LIZA ANNE SHARES NEW VIDEO FOR “CLOSEST TO ME”

LIZA ANNE CYCLES THROUGH AN EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER OF CARPOOLMATES IN NEW VIDEO FOR “CLOSEST TO ME”

NEW ALBUM, FINE BUT DYING, OUT MARCH 9 VIA ARTS & CRAFTS

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Today, Liza Anne releases her new song and video “Closest To Me”, in which she cycles through an emotional roller coaster of riders in the strangest carpool ever. Stereogum calls the track “...a gorgeous and subtly devastating ballad about hurting the ones you love.” They add, “Her melodies are obscenely catchy and her lyrics bite with honesty, yet her music brims with finesse even when it rocks out.”

On writing "Closest To Me", Liza Anne says it “was like taking a long hard look in the mirror. As a child, I was a bit of a loose cannon emotionally. I imagined the older I got, the more those shadowy bits of myself would disappear. That was absolutely not the case. It wasn’t really until I was with someone long enough to fall in love that certain old ways of dealing and emoting faced themselves again – I guess I started to note my habits and the patterns I would create. It was easily the most embodied and explained I have felt in a song.”

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The song comes from her forthcoming album and debut for Arts & Crafts, Fine But Dying, out March 9. The album has already earned praise from Billboard and NPR Music, who dubbed Liza’s sound “internal warfare, externalized” and called the music “bold in both sound and subject.”

Fine But Dying is Liza’s most confessional work to date - a portrait of a woman coming to terms with heartbreak, mental illness, and the changing tides of adulthood. “This is my woman at her wildest self album,” says Liza.

Liza has toured with artists ranging from Margaret Glaspy and Joseph to Bear’s Den and the Oh Hellos, and she played ACL Festival last year. She will tour in support of Fine But Dying in early 2018. Full tour dates can be found below.

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FINE BUT DYING TRACK LIST
01 Paranoia
02 Small Talks
03 Panic Attack
04 Socks
05 Closest To Me
06 Turn For The Worse
07 Kid Gloves
08 Control
09 Get By
10 I Love You, But I Need Another Year
11 I’m Tired, You’re Lonely

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LIZA ANNE TOUR DATES
Mar 12 - 17: Austin, TX - SXSW
Mar 20: Los Angeles, CA – The Echo
Mar 23: San Francisco, CA - The Chapel
Mar 28: Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
Mar 30: Seattle, WA - Sunset Tavern
Mar 31: Vancouver, BC - Biltmore Cabaret
Apr 3: Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
Apr 5: Denver, CO - Globe Hall
Apr 7: Kansas City, MO - recordBar
Apr 8: St. Louis, MO - Blueberry Hill Duck Room
Apr 19: Nashville, TN - Third Man Records
Apr 21: Atlanta, GA - The Earl
Apr 23: Columbus, OH - The Basement
Apr 24: Indianapolis, IN - White Rabbit Cabaret
Apr 26: Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
Apr 27: Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon
Apr 28: Chicago, IL - SPACE
Apr 30: Detroit, MI - The Pike Room
May 2: Toronto, ON - The Drake
May 4: Boston, MA - Great Scott
May 5: Philadelphia, PA - Boot & Saddle
May 6: Washington, DC - Union Stage
May 9: New York, NY - Mercury Lounge

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METZ SHARE NEW LIVE VIDEOS

WATCH METZ’ INCREDIBLE PERFORMANCES OF STRANGE PEACE TRACK “MR. PLAGUE”, AND THEIR 2016 SINGLE “ERASER”, FILMED LIVE IN PARIS BY LA BLOGOTHEQUE FOR ARTE CONCERT

WATCH AND SHARE “MR. PLAGUE” & “ERASER” LIVE PERFORMANCE

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES CONTINUE DEC 7 WITH STOPS IN VANCOUVER, WINNIPEG, CALGARY, AND EDMONTON

STRANGE PEACE OUT NOW VIA ROYAL MOUNTAIN RECORDS (CANADA)
AND SUB POP (WORLDWIDE)

"The Toronto-based trio METZ have incorporated harmony into their heavy sound on their third full-length. They shift away from all-out abrasion, adding color to their eruptions." - Pitchfork

"With the aid of his friends Chris Slorach and Hayden Menzies, who make up METZ's colossal rhythm section, Edkins and his guitar have never sounded so cunning, confrontational and, yet, so compellingly uncertain." [9/10] - Exclaim!

“Strange Peace is more - more intense, more melodic, more brutal, more confident.” [4/5] - DIY

“With Strange Peace, METZ have created an album that still largely has one foot rooted in the best of their past, but sees the other stretching forward into a future that is just as riotous. Long may it continue.” [8/10] - The Line of Best Fit

METZ is inarguably one of the best live bands around, and this incredible footage proves it. Watch them deliver blistering performances of the politically-charged Strange Peace standout “Mr. Plague”, and “Eraser”, the A-side from their split Three One G/Sub Pop single from 2016, filmed live during their European tour in Paris at Le Trabendo on November 21, 2017 by La Blogothèque for ARTE Concert.

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METZ’s 2017 tour dates in support of Strange Peace resume December 7 with upcoming stops in Vancouver, Winnipeg, Calgary, and Edmonton. Full tour dates can be found below.

METZ TOUR DATES

2017
Dec. 07 - Seattle, WA - Neumos *
Dec. 08 - Vancouver, BC - Cobalt *
Dec. 09 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir *
Dec. 11 - San Francisco, CA - Independent  *
Dec. 12 - Los Angeles, CA - Teragram *
Dec. 13 - San Diego, CA - Casbah *
Dec. 15 - Austin, TX - Mohawk ^ *

2018
Jan. 18 - Winnipeg, MB - The Good Will
Jan. 19 - Calgary, AB - Big Winter Classic
Jan. 20 - Edmonton, AB - Starlite Ballroom
Apr. 19 - Amsterdam, NL - Paradiso Noord
Apr. 21 - Esch-sur-Alzette, LU - Out of the Crowd Festival
Apr. 23 - Milan, IT - Magnolia
Apr. 24 - Bologna, IT - Freakout, Bologna
Apr. 25 - Munich, DE - Strom
Apr. 26 - Cologne, DE - Gebaude 9
Apr. 27 - Belfort, FR - Impetus Festival
Apr. 30 - Glasgow, UK - Stereo
May 01 - Dublin, IE - Whelan’s
May 02 - Manchester, UK - Soup Kitchen
May 03 - Ramsgate, UK - Ramsgate Music Hall
May 04 - Brussels, BE - Les Nuits Botanique
May 05 - Leffinge, BE - De Zwerver

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* w/ Moaning

Recently, METZ delivered a mind-altering visual for “Drained Lake” from Strange Peace. Directed by Shayne Ehman (who also directed the band's video for “Cellophane”) the piece highlights nothing less than the transient nature of time and space, through cutlery and kitchen wares.

WATCH AND SHARE “DRAINED LAKE” HERE

Strange Peace is available now on CD / LP / DL / CS in Canada from Royal Mountain Records, and worldwide from Sub Pop.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT METZ’ STRANGE PEACE

“Recorded with Shellac's mastermind Steve Albini, Strange Peace is an album that doesn't need to be explicitly political to make a statement about our current chaotic climate. The opening track, "Mess of Wires," gallops out of the gate like a malfunctioning industrial robot, a tangle of mechanical riffs and Edkins' oddly infectious chants. The band's ability to inject melody into the weirdest of places is most striking on "Cellophane." Slightly more laidback than the usual METZ song, it's closer to a garage-rock anthem than a skin-peeling punk rager, and Edkins' refrain of "How will I know? / How will I know?" is designed to lodge itself in the brain of the listener like some insidious implant....cathartic rather than hopeless — an exorcism of nervous energy at a time when it's direly needed.” [First Listen] - NPR Music

“Laden with hypnotic riffs and Alex Edkins’ delightfully coarse vocals, the album has a basement-to-radio quality. METZ maintains the relentless punk energy from their first two albums, but with a more accessible play-through; Strange Peace could serve as a comfortable introduction to noise punk....Born out of political defiance, punk rock is a necessary retort at this juncture; it can’t be dead, especially if METZ has anything to say about it.” - Stereogum

"Hardcore fans can rest easy knowing that METZ haven't skimped on the nitrous-fuelled angst that has inspired legions of us to smash windows with our faces since 2012." - Under the Radar

"Strange Peace is an album that just sounds great from front to back, consistently knocking it out of the park with heavy guitars, concrete drums, and basslines that threaten speaker systems everywhere." - Northern Transmissions

"The band’s third album, Strange Peace, is very much like its first two, and that is a good thing. Each is single-minded in its purpose and methods. There are no ballads, no songs that are quiet or long or contemplative. Instead, there is a constant search for a frequency that is thrilling and a commitment to it." [8/10] - Popmatters

“Strange Peace is as raucous and fun as you want a METZ record to be.” [4/5] - Dork

"It's hard to imagine where METZ can go after pushing their sound and skills into the red zone as they have on Strange Peace, but with their third album, they've left no doubt that they're one of the most singularly powerful rock bands in North America, and you ignore them at your peril." - [4/5] - All Music

"METZ has a habit of keeping their listeners waiting for new music, but when Strange Peace is the final product, the wait suddenly feels justified. The quality of songwriting on this album might not only be the best that METZ has ever done, but it’s also one of the better noise rock records of recent memory." [9/10] - Glide

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SKYDIGGERS SHARE NEW VIDEO FOR “PUSH COMES TO SHOVE”

WATCH AND SHARE “PUSH COMES TO SHOVE” HERE

SKYDIGGERS’ WARMTH OF THE SUN OUT NOW VIA LATENT RECORDINGS

PURCHASE / STREAM WARMTH OF THE SUN HERE CD // VINYL // DIGITAL

CANADIAN TOUR DATES CONTINUE THIS WEEK

“The ninth studio album from Canadian folk-roots rockers Skydiggers is simultaneously urgent and laid-back, angry and understanding, intimate and abstract, raw and honed. It's beautiful, complex, timeless stuff — and unmistakably Skydiggers” - Exclaim! 9/10

“Skydiggers have returned with not only one of their best albums, but one of the best albums of the year. A crowning achievement in their already astounding career.” - Spill Magazine 9/10

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Today, Skydiggers are sharing the new video for “Push Comes To Shove” from their latest album, Warmth Of The Sun. The song is about “feeling fed up, tapped out, bruised and battered, tired and sore,” says songwriter Andy Maize. “Sometimes I get fed up but I’m still hopeful.”

WATCH AND SHARE “PUSH COMES TO SHOVE” HERE

Recorded by longtime band associate Michael Timmins (Cowboy Junkies), the urgency and immediacy of the songs on Warmth Of The Sun is reflected in how the record was made. Several are presented in live-off-the-floor versions, often with live vocals intact, lending the LP an air of immediacy, vitality and intimacy, reflective of the band’s storied live shows. It’s also evidence of the strength of the road-honed band lineup joining Josh Finlayson and Andy Maize on the record: the rhythm section of Derrick Brady (bass) and Noel Webb (drums), vocalist Jessy Bell Smith and the most recent addition, multi-instrumentalist Aaron Comeau.

WATCH AND SHARE “WARMTH OF THE SUN” HERE

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The songs on the album draw from a number of sources, everything from recent collaborations between Finlayson and Maize (“Like A New Beginning”) to songs that date back to the dawn of their collaboration in the 1980s (“An Apology”). “Show Me The Night” features an emotive vocal from Jessy Bell Smith and dates to a songwriting session between Finlayson, Tom Wilson (Lee Harvey Osmond, Blackie & The Rodeo Kings), Thompson Wilson, and Stephen Fearing (Blackie & The Rodeo Kings). “Push Comes To Shove” was one of several songs drafted by Maize during songwriting retreats at the Banff Centre and Finlayson’s “When You’re On A Roll”, co-written with Kevin Douglas, was penned during his frequent songwriting sojourns in Nashville. The set also includes two heartfelt covers: The Tragically Hip’s “The Rock” from The Depression Suite and “The Air That I Breathe”, best known in The Hollies’ hit version.

“Warmth Of The Sun is a reflection of the live band, how good the players are, how quick they are,” says Maize. “And we wanted to capture that energy and not overthink it.”

The result can only be described as a classic Skydiggers album, one that can sit shoulder to shoulder alongside milestone records in the group’s catalogue like Restless, Just Over This Mountain and Road Radio. “It’s a privilege to have had this opportunity to share our music with people for so many years,” says Finlayson. “Warmth of the Sun reflects our lives right now, and we’re lucky to share it with people and let it become part of their lives.”

SKYDIGGERS ON TOUR
Nov 29 - Peterborough, ON - Market Hall  (tickets)
Dec 1 - Kingston, ON - Isabel Bader Theatre # (tickets)
Dec 6 - London, ON - Aeolian Hall - * (tickets)
Dec 7 - Kitchener, ON - Centre In The Square * (tickets)
Dec 8 - Hamilton, ON - Hamilton Public Library * (tickets)
Dec 14 - Meaford, ON - Meaford Hall * (tickets)
Dec 15 - Barrie, ON - Mavrick’s Music Hall * (tickets)
Dec 16 - Gravenhurst, ON - Gravenhurst Opera House * (tickets)
Dec 17 - Midland, ON - Midland Cultural Centre - (tickets)
Dec 20 - Ottawa, ON - NAC Studio Hall * (tickets)
Dec 22 - Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern * (tickets)
Dec 23 - Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern * (tickets) 

* A Skydiggers Christmas
# A Skydiggers & Friends Christmas – Fundraiser for Kingston Hospice

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