The Pack a.d. Offer Up The Song “BC Is On Fire” as a Free MP3 Download & Announce Another New Contest In Conjunction With Their Upcoming CBC Radio 3 Presented National Tour Dates with Ontario’s Young Rival.

Mint Recording Artists from Vancouver, The Pack a.d. are leaving the fires of B.C. and heading back on tour yet again. This time in Canada. In order to celebrate they are offering up a free download of what has become a fan favourite at the myriad of live shows they have played since releasing their critically acclaimed and chart topping third album “we kill computers” on April 27th. “B.C. Is On Fire”.

“B.C. is on Fire” MP3 + media materials: http://www.killbeatmusic.com/thepackad/

Oh and it will come as no surprise to anyone who has been following the Pack a.d. they are announcing the details of their new contest as well.

Here are the contest particulars and rules according to the band

The Pack a.d.’s Picture Contest

You know we love contests because we like getting things in the mail, right? Anyway, we think that others must like the same thing - so even if your entry doesn’t officially win - you still get a handwritten postcard from us. Postcards are cool.

Here’s the contest…

You: Draw a picture of us. That’s right, however you want to draw it as long as it’s by hand. It can be crayon, pencil, ink, oil - whatever medium you prefer. The only guidelines are that it can’t be done on a computer and that it’s to be somehow of us (Maya and Becky). That means you can draw us as like, even, errr, whalers if you want or perhaps to be more politically correct, you can draw us as The Wailers..minus Bob Marley of course…this isn’t a Bob Marley contest.

We: Pick the ones we like. It could be 2 or it could be 30. No matter what the amount, the chosen pictures will be put into the album insert for our next album. Yes, it’s true. The winners will be immortalized in a CD booklet just like Christopher Lambert…which reminds me, you can draw us as Highlander too…that would be sweet.

Entry Deadline: November 5, 2010

More details: http://thepackafterdeath.com/ http://www.mintrecs.com/

Send your pictures to:

The Pack a.d.
C/O Mint Records
P.O. Box 3613, M.P.O.
Vancouver, B.C. Canada
V6B 3Y6

CBC Radio 3 Presents The Pack a.d Canadian Tour Dates with Young Rival

09/05 – Vancouver, BC @ Victory Square Block Party (The Pack a.d only)
09/O8 - Edmonton, AB @ The Black Dog
09/O9 – Calgary, AB @ Broken City
09/ll – Saskatoon, SK @ Amigo’s
09/l3 – Regina, SK @ O’Hanlon’s
09/l4 – Winnipeg, MB @ Lo Pub
09/l5 – Thunder Bay, ON @ The Apollo
09/l6 – Sault Ste. Marie, ON @ Lop Lops
09/20 - Montreal QC @ Le Divan Orange
09/22 - London ON @ London Music Club
09/23 - Windsor, ON @ Phog Lounge
09/24 - Hamilton, ON @ Casbah
09/25 – Toronto, ON @ The Garrison
09/28 – Kingston, ON @ The Mansion
09/26 – Wakefield, QC @ The Blacksheep Inn (The Pack a.d. only)
10/22 – Halifax, NS @ Halifax POP Explosion (The Pack a.d only)

**** MORE DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON ****

Media Reaction to “we kill computers”

“we kill computers, is convulsively exciting. Raucous, even. They’ve pulled off a killer, riff-stunner of an album…” The Take Media

Sexy and swampy, dirty and tough, ‘we kill computers’ is a raucous bar fight of an album that bursts into your brain and legs like an epileptic’s nightmare fit. Red Hot Velvet (UK)

These songs are not for the faint of heart. There’s bile and vitriol for sure, but it’s intelligently packaged and presented, which sets We Kill Computers apart from the-*ahem*-pack…The Pack a.d. have left me breathless and impressed. “ Quick Before It Melts,

“We Kill Computers is a full-on exercise in lean, primal rock & roll that neither asks for or offers any compromise”. allmusic

“the Pack a.d. confidently incorporates everything from turbo-blasted rawk to sugar-buzzed punk to ghost-on-the-highway country.” Mike Usinger, The Georgia Straight

“Stomping out of the gate with a renewed sense of frustration and a petulant desire to get even with everything, We Kill Computers takes the scruffy, groovy hate-fucking dirty shirt blooz rawk that the band has been chipping away at since forming in 2006 to phenomenal and potent new levels. It’s beautiful…” Bill Adams, Ground Control Mag

“We Kill Computers is a dirty jewel, a record that rocks hard and keeps getting more interesting the longer you listen to it. Eric Waggoner, Blurt,

“And while We Kill Computers marks a departure from the band’s previous blues-heavy releases, it plunges confidently into the grungier side of rock, resulting in the group’s gutsiest and grittiest – not to mention loudest – record yet.” Hilary Marchildon, !Earshot

It’s pretty easy to pigeonhole Pack A.D., much harder to describe in words just how much you need them in your life…The Pack A.D. make you want to go out and drink a million beers while leaping about recklessly and spilling said beer all down your front. ‘Sup Magazine

We’ve listened to all the tapes that have been sent in and it was a way tougher decision then we thought it would be. And that’s the truth. Thanks to everyone who’ve clued us in to new favorites - we have so many band crushes now it’s ridiculous.

Here are the winners, in no particular order - plus we made the win list to 5 instead of 3…that’s just how hard it was.

Dan Gordon - Winnipeg, MB
Luke Meat - Vancouver, BC
Lucas Kitchen - Victoria, BC
Ryan Berry - Maple Ridge, BC
Dave O’Halloran - London, ON

Keep watching our sites because we’ll be having another old school type contest starting in September. And that’s also the truth…Ruth.

The Pack a.d Mix Tape Contest

The Pack a.d. ‘s new album “we kill computers” is out on April 27th and the band is going on the road…again. Their van, Falcon, doesn’t like the iPod hook up though. Maybe because it’s 13 years old. Or maybe b…ecause 13 year old’s, who are vans, seem to really like cassette tapes. Either way though, the band needs new music to listen to when they hit the road. So they are excited to announce “The Pack a.d. Mix Tape Contest”!

Here are the contest particulars and rules according to the band

“Do you have an old mixed tape you would like to send us? Or the capability to make a new mixed cassette tape? We are down with all sorts of music and would love to listen to music you think we should listen to. If you have a burning desire to sit around for hours pouring your blood, sweat and tears into the Ultimate Mix Tape, just for us…or at least the desire to throw your old mix tapes into an envelope and mail them then we would be forever grateful. And you, in turn, can win some great prizes! However, we only want homemade tapes OK? So, no copies of Much Dance 2000 or the like, please…those jokes are really old…and only 99 cents at Value Village…and we already have that one.”

Here is what you can win:

1st prize - a signed poster and CD, a signed cymbal, a vinyl copy of “we kill computers” as well as a Pack AD shirt and beverage cozy in a Mint tote bag.

2nd prize - a signed poster and CD in a Mint tote bag and a vinyl copy of their “we kill computers”

3rd prize - a signed poster and CD and a vinyl copy of “we kill computers”

Here is how you enter:

Simply send a cassette entry to the address below to arrive no later than May 21st. Then after the The Pack a.d get back from their European tour with NoMeansNo, they will take it on the road with them, pop it into Falcon’s cassette deck and turn up the volume as they head across western Canada with The Sadies. The band will decide the winners and notify them at the end of the tour.

The Pack a.d.
c/o Mint Records
P.O. Box 3613, M.P.O.
Vancouver, BC Canada
V6B 3Y6

p.s. Thanks to Jarrod Jones for the photo of us. You shoulda seen the faces we were making.

photo by Jarrod Jones