For some, living the rock 'n' roll dream means fame, fortune and all the excess that comes with it. The Marble Index are living a different dream. It involves the proverbial blood, sweat and tears. It involves perseverance and effort. It involves working like sons of bitches and making the most of opportunity.

If this dream doesn't sound as sexy, you've read too many magazines. This is good, old-fashioned rock 'n' roll spirit, with nothing airbrushed, steroid-pumped or collagen-enhanced, but sexy indeed. In fact, if you compare The Marble Index's self-titled debut and their latest, Watch Your Candles, Watch Your Knives, you'll hear a band who haven't lost an ounce of muscle, but have gained a remarkable amount of finesse.

Even as their album was landing on new shelves in new countries, the Index had regrouped at home to record Watch Your Candles, Watch Your Knives. They hunkered down for several weeks at Hamilton's Catharine North Studios, with producer Scott Shields (the Mescaleros, G.U.N.) at the helm.

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