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ROSE COUSINS’ NEW ALBUM, CONDITIONS OF LOVE - VOL 1,
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“On her new album, Conditions of Love - Vol. 1, Rose Cousins returns to her own first love — the piano — to craft 10 testaments to the human heart in all its glorious, inane complexity. The record delivers Cousins' trademark capacity for wry wit and emotional gravitas, but her archness never serves as a way to keep a distance between herself and her lyrics. Cousins knows how to find the light in the dark, she knows survival, and she's crafting whole worlds here."
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“Rose Cousins is here to tell us about love. Vol. 1 of that treatise promises more of Cousins's deftly rendered, soul-inflected pop music. Light as air but deep as space, lead single "I Believe in Love (and it's very hard)" makes a simple declaration sound like the bravest thing you could ever admit.” Exclaim!, Most Anticipated Albums of 2025
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Today, acclaimed multi-JUNO Award winning singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Rose Cousins is sharing her version of Chappell Roan’s “Good Luck, Babe!”, to help celebrate Pride Month. The track arrives with a one-take live performance video of Roan’s sleeper hit single from Cousins’ piano. “I love how the story of ‘Good Luck, Babe!’ is revealed,” says Cousins. “I’m impressed by Chappell Roan. She’s made it her mission to be her all inclusive true self while also being aware of her own limitations. I like her spirit and appreciate her openness. She models something needed for those of us who don’t easily fit into the norms. We're all singing about the Conditions of Love"
“I treasure my privacy and protect the space I create in hopes that anyone can step into any of the songs I write and have it be their story. It’s not important who the songs are about, but that we find ourselves in them and feel less alone. I’m inspired by Chappell’s unapologetic songs and their themes and anthems for queerness. I find myself in this song of hers and felt moved to do this version.”
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MORE ABOUT CONDITIONS OF LOVE - VOL 1
On her latest album, Rose holds her listeners’ hands as she guides them on a journey through the "conditions of love." Ever the emotional explorer, the Nova-Scotia-based artist seeks truth, in all its imperfection, in the depths of humans’ most complicated of emotions: love. The journey results in a striking clarity, and it’s the gift of that clarity that brings on surprising tears.
Rose shares, “Love feels great and makes us ridiculous. It's tiring and intense, joyful and devastating. Falling in love, being in love and staying in love are all such different things. Being human is emotionally complicated enough without attempting to relate to another who is just as complex, and in the most vulnerable of arenas: romance. Love is wondrous and absurd (and very hard). Humour helps.”
WATCH / SHARE “K’S WALTZ” HERE
WATCH / SHARE “DENOUEMENT” (LIVE PERFORMANCE VISUALIZER) HERE
Co-produced with trusted friend and longtime bandmate Joshua Van Tassel, Conditions of Love - Vol. 1 sees Rose return to her first love, the piano. “Piano is where I feel the most connected. It’s the best partner in expressing the emotion I’m mining,” she shares. She first introduced the upcoming body of work with the gorgeous, piano-driven ballad “Forget Me Not,” followed by the slow-burning, nostalgic “Borrowed Light,” and the uplifting, “I Believe in Love (and it’s very hard),” which Rose has called the cornerstone of the upcoming album.
WATCH / SHARE “THAT’S HOW LONG (I’VE WAITED FOR YOUR LOVE)” HERE
WATCH / SHARE “NEEDED YOU” HERE
Rose Cousins’ songwriting plumbs the depths of the human condition. Her work has garnered her two JUNO Awards (2013’s We Have Made a Spark & 2021’s Bravado), two Canadian Folk Music Awards, eleven East Coast Music Awards and one Grammy Award nomination (2018’s Natural Conclusion), along with praise from the likes of the CBC, No Depression, LA Times, Associated Press, Billboard, Folk Alley, and NPR, who raved “Cousins’ disarmingly fluid vocal tone has the ability to convey the most internalized feelings without an ounce of fuss.” Over the years, she has shared stages with Patty Griffin, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Jann Arden, Kathleen Edwards, Joe Henry and Anais Mitchell, and her music has fittingly underscored scenes from notable TV shows including Grey’s Anatomy, Fire Country, Batwoman and Heartland.
WATCH / SHARE “I BELIEVE IN LOVE (AND IT’S VERY HARD)” HERE
WATCH / SHARE “BORROWED LIGHT” HERE
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ROSE COUSINS TOUR DATES
Jul 4 - Campbellford, ON - Westben
Aug 9 - Perth, NB - Larlee Creek Hullabaloo
Aug 12 - Kensington, PE - Indian River Festival
Sept 30 - Cambridge, MA - Club Passim
Oct 1 - Cambridge, MA - Club Passim
Oct 3 - Pender Island, BC - Pender Islands Community Hall
Oct 4 - Victoria, BC - Capital Ballroom
Oct 6 - Vancouver, BC - St. James Community Square, Mel Lehan Hall
Oct 8 - Vernon, BC - Vernon Performing Arts Centre
Oct 9 - Lake Country, BC - Creekside Theatre