DAVID VERTESI TO RELEASE 15TH ANNIVERSARY ACOUSTIC EDITION OF CARDIOGRAPHY

October 30, 2025

**DAVID VERTESI CELEBRATES CARDIOGRAPHY’S 15th ANNIVERSARY WITH ACOUSTIC VERSION OF THE ACCLAIMED DEBUT ALBUM - OUT NOVEMBER 27, 2025 VIA TINY KINGDOM MUSIC**

LISTEN / SHARE “MOUNTAINSIDE (ACOUSTIC)” HERE
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**PRE-SAVE CARDIOGRAPHY (ACOUSTIC) 15TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION HERE**

PERFORMING ANNIVERSARY SHOWS IN VANCOUVER & TORONTO
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For fifteen years, David Vertesi has appeared as an integral part of some of Canada’s most exciting indie-rock projects. Whether he’s playing in Hey Ocean!, Shad, Dear Rouge, Hannah Georgas, or Said the Whale, producing Haley Blais, Jordan Klassen, Noble Son, Ashleigh Ball, or Riun Garner, Vertesi brings a uniquely sensuous and brooding sensibility, an intricate sonic depth that multiplies the layers of a song.

In fact, fifteen years ago, Vertesi released his acclaimed debut album, Cardiography. At the time, Line Of Best Fit called the LP “an accomplished debut and a further testament to the ever evolving Canadian music scene,” while Exclaim! noted that "Vertesi's played his cards right" throughout the record.

To celebrate the occasion Vertesi is releasing a 15th Anniversary edition of the album with a new acoustic reimagining of the record that launched his solo career. Originally released in 2010, Cardiography introduced Vertesi’s distinct voice as a storyteller — intimate, vulnerable, and unflinchingly sincere. The album blended lush instrumentation with emotional clarity, earning praise for its melodic craftsmanship and evocative lyricism.

Vertesi returns to these songs with a renewed perspective. Cardiography (Acoustic) strips the material back to its emotional core, highlighting the raw honesty and timeless songwriting that have defined his work ever since. Recorded in a live, minimalist setting, and production by longtime collaborator Daniel Klenner (Peach Pit, Dear Rouge, Hey Ocean!), the new release captures the quiet intensity of Vertesi’s performances and invites listeners to hear the songs as they were first written — simple, direct, and deeply human.

Cardiography (Acoustic) is both a tribute to his beginnings and a testament to the staying power of songs that still feel alive fifteen years later.

LISTEN / SHARE “MOUNTAINSIDE (ACOUSTIC)” HERE
BUY / STREAM “MOUNTAINSIDE (ACOUSTIC)” HERE

**PRE-SAVE CARDIOGRAPHY (ACOUSTIC) 15TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION HERE**

CARDIOGRAPHY 15TH ANNIVERSARY PERFORMANCE DATES

Nov 22 - Toronto, ON - Burdock Music Hall | TICKETS
Dec 7 - Vancouver, BC - The Gallery @ Artech | TICKETS

MORE ABOUT DAVID VERTESI
In his solo work, these dramatic flairs ignite on full display. Across a spectrum of rough-and-tumble and tightly polished sounds, Vertesi emerges as a centre-stage, dusty spotlight balladeer, a close-to-the-chest storyteller as the narrative core of his songwriting revolves in stories of confusion, loneliness, instability, death, and existential ennui. Across 2010’s Cardiography, 2016’s Sad Dad Cruise Ship, and 2020’s Life Ghouls, Vertesi interrogates these somber questions with tender poetry and a sense of humour.

His latest LP Fictionalized, is the clearest synthesis of his wide-ranging pop philosophy yet. Effectively a concept album on the collective spiraling of the pandemic years through an intensely personal lens, Vertesi crafts the most potent and memorable melodies of his career. With featured performances from a lineup of some of Vancouver’s brightest talents: Jordan Klassen, Haley Blais, Jill Barber, and Sam Lynch, plus co-production from the likes of Jonathan Anderson (Andy Shauf, Aidan Knight), Klassen (Dear Rouge, Jillian Lake) and Daniel Klenner (Peach Pit, Babe Corner), Fictionalized marks a new and defined landscape for Vertesi. As powerful and personal as he’s ever been, as cathartic and kind as he’s ever appeared.

Throughout his work, Vertesi has made clear that he brings an equal command to choreographing lush and buzzing technologic atmospheres of instrumentation or squeezing the naked emotional heart out of a piano, a steady bass drum, the soft rhythm of a guitar, a choir of harmonies. But it’s his own voice that distinguishes his music, a growling inimitable baritone that deepens his playful work and further darkens his more haunted questions. It’s easy to hear why he draws comparisons to names like Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, and Lou Reed and easy to see why Vertesi has emerged from his collaborative role into a fully formed front-man of his own musical expression.

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CARDIOGRAPHY ACOUSTIC (15th ANNIVERSARY DELUXE) TRACKLIST

01 Mountainside (Acoustic)
02 Gentlemen Say (Acoustic)
03 All Night, All Night, All Night ft. Hannah Georgas (Acoustic)
04 Learn To Run (Acoustic)
05 Cardiography (Acoustic)
06 Broadcasting (Acoustic)
07 Caroline! A Ghost! (Acoustic)
08 Rossland (Acoustic)
09 Soft Skin (Acoustic)
10 Hearts Don’t Break, People Do (Acoustic)
11 Epilogue (Acoustic)
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DAVID VERTESI’S NEW ALBUM, FICTIONALIZED, OUT TODAY, SHARES NEW VIDEO

February 27, 2024

WATCH / SHARE “AGE OF CELEBRITY” HERE

**DAVID VERTESI’S NEW LP, FICTIONALIZED, OUT TODAY ON TINY KINGDOM**

**BUY / STREAM FICTIONALIZED HERE
BUY FICTIONALIZED VINYL LP HERE**

"The most all-encompassing collection of songs from David Vertesi yet, Fictionalized finds the Canadian music lynchpin tackling a concept album of sorts, following the pandemic-era collective spiral to its deepest point." Exclaim! | Most Anticipated Albums of 2024

“A man completely intertwined with Canada’s indie-rock scene, David Vertesi has racked up three solo albums to go along with his work playing and producing alongside acts like Hey Ocean, Said the Whale, Hannah Georgas, and Haley Blais over the last 15 years."
RANGE Magazine | Most Anticipated Albums of 2024

Photo Credit : Justin Broadbent // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES

For more than fifteen years, David Vertesi has worked with some of Canada’s most exciting indie-rock projects. First and foremost as a founding member of JUNO Award-nominated west coast staple, Hey Ocean!, while also having played live with artists like Shad, Said The Whale, Dear Rouge, and Hannah Georgas. More recently you will find him producing for emerging favourites like Haley Blais, Noble Son, Riun Garner and more. As a songwriter and producer, Vertesi always brings a uniquely sensuous and brooding sensibility, an intricate sonic depth that multiplies the layers of a song.

Today, his new album Fictionalized, is available everywhere, and in celebration, the acclaimed songwriter is sharing the new video for “Age Of Celebrity”, a song “about returning to music post-pandemic and post Hey Ocean!,” says Vertesi. “Things have changed a lot since I was starting out in this industry, and I often feel like my experience doesn't do much other than make me jaded. The thing I really miss is the pure enjoyment and self-confidence I had when I was just setting out. I'm doing my best to find it again.”

WATCH / SHARE “AGE OF CELEBRITY” HERE

MORE ABOUT DAVID VERTESI
In his solo work, these dramatic flairs ignite on full display. Across a spectrum of rough-and-tumble and tightly polished sounds, Vertesi emerges as a centre-stage, dusty spotlight balladeer, a close-to-the-chest storyteller as the narrative core of his songwriting revolves in stories of confusion, loneliness, instability, death, and existential ennui. Across 2010’s Cardiography, 2016’s Sad Dad Cruise Ship, and 2020’s Life Ghouls, Vertesi interrogates these somber questions with tender poetry and a sense of humour.

His latest LP Fictionalized, is the clearest synthesis of his wide-ranging pop philosophy yet. Effectively a concept album on the collective spiraling of the pandemic years through an intensely personal lens, Vertesi crafts the most potent and memorable melodies of his career. With featured performances from a lineup of some of Vancouver’s brightest talents: Jordan Klassen, Haley Blais, Jill Barber, and Sam Lynch, plus co-production from the likes of Jonathan Anderson (Andy Shauf, Aidan Knight), Klassen (Dear Rouge, Jillian Lake) and Daniel Klenner (Peach Pit, Babe Corner), Fictionalized marks a new and defined landscape for Vertesi. As powerful and personal as he’s ever been, as cathartic and kind as he’s ever appeared.

WATCH / SHARE “MIND READER” FT. JILL BARBER
BUY / STREAM “MIND READER” FT. JILL BARBER

**BUY / STREAM FICTIONALIZED HERE
BUY FICTIONALIZED VINYL LP HERE**

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FICTIONALIZED TRACKLIST
01 One Day We Woke Up And The World Was Gone
02 Who Am I Now
03 Age Of Celebrity
04 My Parents (ft. Sam Lynch)
05 Fictionalized
06 One In A Million (ft. Jordan Klassen)
07 Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
08 Mind Reader (ft. Jill Barber)
09 Note To Self
10 That’s What’s Up (ft. Haley Blais)

TOUR DATES
March 20, Frank Venables Theaters, Oliver, BC *
March 21, Creekside Theatre, Lake Country, BC *
April 12, Wise Hall, Vancouver, BC

* Supporting Sarah Harmer.

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DAVID VERTESI ANNOUNCES NEW LP, FICTIONALIZED, SHARES NEW SINGLE FEAT. JILL BARBER

January 16, 2024

DAVID VERTESI’S NEW LP, FICTIONALIZED, OUT FEBRUARY 27 ON TINY KINGDOM

WATCH / SHARE “MIND READER” FT. JILL BARBER
BUY / STREAM “MIND READER” FT. JILL BARBER

PRE-SAVE FICTIONALIZED HERE
PRE-ORDER FICTIONALIZED VINYL LP HERE

Photo Credit : Justin Broadbent // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES

For more than fifteen years, David Vertesi has worked with some of Canada’s most exciting indie-rock projects. First and foremost as a founding member of Juno-nominated west coast staple, Hey Ocean!, while also having played live with artists like Shad, Said The Whale, Dear Rouge, and Hannah Georgas. More recently you will find him producing for emerging favourites like Haley Blais, Noble Son, Riun Garner and more. As a songwriter and producer, Vertesi always brings a uniquely sensuous and brooding sensibility, an intricate sonic depth that multiplies the layers of a song.

In his solo work, these dramatic flairs ignite on full display. Across a spectrum of rough-and-tumble and tightly polished sounds, Vertesi emerges as a centre-stage, dusty spotlight balladeer, a close-to-the-chest storyteller as the narrative core of his songwriting revolves in stories of confusion, loneliness, instability, death, and existential ennui. Across 2010’s Cardiography, 2016’s Sad Dad Cruise Ship, and 2020’s Life Ghouls, Vertesi interrogates these somber questions with tender poetry and a sense of humour.

His latest LP Fictionalized, out February 27 via Tiny Kingdom is the clearest synthesis of his wide-ranging pop philosophy yet. Effectively a concept album on the collective spiraling of the pandemic years through an intensely personal lens, Vertesi crafts the most potent and memorable melodies of his career. With featured performances from a lineup of some of Vancouver’s brightest talents: Jordan Klassen, Haley Blais, Jill Barber, and Sam Lynch, plus co-production from the likes of Jonathan Anderson (Andy Shauf, Aidan Knight), Klassen (Dear Rouge, Jillian Lake) and Daniel Klenner (Peach Pit, Babe Corner), Fictionalized marks a new and defined landscape for Vertesi. As powerful and personal as he’s ever been, as cathartic and kind as he’s ever appeared.

Today, he shares the new single, “Mind Reader” featuring Jill Barber, of which he says “Throughout the pandemic, many of my friend's longtime relationships began to crumble. Problems they had ignored for forever seemed to come to a head when they were stuck inside together for the lockdowns. This is loosely based on one of those stories.”