Fiver

Fiver

Lost The Plot

Triple Crown Audio Recordings

***“It’s late afternoon, April 28, 2013 and I’ve just gotten off the phone with Toronto-born and bred singer-songwriter SIMONE SCHMIDT, recently returned from a couple of weeks on the road fronting THE HIGHEST ORDER) and gradually settling back into daily city life. We talk of travel, our support of the Idle No More movement, and even what’s cooking for dinner. Still, this call was spurred on by inspiring news from the grapevine, yet another creative creation on the horizon for Schmidt—the anticipated debut long player from FIVER. Never one to remain stagnant, Lost The Plot puts the proof right in the pot for all to taste. Transcending genre and preconceived notions in equal measure, Schmidt’s latest sonic turn is a haunting album that showcases an organically crafted and otherworldly range of well-deep feeling and nerve-ending emotion, all captured on 2” tape in the fashion of her highly respected musical elders (George Jones, RIP). Always evolving, FIVER was birthed in 2012 as a medium for Schmidt to write and record original material unencumbered by outside aesthetic or group ideology. It’s a place of reflection and an outlet to tell new and old tales with clear fidelity and control. FIVER is a band. FIVER is a solo act. FIVER takes many shapes and forms. It’s dynamic, sometimes personal, andundoubtedly political. The nine songs on Lost The Plot engage the spirit and soul. They are introspective at times, others, outgoing and frenetic, even treading into madness.”