Hey Ocean – The Hurt Of Happiness
On their latest release, The Hurt of Happiness, Hey Ocean! are in search of middle ground. From the dance-y synth-pop of “Mama Said” to the cinematic “Just Enough” to the quaint piano-driven “To the Sea,” the record covers a lot of territory in 40 minutes. They described The Hurt of Happiness as seeking to bridge their pop and more experimental tendencies when announcing the record, and it largely succeeds.(Exclaim!)
Lief Hall – Roses for Ruins
Titled Roses for Ruins, the full-length is set to touch down digitally on April 6 Aqua Aura Records. The former MYTHS/Mutators member recorded the album at the Noise Floor on Gabriola Island with Jordan Koop. Lending various acoustic instrumentation to the record were Elisa Thorn on harp, Byron Peters on drums, Martin Reisle on cello and Koop on guitar.(New Street Society)
Lowell – Lone Wolf
Canadian singer/songwriter/producer Lowell has announced plans for the full-length follow-up to 2014’s We Loved Her Dearly — and fans won’t have to wait long for it to arrive. Titled Lone Wolf, the sophomore effort lands this Friday (April 6) via Arts & Crafts.(Exclaim!)
Royal Wood – Ever After The Farewell
If you check your cynicism at the door and open your heart wide, Royal Wood will sweep you off your feet with his earnestly romantic Ever After the Farewell. Does that mean the Lakefield, ON folk-pop troubadour veers into schmaltz a little too often on this new LP? Sure. But that’s just an occupational hazard for a songwriter so intent on doling out uplifting sweetness. And the tradeoff is more than worth it.(Exclaim!)
Young Galaxy – Down Time
Young Galaxy have altered their sound, band membership and business model on Down Time — to glorious effect. The album marks the band’s first fully independent release, one that deals with the emotional processes and questions that come out of living in today’s socio-political climate, along with a heightened need for intimacy. Its production is warm and full, with lyrics that are at once universal and personal.(Exclaim!)
Sloan – 12
Until the nascent stage of the Internet era in the early 2000s, the music scene was still very Americocentric and Anglocentric. Many music enthusiasts, when they thought of bands, automatically went either American or British almost by default. For instance, in the 1990s, Alternative Rock was dominated by the American purveyors of the genre. After all, that was understandable; Alternative Rock, for the most part, originated or, at the least, flourished in Seattle, Washington; and other key American cities.(Cryptic Rock )
Good morning!
Geez, lots of new music! Particularly looking forward to Lowell. Been waiting…
And good morning
hello
I need to find more sources for album reviews
Hello hello! Lots of great music this week! Like Benoit, I’m particularly excited for Lowell, but also for Hey Ocean! and Sloan.
Hi Janet
@Garfield, I don’t know if this counts, but Arkells tweeted out that they’re releasing a new song tomorrow.
Yay new music! I too am most excited about Lowell but Young Galaxy, Hey Ocean, Sloan and Royal Wood too?! Nice.
@Janet, thanks for the heads up, but I only do album/EP relrases on Thursdays
or even releases
The Arkells track will end up on my Release Radar playlist in a couple weeks. Thanks for the heads up from me too.
Does anyone have any requests for this months podcast?
Could you do a spring-themed podcast?
The season or slinkies?
I was thinking the season, but slinkies might present a better challenge
I got the helicoidal bluuuuuues, mamaaaa…
I woke up this morning…
… and tumbled down the stairs
Snail species only coil one way. Some time back, I learned that very rarely, a snail is born whose shell coils reverse to the rule for the species in question.
“decapentaplegic”: a protein that determines this, sez https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/05/130527231800.htm
All of these new tunes are going to be great!
Talk of tumbling down stairs must stop though. Trust me, it really hurts.
I can’t remember the last time I fell down stairs (unless you count the time I slipped and broke my leg in 2009)
Is Hey Ocean using session drummers these days? It has been years since I saw them at Starbelly Jam Festival.
Percussion on the studio release for the Hurt of Happiness but just the three of them shown in the Black Box Session. This has been a hard role for them to find the right person for. Maybe they gave up?
Um, broken leg would count for sure!
How long did it take you to heal from that?
@b from o so it doesn’t matter which side of the equator these snail species are on then? The protein rules. That is interesting.
morgana at 10:25: right! Actually, the Coriolis effect only works at larger scales — wind currents, or even shooting at great distance (like a sniper). It has no effect at smaller scales, for instance in relation to water spinning out of a sink, etc.
Apparently though, that characteristic (left- or right-handedness, carried by the mother’s genes) can be lab-changed at the 8-cell point of development of the baby snail, but that then the offspring of baby snail’s handedness reverts back to what it should have been. See https://phys.org/news/2009-11-rightleft-handedness-snails-lab.html
I was walking on it within about 3 weeks (I shouldn’t have been, but I was) I still have a plate and screws in there
Mother Nature is wonderfully determined!
Thanks for the head scratcher for the day:)
some good stuff on this list. Really liked that Royal Wood tune on the YT video
The playlist tomorrow is a spring theme btw. It still feels nothing like spring here but we can hope.
you have a slinky based playlist!
Spring Inspired Playlist
Spring will be Inspired to show up
Please!
We are in the middle of monsoon season, apparently
A truly Canadian playlist would be one titled, “Talking About the Weather”. Perhaps one we could all create together with weather inspired can-con …
Suki and I need a walk. Despite the weather we are going to do that now.
See you all tomorrow.
Good idea morgana. I am always open for suggestions!!
OK, Garfy go sleep now
Night night Garfy
oh, that was fun!
and i’m not even into hockey;)
thanks @garfielduk and good night.