Was It The Walrus? To Record Debut Album After 7-Year Hiatus

New York, NY (Top40 Charts) After a 7-year hiatus, Canadian indie band Was it the Walrus? is set to finally record their debut album this month for release in September of this year on Whiskey & Wine Records.

Jason Norris (vocals, guitar) formed Was it the Walrus? in 2006 after the break-up of his previous band, The Rhythm Section (Menno Versteeg from Hollerado was in that band) along with multi-instrumentalist Jean-Sebastien Villeneuve. In Late 2006 the band relocated to Montreal.

The band immediately started generating buzz around Montreal which was mostly due to the fact that they had members from other local indie bands. Furthermore, The band initially received attention after being named one of Montreal's "most pretentious bands" by Mirror magazine alongside indie rock favourites Arcade Fire and Godspeed You! Black Emperor.

In 2007, the group planned to enter the studio to record their debut album, which was going to be produced by Vincent Gallo, however contractual agreements were never finalized and plans to record fell through which sent the band into an "indefinite hiatus".

The band has since relocated to Toronto and are currently recording what will be their debut album at the Lincoln County Social Club recording studio.