“Never Let Go,” the new song from Newfoundland’s award-winning looping-flutologist Rozalind MacPhail, captures an uncomfortable sense of the inevitable, with just a thread of perseverance. Inspired by Joshua Jamieson’s LGBTQ short film, Waiting Outside, “Never Let Go” explores the grim possibilities of letting go of a world that you yourself are no longer at the center of, except as a steward, and the hope that it’s capable of carrying on without you—with the aid of an atmospheric omnichord, and percussive flute loops. Continue reading Rozalind MacPhail’s ‘Never Let Go’ Inspired by Twillingate and Award-Winning Short Film, ‘Waiting Outside’
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Cyrus R.O. Reflects on Mortality and the Inevitability of it All on ‘Defect’
You Are An Island and So Am I, the latest album from Cyrus R.O., spent a lot of time digging into the artist’s catalogue of previously unreleased music. Where included songs that were written years apart, the amount of time spanned on the release gave us a glimpse into his evolution as a musician, and in some cases, lays bare old wounds that give us a better sense of Cyrus’s personal history.
“Defect,” in particular, was inspired by a personal epiphany during a dark moment in high school, when the death of one of Cyrus’s peers brought his own mortality into sharp focus. Continue reading Cyrus R.O. Reflects on Mortality and the Inevitability of it All on ‘Defect’
Ursa Bright’s Isaac Marr Goes Dark on Solo Efforts ‘Funeral’ and ‘Inheritance’
Isaac Marr adds his name to the list of musicians who, over the course of the last two years, having found themselves at the receiving end of a global, industry-shifting curveball, took matters into his own hands. He has released a pair of singles—”Funeral” and “Inheritance”—that have been crafted in the depths of a lockdown, both produced and mixed by bandmate AJ Boutilier (Ursa Bright, Designosaur, Book Buddies).
Unsurprisingly, as can be guessed from their titles, these depths are pretty dark. Continue reading Ursa Bright’s Isaac Marr Goes Dark on Solo Efforts ‘Funeral’ and ‘Inheritance’
Premiere: Hot x Proxy Inadvertently Doubles Down on a New Canadiana-Fueled Single ‘The Operator’
Hot x Proxy are announcing their return to the land of the living, after a quiet year and a half away from the stage, with the added oomph of “The Operator.” What might have been a healthy bout of nonsense with a side of gusto because a trojan horse of Canadiana, likely through the early implementation of subversive conditioning by the CRTC during Chris Hynes’ childhood. Continue reading Premiere: Hot x Proxy Inadvertently Doubles Down on a New Canadiana-Fueled Single ‘The Operator’
Premiere: Sunnyside Uppers Reinforce That Life Finds a Way With ‘Mary’
Sunnyside Uppers’ latest single, “Mary,” journeys down the rabbit hole, embracing an arthouse approach to absurdism and Jurassic Park on the way towards romance. At least, that’s our best guess. Continue reading Premiere: Sunnyside Uppers Reinforce That Life Finds a Way With ‘Mary’