Caila Thompson-Hannant of Shapes and Sizes

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World events got you down? Sometimes wonder if American citizenship is worth all the grief? If you’re considering marrying a Canadian to escape it all, we’ve got one more reason to move to Canada: the music. The newest kanuks to hit the music scene are Shapes and Sizes. Sharing a label with Sufjan Stevens and Berkeley dweller Half-Handed Cloud, is daunting start for a young band, but they seem up for the challenge.

Caila Thompson-Hannant of Shapes and Sizes has lent a Vancouver bent to the standard SFist interview. If you long to see the Mayor hooking up with Margaret Thatcher, or are thinking that your new Canadian address might be in her fair city, check out her interview below. You can catch Shapes and Sizes opening for Oh No! Oh My! at The Bottom of the Hil tomorrow night.

Name
Caila Thompson-Hannant/ Shapes and Sizes

Introduce yourself in one sentence
I'm a girl.

Age and Occupation
21. I'll work pretty much any job I can get. At the moment I'm a Barista! I also play in a band called Shapes and Sizes.

Best show you've ever played?
Louisville KY. We thought it was gonna be a tomato-throwing kind of night,
but they were such awesome fun people. It was one of those good surprises.

Best venue in the world?
Probably this huge warehouse collective art space in Austin, Texas called the Rizome. It was great because it had walls made of straw and a farm with turkeys and an outdoor fire pit and it was focused on ecological awareness and community and stuff. Plus it was huge! Of course, much credit goes to the crowd for making it a great place.

Best fans in the world?
Montreal: they love you or they hate you. Luckily, we have loads of friends there.

What's your favorite song to perform?
That changes pretty frequently, but right now, and for me personally, it might be this song we've only played once. It's a highlife-esque world beat-y little number that has no name at the moment. It might be called something like "fleshy, mouthy corners" or "I had been duped". The new ones are often the most fun.

Favorite collaborators?
Eno and Fripp. OR all the people involved with the new Danielson album.

Home Town
Victoria, BC, Canada/ Vancouver BC (my current home town)

How long have you lived in the there?
I've lived in Victoria and Vancouver all my life because I don't know where else to live. Right now I live on Commercial Dr. In Vancouver because it's relatively cheap and there are good grocery stores and restaurants around. My street also has loads of big trees.

Favorite place to spend time online
The Independent online and Tiny Mix Tapes.

Favorite local business
Sunrise grocery because it's stinky and there is always a threat of getting
your wallet pick-pocketed.

What I'm currently Reading
Herzog on Herzog and Franny and Zooey.

Best Deal in Victoria
5.50 (Canadian) bowls of soup at Sha Lin noodle house.

Favorite mode of transportation
Skytrain

Best Band or Musician to come out of Vancouver/Victoria
Destroyer, Frog Eyes, Nico Case and Chet.

Favorite local hangout
The Brickhouse

Northwest coast has the BEST
Trees

You've never lived in Victoria until
I was born

Favorite Victorian politician of past or present
Larry Campbell (Van) Ben Isitt (Vic)

Now that Mayor Gavin is single, who are you going to set him up with?
Margaret Thatcher

Victoria would be soooo much better if only
The Olympics wasn't coming to town! BOOOOOO! And if the Liquor board/
noise police weren't so uptight.

Best Burrito
We don't really do burritos up here. But In Victoria there is a great El Salvadorian place that has AMAZING tacos. It is called Hernandez.

Best Restaurant
Probably Hernandez. There are always the owners' little kids bugging you when you're trying to eat. OR you're bugging them cause they're too cute.