Samuel Benoit

A review of my blog’s stats reveals that an earlier post on the band Honeyman and the Brothers Farr has been one of my most popular.  This has much less to do with the quality of the post than it does the band’s ineptitude with the Internet.  Despite their best efforts to hide in the shadows of obscurity, a number of live videos have been leaked onto the aforementioned Internet.  Now that they finally have an album for sale and a big show coming up, I thought I would share with you some of my favorite songs of theirs to hog more of the traffic they would receive if they had more than an ugly myspace page.

Red Velvet Rope
The first time I heard this song my mind was blown.  Most of the songs James writes seem to be written by someone who is about two thousand years old and carry with them the wisdom and sorrow of witnessing the rise and fall of many civilizations and the loss of several lovers to old age.

Armed Robbery
You know how fans has their favorite member of the Beatles, the Backstreet Boys and the Ninja Turtles.  Well my favorite member of Honeyman and the Brothers Farr would have to be Simon.  His songs are some of their best and I would have more for you here but I couldn’t find enough decent videos, so you’ll just have to buy the album.  Here’s an example of one his heartfelt and effective pop songs.

Stranger
The reason this one is entirely out of focus is that Tamsyn (the sister Farr) filmed with a tiny camera hidden inside a cowboy hat.  One of my favorites by Eric.

Tonight
We’ll have to wait for the next for the next album to get a proper recording of this one but it has become a regular feature of their live shows.  It’s got a great refrain and doo-wop sound throughout.

Voices and Words
Another great one by Eric you won’t find on the album.

Gracie
Their perennial encore gospel number by Eric.  You can expect that Simon will be dancing like a taser victim and James will always be stripped down into is undershirt at this point of the show.

Their album is called Behind the Veil, Behind the Veil and you can buy it at one of their shows or online on iTunes, Amazon, eMusic or CD Baby.  The next show will be happening on Thursday February 17th, 2011 starting at 8pm at Café Campus, Prince Arthur East in Montreal with Beaver Sheppard.

In the meantime, check out their pages on Facebook, CBC Radio 3 and myspace to hear more tracks and find out about future shows.