Blurtonia was a Canadian indie rock group formed by Ian Blurton, after the break-up of his previous band, Change of Heart.
[1] The band began performing in Toronto, including at the Rivoli[2] and at Humble & Fred Fest at Fort York,[3] The album was co-produced by Daryl Smith, Jon McCann played drums in the original line-up and it was later re-released by Sonic Unyon.
[5] At the time, the band was composed of Ian Blurton on guitar and vox, Al Kelso (ex-The Dinner Is Ruined) on guitar, Randy Curnew on drums, Sam De Medeiros on bass, plus Brendan Canning and Kevin Drew.
The band made a cross-Canada tour in September 2002 with Eric Larock on bass, in place of Medeiros.
[8] Blurton later joined the band C'Mon, and worked as a recording and producing engineer at Chemical Sounds in Toronto.