Songs of the Week: November 03 - 09, 2025
“What Killed Elvis Presley” by Hollerado
Last week Hollerado announced that they were re-forming (Hollerado 2.0 you might say) and surprise released a 5-song Ep titled Start A Band, with the lead single “What Killed Elvis Presley”.
After performing at a Tokyo Police Club farewell show in Toronto, it kind of kickstarted the band to get back together after 6 years away working on their own projects.
I was lucky enough to catch Menno and Nixon when they performed the song (as well as the title track “Start A Band”) live at the Peak Lounge, and I couldn’t have been more excited about what is to come, including a full length album in 2026!
Christine
“Doom Pays” by The Dears
Last Friday, The Dears released their ninth studio album called Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful!, and along with it dropped a video for the song “Doom Pays”
With some killer sax, a frantic beat, and Murray Lightburn’s urgent vocals, the song is as chaotic as the accompanying video. Murray says the song was “written very quickly, all at once; words, music, melody and arrangement. It is probably the closest thing to making any kind of political statement we will ever make. In the face of that, there is an internal noise and an external noise and they feel immovable. It’s a battle on two fronts.”
You can check out the video below — directed by Kevin Drew and Rachael McLean — and grab the new album anywhere you get new music (and I highly recommend it!)
Kirk
“I Got A Feeling” by Wintersleep
I honestly wondered if we’d ever hear from Wintersleep again, or if it’d be “Weighty Ghost” on the radio forever…but they’re back!
Six whole years after their last EP In The Land Of, the band returns with a new album (the band’s eighth) titled Wishing Moon, which will arrive on March 27th, 2026.
The first track, “I Got A Feeling”, starts slow with anticipatory guitar and drums, and then goes full blown rock by the time the chorus hits.
Despite being the first single, it was a last minute addition to the album: “It might have been the last song we demoed for the record. We were packing up at our rehearsal space in Great Village Nova Scotia and we by some miracle had time to fit in one more. It immediately came together. This song started to morph into something more in Pioneertown.
Our collaborator, Nicolas Vernhes, had the idea to hold off on the main riff until the second verse, which gives it this really suspenseful feeling building on this one note until the chorus. That feeling it created got us shaking up the chords in the chorus which really highlighted and pushed the tension and energy up another level. Lyrically it centres around that kind of excited anticipation. That moment when you know that someone special you care about, cares about you too.”
Can’t wait to get more music in the coming months and just today the band announced tour dates, including Saturday June 6, 2026 in Vancouver at the Hollywood Theatre!
Christine
“Bloom” (feat. Kendel Carson) by Debra-Jean Creelman
Gearing up to release her latest album Little Town, Debra-Jean Creelman has released a new song “Bloom”, featuring Kendel Carson.
The album has a fun backstory full of some heavy hitter musicians, so I’ll just relay the story from the press release:
Born out of a writing exercise with one of her students, “Bloom” evolved from a simple lyrical prompt into a stirring collaboration with longtime creative partner Sean Cronin. The track was recorded live to tape in a barn in Catskill, NY, with Cronin assembling an all-star ensemble of collaborators, including Noah B. Harley (Spirit Family Reunion), Andy Weaver, Adam Brisbin (Big Thief), and Alex P. Wernquest (recording engineer and owner of Basement Floods Record.)
Creelman later overdubbed her vocals in Vancouver with Dave Genn (54-40, Matthew Good Band) & Kendel Carson (Alan Thomas Doyle; Shania Twain), whose fiddle and harmonies add depth and shimmer to the track.
Creelman added: “The goal was to make something soulful that properly reflected my biggest musical influences and had my vocals front and centre. I wanted it to be something that would translate well live – more of an emotional experience for the listener rather than a cerebral one.”
You can grab Little Town when it’s out on December 5th, and catch the album launch show here in Vancouver on November 28th at Green Auto!
Kirk
“Don’t Talk” by Jets Overhead
Last week, Victoria’s Jets Overhead released their first new album since 2012’s Boredom and Joy, though it’s not quite new music.
As you might expect from the album’s title, Ordinary Dreamers - Rarities and Demos, Vol. 1 is a collections of previously unheard music from the band, recorded during the Boredom and Joy session.
Lead singer Adam Kittredge explains, “We've been inspired by the number of messages we get from people around the world saying our music is still part of their lives. We built this band before streaming existed, so watching new listeners discover our songs all these years later feels like a second life for the music. This archive release is our way of saying thank you.”
No word yet if this is a full-on comeback for the band, but to celebrate the album, they also released a new single “Don’t Talk”, which is classic Jets Overhead, with swirling shoegaze vibes and ethereal vocals. Check it out below!
Kirk
