Of the four musicians in The Matinée, only Matt Rose still calls the Tri-Cities his home.
The guitarist chose to settle in the area to raise his young family — a nod to his upbringing, having grown up with his fellow bandmates in Coquitlam and graduated in 1997 from Centennial secondary school.
So when Rose plays at the Kaleidoscope Festival on Saturday at Coquitlam Town Centre Park Plaza, it’ll be like performing to a big bunch of neighbours, he said.
The hometown gig is the penultimate stop on The Matinée’s summer tour, which ends in Kamloops and includes a 10-year anniversary show at the Fox Cabaret in Vancouver on Thursday to celebrate being part of the Light Organ Records label.
There, they’ll also officially drop their sophomore full-length album, Dancing On Your Grave, an 11-track project produced by the band and by Jamie Candiloro last year.
Their album is a follow-up to their 2015 EP, Broken Arrows, produced by Steve Bays and Ryan Dahle, and to their 2013 debut We Swore We’d See the Sunrise.
Rose said Dancing On Your Grave is a time capsule, dishing out many highs and lows since Broken Arrows came out: The songs talk about the best and the worst part of relationships such as getting married, having kids, strife and heartaches.
“For us, that was where our heads were at the time,” he said. “We were documenting a period of all of our lives — good and bad — but, in the end, it came out with a positive message. We’re all in a really good space right now, thankfully.”
Besides the new album and recent west and east coast tours, The Matinée is also up next month for a coveted BreakOut West award. The band is nominated for Rock Artist of the Year against fellow BC artists Dan Mangan and The Pack AD as well as Mobina Galore (Manitoba) and Scenic Route to Alaska (Alberta).
Clinching the accolade would be a sweet reward, given the band’s tumultuous journey last year, Rose said. “We are grateful for many things now.”
• Dancing On Your Grave is available on iTunes, Spotify, Apple Music and Google Play. Vinyl copies can also be purchased at the Light Organ Records store.
