WATCH AND SHARE “SENTIMENTAL TEARDROPS” HERE
ALBUM RELEASE LIVE STREAM ON MONDAY APRIL 6 VIA NAC’S #CANADAPERFORMS
SHELF LIFE OUT APRIL 3 VIA BIRTHDAY CAKE
PRE-ORDER SHELF LIFE HERE
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This Friday, Winnipeg’s Slow Leaves - singer-songwriter, Grant Davidson – will release his sixth studio album, Shelf Life, out via Birthday Cake. Today, the JUNO Master Class alumnus is announcing the album release live stream performance to take place Monday, April 6 at 8pm ET as part of the NAC’s #CanadaPerforms.
Fans can find the live stream on Slow Leaves’ Facebook Page and Instagram.
Today, he is also sharing the new video for album cut “Sentimental Teardrops”. “This song is a defence of my fears, conceits, and contradictions,” says Davidson. “Some of us were born with broken hearts and find comfort in slipping into sentimentality as though into an old pair of slippers. The video intends to be as transparent as the song.”
WATCH AND SHARE “SENTIMENTAL TEARDROPS” HERE
Known for his ability to breathe poetry into the ordinary, Slow Leaves continues his deep exploration of the self with Shelf Life. The 10-track LP leans into themes of romantic memory, domestic duty, artistic ambition, and dreams unfulfilled, underpinning the belief that there is indeed great strength in vulnerability.
Rooted in reflections on time, Shelf Life is a record about growing up to realize you are not the person you thought you would be. It is a collection of songs that wades between tides of past and present, success and failure, things lost and things found. The result is a collection of musical vignettes, woven together by the loose threads of a tangled life.
WATCH AND SHARE “SINK FULL OF DISHES” HERE
BUY / STREAM “SINK FULL OF DISHES” HERE
Recorded mostly live off the floor, Davidson teamed up with Rusty Matyas (Weakerthans), Damon Mitchell (New Meanies), and Rejean Ricard (Telepathic Butterflies) to bring the album to life.
The release of Shelf Life follows Davidson’s critically acclaimed works Enough About Me (2017) and Beauty Is So Common (2014), both garnering heavy rotation on CBC Radio 2. The Winnipeg Free Press described Enough About Me as “a gentle breeze of exquisite playing and keen observations that will reward listeners again and again and again.” The album also garnered Davidson a nomination for a Western Canadian Music Award.
WATCH AND SHARE “MISS YOU” HERE
BUY / STREAM “MISS YOU” HERE
Every song is an invitation to step inside Davidson’s inner world—a space of beauty and wisdom, coloured outside the lines. With warm voice and guitar, Davidson uncovers a humanity that shines in even the darkest corners.
PRE-ORDER SHELF LIFE HERE
SHELF LIFE TRACKLIST
01 Looking Out My Window
02 Miss You
03 Sink Full Of Dishes
04 Time Was On Your Side
05 Autumn Rain
06 Wishes
07 Half Of The Bed
08 Try Again In The Morning
09 Without A Care
10 Sentimental Teardrops