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But the only bottle Wild Strawberries' singer Roberta Carter Harrison is hitting nowadays is a baby bottle.
"She's a great kid, she sleeps a lot," says Harrison of her three-month-old daughter Georgia, her first child.
"In terms of jumping in the tour bus, never done it before with a baby, but we're hopeful it will work out okay."
Harrison says the late-night feedings on the Trans-Canada will be split between her and her hubby, Wild Strawberries' keyboardist and songwriter Ken Harrison.
Whether or not the pair's songwriting and musical direction will change a la Madonna, Harrison doesn't know.
"It's totally a different focus for your life," she says. "Everyone always tells you that, but you can't imagine until you have one. But Ken and I are both game to keep on with the band thing.
"(Georgia) was born on a Sunday and I think by the next Monday we were rehearsing. We're both really dedicated to keeping this thing going."
The Toronto-based band (with baby) is back on the road -- opening for the Philosopher Kings tonight at the MacEwan Hall Ballroom -- this time supporting its fifth and latest release, Quiver.
Mixed by Nine Inch Nails/Jamiroquai knob-twiddler David Schiffman, Quiver is full of rich, moody, electronic-leaning songs, somewhat different from the more accessible guitar pop of earlier releases.
"I think we've done all we could with the pure pop thing. We've been there, done that, had our songs played in shoe stores ... it was time for a change," says Harrison.
"Our goal is to always be changing. With previous records, I don't know if we were always successful with the final product ... but this time I think we got the closest to what we were looking for than we ever have before.