JASPER SLOAN YIP RETURNS FIVE YEARS AFTER THE RELEASE OF HIS LATEST RECORD, STRANGE CALM/BLUSHING AUTUMN
WATCH / SHARE “LOVE&WORRY” LYRIC VIDEO HERE
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Today, celebrated Vancouver songwriter Jasper Sloan Yip shares his first new music since 2021’s Strange Calm/Blushing Autumn via Tiny Kingdom. Never one to rush the process, it’s been five years since the last release, and a lot has changed.
His last record arrived in the midst of the great upheavals that dominated the early decade. Released quietly into a world of closed venues and parked vans, there was no celebratory show or subsequent tour to mark the event. Like many during those years, Jasper clicked send, closed his laptop and probably rewatched Breaking Bad.
During this ‘down time’, Jasper (mostly) put music aside and instead started a family. Milestones came and went, time accelerated with previously unused gears and Jasper's songwriting began to unpack all of it. Produced by John Raham (Frazey Ford, The New Pornographers), his new single, “love&worry”, was inspired by the mayhem of early parenthood, he says. “The arrival of our son caused life to compress and expand in completely different directions. The shape of our world changed and I had to find new ways of making it all fit. Four years in and I’m still struggling with that. Meanwhile, the maelstrom of the 2020s rages on in the background. This song exists somewhere in between these two extreme places. It’s about navigating this new season of life and the extreme weather that has defined it - joy, overwhelm, apprehension and revelation.”
WATCH / SHARE “LOVE&WORRY” LYRIC VIDEO HERE
BUY / STREAM “LOVE&WORRY” HERE
MORE ABOUT JASPER SLOAN YIP
In the intervening years since Jasper released Strange Calm/Blushing Autumn, his songs have trickled through the ether to reach new audiences. The collection amassed over 2.6 million streams, seeing regular additions to Apple and Spotify coffeehouse playlists, solidifying his place within Vancouver’s musical landscape.
“Gin Fizz” became a fixture on CBC Radio 2, and songs like “Silver Lining” and “Halcyon Dream” found their way into feature film and network television placements. Live appearances were scarce but noteworthy. He shared bills with the Weather Station, Aysanabee, and Haley Blais to name a few, and also toured Japan.
Keep your ear to the ground for more new music from Jasper Sloan Yip in the near future.