Recorded in his Montreal apartment, “Time to Burn” paints a picture of Michael Feuerstack mid-isolation. Wrought with wordplay, the single is the second to be released from his upcoming album, Harmonize the Moon, which addresses the “inherent illusory nature” of time. Continue reading Michael Feuerstack Doubles Down on Illusion on ‘Time to Burn’
Partner Revisit Rush-Inspired Single ‘Good Place To Hide (At The Time)’ With Mimes
Already familiar with the Partner catalogue, including their recent sophomore album, Never Give Up, I had assumed I knew what to expect from the band. And then the new video for “Good Place to Hide (At the Time)” came with a warning: here be mimes. Continue reading Partner Revisit Rush-Inspired Single ‘Good Place To Hide (At The Time)’ With Mimes
Andrew Waite’s New Music Video Has Us Wishing We Could Go Out Like That
Andrew Waite’s recently released single, “Ain’t Goin’ Out Like That,” just got treated to a new music video that’s an adventure of epic proportions. It might not be the latest film from Peter Jackson, but Waite’s excursion to an abandoned mansion to confront a mirror-version of himself contains more excitement than most of have seen in the last year, beyond the occasional death-defying trip to the grocery store.
The trick of Waite’s new video is that the majority of was produced without him ever having to set foot much further than the garage it was filmed in. Continue reading Andrew Waite’s New Music Video Has Us Wishing We Could Go Out Like That
Adam Baxter’s ‘As Long As Nothing Gets Hurt’ is an Anthem for Common Courtesy
Adam Baxter’s fourth single from his upcoming socially distanced album, Connections, offers a solid bit of advice, especially considering the year we’ve endured. “As Long as Nothing Gets Hurt” may sound like something an exhausted parent might tell their sucrose-fueled children, eager to run amok (to be fair, it seems that most everyone falls onto one side of that divide or the other right now, depending on their level of coping skills), but it’s a great reminder that everything is fun and games until someone loses an eye, regardless of your age.
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Russell Louder’s ‘Home’ an Impressive Precursor to Debut Album
Since a yet-undetermined point in time, music has largely been used as a tool for escapism. Whether one imagines themselves within the comfort of a benevolent forest or flying through the sky on nothing but the clothes on their back and the will of thin air, the many scenes that music can paint for us has drawn us towards it day after day, year after year.
But artists of all sorts always find ways to subvert the expectations of our experiences, arguably by the very nature of the profession. This time, it’s Russell Louder’s “Home” that does just this; subverting the notion of escapism into something much more tactile and powerful; a prime way of establishing the essence of their upcoming debut album, Humour. Continue reading Russell Louder’s ‘Home’ an Impressive Precursor to Debut Album