Harmonizing with our overall energy that has manifested over the course of 2020 is Heavy Clouds, the debut EP by Ava Strange. With darkness and doom and five blues-heavy tracks, the EP goes for a big mood that’s best experienced through total immersion
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Tag Archives: New Brunswick
Single: Sound Drown Dive Headfirst Into the Complications and Endorphins of Friend-Love on ‘Here We Go’
However niche the pop-punk genre may be, Saint John’s very own Sound Drown has something that can cater to anyone’s ears. Slowly but surely this four-piece is taking over the scene, lately with one of their previous singles “Your Princess Is In Another Castle” and now the newly released “Here We Go”. Expecting to release their full album, Selfish Reasons, next month, we are happy to get a little taste of what is yet to come. Continue reading Single: Sound Drown Dive Headfirst Into the Complications and Endorphins of Friend-Love on ‘Here We Go’
New Music: The Homegrown Charm of Dad Patrol’s Debut ‘Yellow Phase’
Yellow Phase, the debut album from Fredericton, New Brunswick-based Dad Patrol, is full of surprises. Though part of its charm is the grainy quality that all homegrown records possess, it’s also a space where members Jonathan Marino, Gregor Dobson, and Zachary Pelletier show off their ability to craft complex and dynamic songs. Continue reading New Music: The Homegrown Charm of Dad Patrol’s Debut ‘Yellow Phase’
New Music: Chloé Breault Leaves Her Heart at the ‘Plage des morons’
Acadian artist Chloe Breault is getting real on her debut full-length release, Plage des morons. With a pop exterior and dreamy rock undertones, the release feels lightweight at its surface but gets heavier when looked at head-on.
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Book Review: Close to the Canvas – Mark Blagrave’s ‘Lay Figures’
The creation of art, that dark and terrifying zone between futile effort and the bright glow of creative ecstasy, is a strange and wonderful place to set a novel. But then, you could also place your characters between the fallout of the great depression and the grinding wheels of history while the world stumbled toward a second world war. In his new work of historical fiction, Lay Figures, Mark Blagrave has done both. Continue reading Book Review: Close to the Canvas – Mark Blagrave’s ‘Lay Figures’