All posts by Alex Cook

Dad Patrol Add New Bandmates and Play Peeping Tom on the Divine with ‘Sinful Ways’

Dad Patrol have returned with their first single since the release of their album Yellow Phase in late 2020. “Sinful Ways” is the band’s first single that features their new lineup and details a fall from grace—though, to be honest, there are plenty of things out there that seem more enjoyable than grace, at least in the short run. Continue reading Dad Patrol Add New Bandmates and Play Peeping Tom on the Divine with ‘Sinful Ways’

Justin Fancy Moves On From His Onscreen Relationship With ‘Beauty Queen’

Justin Fancy is losing his tv wife. The award-winning Newfoundland country artist is saying goodbye to his onscreen romantic counterpart with the release of his new video for “Beauty Queen,” closing a chapter on his quartet of videos, beginning with his song “Think About You.” Continue reading Justin Fancy Moves On From His Onscreen Relationship With ‘Beauty Queen’

Papal Visit Burn Through Twenty-Five Songs in Forty-Three Minutes on ‘Five Fathom Hole’

“Let’s go to the fuzz tone opera” is Papal Visit’s answer to MxPx’s “Let’s go to the punk rawk show.” It’s a line buried halfway through the second side of their new album, Five Fathom Hole, but it might have stood in as the album’s overture. Five Fathom Hole is Papal Visit’s glorious ode to their medium of choice: lo-fi rock. Continue reading Papal Visit Burn Through Twenty-Five Songs in Forty-Three Minutes on ‘Five Fathom Hole’

No, It’s Fine. Expose a Hilarious, Brilliant, Painful and Relatable Stream of Anxieties on New Album ‘I Promise’

“I’m really good at only writing songs about things that I’m not really good at, like being honest with anyone,” sings Cailen Pygott on the new album from No, It’s Fine. And while that seems like a self-fulling prophecy, I Promise has emerged as one of the most exciting releases of the year, even it is sort of a quirky confessional that Pygott has set to music. Continue reading No, It’s Fine. Expose a Hilarious, Brilliant, Painful and Relatable Stream of Anxieties on New Album ‘I Promise’

Brooklyn Blackmore Shouts Out the Obvious and Calls Out the Oblivious on ‘Missin’ The Moon’

Regardless of how you feel about astrology, but there are definitely some occasions when you can miss out on living your best life when you’ve been too engrossed with staring at your shoes instead of picking up on signs of astrological proportions.

Today, Brooklyn Blackmore, the award-winning 23-year-old Country/Pop artist from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, has released her brand new single, “Missin’ The Moon”; a song that is, essentially, about longing. In a much more pragmatic sense, however, “Missin’ The Moon” is a song that calls out people out for just being completely oblivious sometimes. Continue reading Brooklyn Blackmore Shouts Out the Obvious and Calls Out the Oblivious on ‘Missin’ The Moon’