Song of the Day: October 23, 2019 - "Let There Be Love" by Matt Mays

Just ahead of his Howl at the Night tour (which kicked off earlier this week), Matt Mays released a brand new song, “Let There Be Love”.

The new song was an unexpected change of pace from Mays, but certainly not an unwelcome one. “Let There Be Love” has a bouncy, dancey vibe to it, and Mays says "I feel like a lot of people around me have been feeling a little lost and scared lately. I’ve been feeling the same way. It breaks my heart to see such true people sad. This new song 'Let There Be Love' is about finding the courage to love yourself blindly and learning to accept this self-love trustingly. It’s a dream of letting the bad things be and just basking in the beauty of this little weird thing we call life."

Have a listen below, and make sure you’re there to hear it LIVE tonight, when he plays the Vogue with Skye Wallace!

Song of the Day: October 22, 2019 - "How Many Times" by Debra-Jean Creelman

I feel like it’s been a while since we heard anything from Vancouver singer Debra-Jean Creelman, so I was happy to see a new song pop up in my inbox earlier this month.

“How Many Times,” the first single from her upcoming EP, Triggers & Mirrors, and “is about freeing myself from the traditional restrictions and societal obligations of being a woman and not passing on the programs and patterns I inherited to a child of my own.”

Her incredible voice soars over the building electro-pop, which she says was a “true collaboration” between herself, co-writer and producer James Meger, producer/engineer Jesse Zubot (Tanya Taqaq), and vocalist and creative collaborator Molly Guldemond (her former Mother Mother bandmate).

Song of the Day: October 21, 2019 - "You Are Bad" by Laura Reznek

Vancouver’s Laura Reznek recently released a brand new single, “You Are Bad”, a deeply haunting song with Reznek’s smoky vocals piano, with dissonant interruptions.

Reznek says the song was written “to try to understand an intense and toxic conflict that took a long time to recover from. I was feeling an overwhelming sense of guilt when I wrote this - guilty for the situation itself and my role in it, but also wondering if I needed to be guilty at all. The reason why it was so important for me, is that I needed to find forgiveness - both for the other person involved and for myself. I tried to express the arc of how my own personal train-of-thought would go; starting off in a sort of reflective, passive state, moving into a romanticising of the situation, then to anger and accusation towards the other person, followed by anger and accusation towards myself, and finally a truce of some sort. This was my pattern of thinking that would happen over and over again.”

Watch the video below, which was directed by Nicola Fuller.

Song of the Day: October 20, 2019 - "Waist Down" by Adaline

We’ve already got one tease of the new EP from singer/songwriter/composer Adaline, and now we’re getting another.

The sultry “Waist Down” is the second single off of her upcoming EP, dear illusion, which is due out on February 28 next year. Adaline says, “Waist Down is about the priority of pleasure and how that somehow sustains a relationship that is starving in every other way. Physical gratification acts as a bump that keeps things moving and distracts from the impending collapse.”

I have a feeling this song is going to be running through my head all week, and I can’t wait to hear the full EP.

Song of the Day: October 19, 2019 - "The Girls Are O.K." by Miesha & The Spanks

Fresh off last year’s album Girls Girls Girls, Miesha & The Spanks are back at it with a brand new song, “The Girls Are O.K.”

I don’t think I can describe the banger of a song any better than singer/guitarist Miesha Louie did, so here’s what she had to say about the song:

“I wrote “The Girls Are O.K.” while in my third trimester this summer, expecting twins— no idea what their gender would be. At the same time I was scheduling this year’s Girls Rock Camp in Calgary. The whole thing got me thinking about these strong, weird, cool girls that I get to work with every year and watch grow, and how if I ended up with two baby girls, I wouldn’t be worried about or for them at all, because the girls from camp were already light years ahead of where I was at their age. They’re so brave and they already know they don’t have to take any bullshit— something I learned much later in life. They’re going to be more than okay – they’re going to be great.
To put a bow on it, I had this year’s Girls Rock Camp Calgary contribute backing vocals to the song, highlighting the driving force behind my inspiration. Of course, there’s still struggle, and lots wrong with gender divisions and privilege. But, it’s nice to take a step back from that struggle and look at how it’s affected the younger generations.”

Check it out below!

Song of the Day: October 18, 2019 - "The Judge" by Alexandria Maillot

Recently we not only got a new song from Vancouver Island’s Alexandria Maillot, but also word on a brand new album!

“The Judge” is the latest single from the upcoming release Benevolence, and features her gorgeous voice over some indie-folk-pop beats, that builds to a cacophonous finish.

The new album comes out November 15th, and you can catch her on tour next month with Louise Burns
(Except the Vancouver date, what’s up with that?!)

Song of the Day: October 4, 2019 - "This Could Be It For Me" by Hotel Mira

With their brand new single “This Could Be It For Me” out last week, Hotel Mira has quickly followed it up with a brand new video for the song.

The new tune has all the energy — with just a hint of darkness — you have come to expect from the Vancouver band. And from the looks of the video (check it out above) they really put singer Charle Kerr through the ringer!

It’s been about a year since the debut EP from the band, so hopefully this new song is just a tease for an upcoming album.

Song of the Day: September 24, 2019 - "Erase Any Trace" by Wide Mouth Mason

Canadian Blues Rock mainstays Wide Mouth Mason are back with a brand new album. The duo of Shaun Verreault and Safwan Javed have released a new single, “Erase Any Trace”, which leans heavy into the “blues” of “blues rock”.

Of their dive further into the blues, Verreault says “The blues has always been one of the musical primary colours for us - the middle ten letters of our alphabet - but on this album we just dove all the way into it. People familiar with our work may be expecting a blues centric record by us to be one of those “six choruses slinging incendiary strat solos over a slow 12-bar classic” kind of records. And though I like some of those records, this ain’t that.”

I Wanna Go With You will be the band’s 8th album, and they’ve enlisted the help of Ryan Dahle (of Limblifter and Mounties fame) to produce, and throw down a little bit of bass. It’s out on We Are Busy Bodies on October 25th!