PureVolume

Members: Carl, Anderson, Freek, Greg & Matt

ACEFACE were assembled by Carl Nanders, Toronto-born vocalist/guitarist/songwriter. ACEFACE are an explosive mix arising from the sounds of Nanders' his classical music studies, and a love of the music that was born in the era of the Who, Pet Sounds, mod-soul and Brit-pop. Nanders is a classically-trained multi-instrumentalist who also composes his own string & wind arrangements. Parallel to ACEFACE's album, he is currently working on a 2-CD song-cycle titled Anto. The depth and multi-faceted nature of ACEFACE must be explored fully to be understood. More than a band, they represent a living, breathing, manifesto.

"The very point of modernism is that it's uncompromising in its search for the new horizon, the new expression, or the new sound. I've heard people say "for a band called Aceface you don't sound all that mod", to which I reply "yeah? that says a lot more about your limits than mine. There's something inherently self-defeating about the concept of a mod "revival" or "revivalist", especially when it's based in copying the past...

There's using the great art of the past as a springboard to new ideas and sounds, and then there's turning yourself into some sort of tribute to the past, whether 10, 20, 30 or 40 years back. I'd much rather see myself in the former camp than the latter, and if "purists" don't like it they should move into a museum and start calling themselves "historians" rather than "modernists".

"Besides, there never was a mod revival in Germany; they never went away. I was a mod for years before I realized I was one. I loved the suits, scooters and music, without ever realizing there was ever any commonality between them."

One day, someone said, "do you know what mods are"? Nanders then realized there was a sub-culture that captured every ethic of art, music and pop sensibility that had always inspired him, in a neat little package called "modernism".

"THREAT LEVEL: RED WHITE BLUE" is Aceface's debut album, following their self-released EP "amazing dementia". It is full of present day reflections on our international society and evokes the (international) Noise Conspiracy in its sense of urgency and vitality...