One of the things that Charles Mansion shares with a similarly named notorious cult leader and mass murderer is his sense of family.

The band that has officially been making psychedelic rock music out of a lumber warehouse for a year-and-a-half, but their bond runs deeper than that.

J.D. Carraway, Mike Bickert, Joshua Theobald and Brendon Pommier had been floating around each other in the Kelowna music scene for years before they decided to start something together. Originally playing under the name Death by Misadventure in honour of The Rolling Stones member Brian Jonessa国际传媒� death certificate, their new name came after a friend mentioned the play on words with Charles Mansonsa国际传媒檚 name and it stuck.

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Now recording their second EP the band says they wouldnsa国际传媒檛 have had a first one if it wasnsa国际传媒檛 for a last minute submission to be part of the line up for Breakout West. Instead of going to a studio, they returned to the lumber warehouse, set up microphones and recorded five songs in six hours.

sa国际传媒淎 10,000 square-foot warehouse filled with lumber and plywood is really interesting for the acoustics. We practice there and we are comfortable, we hired a guy with a mobile studio, we set up mics all over the place and one very special microphone as well,sa国际传媒� said guitarist and vocals Carraway.

The special microphone, a Trash Can Mic stand that their second EP is now named after.

sa国际传媒淚t removed the sterilization that happens when going into a studio,sa国际传媒� said Carraway.

sa国际传媒淭he way we play our music is essentially for the live shows. So to go in and do a studio album we would have to track the songs is not really what we wanted,sa国际传媒� said drummer Bickert.

The band describes themselves as the most easy going rock band when it comes to song writing. Thriving in collaboration and experimentation. Regularly finding their next song in a warm ups.

sa国际传媒淲riting songs come together so quick, you play a little jam before and you have the rumblings of a song then you think on it for another day or two and you have a song,sa国际传媒� said Bickert.

All members write the songs that are feed into their desert rock influenced, guitar heavy sound, that they are starting to gather a following from.

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sa国际传媒淲e donsa国际传媒檛 have stage personas, itsa国际传媒檚 just truly about the music,sa国际传媒� said bassist Pommier who is always bare-foot on stage with his long hair covering his face.

This summer they cemented themselves in Kelowna music history they kicked off their first annual festival in August. They were able to procure one of their musical idols on the line-up, Eagles of Death Metal guitarist, Dave Catching.

sa国际传媒淲hat is really cool for us is that we are students of the desert rock scene, Palm Desertsa国际传媒� We are disciples of the whole desert scene, so we reached out to Dave Catching and he responded. Itsa国际传媒檚 someone that we love and grew up to, itsa国际传媒檚 awesome. Itsa国际传媒檚 like we are getting approval from the gods which we seek approval from,sa国际传媒� said Carraway.

Catching is confirmed to return for the second year of the festival, that will happen once again during a hot August weekend.

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Charles Mansion played their final show at Fernandosa国际传媒檚 Pub Dec. 29 before embarking on their next career move, Vancouver. The band will be following Carraway after he was given a promotion by his company.

He says he was more worried that the band wouldnsa国际传媒檛 come with him than anything else.

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