GABRIELLE SHONK RECALLS A LOVE BEFORE IT TURNED TOXIC IN NEW SINGLE
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Today, Montréal-based singer-songwriter Gabrielle Shonk shares “How We Used To Be”, her first new music in five years. The song is taken from her forthcoming 2023 album which chronicles the enormity of heartache and hope that comes with endings and new beginnings.
“How We Used To Be” marks a new chapter in Shonk’s career. After parting ways with the major label behind her debut album, she used her newfound creative freedom to collaborate with longtime friends, co-writer Jessy Caron of the band Men I Trust, and producer Jesse Mac Cormack (Helena Deland). The result is a moody single with tinges of 90s R&B exploring romantic nostalgia by reminiscing about a relationship before it fell apart.
"How We Used To Be" is a love ballad about "a relationship that was hard to leave," explains the JUNO-nominated singer. Delicate piano lines and softly-strummed acoustic guitar accompany Shonk's dreamy vocals recalling a time in a relationship before it turned toxic. ‘I hate you, I love you, I miss you,’ Shonk laments before the soulful chorus reflects on better times: ‘Touch my hand, gently / Talk to me, it’s soothing / Make me see how we used to be.’
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How do you come back to yourself? Perhaps it’s important to first understand you have become lost, and admit you’ve veered off path. How then do you begin to piece yourself back together? Five years since her self-titled debut, this is the journey Gabrielle Shonk takes us on with her sophomore album set for release in winter 2023.
PRAISE FOR GABRIELLE SHONK
"her gorgeous comeback single... [is summed up as] “a ballad about a relationship that was hard to leave,” and you can hear the pain in her voice; wanting something back yet knowing it's gone." FLOOD Magazine
“Shonk sounds like an amalgamation of the past 20 years of star female songstresses ...” - VICE Magazine
“Shonk’s voice, part of the same throaty jazz-pop lineage as Amy Winehouse” - W Magazine
"Shonk has a powerful voice with echoes of Adele and Alicia Keys, and her songs are steeped in the classic singer-songwriter tradition of artists like Joni Mitchell, Carole King and Tracy Chapman.” - Montreal Gazette
GABRIELLE SHONK TOUR DATES
11.19.2022 - Victoriaville, QC - Cabaret Guy Aubert
11.24.2022 - Jonquière, QC - Côté Cour
11.25.2022 - Montmagny, QC - Salle Promutuel
01.27.2023 - Lasalle, QC - Cabaret des Pas Perdus - Theatre Desjardins