Toronto – I will openly admit that the last time I saw Mister Heavenly, I went largely because I was curious to see Michael Cera (their bassist at the time)performing with them. Not the only reason, mind you – I like Islands and Modest Mouse and I’ve at least heard of Man Man (hey, there’s a lot of bands out there, I can’t be expected to listen to everything …) so I knew the band had a pretty decent pedigree. But for me and a large part of the crowd at that show, Cera was certainly a draw. Yet the band existed before he joined on bass and they continue on after. So this tour is sort of a proving ground for them to see what the reaction is without some famous guy on bass … not that they need to prove anything.
