The alternative rock band, Meltt is coming to Vancouver on December 6, and they’re performing their latest album, “Eternal Embers”, which is something pretty special to them. 

Eternal Embers

They had so much material to work with, condensing 30 ideas down to 14. While the album is already long at 52 minutes, all the songs felt so connected that the band didn’t want to further trim it down.

The album was made during COVID, and while many people suffered a creative burnout, they wanted to spend that time trying different ways of writing and exploring new ideas, and they ended up with so much material.

The drummer, Jamie Turner, met the lead singer, Chris Smith when they were in elementary school. Their roles as singer and drummer started when they were in Kindergarten. Chris learned guitar then lived in Peru for a few years while Jamie had this talent show happening. Jamie took up drums since his dad was a drummer, and when Chris returned, the two played together as a cover band in grade six and seven.

They eventually met James Porter in eighth grade, and they continued as a cover band until the end of high school. Finally, Ian Winkler eventually joined the band after university, and the band knew Ian since fifth grade.

In their shared history, they also shared similar music influences. Their parents showed them Led Zeppelin, and they all loved the “Led Zeppelin 2” album. As they grew up, their interests branched out, so some artists that one likes, the other band members might dislike. Jamie and his sister were big fans of pop-punk, and especially blink-182, but the rest of Meltt hates listening to those punk bands.

When Meltt was sequencing their album, they really wanted to be meticulous with the flow of it. Before releasing an album, you may want to consider how you’ll play it live and know which songs will be the most popular. For many bands that were around for some time, they like to play in the sequential order of their albums, and while it can be thematically correct, you still want an ending that strikes the audience well.

I think the ending to anything is super important. Even great shows with long runtimes won’t be remembered that well if the ending doesn’t sit right.

Luckily, Meltt considers this in the making of their album, so you can expect a great ending at their upcoming show in Vancouver at the Rickshaw Theatre on December 6.