Premiere: The Low Sixes New Single, “Turn On The Night” With Alan Hildebrandt on Bass/Vocals

Bass Musician is proud to premiere The Low Sixes new video of their single, “Turn On The Night”.

Alan Hildebrandt, who lays down the low-end shares his gear and inspiration for the single…

“Turn Up the Night” is a super fun song to play live! The bass was recorded using a Precision bass through an Ampeg B15 for a warm, classic sound. At live shows, I play a ’76 Rickenbacker with a Sound City 150 and Sound City 4×12 cabinet, a great punchy and vintage tone! I grew up listening to pop, punk rock and metal, and so my main sources of inspiration and playing style are Bruce Thomas from The Attractions, Karl Alvarez of the Descendents, and Steve Harris of Iron Maiden. – Alan Hildebrandt, Bassist for The Low Sixes

Photo by Stacy Lee

More on The Low Sixes…

The Montreal four-piece — assembled from a hefty lineup of the scene’s indie veterans – began unassumingly enough as singers and guitarists Jonathan Cummins and Brendan Drouillard returned home from an extensive European tour with their other project, heavy psych rock band USA Out of Vietnam, and debriefed over some drinks at the local waterhole, Barfly.

The conversation quickly turned to developing a new project and, soon enough, the two were recruiting friends, drummer/singer John Milchem (Starvin Hungry) and bassist/singer Jon Asencio (from Cummins’ other band, renowned ‘80s/’90s Montreal indie punk band Doughboys), to form The Low Sixes. Asencio has since departed the band with mutual friend Alan Hildebrandt (Priors) taking over bass duties though Ascencio appears on the band’s debut. The album also features guest vocalists Olga Goreas, who is now a permanent member, and Jace Lasek (both of The Besnard Lakes), Chance Hutchison and Jackie Blenkarn (Private Lives) and keys from Patrick Watson. The Oshawa Tree releases on October 4, 2024 on Forge Again Records.

“The band was mainly put together to escape the job doldrums, it wasn’t until we decided to record four songs at Le Stuzzio with Ryan Battistuzzi that provoked a surprisingly positive reaction from our friends that we decided we would turn into an actual band and do an entire record; the band hopes to “erase the ‘cool’ factor” often associated with DIY underground music. Montreal has a very large experimental scene (Godspeed! You Black Emperor, Colin Stetson, Tim Hecker etc.) and although we love that music, we are sort of reacting against it as we believe everybody can appreciate a good pop song. We want to be as inclusive as possible and be the band that can bring entertainment back to small stages and DIY spaces again. Case in point: The quartet recently played a birthday party in Ottawa for friend and artist Dirty Donny who has created imagery for Metallica and Aerosmith. Realizing that all great songs have already been written, I sat down and just wrote ‘Ryan’s Favorite Song’ as an ode to the bubble gum music of the sixties. I would hope that the Ramones and 1910 Fruitgum Company influences shine through and serve as an homage. The ‘Ryan’ in the title is Ryan Battistussi who recorded the record – and no, this was not his favorite song and seemed oddly non-plussed at our tip o’ the cap. – Jonathan Cummins / Guitar & Vocals

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