(January 11, 2022 – 10:00am EST) — Acclaimed indie pop band Lucius returns with their highly-anticipated new album Second Nature, set to be released April 8 on Dine Alone (Canada), Mom + Pop Music (U.S. and Mexico), Second Nature Records/Secretly Distribution (RoW) [pre-order]. Produced by Dave Cobb and Brandi Carlile, the album features ten new songs, including the first single, “Next To Normal,” which is out today. Second Nature is now available for pre-order in a variety of formats including CDs, standard vinyl, and deluxe vinyl via the Dine Alone webstore HERE.
(December 1, 2021) – Montreal’s fierce rock quartet NOBRO unveils a new single titled “Julia” today via Dine Alone Records. “The song almost wrote itself,” vocalist and bassist Kathryn McCaughey explains. “The ‘Julia-ya ya’ hook had been in my head for a couple days and with the help of our producer Thom D’Arcy we put together enough of a demo to make the song make sense, but the real magic happened when we went to record it. We couldn’t decide on a speed at first because our normal ‘shred your face off’ pace was not the vibe, but then we decided it was OK to live life mid-tempo. And voilà, the song was born.”
“Julia” follows “Better Each Day” mixed by two-time Grammy Award winning engineer Dave Schiffman (Vampire Weekend, Adele). The anthemic track kicks off with the powerful set of vocals, “I spent my whole life running away…” before culminating into the pounding drums, shredding riffs and blistering vocals that NOBRO has become known for. The official video is directed and produced by Jeremy Shantz, Jenn Wade and Daniel Esteban, and shot in the band’s hometown of Montreal.
Acclaimed pianist and composer Kevin Hearn announces that he will release a new album on February 11, 2022 titled, There and Then: Solo Piano Improvisations. The album is a collaboration between Hearn and decorated producer and engineer Mark Howard whose credits include career-defining recordings by Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, and The Tragically Hip. Each day, Howard would inform Kevin where and when the piano would be ready, and then the album came to life.
Says Hearn, “This musical meditation, ‘L’ou’, is one of two pieces on the record that I vocalized on. I slowly repeated ‘ooh’ as I improvised on the piano. With haunting beauty, it sustained and floated in the natural reverb of the Cathedral I performed in. While assigning the song a title, I realized that “Ooh” sounded a lot like ‘Lou’ and it became a perfect opportunity to pay tribute to my friend and musical hero [Lou Reed] so I called the piece ‘L’ou’”
(December 14, 2021 – Toronto, ON) Today, Band of Horses announce that they will be shifting the 2022 release date for their forthcoming album, Things Are Great, to March 4 via BMG.
Band founder Ben Bridwell explains the move was due to unavoidable vinyl delays which meant the vinyl wouldn’t be ready for fans upon release. Bridwell says, “What a year, hell, what an almost two years?! I hope everyone is safe and as mentally whole as possible. We were so excited to put our record out on January 21 this year, but given the current supply chain issues, we had to shift it about a month later so we could make vinyl. Our new release date is March 4! For anyone who pre-ordered the vinyl, we promise it is coming, and we really appreciate you. It was important for us to make sure our fans could listen to our music in whatever format they like. On par with the times, and life, gotta just roll with the punches. In the whole scheme of things, a tiny bump in the road and we just love you.”
