Album Notes

In the last decade, Fen has laboured over three recordings.

The first, Surgical Transfusion of Molting Sensory Reflections (2000) identified Fen as “the only band of its kind on the coast [of British Columbia]” (The Nerve Magazine), perhaps due to its nauseating rhythms and cranial song forms.

An ambitious concept album followed, a story of incest and matricide which took place in an isolated estuary, depicted in the sleeve artwork by painter Jason Froese. This album, Heron Leg (2003), left listeners both wondering and disturbed, and has been called “one of those great CDs the listener can get into more and more deeply as buried details are unearthed” (Discorder Magazine).

The latest recording, Congenital Fixation (2006), has drawn comparisons ranging from Opeth to System of a Down. It features drum guru Randall Stoll (KD Lang, Tom Cochrane), and on bass, Mike Young from The Devon Townsend Band.

At present, Fen is extracting itself into the acoustic medium, writing lullabies and ballads for a new album, out in 2009.

Reviews

“Fen evokes weird, slightly disturbing childhood memories…making me wonder about lyricist/vocalist Doug Harrison’s life...The creepiest lines are often the most delicate sounding.”
—Discorder Magazine

“the only band its kind on the coast. Fen’s raw aggression and peaceful acidic distortion makes this band stand above the rest in the prog-rock division.”
—The Nerve Magazine