“Creatures glow with an unearthly light like little crowns...” This phrase from the refrain of ‘White Beetle’ offers a glimpse into the world of ‘Our Founders’. There is something eerily familiar about the songs Michael Peter Olsen has created. Familiar and also surreal. Naked acoustic guitar, strings, and voice swim in a psychedelic dream. ‘The Nines’ sets spare lyrical stories of past loves, travels, and estrangement in a sonic landscape of artificial splendor. Our Founders draws the listener in directly with fragility and earnestness, while ensuring this directness is confused and intoxicated by the surprising instrumentation and arrangement of the songs. This album welcomes you inside, and hands you a blindfold at the door. About Our Founders: After more than a decade of successful collaborations with such artists as Drake, Arcade Fire, Jim Guthrie, K-OS, The Hidden Cameras, Slakadeliqs, Spiral Beach, Great Lake Swimmers and countless sessions with the greats of Canadian Music, Michael Peter Olsen brings a breadth of experience and skill as producer, writer and player fully to bear on this album. About “The Nines”: The Nines showcases a whole new side to Olsen's musical skill and compositional prowess. Produced and performed by Olsen and mixed by multi Juno award winning engineer David Travers Smith, ‘Our Founders, ‘The Nines’ is a work of subtle beauty and emotional depth. What People are saying: Top Ten Toronto Record of 2013 from the GRID T.O. NOW Magazine RECORD OF THE WEEK Four out of five “NNNN”s 9 Stars from the Grid T.O. “Ones to Watch”"Our Founders' songs come as a huge surprise, not on a personal level, but on a global one, flying in the face of chin-stroking poptimists finding meaning in the rearrangement of signifier furniture. Songs as deft as they are meaningful. This music gives me hope for a future of art governed by insight instead of by saleability. It's a gorgeous and thoughtful record." Owen Pallet“At last, a man whose sonic touch has graced countless lauded releases and sold-out shows has something brilliant to call his own…….. A near perfect debut record.” Luc Rinaldi, The GRID T.O. “(Olsen) finally takes centre stage on “The Nines”, a collection of wafting dream pop tunes highlighted by his deft fingerpicking, compositional ingenuity and gentle but sturdy voice.” Carla Gillis, Now Magazine"Day Of Delights" is a tender and powerful melody that was stuck in my head for weeks. Sandro Perri"tender, sincere, honest, and endearing" David Braid After numerous listens I'm still peeling back the layers on 'The Nines'. 'Day of Delights' and 'White Beetle' are standouts for me. There's a profound heaviness, musically and emotionally throughout the album that is effortlessly lifted back up by it's beautiful melodies and rich arrangements."Ominously familiar" is a good way to describe these songs but really, it's like nothing you've heard before. Jim Guthrie