Matthew Goud Signs to Black Box, Announces Solo EP and West Coast Tour
11/3/2009 By Travis Caine

Matthew Goud, formally of hardcore band Means and the acoustic Emerson Letters, has announced his latest solo effort will be released under the moniker Northcote. Goud has been laying low since Means parted ways this time last year, but has recorded an EP entitled Borrowed Chords, Tired Eyes that will be released for purchase online and off-stage later next month via Toronto, ON-based independent label Black Box (the Wooden Sky, Shad and Ten Second Epic). Until then, you can hear the EP in its entirety on Northcote’s MySpace.

With the EP announcement and label signing, Northcote looks to hit the road next month on an intimate West coast tour of Canada. Here are the tour dates:

11/12 Vancouver, BC – Cafe Montmartre
11/24 Yorkton, SK - 5th Ave Cup and Sauce
11/25 Saskatoon, SK – The Art Gallary
11/26 Regina, SK – The Exchange
11/27 Calgary, AB – West Ridge Community Center
11/29 Edmonton, AB – Avenue Theatre Lobby
11/30 Lethbridge, AB – The Henotic
12/5 Vancouver, BC – The Media Club
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