In the fall of 2001, Nick Krgovich of the acclaimed Vancouver-based band p:ano, formed a solo project under the name Burquitlam Plaza. Technically, Burquitlam is a "very weird two block large municipality out in the near suburbs where a funeral parlour splits up Burnaby and Coquitlam," however, it also works as a fitting metaphor for the music itself: a little rundown and sad but equally charming and hopeful.