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This folk-alt-indie-rock band features singer/songwriter Melanie McDonald and drummer/backing vocalist Angus James Donnelly and unlike most relationships these days, they didn't meet over the internet. When Melanie boarded a plane in 2003 and made her way as far away from home as possible, she had no idea what was waiting for her. Over the next eight months in Australia, she would learn to play guitar and began singing in front of people in ways she had only ever sung in the shower – emotional live outbursts, calling audiences into the lyrics, down to the heart-wrenching depths of the melodies, and back up to the angelic, sometimes haunting resolve. Fast forward six years, now they’re living in Canada and preparing for an Australian tour to promote the release of their debut album "Petty Little Things" (OCT 2010)featuring Eric Webster on keys (Colin James, Roch Voisine). When you watch the General Electryk there is no doubt you are on a journey – sometimes travelling by freight-