Riff Cannon Changes Name to Summoner
Heavy Bostonian foursome Riff Cannon announced last night that they’ve changed their name and will be known as Summoner going forward. As Riff Cannon, they released the excellent Mercury Mountain in 2009 and recorded the forthcoming Phoenix, which will be Summoner‘s first release, out in 2012 on a to-be-determined label. We’d been talking about doing it on The Maple Forum, and may yet, but the band is rightly taking the opportunity to shop the album around with the band’s new moniker. Whoever gets behind it, the record is a monster, so hopefully it’s released soon.
In the meantime, Summoner sent this down the PR wire:
Hey all,
Just wanted to let everyone know that we will be changing our name. After much deliberation and discussion between the guys in the band, we have decided to move forward with this. The new name will be SUMMONER. The old name will be missed, and yes we understand that a lot of people really like it, but we also found that just as may people don’t like it…. including ourselves.
I’ll spare you the long drawn out explanation of when and why we have decided to do this. Just know that we are the exact same band… SAME DUDES, SAME MUSIC, DIFFERENT NAME.
Please follow the link to the new Facebook page and “LIKE” us so we can keep you all updated on news, shows, and most importantly, when we will be releasing the new album Phoenix!!! The record is mixed, mastered and we have some amazing cover art (courtesy of Alyssa Maucere). We’re going to take some time to shop the record around while we settle in as SUMMONER.
Thanks to everyone who has supported us over these last few years… now it’s time to move forward!!!
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Summoner
(formerly Riff Cannon)
