This four-piece from Estevan, SK, could be Canadas best kept secret. With searing melodies, emotionally charged lyrics and vocals, and enough indie-rock hooks to keep ears glued to blasting speakers, Filmmaker are the emo of champions. Fans of Canadas other notorious powerhouse of emo, By a Thread, should sit up and take notice. Break this Fall is their debut release and with only six songs its a real teaser of whats to come later this year when they release their full-length effort, produced by Alex Newport (At the Drive-In, Samiam, Sepultura). Once again a band has proven that you dont have to be heavy, hard and fast to be intense and powerful musically. Just listening to, "Offences Between U, is a perfect example of that emotionally charged power that Filmmaker is overflowing with. Whether youre a fan of emo or not, Filmmaker offer up some of the most raw, beautiful, depressing and pumped up music that Canada has to offer.
(Farway)Filmmaker
Break This Fall
BY Shawn MerrillPublished Apr 1, 2002