���� MUSIC NEWS -� From the fertile music scene in�Montreal comes the Winter Gloves , a band destined for success far beyond the native Canadian borders that first embraced them.��WG was n amed the ???Best New Artist of 2008??? by iTunes Canada, and now, the foursome are ready to descend upon the US with their keyboard-heavy, rhythmically-propulsive pop compositions.�� The guys will first introduce themselves to the rest of the globe�on February 10, 2009 with�a three-song, digital-only Let Me Drive EP, which features early versions of several tracks from their forthcoming debut full-length, about a girl (Paper Bag Records, March 24, 2009) . �� You can listen to two tracks here (see below).� The quartet, who dub themselves ???glock-rock??? due to�their use of the oft-ignored glockenspiel, began as the solo project of Charles F. (lead singer/songwriter/wurlitzer).� Charles created the early Winter Gloves recordings that make up Let Me Drive EP in his own home using a single microphone.� The project soon evolved into a four-piece ensemble that also includes Pat Sayers (drums), Vincent Chalifour (synth), and Jean-Michel Pigeon (guitar/glockenspiel).� �

Winter Gloves has also recorded a cover of LCD Soundsystem???s ???Someone Great???, getting it down from an epic dance track into a compact two minutes that highlight the song???s most memorable bits. Get��Someone Great here �for free and the EP's title track, Let Me Drive .