(May 20, 2022) – Today, Toronto indie outfit Ten Kills the Pack is proud to announce the follow-up to last year’s Life, Death & Afterwards EP with a new album titled Thank You For Trying: ACT I. Ten Kills the Pack couples the announcement with a powerful rumination on mental health in the form of new song “Curbside Panic Attack.” Frontman and songwriter Sean Sroka meditates on the intense lows that come with anxiety and describes the “dream-like scenes” of a depressive episode. Co-produced with Marcus Paquin (The Weather Station, The National, Arcade Fire), contemplative melodies glide over raw guitars and build to a blasting instrumental break that features a burst of trumpets and a rollicking backbeat. Listen to “Curbside Panic Attack” on all digital retailers
(May 19, 2022) – Montreal-based indie pop band Ivytide releases “extra” on Indica Records today, encapsulating the hardships that come from separation. Despite an accompanying rumination, the song focuses on accepting loss and processing change, weaving between chill emotional and upbeat energetic moments. The catchy chorus expresses the feeling of not knowing how to break the news to friends and family, with the line “all my friends will find me out.” Effortlessly blending singer-songwriter elements, like acoustic guitar with modern drums, rapped verses, and melodies that are guaranteed to get stuck in your head, this is the first single from Ivytide’s upcoming debut album, set to be released later this year.
(May 13, 2022) – Newcomer to the pop scene, Montreal-based Carlyn joins the likes of Billie Eilish and Madison Beer in creating a dark indie dream style she’s coined nightmare pop. Recently signed to indie powerhouse Indica Records, she joined forces with producers House of Wolf to record her vulnerable debut single “Sleeping With Penelope” available now on all DSPs accompanied by the official video with horror themes.
(May 11, 2022) Danger Mouse & Black Thought – two of contemporary music’s most exciting, respected artists – have announced their forthcoming joint album, Cheat Codes, out August 12th via BMG.
Cheat Codes is Danger Mouse’s first hip-hop album since his DANGERDOOM collaboration with the late, great MF DOOM, and follows Black Thought’s pioneering output with The Roots and critically acclaimed solo trilogy, Streams Of Thought.
Genre-bending instrumental band Polyphia are back with “Playing God,” their first song since 2019. The track was produced by guitarists Tim Henson & Scott LePage, alongside JUDGE (Migos & Marshmello, blackbear, Young Thug), and features additional production by the band’s longtime collaborator Y2K (Doja Cat, Remi Wolf, Tove Lo), and Johan Lenox (Kanye, FINNEAS). Co-written with Wes Hauch (Alluvial), the instrumental track features a complex arrangement of nuevo flamenco guitars, bossa nova flair, and trap-influenced rhythms, and sees the band’s guitar virtuosos using nylon string guitars for the first time.