“Falling Apart” by The Rural Alberta Advantage

Last week, The Rural Alberta Advantage released their first new music of the year with “Falling Apart”.

The single is a classic RAA slowburn, and comes with a video of them performing it live, as well as the announcement of a run of tour dates in the States early next year.

No word on a new album (or Canadian dates) so fingers crossed we hear more from them soon!

Kirk

“First Kiss” by Larkk

A month back Danielle McTaggart of Dear Rouge announced a solo project titled Larkk and released a dreamy instrumental piano track, and now we have the first song with lyrics!

“First Kiss”, which was co-written with American spoken word artist Derek C. Brown, is also dreamy and piano-focused but with added depth from strings and Danielle’s delicate vocals.

Danielle says “First Kiss is about that meeting point between memory and imagination—where a moment can be both the start of something and the echo of everything that came before. It’s a type of confession and a beginning. It’s gentle and raw, hushed and insistent—a small light in a dark room. There are threads of poems woven inside, fragments that helped me open the door, but the song is ultimately me telling myself: I’m ready to feel again. I’m ready to risk softness. I’m ready to name the thing that once only lived as a shape in the dark. First Kiss, is the first step, to singing out the world inside.”

Christine

“Sounds Like a Deal” by Alex Little

Alex Little is back (and this time without her Suspicious Minds) with a brand new single from her upcoming EP, Spider in the Sink.

“Sounds Like a Deal” is a catchy garage rocker that was inspired by a recent documentary on The Jerry Springer Show, of all things, with Alex explaining: “The poor treatment and exploitation of the people on the show was truly awful and I needed to sing about it.”

It also features some familiar faces; Tony Dallas on drums and Hayz Fisher on bass, with James Younger producing! You can have a listen below, and make sure to grab Spider in the Sink, on November 19th.

Kirk

“Whoever You Are…” by Clothesline From Hell

I’m not gonna lie, part of why I listened to Clothesline From Hell in the first place was that Adam LaFramboise named his project after a pro wrestling move. But I kept listening because of songs like the new single, “Whoever You Are…” a twitchy earworm with deeply introspective lyrics.

Adam says, “Most days this is my favourite song on the album. It’s become an endorsement for baptism by fire. The hardest lessons being the only life-affirming ones, available to anyone who resists warping the past into something tragic. Placing blame on someone else, only to pity yourself, never had longevity in mind. It’s a sped up healing process, but eventually it comes back to fuck you over and steer you clear of any sort of enlightenment.”

The new song comes with the announcement of his debut full length album, called Slather On The Honey, which is available early next year, on January 16th.

Kirk

“End Of The Road” by Royal Wood

Royal Wood’s ninth album Dear John is out now and with it came the latest single “End Of The Road”.

Of it Royal says: “the song came to me almost in a dream. The moment my fingers touched the keys the melody and words played themselves out. I remember sitting back and listening to the demo recording that I had fortunately captured and it was all there. Everything I needed to say that day. I think this song healed my heart, and set the tone for this album. When the words revealed themselves, I knew what they meant. I was going to fall in love with life, music and my career again.”
The record is a love letter to his younger self and he says he wrote it to create an album that the kid in him would love.

Christine