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NEW ALBUM HIGHS IN THE MINUSES OUT OCTOBER 29 VIA NEXT DOOR RECORDS
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NOVEMBER U.S. TOUR DATES NOW ANNOUNCED
“Partner In Crime” video still
Today Charlotte Cornfield shares new single “Partner In Crime” alongside its music video, which is lovingly inspired by Wes Anderson’s 1996 film debut, Bottle Rocket. “In the ‘Partner in Crime’ music video, Charlotte is reunited with an old friend, and the pair embark on a mission to get the old band back together,” explains Joe Cornfield, the video’s director and Charlotte’s brother. “In an homage to Bottle Rocket, Charlotte and her band don yellow jumpsuits and take off in a VW bus to execute a daring musical ‘heist.’” Charlotte adds, “My brother and I grew up watching Wes Anderson movies. They were a huge part of our childhood and adolescence, and I feel like they've seeped into our DNA at this point — the colours, the outfits, the humour. When I sent Joe this song and he came back with this idea, it was a no-brainer that we'd do it. He made it all happen: the van, the jumpsuits, the whole thing. Tara Kannangara, Steven Foster and Sam Gleason came with us on the journey and fully embraced the concept.”
“Partner In Crime” is the second single from Cornfield’s new album Highs in the Minuses, out October 29 via Next Door Records in Canada and Polyvinyl/Double Double Whammy everywhere else. The track follows “Headlines,” a driving song with an earworm chorus that belies the anxiety permeating its lyrics, which earned praise from Stereogum, Brooklyn Vegan, and The Alternative (“...a catchy chorus that captures the chaotic effect modern life has on so many of our minds”), among others.
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Cornfield will also head south this fall for a short run of U.S. tour dates, including a November 23rd show at Baby’s All Right in Brooklyn, NY. A current itinerary is below.
Though the songs of Highs in the Minuses are highly personal, Cornfield wanted their sonic quality to convey the communal, aleatoric energy of live performance. With this in mind, she and the band allowed their psychic connection to convey the emotional interconnectedness that comes with stories of heartbreak, self-discovery, and new love. Cornfield (guitar, piano, vocals), bassist Alexandra Levy (Ada Lea) and drummer Liam O’Neill (Suuns) convened in Montreal at the studio of Howard Bilerman (Arcade Fire, Leonard Cohen), whom Cornfield had originally met through a musician’s residency he founded at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. In just five days, with minimal takes and overdubs—and with contributions from guitarist Sam Gleason (Tim Baker) and Stars singer Amy Millan—they set Cornfield’s vivid mini-memoirs to an earthen folk-rock symphony.
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Throughout Highs in the Minuses, it’s tempting to think of Cornfield as a narrator, given the autobiographical nature of many of the songs, but this framing discounts her deep consideration of the listener. She’s not broadcasting absolute truths but rather inviting us to feel alongside her, to acknowledge the raw, shambolic commonality found in individual experiences. Like David Berman and John Prine, Cornfield’s lyrics ring with precision — a rhythmic, poetic clarity that may devastate the heart or tickle the ribs in a simple turn of phrase.
Photo Credit: Angela Lewis // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES
Charlotte Cornfield tour dates:
11/18 - Chicago, IL @ The Hideout
11/22 - Washington, DC @ Pie Shop #
11/23 - Brooklyn, NY @ Baby's All Right #
11/24 - Philadelphia, PA @ PhilaMOCA #
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