(Toronto, ON – October 20, 2021) – Canadian DIY outfit Respire, described as an “orchestral post-everything collective,” have debuted a video for “Catacombs Part II” via Consequence HERE. The compelling and fantastical video is produced by Vanessa Gloux who also oversaw the band’s clips for “Tempest”. “Catacombs,” arrives as the band has signed to Dine Alone Records, with both a digital re-release of the nine-song album available now and a vinyl version arriving in early 2022.
“’Catacombs Part II’ is about the ego’s destruction of nature, the collective, and inevitably, the self,” explains Egin Kongoli. “The human condition has long created false idols in its image, forsaking the natural world we co-inhabit for our self-gratification and self-aggrandizement. Our delusive mania for man-centric order now threatens to dislodge the entire pendulum of civilization and society. We have no one to blame but ourselves and our own egos. Our only salvation lies in community, in nature, and in finding what it means to live authentically as a collective.
Acclaimed indie pop band Lucius’ new song, “White Lies,” is out today—listen/share HERE.
Reflecting on the song, Jess Wolfe shares, “‘White Lies’ was the first song we wrote after I got divorced. It’s the laying in bed at night, cycling through the last 10 years of your life, wondering what was, what could be and why it wasn’t. It’s the moment right after you rip the band-aid off and are frantically pedaling backwards, trying to hold on to what’s left, if anything at all. ‘I just want to lie with you,’ the double meaning and double-edged sword; if only one last moment together could save you from a broken heart.”
“White Lies” is the second song unveiled from Lucius’ anticipated new album, Second Nature, which will be released April 8 on Dine Alone (Canada), Mom + Pop Music (U.S. and Mexico), and Second Nature Records/Secretly Distribution (RoW) [pre-order]. Produced by Dave Cobb and Brandi Carlile, Second Nature is a portrait of singer and songwriters Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe’s shared reflection, chronicling each other’s seismic life shifts—motherhood, divorce, unplanned career pauses—and setting it to music. Ahead of the release, new single, “Next To Normal,” recently debuted, of which Paste praises, “hyper-catchy choruses…with a timeless dance groove that does anything but overstay its welcome.”
Canadian hardcore punk heavyweights Cancer Bats will release their new album Psychic Jailbreak on April 15, 2022 through their own label Bat Skull Records in partnership with New Damage Records in Canada. Psychic Jailbreak is Cancer Bats’ seventh studio album but is the band’s first album to be written and recorded by the current lineup of Liam Cormier (lead vocalist), Jaye Schwarzer (bass and guitar) and Mike Peters (drums), following the departure of founding member and guitarist Scott Middleton.
The follow up to 2018’s critically-acclaimed, commercially successful and Juno nominated album The Spark That Moves, Psychic Jailbreak sees the beloved metal stalwarts stepping up their game once again, eagerly pushing themselves both musically and lyrically beyond what they have achieved as a band to date. A record that is destined to invigorate fans with its punishing drum patterns, memorable riffs and infectious choruses, Psychic Jailbreak is available to pre-save/order HERE.
(January 21, 2022 – Toronto, ON) – Today, Canadian hardcore heavyweights Comeback Kid release their anticipated seventh studio album, Heavy Steps via New Damage Records in Canada. Listen to the album HERE.
“We are over the moon to finally put out “Heavy Steps”,” shares lead vocalist Andrew Neufeld. “This album’s journey started 2 years ago when the pandemic hit and has brought us here today as one of the most collaborative efforts we have had the privilege to be involved in. From writing the album from across country to meeting Winnipeg to jam and eventually record. Having a mixer like Will Putney get involved and bringing the sonic elements to life. It has truly been an honour.”
(January 19, 2022 – Toronto, ON). Band of Horses have shared “Lights,” another new song from their forthcoming album. Things Are Great is out March 4th via BMG. Listen to “Lights” HERE.
Lead singer Ben Bridwell’s lyrics envision a cinematic reflection on a night out with a friend that mutates into what feels like a Law & Order episode, but the case is actually a mystery of where did the love go. Bridwell reflects, “I was with my family at an indoor water park hotel. On my last day there, I was walking down the hall and this guy was like, ‘Ben?’ It happened to be this dude that was producing the film that I was writing the score for. We met up in the family-friendly hotel bar which gets closed down by us at 10:00, at which point we then ended up in the parking lot. We get a little loose – nothing too crazy, but we ended up dodging security guards. Our story then goes on to when I’m back home and someone had broken into my house. With the cops that ended up being around, there were more people turning the lights on us, one way or another. At the parking lot of the hotel, it was the security guards turning them on to check on us out there and at home, it was the lights going on and off with these cops. I’m drawing metaphors here and there from these two stories. Also, things were going poorly for me at that time and that kind of peppers the entire track.”