Recently, Moncton’s alternative Acadie-rock five-piece Les Hôtesses d’Hilaire released their third album, Viens avec moi. The 19-track, hour-and-twenty-minute-long concept album takes listeners on a journey through the many realistic struggles of life as a musician. Continue reading New Music: Les Hôtesses d’Hilaire Release New Concept Album ‘Viens Avec Moi’
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New Music: Smaller Hearts Debut Self-Titled Album
Electronica husband-and-wife duo Smaller Hearts released their debut album of the same name last Friday. After Kristina Parlee and Ron Bates began the project with their “Summertime III” single, they’ve returned with a heavily experimental LP that, in a sentence, is best described as “pregnant synthwave.” Continue reading New Music: Smaller Hearts Debut Self-Titled Album
New Music: Property// Offer Downtempo Brilliance On ‘In Contentment’
On their newest outing, Property// weave a vibrating and scintillating album of melancholic dream pop. Fusing the listless and lolling downerism of post-punk vocals with simplified beats, ambient swells, and crystalline guitar and cello, In Contentment, offers a vast pallet of sonic ideas. The sound, fluid and clear, takes inspiration from various places, making nods to classic ambient spaces, neo-folk intonations and modern synthpop energies. Continue reading New Music: Property// Offer Downtempo Brilliance On ‘In Contentment’
New Music: Miller | MacDonald | Cormier Debut First Album As A Trio With ‘South Haven’
It sounds ridiculous, but I swear there must be some sort of genetic predisposition towards this sort of thing. Buckle down your sporran and kick up your heels; Ben Miller, Anita MacDonald and Zakk Cormier have released South Haven, their first album as a trio, and it’s enough to make you swear off a lifelong habit of wearing pants in favour of a kilt. Continue reading New Music: Miller | MacDonald | Cormier Debut First Album As A Trio With ‘South Haven’
New Music: Joyful Noise Deliver Quirky Fun With ‘Cocoloco’
Joyful Noise bill themselves as a ‘party band for quirky ears’. The band has succeeded in proving this to be a spot-on assessment with their fun-filled debut album, Cocoloco. Continue reading New Music: Joyful Noise Deliver Quirky Fun With ‘Cocoloco’