Oh No Forest Fires (2007-2010)

Bio:

The hardest part about this band was picking a name. The naming process took almost 7 months. Everything else was pretty easy, because we're friends and we help each other out. All of this will be built on the same warmth and love that lives in the basement where we started.





You can buy our album here:

"It's like snipers of weirdness lay waiting inside the psyches of the scruffy members of ONFF, who, to outward appearances, are accomplished, polished, even stately composers of epic pop gems" ~ Exclaim!

"Oh No [Forest Fires] assert their own charming identity with complex four-minute ranging song structures and frequent jumps between stop-starts and protracted, frenetic guitar duels" ~ NOW Magazine

"[The War On Geometry] is surprisingly well-rounded... it's a pretty great debut from a bunch of high-energy guys." ~ Chartattack

"It should be fairly obvious to anyone who listens to The War on Geometry that Oh No Forest Fires is onto something, possibly something big... [it is] one of the outstanding Canadian EPs" ~ HeroHill.com

"The War On Geometry careens around with reckless abandon... it's impossible to resist! Oh No Forest Fires have come out with one of the year's most exciting debuts, and it'll be interesting to see where they go next." ~ Iheartmusic.net

"Glorious, guitar-driven anthems that make prog-pop seem like the most natural thing in the world and an energetic live show that the stage couldn't contain... ONFF were one of the most impressive new things I've seen in a long time. That their four-song EP is as good as it is and is still just a demo is both exciting and frightening." ~ Chromewaves.net.

"Their brand of power pop n’ rock has the bravado to make it on mainstream radio but still enough style and creativity to appease even the most hardened of indie scenesters." ~ FAZER Music Magazine

"The debut EP from this Toronto 4-piece is like a sugar-coated buzzsaw – all raw energy and cutting edge, mixed with a powerpoppy melodic sense." ~ Adult Contemporary Essentials (UK)

"The songs are also sharp bursts of kinetic energy… that rise well above your typical indie rock fare." ~ It's Not The Band I Hate, It's The Fans.

"[ONFF] destroyed their live show... I was hooked and I now deem them the must-see-band out of Toronto." ~ Two Way Monologues...

Reviews of ONFF's Final Show 01/23/10 at The Horseshoe Tavern:


BlogTO
Signal Magazine
BLARE
I(heart)music
Exclaim!


Press Links:


Exclaim! album review
NOW Magazine album review
Chromewaves album review
Chartattack album review
HeroHill.com album review, 2
I Heart Music album review
FAZER Music Magazine Live Review
Space City Rock Album Review (Houston)
Charlatantric review of Untitled EP
Toronto Indie Live Review
Exclaim! CMW 2008 Live Review
Chart Magazine CMW 2008 Report Card: 86%
Chromewaves Live Review, 2
Pete Nema Live Review
It's Not The Band I Hate, It's Their Fans Live Review 1, 2, 3
Two Way Monologues Live Review ..

Member Since:

August 28, 2007

Members:

Rajiv Thavanathan
Brock Swanek
Matt Del Buono
Adam Nimmo

With occasional help from our friends:

Lesley Davies
Kinley Dowling
Jo-Ann Goldsmith
Nadia Baer
Nick Bernal
Lisa Horvath
Shawn Jurek
Michael le Riche

Goodbyes From Oh No Forest Fires courtesy of Matthew McAndrew.

Sounds Like:

The sounds we make are almost entirely made with a combination of musical instruments and voices.

Like this:

"It's Not Fun And Games Unless Someone Loses An Eye"




"New Cove Road Back Home"




"I Gotta Tell Ya Fellas, This Is Pretty Terrific"




"New Cove Road Back Home" - Acoustic in a Newfoundland Forest