MIKE EDEL SET TO RELEASE CHRIS WALLA PRODUCED LP, THRESHOLDS, MARCH 1
LISTEN AND SHARE “HOUDINI” HERE
“HOUDINI” AVAILABLE TO STREAM EVERYWHERE JANUARY 18
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES BEGIN FEBRUARY 14
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“What is the future, if this is now?” asks Canadian-born Mike Edel on his upcoming album Thresholds due out March 1. This question, echoing throughout groove of the song “Challenger”, similarly echoes throughout Edel’s entire record, produced by Death Cab for Cutie’s Chris Walla.
Thresholds is a compelling departure for Edel and after adopting a consistency is boring mantra and a tireless year in the studio, Edel’s sound has evolved and this is his most intriguing album yet. From the indie-pop chiller “Go With You” to the CBC Music Top 20, thirties are the new twenties anthem, “31”, Edel presents stand-alone singles that present a uniform theme throughout the 10-song effort.
Today, Edel shares radio rocker “Houdini”, a song in which he blew out his vocal chords each day he tracked the song. “It’s one of my proudest moments as an artist because ‘letting go’, and co-writer Chris Walla’s heavy handed production, resulted in a song that sounds new and really stretched me to cross my own sonic thresholds.” “Houdini” is available across all digital platforms on January 18.
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Edel’s music has been streamed 2 million times across major platforms, being in rotation on CBC Music, AAA Radio across the United States, and on Sirius XM’s The Loft. In the past few years he’s played hundreds of shows including Rifflandia Festival, Vancouver Folk Festival, Regina Folk Festival, Victoria International Jazz Festival, and Upstream Music Festival, having shared the stage with Serena Ryder, Foy Vance, Said The Whale, and Josh Garrels.
WATCH AND SHARE “CHALLENGER” HERE
On February 14, Edel kicks off his 2019 North American tour dates in support of Thresholds. Tickets are on sale January 22 at 11am EST and are available from www.mikeedel.com/tour. Full tour dates can be found below.
WATCH AND SHARE “GO WITH YOU” HERE
WATCH AND SHARE “31” HERE
THRESHOLDS TRACKLIST
01 Ocean View
02 Go With You
03 Houdini
04 Could We End Up Like This
05 Challenger
06 Stay On
07 31
08 Revenant
09 Miles
10 Slowly
MIKE EDEL ON TOUR
2/14 – Montreal, QC - Folk Alliance
2/15 – Montreal, QC - Folk Alliance
2/17 – Winnipeg, MB – Festival Du Voyageur
2/18 – Regina, SK – The Artesian
2/19 – Saskatoon, SK – The Black Cat Tavern
2/23 – Victoria, BC – Alix Goolden Hall
3/21 - Hamburg, DE - Astra Stube
3/22 - Buxtehude, DE – The Rebel’s Choice
3/23 – Künzelsau, DE – Kokolores
3/24 - Offenbach, DE - Hafen 2
3/25 – Bamberg, DE – Live Club
3/27 - Lübeck, DE - Tonfink
3/29 - Cologne, DE - die Wohngemeinschaft
3/30 - Berlin, DE - Culture Container
4/3 – Hamilton, ON | Mills Hardware
4/4 – London, ON | The London Music Club
4/5 - Toronto, ON | TBD
4/6 – Ottawa, ON | Cafe Deckuf
4/7 – Burlington, VT | The Light Club Lamp Shop
4/8 – Boston, MA | Sofar Sounds
4/9 – Asbury Park, NJ | The Saint
4/10 – New York, NY | The Rockwood
4/11 – Washington, DC | Songbyrd DC
4/12 – Philadelphia, PA | The Barbary
4/14 – Pittsburgh, PA | Howlers
4/15 – Cleveland, OH | Wilberts
4/17 – Milwaukee, WI | Shank Hall
4/18 – Minneapolis, MN | Nomad World Pub
4/19 – Burlington, WI | Coffeehouse on Chestnut and Pine
4/20 – Chicago, IL | Uncommon Ground (Edgewater)
5/5 – Los Angeles, CA | Hotel Cafe
5/9 – Seattle, WA | The Sunset
5/10 – Bellingham, WA | The Firefly
5/14 – Rossland, BC | Flying Steamshovel
5/15 – Red Deer, AB | Red Hart Brewing
5/16 – Edmonton, AB | The Buckingham
5/17 – Calgary, AB | The Ironwood
5/18 – Calgary, AB | The Ironwood
5/21 – Lethbridge, AB | The Slice
5/22 – Kelowna, BC | Fernando’s
5/24 - Vancouver, BC | TBD
**Additional dates TBA
Tickets available Jan 22, 2019 from www.mikeedel.com/tour