Since the release of their debut album In the Battles Years in 2016, we’ve written about a lot of Hillsburn music videos. Often directed and produced by former band member and songwriter Paul Aarntzen, they’ve largely focused on one creative element and run with them as far as they could be taken. Their latest video, “Get High,” takes that to an extreme and now, of all the Hillsburn videos we’ve seen, this one might just be our new favourite. Continue reading Hillsburn Capture the Moment at 10,000 Feet for ‘Get High’
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POSTDATA Want You to Know Which Direction the Love Flows on Joyful New Video for ‘Inside Out’
Off of Twin Flames, the third album from Wintersleep frontman Paul Murphy’s solo project, POSTDATA, comes a visual cornucopia as longtime collaborator and director Christopher Mills takes a crack at “Inside Out.” It’s an ode to all-consuming love, a message for those wary of behind burnt away with it and, even possibly, an anthem for the demisexual. Above all, by Murphy’s own description the song is uplifting and unabashedly openhearted, leaving us to sort out this puzzle box of new visuals through that lens. Continue reading POSTDATA Want You to Know Which Direction the Love Flows on Joyful New Video for ‘Inside Out’
Noah Malcolm Weighs a Life in Toronto Against Returning to His Hometown on Prince Edward Island With ‘City/Country (Live at the Sound Mill)’
The dedication Noah Malcolm makes on his latest single reads, “To anyone who has ever left home, wherever that is.” It’s a concept that seems so arbitrary and yet often forms a large pillar of our identities; that any place, whether through some quirk of our birth or years of familiarity, becomes the preferred context of our existence.
For Noah Malcolm, at least since 2015, that had been Toronto. But the Prince Edward Island-born musician has recently and unexpectedly found his way back to the east coast. It’s made him reconsider where he calls home and, inevitably, he’ll have to say goodbye to one of them. Continue reading Noah Malcolm Weighs a Life in Toronto Against Returning to His Hometown on Prince Edward Island With ‘City/Country (Live at the Sound Mill)’
Justin Fancy Overcomes Heartache and Production Woes to Craft a Video for ‘Makes Me Wanna’
Justin Fancy throws a little ingenuity onto his video for “Makes Me Wanna.” The Conception Bay, NL musician (and recent winner of Music NL’s 2021 Country Artist of the Year and Breakthrough Artist of the Year) has released the second single from his 2020 album, Sure Beats a Good Time but when plans for shooting a new video fell through (for reason that need not be mentioned), Fancy took to making lemonade. Continue reading Justin Fancy Overcomes Heartache and Production Woes to Craft a Video for ‘Makes Me Wanna’
Logan Richard Offers an Alternative to Pulling off the Heartbreak Band-Aid on ‘Better Than a Breakup’
Logan Richard is having a bit of a moment. Over the weekend, he took home the Music PEI Award for Maritime Electric Lloyd Doyle New Artist of the Year for “Everyday,” a single from his yet-to-be-released self-titled album. On top of that, he’s set to perform a sold-out show at the Confederation Centre of the Arts this week in Charlottetown to celebrate the release of his latest single, “Better Than a Breakup.” Continue reading Logan Richard Offers an Alternative to Pulling off the Heartbreak Band-Aid on ‘Better Than a Breakup’