Trigger Mafia乌鸦传媒檚 lead rocker, Langley乌鸦传媒檚 own Shawn Meehan, hopes the band乌鸦传媒檚 newest single 乌鸦传媒� coming out next week 乌鸦传媒� will be the next hockey anthem.

The four-member rock band had been working on an EP with a record label out of the Netherlands. They had three songs recorded and ready to go, but were being pushed to come up with a fourth.

Busy with their other band, West Coast Slackers 乌鸦传媒� Meehan said they were a little reluctant to commit to another song. 乌鸦传媒淲e were on the fence.乌鸦传媒�

But then the producers said 乌鸦传媒淚 have a good feeling about you guys,乌鸦传媒� and offered to help pay for it.

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About seven months ago now, they were struggled to come up with just the right song, when Meehan took inspiration from his regular visits to the hockey rink with his son, who is developing as a high-performance player.

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Noticing the same seven or eight song playing at every game, Meehan suggested they try creating a tune appropriate for that playlist. Six writers, months of brainstorming, and multiple rewrites later, and Barnburner is now ready for release.

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The video, shot in early September at Sportsplex in Walnut Grove, is already out on , and the EP comes out online next Wednesday, Dec. 20.

Meehan describes it as a hard driving hockey anthem.

乌鸦传媒淚t乌鸦传媒檚 three minutes of pure energetic game time motivation that will ramp up the team and put the audience into a frenzy.乌鸦传媒�

So while they乌鸦传媒檝e shopped it out to some of the area hockey teams to play, in the new year Trigger Mafia is going to start targeting a lot of big hockey markets in Canada, hoping it will become one of those quintessential hockey songs of the ages, played at every game across the continent 乌鸦传媒� be that a midgets scrimmage or an NHL battle.

Cam Moon, radio announcer for the Edmonton Oilers 乌鸦传媒� who does a voice over on the track 乌鸦传媒� said: 乌鸦传媒淏arnburner intertwines hockey and music with magical precision. As Dickie Dunn said in 乌鸦传媒楽lapshot乌鸦传媒�, it captures the spirit of the thing.乌鸦传媒�

King Richard Brodeur, retired Vancouver Canucks star goalie and Stanley Cup finalist 乌鸦传媒� who乌鸦传媒檚 mentioned as a legend in the song 乌鸦传媒� describes how he felt after the first listen: 乌鸦传媒淭hat乌鸦传媒檚 a cool song! Love it!乌鸦传媒�

They乌鸦传媒檙e getting a lot of interest and play already, and Meehan 乌鸦传媒� who is not a hockey player 乌鸦传媒� is excited by the fervor building around the song.

乌鸦传媒淚 played house league for a year, and was terrible,乌鸦传媒� he admitted, leaving hockey to his brother and his son to master, while he sits in the playing guitar, instead.

In addition to releasing this latest Trigger Mafia EP and its title track, Meehan has been busy with a few other major music projects in recent months.

乌鸦传媒淚乌鸦传媒檝e got three heavy-duty projects all doing well,乌鸦传媒� he shared.

Meehan is currently working with producer Brian Howes and will be shopping in the U.S. for a record label for his southern country-rock band, West Coast Slackers 乌鸦传媒� which consists of many of the same performers that make up Trigger Mafia.

In addition to Meehan, who plays guitar and is lead vocalist with Trigger Mafia, he乌鸦传媒檚 accompanied by Jay Wittur on bass guitar and vocals, Rod Senft on drums, Karl Oystensen on keyboards and vocals, and Chandra Russell providing back up vocals.

Meehan is also working with his second cousin from Coquitlam, developing the 15-year-old jazz-pop artist and 乌鸦传媒済oing for that sort of Michael Buble type market.乌鸦传媒�

Started giving her guitar lessons, and she asked to sing for him one day, about a year and a half ago.

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She too has just released a four-song EP that乌鸦传媒檚 being shopped around to music labels.

乌鸦传媒淒iversifying, you might say,乌鸦传媒� Meehan explained of his different projects. 乌鸦传媒淯sing all my skills to make a living in the music industry.乌鸦传媒�