Wafer Thin Mints
Described as “Roots-Inspired Pop,” The Wafer Thin Mints sound cuts across rock, urban folk, country, and power pop with a tip of the hat to that lost genre, Pub Rock. Their first album, The Finest Car They Ever Built in 1983, launched the band on to the Canadian music scene propelled along by the single “Hot Chevette.” The album received extensive airplay on CKUA and made it into the top 50 of the stations top 100 albums of 2006. 2007 saw the Mints playing shows across Alberta to enthusiastic response from audiences at clubs and festivals. The band’s live show quickly gelled into an appealing musical combination of variety, spontaneity, humour, and energy. The Wafer Thin Mints are working on their second album and will be on tour again in 2008. To buy a copy of “The Finest Car They Ever Built In 1983,” go to www.indiepool.com/WTM0001 or find it at MegaTunes in Calgary and Edmonton.