Named for a Toronto suburb, Mimico traffic in an expansive brand of psychedelic, synth driven post-rock. Their new album, Hi-Action, combines the influences of film music and prog with a homegrown Sci-Fi mysticism.

Produced by Justin Small of the Juno award-winning instrumental band Do Make Say Think, Hi-Action features cameos from violinist Laura C. Bates (Volür) and vocals from Ida Maidstone (Hush Pup). Recorded partly at the legendary, countryside Bathhouse Studio during a sweltering heat wave and later, during a polar vortex in Toronto at Palace Sound, the warm analog sound of Hi-Action features heavy use of Mellotron, vintage synthesizers, and searing guitar tones. Moving from one hazy extreme to the other, Hi-Action travels the zig-zagging trajectory of the band’s sound.

Tracklist

A1 New Haze
A2 Common Tar
A3 Hi-Action
B1 Tobacco Eyes
B2 Star Camouflage / Dark Ammunition
B3 Dreams Never Die