FOXTROTT EMERGES WITH THREE PART EP SERIES, MEDITATIONS
Montreal producer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Marie-Hélène L. Delorme aka FOXTROTT has released a new single ‘Wait’ the first cut from her forthcoming EP Meditations I and the first in a series of three to be released over the remainder of this year. The raw sound of the percussion is noticeable immediately as the kick sets […]
ON SEXUAL DOUBLE STANDARDS AND THE DIGITAL MALAISE; BRAIDS SHARE TWO NEW TRACKS
Montreal’s cerebral electronic pop trio Braids have just shared the two instructive tracks from their brand new double A sided digital single ‘Collarbones / Burdock & Dandelion’. It marks their return after releasing the impressive 2106 long player Deep In The Iris. Musically, ‘Collarbones’ has a wryness and poignancy in its soulful and lounge like […]
THE BEAT ESCAPE RELEASE NEW ALBUM
Montreal electronic duo The Beat Escape released their their new album Life Is Short The Answer Long last week. Lush in atmospherics yet minimal in composition, each track rests on a simple melody that oscillates back into itself and disciplined beat structures that are slowly engulfed by somnambular layers of vocals and deep elemental effects. […]
TESS ROBY SHARES GIVEN SIGNS OFF DEBUT LP BEACON
Today Montreal via Toronto artist Tess Roby shared the reflective and poignant “Given Signs”, the second single from her debut album Beacon which was written a couple of years back in the aftermath of her English born father’s passing. Glistening guitar melodies, elegant synth touches and crisp drums and percussion fit hand in hand with Roby’s […]
PREOCCUPATIONS SHARE STANDOUT THIRD SINGLE & VIDEO FROM NEW MATERIAL, OUT TODAY
New Material is the stunning new album released today by remarkably consistent Calgary post punk experimentalists Preoccupations. Thus far the band have shared the urgency of synth based ‘Espionage’ as well as ‘Antidote’ , an inspired, genre bending work with a hypnotically industrial flavour and earlier this week added the exceptional album standout ‘Disarray’ to […]
ANEMONE SET TO DELIVER DEBUT EP
Montreal artist Chloè Soldevila’s is set to deliver her project Anemone’s debut EP Baby Only You & I later next month. The title track is a delightful homage to both psych and prog elements, underpinned by its solid rhythm and muscular bass groove and complemented with trippy synths and starry eyed guitar. Top it off […]
ESSAIE PAS RELEASE NEW SINGLE
Montreal electronic duo Essaie Pas have released a new single, ‘Futur Parlé’ complete with video. It’s the first release from Marie Davidson and Pierre Guerineau together since their impressive full length Demain Est Une Autre Nuit from early 2016. The track’s dual textures and dark and tense mood was inspired by the work of novelist Phillip […]
OUGHT’S NEW ROOM INSIDE THE WORLD
Montreal quartet Ought have changed things up dramatically on the lead single ‘These 3 Things’ from their forthcoming third album Room Inside The World. Alongside their usual instrumentation, they employ an array electronic gadgetry and bring synthetic beats into the disciplined fray. Band leader Tim Darcy croons about the tenuous state between connection and identity […]
FRANÇOIS VIROT & PHERN SPLIT A 7″
Left field Lyon artist François Virot has teamed up with Montreal based lo-fi popsters PHERN to contribute two songs each to a split 7″ EP out now through Atelier Ciseaux. We’ve grabbed one track from each for your listening pleasure below. Virot’s manic opener ‘Choochoo’ sports his earnest vocals accompanied by rollicking drums, spindly guitar […]
HELLO PARIS RELEASE TWO TRACK EP + VIDEO
French dream pop outfit Hello Paris (Ex Fifty Miles From Vancouver) recently dropped a new two track EP simply titled #1. The A side features the hypnotic ‘Into The Deep Misunderstanding’, a subtle track that chugs ahead in a shroud of foggy lo-fi luminescence and a hint of melancholy. Watch its out of focus video of […]