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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.

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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.

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So while theysa国际传媒檝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 sa国际传媒� be that a midgets scrimmage or an NHL battle.

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Theysa国际传媒檙e getting a lot of interest and play already, and Meehan sa国际传媒� who is not a hockey player sa国际传媒� is excited by the fervor building around the song.

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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.

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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 sa国际传媒� which consists of many of the same performers that make up Trigger Mafia.

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

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 thatsa国际传媒檚 being shopped around to music labels.

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