{"id":29400,"date":"2018-07-04T12:15:55","date_gmt":"2018-07-04T16:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=29400"},"modified":"2019-05-31T12:46:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T16:46:00","slug":"torontos-jiants-share-plan-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=29400","title":{"rendered":"Toronto&#8217;s Jiants share &#8216;Plan&#8217; video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto&#8217;s Jiants have shared their video for <em>Plan<\/em>. The quartet led\u00a0by former pro skateboarder\u00a0Jesse Landen\u00a0blend\u00a0a love of &#8217;90s indie-rock with modern pop sensibilities. To\u00a0celebrate the release of their sophomore album, &#8216;Odd Trouble<em>,&#8217;\u00a0<\/em>recorded with acclaimed musician and producer Taylor Knox (Sloan, Alvvays, Owen Pallett),<em>\u00a0<\/em>Jiants\u00a0created the charming, hilarious, and strangely captivating documentary-style video. Watch it via YouTube below.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5nltNC_mYcU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Spending a day in the life with an unnamed Toronto Island tour guide, the band&#8217;s members joined director and fellow skateboarder\u00a0Aidan Johnston at 6 a.m. to travel to the shoot via ferry in March&#8217;s frosty weather. Filming on bicycle, they followed this eccentric\u00a0character from the scenic locations of a haunted lighthouse to the beach where he dances with LFO on his headphones and joins island residents in a Christmas tree bonfire.<\/p>\n<p>Jiants\u00a0take the stage with The Bandicoots and TV Sets for their\u00a0Toronto record release show on\u00a0Thursday, July 5th at The Baby G. Full details on the album can be found below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Toronto&#8217;s Jiants combine infectious riffs and melancholy melodies with the sun-cracked vocals of former pro skateboarder Jesse Landen. Their sophomore album <em>Odd Trouble<\/em>\u00a0captures\u00a0a nostalgic sound from\u00a0a time that may have never been,\u00a0inspired by beloved bands such as\u00a0Nada Surf,\u00a0Built To Spill, Archers of Loaf, and\u00a0Dinosaur Jr.<\/p>\n<p>In his previous life, Jesse Landen\u00a0toured the world on four wheels while earning sponsorships from Vans, Billabong, and ATM. After traveling from his home in small town Ontario to the skateboarding meccas of California and Barcelona, an ankle injury requiring surgery forced him back to Canada to utilize\u00a0free healthcare. During the downtime of his recovery, Landen began writing the songs that would become his first project Born To Busk, releasing two albums in 2004 and 2007, later followed by the band Stanford.<\/p>\n<p>Jiants began with the release of their\u00a0self-titled debut in 2016<em>.<\/em>\u00a0The album was accompanied by a video for lead single <em><a href=\"https:\/\/hivemindpr.us10.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=04780c244c226dd8f0096243b&amp;id=567c3c2c2a&amp;e=998dd35436\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paralyze<\/a><\/em> produced by Landen&#8217;s film production company The Filmboard, whose short film\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/hivemindpr.us10.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=04780c244c226dd8f0096243b&amp;id=cf8d577616&amp;e=998dd35436\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grinders<\/a><\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>previously won first place in Converse and Kingshit Magazine&#8217;s 2014 Connect the Dots contest. In 2018, The Filmboard would go on to produce the video for Arts &amp; Crafts signee and fellow skater-led band Reuben and the Dark&#8217;s song <a href=\"https:\/\/hivemindpr.us10.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=04780c244c226dd8f0096243b&amp;id=659b26ec43&amp;e=998dd35436\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Dreaming<\/em>.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jiants have now become a full\u00a0four-piece live act with Landen joined by lead guitarist Joe Delfin, drummer John Sirdevan, and bassist Adam Kesek, co-owner\u00a0of Canadian music\u00a0book publishers\u00a0Eternal Cavalier Press. Pushing the band\u00a0out of the bedroom and onto the stage,\u00a0they have performed at festivals such as CMW and Indie Week\u00a0while\u00a0shared stages with Taylor Knox, Reuben and the Dark, and the\u00a0Constantines&#8217; Bry Webb.\u00a0Landen continues to create relentlessly, with offshoots including his solo electronic project\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hivemindpr.us10.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=04780c244c226dd8f0096243b&amp;id=bbef0d8251&amp;e=998dd35436\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Balmy Beach\u00a0<\/a>(password: no trace) and various videos with The Filmboard, all of which he relates back to his previous lifelong pursuit.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Skateboarders have always been ahead of the curve as far as documenting everything in their lives,&#8221;<\/em> says Landen.<em> &#8220;It attracts a certain kind of person and gives you a different outlook about the ways that you might not fit into society. When you&#8217;re out skating, you always have a camera and are spending time with people who are up to shenanigans. Filming and editing are a part of the lifestyle, and it&#8217;s really not hard to move that into making something more artistic.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Jiants&#8217; &#8216;Odd Trouble&#8217; LP is out now. It&#8217;s\u00a0available to <a href=\"https:\/\/hivemindpr.us10.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=04780c244c226dd8f0096243b&amp;id=9269325f68&amp;e=998dd35436\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">order here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mcnImage\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/04780c244c226dd8f0096243b\/images\/6fe81528-83d8-4d7f-87c7-87fbd59e1b3d.jpg?w=564&#038;ssl=1\"  align=\"center\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jiants &#8211; Odd Trouble\u00a0tracklisting<\/strong><br \/>\n1. Odd Trouble<br \/>\n2. Realign<br \/>\n3. Plan<br \/>\n4. In the Shade<br \/>\n5. Questions Answered<br \/>\n6. 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