I write about random things a lot. I write a lot about random things. If Peterborough's Birthday Boys aren't soon among the top Canadian bands in the media, it won't be for lack of trying.

Since we first met, the band — bassist Jeremy Boyd, drummer Matt Paige, and guitarists Graeme Kennedy and Jordan Mack — played a show here on campus at the Out Back Shack, tore the roof off of the Merchant Ale House at S.C.E.N.E. Fest in St. Catharines and have been back and forth across the country a few times in support of their debut album Bad Blood and electric summer single, Daughter's Man.

They're now touring flat across Canada with The Stanfields in support of their newly released EP Tin Head, and coming to London to play Call The Office on October 28.

While on tour, the band has embarked upon a very ambitious project, challenging themselves to film each other as they write, arrange and perform a new song every day for 30 days, complete with behind-the-scenes footage of the process and an ever-changing Canadian landscape on the road. Known as "30 Songs/30 Days" and begun in Frederiction, N.B. on September 30, the project is nearing its conclusion as the band roll into London on Thursday. However the end is well met — it's easy to see the full extent of the challenge on the band as they take it in stride alongside the stresses of touring from Ontario to the Maritimes and British Columbia before coming back.

Full of highs and lows, the project has seen them at their most human, discussing the stress of such an ambitious undertaking and at their most ingenious — "through the magic of science," Kennedy begins in the video leading up to the performance of their seventh song, "We've rigged an electric guitar to go through the van's radio."

I got a chance to catch up with them at S.C.E.N.E. Fest in St. Catharines in June, after watching them amaze a packed house with an explosive set in the afternoon.

"We toured the east coast with The Novaks, a band from Newfoundland," Kennedy told me at the time. "The shows were all amazing, great guys. It was a great tour, we had released this for that tour, the (Daughter's Man single)."

"We played a show, our first show in Fredericton," Paige continued the story. "A guy and his girlfriend came up, and they're like, 'Sweet, you guys got seveninch (records), can I buy one?' Sold the first one, it was just a really cool feeling knowing that this guy is going to go home and put the needle down on something that's ours, that's vinyl."

Kennedy agreed. "Because we're vinyl junkies, so we wanted to do it for ourselves, but we weren't sure whether they were actually going to sell or not, but it's been good."

Which got me talking about their new EP; at the time the disc still had no name, but there were six songs already earmarked for the release — indicative of just how busy Birthday Boys keep, and how far ahead of the game they try to stay.

"The EP is just kind of something to put out while we're still writing, and then continue to work on another album for next year," Paige said. "If you're waiting to get the 12 best songs, you might be waiting a little too long; the early material can get lost, because you continue to just write new stuff that you like."

"I think you'll find after a while you hold on to songs," posited Mack. "Like, 'Okay, we don't want to release that one, save it for the next record, because it's going to be great,' you know? A great middle-of-the-record song, but then it's stupid to do that. Why not put the best shit out? Unless you're afraid that the well is going to dry up."

This is definitely not the case with Tin Head; the band have mastered and moved beyond their brand of gritty, smoky rock to create something magnetic, pulling you in with big hooks and holding your attention with great lyrics and subtext. In that way, it's unfortunate that the record only lasts the span of six songs, but at least there's comfort in being able to listen to it over and over.

Tin Head was officially released September 23, and is currently available on iTunes here in Canada. I can't think of a better way to spend six dollars when it comes to music, or a better band to invest in as they continue to grow and shine.

For more information on Birthday Boys, and to hear music from Tin Head and watch live performances recorded by the band, visit birthdayboysmusic.com. For updates on their "30 Songs/30 Days" project, follow them on Twitter (@birthdayboys).

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