Mo Kenney is slowing down her sound in her latest release, “Game of Pricks.” As the second single to be released ahead of her upcoming Covers album, it takes an extremely stripped-back approach to the Guided by Voices track, leaving the meaning and emotion behind the lyrics exposed and letting them breathe.
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Single: Mo Kenney Releases Heartfelt Version of 1952 Classic ‘You Belong to Me’
Back a year after her single release of “Ahead of Myself,” Mo Kenney is here with her subdued rendition of a heartfelt classic: “You Belong To Me.” Though the track differs slightly from her usual style, it still contains Kenney’s signature sound — but with an extra dose of softness and sweetness.
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Music Video: Mo Kenney Strips Down ‘Ahead of Myself’ for Acoustic Performance
Mo Kenney has released a single for what would be possibly our most anticipated album of 2019. The thing is, Mo Kenney hasn’t announced any plans to release an album yet. But, along with a new for video for “Ahead of Myself,” one of The East’s Best Songs of 2019 (So Far), there’s a series of tour dates that will take her across the UK and back through the Maritime provinces before the end of summer. Albums can wait… at least, for a while. Continue reading Music Video: Mo Kenney Strips Down ‘Ahead of Myself’ for Acoustic Performance
Single: Mo Kenney Returns With the Freedom to Make Bad Decisions in ‘Ahead of Myself’
A year and a half following the release of her latest album, The Details, Nova Scotia’s Mo Kenney has dropped a new standalone single, “Ahead of Myself.” Upbeat yet packed with realness, the track serves up reckless abandon in a polished presentation.
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New Music: Mo Kenney’s Future Award Winning Album ‘The Details’
Talk about hooks. Mo Kenney’s third album, The Details, grabs us with the tragic tale of woe and heartbreak and the impending doom of a cat. “I know you’ll try/ to take the bigger side/ but a cat’s not a cake.” Inside the first 35 seconds of the album we’re taken through this whirlwind of emotion, across what is essentially a sweet song, subjected to atrocities, and left in tears by our own tragic appreciation of dark humour. Just like that, we are hooked for whatever Mo Kenney wants us to hear for the next half hour. Continue reading New Music: Mo Kenney’s Future Award Winning Album ‘The Details’