This Thursday, October 13, will be a shining night for music in London as Toronto's Ohbijou arrive to perform at Aeolian Hall in support of Metal Meets, their acclaimed new album released on September 27.

Their third, the record is a lush sounding work, rich in texture and colour. In an effort to gain a little distance from the city and the city vibe, the band retreated into more remote locations, leaving Toronto behind to sculpt the record with rested ears and an open mind.

"We wanted to try to push the sound a bit from our previous records," said Casey Mecija. "We wanted to create a different environment for each song and also add things to our live show, and everything just happened very organically."

Ohbijou — comprised of Mecija, her sister Jenny Mecija, James Bunton, Ryan Carley, Anissa Hart and Heather Kirby — have outdone themselves with Metal Meets. In particular the lyrics evoke strong imagery cast against the music, and provide subtle direction in the flow of the record — Mecija's voice grabs attention when necessary, and floats like another instrument otherwise.

"They were very much influenced by what I was reading while I was writing the record, books by people like Anne Carson," she explained. "She has this book called The Autobiography of Red, and I wrote the lyrics to 'Metal Meets' while reading that book."

Looking over the lyrics for the album, one might notice the similarity; language of substance, meaningful expressions and very little else — like the poet from B.C., Mecija clearly crafted the lyrics of the album carefully and purposefully.

So too did the rest of the band; Ohbijou are a group so supportive of one another that the powerful minimalist vibe caught like a fire over the album. It's easy to consider an album to be a work of art when each note is as valuable as the last.

"I think we're very mindful of what occupies space in a song," Mecijaa reflected. "We've definitely encountered the danger of over-arranging a song; I think there are examples of that on our previous albums where we didn't leave room for a breath."

"When we went into this record, we were really mindful of letting each note ring out, or giving space to the strings, careful not to overplay the drums and take over the bassline. We just kind of entered the environment of each song knowing that we wanted to showcase each instrument, and each part of the song in a really mindful and delicate way."

Ohbijou is playing the Aeolian Hall with Julie Doiran this Thursday, October 13. Doors open at 7 p.m. and tickets are $16, available through TicketScene at http://www.ticketscene.ca/events/4750/. For more information on the band and their tour, visit them online at ohbijou.com or follow them on Twitter @ohbijou.