What can be better than a good rock song? Only a rock song that shares a real love story which took place in your hometown. And former Estevan residents just released such a song.
Jill (Heath) and Kevin Fai formed their latest band in 2020, but music has always been a big part of their lives.
Both born and raised in Estevan, they lived in the Energy City until they decided to move out to the coast in the 2000s. For a while, they were a part of a classic rock band Timbre Wolves. Once the pandemic hit, it got put on the side, which, as it turned out, opened the way for the group Moving Lines.
Dreams Will Never Die, a debut single 100 per cent self-produced by Moving Lines, was released on April 2, and was already picked up by Canadian, American, German and U.K. radio stations.
The name of the band was inspired by many travels Jill and Kevin went on.
"We've moved a lot. I don't know if that's a good thing or a bad thing, but (the name came) just from travels. We played a lot of shows and have been on the road, not touring, so to say, but just driving around, we had different gigs in different cities. And we thought that goes with our lifestyle," Kevin explained.
"Like moving lines on the highway," Jill added.
"It can relate to a lot of things like music, or frequencies and different things that are moving and always changing," Kevin finished.
Moving Lines is a collaborative project. Kevin plays drums, guitar and bass, and Jill is the one behind the lyrics and melody, as well as the vocals.
The band's debut song tells a beautiful love story that started in downtown Estevan.
"A lot of people have that love story that their parents told them growing up (about) how mom and dad meet. My mom and dad grew up in Estevan. So their love story is based right down on Main Street," shared Jill.
"My mom was really young. She was downtown shopping and she was just going out for the day. So the first part (of the song) represents my mom's side of the story, how she met my dad. And then my dad knew about my mom, but he hadn't seen her in a while. So he was just cruising downtown and he saw my mom and he's like, 'Whoa, there she is!' So he got all excited.
"And then all of a sudden he looked and she was gone. She went into a store and then he couldn't find her. Eventually what happened is my mom ended up moving down to Wichita, Kansas. He found out and as soon as he found out, he grabbed the car, and he took off and he went to get my mom.
"It's a really cool love story. And my dad is also a published poet. And he wrote a poem to my mom. So a few of those words in there were an inspiration to put a bit of my dad in the story.
"And the third part is about me in my life and my adventures," Jill said.
Not only does the song tell a local love story, but also resonates with the name of the band, Dreams Will Never Die turned to be a great road trip composition that makes the heart beat faster, motivating the listener to follow their dreams.
With the new band, the couple decided to take on the production side as well and started recording one single at a time.
"We decided to jump on the chance of actually recording and getting something out there and doing it all ourselves," said Kevin.
Back when Kevin lived in Estevan, he was part of two bands – Jokers Wild and Black Tooth Grin. In the latter, he was playing along with Mike Davis, who alongside Lindsay Arnold recently released their debut EP under the name Last Birds.
Until the pandemic music was Kevin's full-time job, as he would do sound for other bands and they also were keeping busy with the Timber Wolves.
"It was busy for three years straight. We were just go, go, go. Every weekend, we were playing a couple shows at least or more, sometimes it was five or six shows on long weekends," Kevin recalled.
He was also not new to recording, as he's been doing it for others for a long time. But he said recording for themselves was different.
"It was a lot more work than I thought it was going to be, but it was a lot of fun at the same time. You're always critical of your own work, so we tried to make it the best we could. And I think we succeeded in it," Kevin said.
Moving Lines are a 1980s influenced rock band from the Okanagan region in B.C.
"Moving Lines’ story is of life's struggles and feelings we see in ourselves and others. It's what makes us who we are. Our belief is Strength in Vulnerability and that there is also vulnerability when you are strong. One needs the other to survive. Music is our strength and passion becomes our most vulnerable attributes," says the band's bio.
"Our musical inspiration floods in from rock, blues, jazz and metal with band styles such as Big Wreck, Heart, Kim Mitchell, Aretha Franklin, April Wine, Sass Jordan, Chris Cornell, Autograph, Nina Simone, Alice In Chains, Lee Aaron and Ghost."
Moving Lines is already getting close to completing their second single. They plan to keep releasing songs one at a time, and towards the end of the year, putting them together and adding some bonus tracks to present an EP. Once the world allows, they also hope to hit the road, play some live music and also visit their hometown, where they still have a lot of friends and family.
Moving Lines' single can be found or through movinglines.hearnow.com or on streaming services. For the latest music, check out Moving Lines’ social media profiles or movinglines.ca.
