Of Our Own Volition

Of Our Own Volition

This is a documentary series about the creation of our last full length album, "Volition". It covers every aspect of the album cycle from song-writing all the way up to the final show. This is your ticket to discovering how we write, record, release, and support an album. It's also a behind the scenes and historical exploration of where we came from and where the frig we are headed!

Of Our Own Volition
  • Episode 6 - Significant Stages

    What better way to end the Volition album cycle than with a hometown show at the historical Danforth Music Hall in downtown Toronto?

    In this final episode of the series, we show you where the album cycle took us, and many of the beautiful faces we met along the way.

    There's a tear in the ey...

  • Episode 5 - Endearing Exit

    When a life-long friend and bandmate decides they need to pursue other interests, you can't help but feel sad. At the same time though, you can't help but feel incredibly lucky for the time you spent travelling the world together - bettering yourselves as musicians and human beings. In this epi...

  • Episode 4 - Tedious Territory

    Watch us curse, sweat, and gouge out our eyes as we attempt to record the mountain that was "Volition".

    This episode documents the recording of guitars, bass, and vocals for the album. It also features our cherished 'top indie gogo contributors' who paid to be a part of the actual recording p...

  • Episode 3 - Offset Origins

    Episode 3 is all about drums. We lost our friend and bandmate Moe when he decided to head back to school. So we reached out to Chris Adler to see if he would be interested in drumming on our new album. Shockingly, he was thrilled so we flew him up and got down to business. You will see how th...

  • Episode 2 - Record Revival

    This episode explores our decision to crowdfund our 4th studio album. You'll see the risks and rewards of exploring a release model so foreign to the band.
    The response from this campaign rejuvenated our spirits and taught us never to take our listeners for granted.

  • Episode 1 - Protest Pedigree

    Before we can show you the making of our album "Volition", we felt it necessary to show you where we came from. While it's an embarrassing trip down memory lane for us, we hope it's an informative preamble for you!