boz and his wife, Lyn, came to the show. After a few pints they invited us to record our debut album at their studio in Portugal. At the time Shoot the Image was just an idea, but after that night in England it really set the band in motion. Boz called in January, 2010 and simply said, “Are we going to do this thing or what?” The whole experience was unreal!
The Owl Mag: Prior to the release of Cranes there was a lot of secrecy about STI. Actually there still is as your band website doesn’t list the members nor the roles they play. How about an introduction to STI and its members?
Shoot the Image: We wanted to record the album, make the videos, set the release parties, etc. without being told it wasn’t possible. Many of our friends and family didn’t even know about the existence of Shoot the Image until last month. The irony being that the band started to pick up momentum online before we technically even existed. A full introduction to the band? They’re still too shy. My name is Erin Landry. I can’t imagine that would even show up in a Google search.
The Owl Mag: Wow, so you’re still going to keep us in the dark? Interesting! Okay. You recorded Cranes in Portugal at Boz’s Serra Vista Studios, is that correct? How was that experience?
Shoot the Image: Serra Vista is a villa located deep in the mountains of Portugal and is by far the most beautiful studio we’ve ever been to! There’s no cell phone or internet service which is incredible for a working environment. We worked 15-hour days for 3 weeks. The rest of the time was spent laughing, eating great food, going for walks, drinking beer and wine, seeing the ocean and Lisbon. Some of the best moments were late at night when Lyn would pull out the stand up bass and her and Boz would play killer rockabilly tunes together! We can’t wait to record the second album there in 2012!
The Owl Mag: I understand there are plans in the works to create a video for every song off of your debut. That’s quite an undertaking not to mention expensive. Tell us a bit more about that decision.
Shoot the Image: A few years ago we invested in a ton of film gear. We learned how to shoot and edit ourselves. The only reason we’ll be able to shoot ten videos is because we can do it all ourselves. Our first video for Lithograph was different however. We flew in director Olaf Blomerus from Vancouver and he brought in his own DP Jessie Blight. We’ll still bring in various directors and film makers for the remaining videos.

Lithograph – Shoot The Image from Olaf Blomerus on Vimeo.
The Owl Mag: Brilliant! Are there any plans to go on tour to promote Cranes?
Shoot the Image: We talk about touring a l - The Owl Magazine

The Indie Machine:
I’d never been to a Pop With Brains show before – this being number 31, I was starting to
think that maybe we were missing out on something special. Not only does the night have
a reputation that I had heard about only shortly after moving to Toronto, but to have the
longevity to reach a respectable ten shows, let alone 31, is something significant right off
the bat.
The bi-monthly (once every two months type of bi-monthly) live music showcase has
been going on for about five years now – much longer than the two years this reviewer
has lived in TO – and organizer Adymm Ender’s electro-pop project Secrettes was
getting set to drop their debut album.
Now, after being contacted by Mr. Ender about the impending release date we set out
to spin a track on the show…. which turned into spinning several tracks on the show…
numerous times… so needless to say, when Ender told us the next stage of his game was
to drop the physical copy at Pop With Brains, we were pretty much all over that like the
fat kid inside of me is all over a Subway sandwich (read: currently eating said sandwich
as this article is written). [Editor's Note: This sentence originally read "a certain non-iM-
advertising sub vendor’s sandwich" only for a Subway ad to magically appear in the top
bar a day later]
Starting off the night was Toronto indie rock quintet Shoot The Image, with whom we’ve
gone back and forth on Twitter here at The iM quite frequently over the past few months.
With a debut album under their belts produced by Morrissey guitarist Boz Boorer, it was
pretty evident walking into that room that things were going to get started with a bang:
and they definitely were.
The sounds were tightly wound together with everyone hammering out their instruments
in tandem – though the vocals could have been louder. By the set’s end, things were
heating up – literally – with the back room of The Rivoli quickly filling up, the
temperature rising, and guitarist/vocalist Sim’s shirt bursting open (there may have been
whistles from some of the ladies at this point…. or me…. cause I do that) – fellow band
vocalist Erin later apologizing on twitter for this blatant nudity, though she may have
been facetious at the time… and let’s face it, I’m not sure Sim actually minded what with
how much he was sweating from moving around on stage along with his fellow band
mates.
There’s not much that we don’t like about Silent Shout organizer Alt Altman’s solo
electro-pop project Digits, so to see him again live in the second slot after such a long
hiatus (my last Digits outing was many months back) was refreshing – especially so for
the surprise that he has nearly entirely phased out his once-bass/keyboard/programming
live act in favour of a keys/synth/looping/programming one.
This has probably been known for a while, but I guess I just never realized it by listening
to the recordings. It makes for a very different stage dynamic for the lone man act as
Alt no longer sets up and then alternates between two physical instruments, but rather

rushes from device to device spread around him in a semi-circle pattern in order to sync
up all of the different components that make his songs work. Fan-favourite track “You’re
Going To Age” was unfortunately cut short after a sync malfunction – which, in talking
to Alt afterwards was “really weird”, as it has “never happened before”. Apologizing,
he jumped right into the next song and ended the set with more dance-y programmed
grooves than you could shake a drumstick at.
Third up was the main event: Toronto pop-rockers Secrettes dropping their debut album.
Front-couple Adymm and Cali have this fun little stage dynamic between them when
they perform – shooting half-coy/half-flirtatious glances back and forth at each other as
they dance around the stage. Throw in a couple killer l - The Indie Machine

Explore Music:
Little is known about this mysterious Toronto group other than there are five of them, the singer seems to have a day job as an urban planner and that they manage to convince Morrissey producer Boz Boorer to helm their debut record, Cranes in the City. And did I mention that all their videos so far have been stunningly pretty?

Sounds like: Slick, slinky coolness
- Explore Music

Geek:
We’ve covered a bunch of amazing time-lapse videos in the past, most of which had the great music fit to them. Most of the songs were beautiful orchestral arrangements, cool electronic grooves, or a foot-tapping world beat. The latest time-lapse video to catch our eye, though, is kind of the opposite of the usual kind we see: It’s a music video that uses time-lapse, and the result is rather captivating.

The Toronto-based indie band Shoot the Image commissioned director Olaf Blomerus to create the video for the song “Lithograph”. The song comes from the band’s debut album, Cranes in the City, which was actually produced by Morrissey guitarist Boz Boorer at Serra Vista Studios in Portugal. The lead singer of the band is an urban planner by day and a songstress by night, which might explain why there’s an overall urban feel to the video with time-lapse shots of cars zipping by on frosty streets, and pedestrians speed-walking across a busy intersection.

A few of the shots feature the band members at their respective instruments… for about a millisecond. They are so quick that if you blink, it will appear that you’re just looking at a keyboard sitting in an abandoned park, or a microphone standing alone in a car-lined tunnel.

There’s not much said about the technical aspects, but we do know that Blomerus and cinematographer Jess Blight shot the footage for the video on a Canon 7D and used the Dynamic Perception MX2 DollyEngine. The use of the dolly can be seen throughout almost the entire video is what gives the series of still photos the perception of movement.

It seems the time-lapse community is rather tight on Vimeo. Photographer Jeff Chen Kuo Chih, whose Eastern Sierra Time Lapse video we featured last week, commented on the video giving his kudos. - Geek

Redefine Magazine:
Shot by director Olaf Blomerus on a 7D with the Dynamic Perception MX2 DollyEngine, this video weaves a quilt from cityscape shots of Portugal. According to geek.com, the video is a collection of time-lapse photographs made to look as though each shot was simultaneously sped-up and slowly panning: "The use of the dolly can be seen throughout almost the entire video is what gives the series of still photos the perception of movement."

When Blomerus is not concentrating on the beauty of park benches or natural reflections in water, the presence of instruments as still life, with the occasional ghostly flicker of a band member, ties the video back to the fact that music is actually the centerpiece, not beautiful cinematography.

There are some ways in which the video becomes a bit slow and some more inventive editing certainly could have gone a long way. Nonetheless, still a great watch and a clever undertaking.

Directed by Olaf Blomerus;
Cinematography by Jess Blight.
- Redefine Magazine

Explore Music:
Things got rolling for Toronto-based five-piece Shoot the Image when they met producer and guitarist Boz Boorer (The Polecats, Morrissey) on MySpace.

After a year of online communication with Boz, the band was surprised when he showed up at a show of theirs in London (England) and, after a few pints, he invited them to record at his Serra Vista Studios, which is located deep in the mountains of Portugal.

Recording lasted 12-15 hours a day for three weeks, with no cell phone or internet service.

The result is Shoot the Image’s ten-track debut album, Cranes In The City.

The band plans to have a video created for each of the album’s tracks—a working relationship with Vancouver director Olaf Blomerus, who helmed the band’s debut clip, actually began with a Tweet from ExploreMusic’s own Alan Cross about another video that Olaf had directed.

Listen to “Lithograph,” right-click here to download an MP3 of the track, and click here to check out Shoot the Image’s official site.
- Explore Music

RPM:
The weekly top 40 of music from Indian Country - National Aboriginal Music Countdown - can be a place to discover great new artists. You won’t be surprised to find Derek Miller, Crystal Shawanda or Shane Yellowbird on the NAMC list, but sometimes, a band pops up that you haven’t heard of before. Finding new artists is a great thing about the countdown and this week, we were particularly happy to hear this indie-rock track from Toronto’s Shoot The Image for the first time! Enjoy. - RPM

Flush the Fashion:
For a band without proper management or a proper record deal Shoot The Image have been doing a pretty good job of getting their music about the place. They have 2 lead singers, are based in Toronto and have ambitious plans for their debut record (just released).
We spoke to Erin (an Urban planner by day) about their plans for world domination and late night bites…

How did you come to work with Morrissey’s guitarist Boz Boorer?
We originally contacted Boz on MySpace. We were completely floored when he actually responded. We exchanged emails about various bands for the next year until an acoustic show was booked at London’s 12 Bar Club. Boz and his wife Lyn showed up and after a few pints, an offer was made to record at Serra Vista Studios in Portugal.
What was he like to work with in the studio?
Boz is an amazing producer and an incredible guy. He brought the best out in Shoot the Image and was very innovative with ideas and leading the songs in new directions. At the same time, he’s very open to everyone’s input. He also has a wicked sense of humor!
Did you have fun recording the record in Portugal?
It was a life changing experience. The studio is located deep in the Monchique Mountains. There’s no Internet or cell phone service. It’s literally a paradise. We left not only a better band, but also more focused and determined. A highlight was a trip to Lisbon! Boz was invited by Portuguese band ‘Murdering Tripping Blues’ to play Saxophone at their CD release party. It was a blast!
Did you have the album written before you went there?
The album was written over the winter of 2010 and the songs really took shape at Serra Vista however when we left for Portugal, Shoot the Image only existed inside a MacBook Pro.
The time-lapse video for Lithograph is amazing were you involved in the ideas behind it?
The entire concept for ‘Lithograph’ was conceived by Vancouver director Olaf Blomerus. He brought in cinematographer Jessie Blight for the project.
Alan Cross is a leading music industry guru in Canada. (Exploremusic.com). He posted a link on Twitter to the video ‘Running Ink’ by Toronto band Crimes in Paris. We loved it so much we contacted Olaf the next day and made plans to fly him out to Toronto. We sent him the full album and the song he picked was ‘Lithograph’.

Whose idea was it to shoot 10 videos for the record?
We decided to challenge ourselves and release ten videos before Christmas. It’s only because we’ve invested in film & editing gear that we can make this possible. We taught ourselves how to shoot and edit. At the time the gear was purchased we had no idea it would actually become useful in a band scenario.
Do you have all the ideas for them yet?
The concepts are ready. We’re going to average a video every few weeks.
Do you have any plans to do more gigs in the UK?
Our dream is to tour the album in the UK. We’re working on building momentum on line right now. . We’ll play in the GTA for now but touring blindly doesn’t make a lot of sense to us. The plan is to build a team first. That being said all we long for is life on the road
Did you play at NXNE? If not did you see any gigs there?
No, but did see two amazing bands. Fast Romantics and Secret Broadcast. Both shows were unreal.
Do you prefer the freedom of releasing your records independently?
Shoot the Image needs a solid management company first over a record company. Then perhaps we’d be ready for a label. We’re not massive fans of being totally independent. We do have a killer entertainment lawyer though. That’s a start.
Whom would you love to support on tour?
Blonde Redhead. Morrissey, Interpol. Yeah Yeah Yeah’s. Phantogram. Doves. The Kills. Metric. Janelle Monae. The Killers. The Hundred in the Hands.
What’s planned for the rest of the year?
Rehearse. Rehearse. Rehearse. Videos. Write. Record an EP. We’ve already started writing the sophomore album. We’re excited to head back to Serra Vista Studios to record again - Flush the Fashion

Jaded Photography:
Shoot The Image are a brand spanking new band out of Toronto, ON. Their two song preview for the CD Cranes In The City shows a ton of promise. And their background is just as promising as well as intriguing. The band has 2 lead singers/keyboardists/guitar player. As to the identity of the band members, no one knows…yet.

Their story begins on MySpace where they met Boz Boorer (British guitarist and producer who founded The Polecats and is a co-writer, guitarist and musical director with Morrissey). After sending him various recommendations for bands and films, they ended up talking back and forth for a year. The band booked a show at the 12 Bar Club in London, UK, and invited him come. To the band’s surprise, he showed up. After a few pints they hit it off and he invited them to record in his studio in Portugal (Serra Vista Studio). Boorer has worked with the likes of Adam Ant, Jools Holland and Shillelagh Sisters. He recorded the Portugal garage/blues/rock band The Murdering Tripping Blues in this studio over the summer in 2010.

Details of the name of the female singer (or any band member) is scarce. All I know is that she is an Urban Planner by day. She has never played in any band to date. After a drunken night out in 2009, she spontaneously broke out into Nina Simone’s song “My Baby Just Cares For Me” at an afterparty which is what started Shoot The Image. They immediately bought an Mbox, learned how to use Pro-Tools and began to record for six months – ten hours a day, 5 days a week – in preparation for Serra Vista Studios.

All members in Shoot The Image agree that Serra Vista Studios is by far the most amazing studio experience they have ever had together or individually. It’s more of a villa and recording complex deep in the mountains of Portugal. Boz’s wife, Lyn, also helps to run the studio. There is no cell phone or internet service and they recorded basically fifteen hours a day for three weeks. Boz totally understood how to get the best out of them and the band says “it was amazing to work with a producer of his caliber”.

As their bio states:

“The days were long but laid back and fun. We laughed….a lot, ate amazing food, drank an enormous amount of wine and beer, and only had the TV on once to watch “Flight of the Concords” on DVD on our last night there.” Sounds more like bliss to this writer.

Boz and Lyn have created the studio as a vacation spot (and its literally a paradise) and as a space for Independent or new artists/bands to record at. And the best thing is that they don’t have to do any of this! Their mutual love of music and excitement for new songs lead them to do this. They give new and emerging musicians an opportunity that otherwise would be totally impossible.

In the video department of this band, they have a working production house with all the gear and have confirmed several directors to record a video for every song on Cranes In The City. One of those directors is from Vancouver – Olaf Blomerus, who will be shooting the video to the song “Lithograph”. Olaf has worked with Crimes of Paris who are also a Toronto based band. This is a big undertaking but is unique in its vision. I am intrigued to see how the music is interpreted to a visual form.

Getting onto the music side of things, the two tracks are very upbeat, funky and are overall brilliant songs. They are original through and through. “Fortified” has a steady funky beat with the rhythm section. The guitars come into the bridge and chorus and leave the rhythm section to deal with the versus. The melody is seamless and flows very well under all the layers of the others. And the keys are used subtly in the middle layers of the song. The bands’ 2 singers take on the song and the rhetoric is between the thoughts of a woman who is perhaps unhappy in a current relationship and muses about having affairs with other men, the male singer, who sings “i’m just what you’re needing/ I am the wicked son of an hon - Jaded Photography

CHART:
By Jason MacNeil

Details are a bit scarce, but longtime Morrissey guitarist Boz Boorer will produce the debut album from indie Toronto rock band Shoot The Image.
Little is known about the band, but they say they're influenced by the following:

"Doves, Blonde Redhead, Metric, The Smiths, Stars, Ride, Slowdive, Alpinestars, Morrissey, Joy Division, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Trashcan Sinatras, Tiger Army, Amusement Parks On Fire, Midnight Movies, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, My Bloody Valentine, The Black Angels."

So we're pretty sure they mostly wear black, do lots of drugs and have an air of world-weary cynicism.

According to a brief post on the band's MySpace page, the group will record the new album in June at Serra Vista Studios in Portugal, where Boorer is the "house producer." A bevy of artists have used the facility over the years, including Adam Ant, Morrissey, Edwyn Collins, David Bowie, Lily Allen, Madness and Girl In A Coma, among several others.

Shoot The Image are recording an EP and will release pictures, songs and video footage on their website sometime next month.

Fans posting to the Morrissey-solo.com fan site have also raised the question whether Boorer's association with a Canadian band violates Morrissey's staunch refusal to perform in Canada to protest the federal government's stance on the seal hunt.

In 2006, Moz refused to play in Canada as part of his world tour behind Ringleader Of The Tormentors to protest "...the largest slaughter of marine animal species found anywhere on the planet."

Morrissey's last Canadian gig was in Toronto in October 2004 while touring behind You Are The Quarry.
- CHART

Mandapen's Indie Crush:
Shoot the Image are an exciting new Indie band from Toronto. They’ve been working hard on their debut album with producer Boz Boorer, who is probably best known as Morrissey’s guitarist. The album will be called Cranes in the City and released early in 2011. They’re a shadowy bunch of artists, with no tracks available yet on their myspace

http://www.myspace.com/shoottheimage

However, they have sent a couple of tracks to me to preview, ‘Fortified’ and ‘Lithograph’. I want to write more about them at length another time but, suffice to say, if the evidence of these tracks is anything to go by then the album is definitely worth seeking out when it’s released. - Mandapen's Indie Crush

Sprezzatura:
Although Shoot the Image is a band of the new millennia, their story began the old-fashioned way–on a drunken night out with friends.

After being floored by their future lead singer’s voice at an after party, the friends put together some initial demos in Pro Tools. Through MySpace, they connected to their future producer Boz Boorer (Boorer is most known for his work founding the new wave rockabilly group The Polecats, and later for his work as a co-writer and guitarist with Morrissey).

The MySpace connection eventually led to the recording of their debut album with Boz, deep in the mountains of Portugal.

Below, the band discusses recording off the grid, finding inspiration in lost places, and their unexpected dream collaborator!

1. Wow, how cool that Morrissey guitarist Boz Boorer produced your debut. How did you initially link up? What was it like working with him?

Believe it or not, we initially got in touch with Boz Boorer through MySpace by sending him band and film recommendations. This began a dialogue that carried on over the course of a year. We booked a show at the 12 Bar Club in London England and invited him to come. To our surprise he actually showed up. We ended up hitting it off and he invited us to record at Serra Vista Studios in Portugal.

Working with Boz was amazing. He really understood how to bring out the best in our band and the songs. Serra Vista Studios is located deep in the mountains of Portugal, no cell phone or internet service meant no outside distractions and full attention paid to recording.

The work days were long but laid back and fun. We had a ton of laughs, ate great food, drank great wine and made an album. Boz and his wife Lyn were fantastic hosts. What more could you ask for?


2. What inspired the songs on “Cranes in the City”?

We originally envisioned our debut album to be mostly electronic with a lot of focus on drum loops and keyboard presence. During pre-production more and more guitars started to sneak-in.

Once we had the initial mixes we spent the winter of 2010 driving around the City finding melodies for the songs in the car. We started to notice that a ton of our favourite places and buildings were being torn down and or replaced. A lot of the songs are tributes to lost places.

3. How did the band come together?

After a drunken night out in 2009 our now lead singer launched into a version of Nina Simone’s ‘My baby just cares for me ‘ at an after party. This was the start of everything. The rest of the band was totally blown away by her voice! She’s an Urban Planner by trade and had never played in a band before.

We purchased an MBOX and learned how to use Pro-Tools and started recording drum loops to single keyboard tracks. Shoot the Image was born from these demos.

4. Who, if any, are your dream collaborators?

It was always our dream to work with the man who wrote ‘Jack the Ripper’ and we look forward to working with him many times in the future.

We would also love to work with Fran Healy from Travis, Nick 13 from Tiger Army, Alan Wilder from Recoil, producer Alan Moulder and Janelle Monae. She rocks!

The debut album “Cranes in the City” is set for release in the New Year.
- Sprezzatura

Counteract Magazine:
Social networking has proved important to Shoot the Image. Via Myspace the band invited Morrissey’s guitarist Boz Boorer to one of their London gigs. Impressed with what he heard, Boorer agreed to produce the band’s debut album, Cranes in the City. Twitter brought the band to my attention and they’ve sent me five tracks from their debut to preview exclusively for Counteract.
Given Boorer’s involvement, it’s not surprising that the guitar-led opening and tempo of ‘Fortified’ recalls Morrissey’s Ringleader of the Tormentors. However, the band clearly has a variety of influences as the punkier, grimier, edge of ‘Loveless’ proves. The mix of crisp lead guitar, with judiciously-applied distortion, uptempo beats and synth chords makes ‘Fortified’ and ‘Dior’ the most commercial tracks. ‘Dior’ has a fugal approach to layering synths and piano whilst it also builds up counter-sung female and male vocals. The smooth, female vocal of ‘Dior’ is also evident in the synth-led ‘Lithograph’ but on this track her voice moves from the lower register warnings at the start, “Don’t go to town / Baby I know there’s a man there’ll shoot you down”, to an upper register ending of “Don’t shoot me down” (followed by a dramatic cymbal crash). Here the female voice is double-tracked to great effect. ‘Vagabond’, with a male vocal, is another story with a tragic ending: “You are useless”. For those who like their Indie with dramatic narratives, Cranes in the City, is definitely worth a listen.
Release date: April 2011.

Amanda Penlington - Counteract Magazine

Shoot The Image are a brand spanking new band out of Toronto, ON. Their two song preview for the CD Cranes In The City shows a ton of promise. And their background is just as promising as well as intriguing. The band has 2 lead singers/keyboardists/guitar players. As to the identity of the band members, no one knows...yet.

Their story begins on MySpace where they met Boz Boorer (British guitarist and producer who founded The Polecats and is a co-writer, guitarist and musical director with Morrissey). After sending him various recommendations for bands and films, they ended up talking back and forth for a year. The band booked a show at the 12 Bar Club in London, UK, and invited him come. To the band's surprise, he showed up. After a few pints they hit it off and he invited them to record in his studio in Portugal (Serra Vista Studio). Boorer has worked with the likes of Adam Ant, Jools Holland and Shillelagh Sisters. He recorded the Portugal garage/blues/rock band The Murdering Tripping Blues in this studio over the summer in 2010.

Details of the name of the female singer (or any band member) is scarce. All I know is that she is an Urban Planner by day. She has never played in any band to date. After a drunken night out in 2009, she spontaneously broke out into Nina Simone's song “My Baby Just Cares For Me” at an afterparty which is what started Shoot The Image. They immediately bought an Mbox, learned how to use Pro-Tools and began to record for six months – ten hours a day, 5 days a week – in preparation for Serra Vista Studios.

All members in Shoot The Image agree that Serra Vista Studios is by far the most amazing studio experience they have ever had together or individually. It's more of a villa and recording complex deep in the mountains of Portugal. Boz's wife, Lyn, also helps to run the studio. There is no cell phone or internet service and they recorded basically fifteen hours a day for three weeks. Boz totally understood how to get the best out of them and the band says “it was amazing to work with a producer of his caliber”.

As their bio states:

“The days were long but laid back and fun. We laughed....a lot, ate amazing food, drank an enormous amount of wine and beer, and only had the TV on once to watch “Flight of the Concords” on DVD on our last night there.” Sounds more like bliss to this writer.

Boz and Lyn have created the studio as a vacation spot (and its literally a paradise) and as a space for Independent or new artists/bands to record at. And the best thing is that they don't have to do any of this! Their mutual love of music and excitement for new songs lead them to do this. They give new and emerging musicians an opportunity that otherwise would be totally impossible.

In the video department of this band, they have a working production house with all the gear and have confirmed several directors to record a video for every song on Cranes In The City. One of those directors is from Vancouver – Olaf Blomerus, who will be shooting the video to the song “Lithograph”. Olaf has worked with Crimes of Paris who are also a Toronto based band. This is a big undertaking but is unique in its vision. I am intrigued to see how the music is interpreted to a visual form.

Getting onto the music side of things, the two tracks are very upbeat, funky and are overall brilliant songs. They are original through and through. “Fortified” has a steady funky beat with the rhythm section. The guitars come into the bridge and chorus and leave the rhythm section to deal with the versus. The melody is seamless and flows very well under all the layers of the others. And the keys are used subtly in the middle layers of the song. The bands' 2 singers take on the song and the rhetoric is between the thoughts of a woman who is perhaps unhappy in a current relationship and muses about having affairs with other men, the male singer, who sings “i'm just what you're needing/ I am the wicked son of an honest man”. That' - nxew

Shoot The Image – Cranes In the City – The Singles
Release Date – April 2011
by Jade Sperry
JadedPhotography

Shoot The Image are a brand spanking new band out of Toronto, ON. Their two song preview for the CD Cranes In The City shows a ton of promise. And their background is just as promising as well as intriguing. The band has 2 lead singers/keyboardists/guitar player. As to the identity of the band members, no one knows...yet.

Their story begins on MySpace where they met Boz Boorer (British guitarist and producer who founded The Polecats and is a co-writer, guitarist and musical director with Morrissey). After sending him various recommendations for bands and films, they ended up talking back and forth for a year. The band booked a show at the 12 Bar Club in London, UK, and invited him come. To the band's surprise, he showed up. After a few pints they hit it off and he invited them to record in his studio in Portugal (Serra Vista Studio). Boorer has worked with the likes of Adam Ant, Jools Holland and Shillelagh Sisters. He recorded the Portugal garage/blues/rock band The Murdering Tripping Blues in this studio over the summer in 2010.

Details of the name of the female singer (or any band member) is scarce. All I know is that she is an Urban Planner by day. She has never played in any band to date. After a drunken night out in 2009, she spontaneously broke out into Nina Simone's song “My Baby Just Cares For Me” at an afterparty which is what started Shoot The Image. They immediately bought an Mbox, learned how to use Pro-Tools and began to record for six months – ten hours a day, 5 days a week – in preparation for Serra Vista Studios.

All members in Shoot The Image agree that Serra Vista Studios is by far the most amazing studio experience they have ever had together or individually. It's more of a villa and recording complex deep in the mountains of Portugal. Boz's wife, Lyn, also helps to run the studio. There is no cell phone or internet service and they recorded basically fifteen hours a day for three weeks. Boz totally understood how to get the best out of them and the band says “it was amazing to work with a producer of his caliber”.

As their bio states:

“The days were long but laid back and fun. We laughed....a lot, ate amazing food, drank an enormous amount of wine and beer, and only had the TV on once to watch “Flight of the Concords” on DVD on our last night there.” Sounds more like bliss to this writer.

Boz and Lyn have created the studio as a vacation spot (and its literally a paradise) and as a space for Independent or new artists/bands to record at. And the best thing is that they don't have to do any of this! Their mutual love of music and excitement for new songs lead them to do this. They give new and emerging musicians an opportunity that otherwise would be totally impossible.

In the video department of this band, they have a working production house with all the gear and have confirmed several directors to record a video for every song on Cranes In The City. One of those directors is from Vancouver – Olaf Blomerus, who will be shooting the video to the song “Lithograph”. Olaf has worked with Crimes of Paris who are also a Toronto based band. This is a big undertaking but is unique in its vision. I am intrigued to see how the music is interpreted to a visual form.

Getting onto the music side of things, the two tracks are very upbeat, funky and are overall brilliant songs. They are original through and through. “Fortified” has a steady funky beat with the rhythm section. The guitars come into the bridge and chorus and leave the rhythm section to deal with the versus. The melody is seamless and flows very well under all the layers of the others. And the keys are used subtly in the middle layers of the song. The bands' 2 singers take on the song and the rhetoric is between the thoughts of a woman who is perhaps unhappy in a current relationship and muses about having affairs with - supernova

Shoot the Image are an exciting new Indie band from Toronto.
They’ve been working hard on their debut album with producer Boz
Boorer, who is probably best known as Morrissey’s guitarist. The
album will be called Cranes in the City and released early in
They’re a shadowy bunch of artists, with no tracks available yet on
their myspace 
http://www.myspace.com/shoottheimage



- Mandapensindiecrush

Only in its infancy, Toronto band Shoot the Image released their debut
album in April. But prior to release of Cranes In The City, they began
generating interest even before family members knew of the music coming
from duo Erin Landry and Simeon (fill in the blank). No really, we have no
idea what his last name is and it seems to be all a part of their plan.
The Owl Mag: Congratulations on the recent release of your debut LP,
Cranes In The City. Where did the title of the album come from?
Shoot the Image: During the Winter of 2010 we spent most nights driving
around Toronto trying to figure out vocal melodies. We really noticed the
drastic changes in our city’s skyline and also started to realize a ton of our
favorite places were disappearing. Sim loved the idea of actual cranes
living in a large city. We were both also fascinated by the multitude of
construction cranes littering the downtown core.
The Owl Mag: Morrissey guitarist, Boz Boorer, produced Cranes. How did
Shoot the Image hook up with him?
Shoot the Image: A couple of years ago we found Boz’s MySpace page
and sent him a message. We were completely floored when he actually
responded. Over the next year we talked back and forth about new bands
and cool movies, etc. Sim booked an acoustic show at 12 Bar Club in
London, UK. Boz and his wife, Lyn, came to the show. After a few pints
they invited us to record our debut album at their studio in Portugal. At
the time Shoot the Image was just an idea, but after that night in England
it really set the band in motion. Boz called in January, 2010 and simply
said, “Are we going to do this thing or what?” The whole experience was
unreal!
The Owl Mag: Prior to the release of Cranes there was a lot of secrecy
about STI. Actually there still is as your band website doesn’t list the
members nor the roles they play. How about an introduction to STI and its
members?
Shoot the Image: We wanted to record the album, make the videos, set
the release parties, etc. without being told it wasn’t possible. Many of
our friends and family didn’t even know about the existence of Shoot the
Image until last month. The irony being that the band started to pick up
momentum online before we technically even existed. A full introduction
to the band? They’re still too shy. My name is Erin Landry. I can’t imagine
that would even show up in a Google search.
The Owl Mag: Wow, so you’re still going to keep us in the dark?

Interesting! Okay. You recorded Cranes in Portugal at Boz’s Serra Vista
Studios, is that correct? How was that experience?
Shoot the Image: Serra Vista is a villa located deep in the mountains
of Portugal and is by far the most beautiful studio we’ve ever been to!
There’s no cell phone or internet service which is incredible for a working
environment. We worked 15-hour days for 3 weeks. The rest of the time
was spent laughing, eating great food, going for walks, drinking beer and
wine, seeing the ocean and Lisbon. Some of the best moments were late
at night when Lyn would pull out the stand up bass and her and Boz would
play killer rockabilly tunes together! We can’t wait to record the second
album there in 2012!
The Owl Mag: I understand there are plans in the works to create a video
for every song off of your debut. That’s quite an undertaking not to mention
expensive. Tell us a bit more about that decision.
Shoot the Image: A few years ago we invested in a ton of film gear. We
learned how to shoot and edit ourselves. The only reason we’ll be able to
shoot ten videos is because we can do it all ourselves. Our first video for
Lithograph was different however. We flew in director Olaf Blomerus from
Vancouver and he brought in his own DP Jessie Blight. We’ll still bring in
various directors and film makers for the remaining videos.

Lithograph – Shoot The Image from Olaf Blomerus on Vimeo.
The Owl Mag: Brilliant! Are there any plans to go on tour to promote
Cranes?
Shoot the Ima - The Owl Magazine