EDWIN RAPHAEL SHARES SINGLE, ANNOUNCES UPCOMING ALBUM AND TOUR DATES

 LISTEN / SHARE “THEN THERE’S YOU” HERE
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I KNOW A GARDEN ALBUM OUT MARCH 20, 2026

2026 TOUR DATES BEGIN IN MARCH - FULL DATES BELOW

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“Then There’s You” is the first new music from the Montreal-based songwriter Edwin Raphael since 2023's Warm Terracotta. The new single is a love song wrapped in soft confrontation — the kind that doesn’t explode, but lingers like an unfinished sentence. Tucked deeper into the garden lies a grove where silence hums like a secret. It’s dappled with moments you almost forgot — half-formed feelings, words left unsaid, books you meant to finish. This is The Grove of Echoes — a place where the past loops, not loudly, but with a whisper. Here lives “Then There’s You”, the soft interruption of love when you least expect it, the kind that sneaks past your defenses and stands still, waiting.

The lyrics dance between the romantic and the disillusioned — a push and pull that feels like trying to catch sunlight with bare hands. “Lines like ‘books stacked on the nightstand’ and ‘I might just fold a second time’ links to me trying to write a new story, but keeps slipping back into the margins,” says Edwin. “The chorus carries that dizzying duality, ‘you laugh like I’m the only one who moves you’ — a compliment that cuts both ways when you're unsure of its truth.”

This grove symbolizes a deep turning point. You've wandered through self-reflection, mysticism, and memory — but this is where reality hums back. Not loud, but honest. Love in this garden isn’t always a resolution; sometimes, it’s a mirror held too close. And still, there’s a strange kind of hope in the knowing. “Then There’s You” is an ode to witnessing. To being seen not as someone broken or scattered, but as someone whole — or at least someone trying.

Watch for more news about Edwin Raphael’s upcoming album I Know A Garden to be shared soon. 

LISTEN / SHARE “THEN THERE’S YOU” HERE
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MORE ABOUT EDWIN RAPHAEL
With roots in Kerala, India, Raphael studied classical guitar before deciding on the keys. As he developed an affinity for John Mayer and Ben Howard, he felt at odds with a distinct sense of “placelessness”. It wasn’t until he moved to Montreal to pursue a business degree that he felt a sense of stability, and became deeply entangled with the city’s indie bedroom pop scene.

His debut EP Ocean’s Walk (2015) paired stirring, melancholic instrumentals with a fierce self-reckoning. It would set the stage for a string of releases that would dive deeper into the psyche; like confronting the aftershocks following a significant heartbreak, or relearning your emotional baseline as you mature. Subsequent releases, Cold Nights (2017)Will You Think of Me Later? (2019), and its follow up Staring at Ceilings (2021), reveal an artist devoted to sharpening his ability to translate his experiences into ubiquitous statements.

The 2024 re-release of Will You Think of Me Later? has amassed 115 million streams on Spotify. Edwin has performed over 70 shows across 14 countries since 2023, sharing the stage alongside Palace, Hollow Coves, Noah Kahan, and more. He heads out on tour throughout Quebec beginning March 27. All dates are below.

TOUR DATES
2025
Oct 15 - Montreal, QC -  MTelus - (Supporting GoGo Penguin)

2026
Mar 27 - Quebec City, QC - Grizzly Fuzz
Mar 28 - Jonquière, QC - Espace Côté-Cour
Apr 02 - Montréal, QC - Studio TD
Apr 08 - Gatineau, QC - Le Minotaure
Apr 10 - Toronto, ON - The Garrison
Apr 17 - Lavaltrie, QC - Garage à Simon
Apr 18 - Frelighsburg, QC - Beat et Betterave
Apr 25 - Sherbrooke, QC - La Petite Boîte Noire
May 07 - Sainte-Thérèse, QC - Cabaret BMO
Jun 20 - Brossard, QC - Square Dix30

 
 


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EDWIN RAPHAEL NEW LP OUT TODAY, UNVEILS 3D WEBSITE

NEW LP, WARM TERRACOTTA, OUT TODAY VIA DINE ALONE

EDWIN RAPHAEL LAUNCHES NEW 3D WEBSITE AND SHARES VIDEO FOR “& SHE DRINKS TEA JUST FOR THE COMPANY”

BUY / STREAM WARM TERRACOTTA HERE

VISIT WARM TERRACOTTA WORLD 3D WEBSITE HERE

WATCH / SHARE “& SHE DRINKS TEA JUST FOR THE COMPANY” HERE

an inner journey saturated with shades of psychedelic folk, chamber pop, ambient and Neo-soul with threads of classical Indian rāgas bathed in afternoon sun." Exclaim

(STILL IMAGE FROM 3D WEBSITE)

Today, Edwin Raphael’s new LP, Warm Terracotta, is available everywhere courtesy of Dine Alone Records. In celebration, the Dubai-born, Montreal-based songwriter is revealing the new 3D website, Warm Terracotta World. 

"Warm Terracotta World first came about when we were recording the album and it struck us that since the music is so closely interlaced with surrealism as one of its key pillars, we wanted an outlet to allow people to perceive as such,” says Raphael. “The album further represents a sacred space to find yourself over and over again, the 3D world would serve as an experiential space for listening, thoughts, discovery and potentially new connections."

WATCH / SHARE “& SHE DRINKS TEA JUST FOR THE COMPANY” HERE

MORE ABOUT WARM TERRACOTTA
How do you anchor yourself when occupying multiple geographic identities at once? For Edwin Raphael, it requires an intentional and intensive form of world-building. By developing an unmistakable style of folk that merges Eastern scales with the Western pop canon, Raphael reimagines his music as a exploratory tool that allows him to construct an interior and sacred home to retreat into. 

Where his past projects found inspiration in the metaphorical potential of water, his forthcoming album Warm Terracotta walks deeper into the island after standing on the shore. On Edwin Raphael’s most intimate and ambitious project to date, he grapples with the realization of being a foreigner everywhere; of longing to know your ancestral roots, while also honouring the home you’ve built for yourself. Both spacious and pulsating, the album is inspired by Indian classical music, experimental psychedelic folk, and spacey 80s pop; at times, conjuring the lower-jaw tingle of grass between your toes, or the sun-soaked splendour of late afternoon ragas. In Raphael’s own words, the album is an antidote: “one that swallows you into forgetting your present troubles, while also painting a world you can escape into — and keep coming back to.” 

WATCH / SHARE “DECEIVE ME SO EASY” HERE

Raphael continues, “Warm Terracotta represents a sacred space to find yourselves over and over again. Fourteen songs that bring forward the duality and complexity of simply being. It trusts that when you do things from your soul, you feel a river move within you.

“It’s about balancing the good with the bad. It’s encountering a landscape that is completely surreal to you but also the closest thing to home. This project involves the arch of self-realization & leans on the generosity of the unexpected. It is a space for thoughts, discovery and new connections.”

WATCH / SHARE “UNDER WEATHER” HERE FT. ELENI DRAKE

MORE ABOUT EDWIN RAPHAEL
Growing up in Dubai, as the son of parents who immigrated from the city of Cochin in India’s coastal Kerala state, Raphael studied classical guitar before deciding on the keys. As he developed an affinity for John Mayer and Ben Howard, he felt at odds with Dubai’s distinct sense of “placelessness” — and the bewildering feeling of being immersed in a culture where everyone claimed an alternate homeland. It wasn’t until he moved to Montreal to pursue a business degree that he felt a sense of stability, and became deeply entangled with the city’s indie bedroom pop scene.

WATCH / SHARE “TRIPPING THROUGH MY BLOOD” HERE

His debut EP Ocean’s Walk (2015) paired stirring, melancholic instrumentals with a fierce self-reckoning. It would set the stage for a string of releases that would dive deeper into the psyche; like confronting the aftershocks following a significant heartbreak, or relearning your emotional baseline as you mature. Subsequent releases, Cold Nights (2017), his acclaimed debut Will You Think of Me Later? (2019), and its follow up Staring at Ceilings (2021), reveal an artist devoted to sharpening his ability to translate his experiences into ubiquitous statements, and saw him open for Hollow Coves, JP Saxe, Noah Kahan.

EDWIN RAPHAEL TOUR DATES
03/14 - Montreal, QC @ Le Ritz  *
03/15 - Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground *

* = supporting ¿Téo?

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WARM TERRACOTTA TRACK LIST
01 - Desire Paths~
02 - & She Drinks Tea Just For The Company
03 - Have You Been Told?
04 - Under Weather (feat. Eleni Drake)
05 - Contours Of Spring
06 - Sights Like These
07 - Hate It When You See Me Like This!
08 - Tripping Through My Blood
09 - Deceive Me So Easy
10 - Tea Break~
11 - Bazaar Days
12 - Purple Inside
13 - Homesick For The Place I Don’t Even Know (feat. Sam Valdez)
14 - Sirimiri

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EDWIN RAPHAEL SHARES “DECEIVE ME SO EASY” FROM UPCOMING LP

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Recently, Edwin Raphael, the Dubai-born, Montreal-based songwriter, announced his upcoming LP, Warm Terracotta, and shared album singles “Tripping Through My Blood” and "Under Weather”. Today, he shares "Deceive Me So Easy”, a song which “portrays itself as a theatre performance,” says Raphael. “The dance is constant, an ode to everyday life, interweaving itself within the problems of the actors and audience. The protagonist enters the stage with nothing, unaware of the beauty of the dance itself, they are consumed by fleeting burdens of human life. They exit the stage as they entered, with nothing."


WATCH / SHARE “DECEIVE ME SO EASY” HERE

STREAM / SHARE “DECEIVE ME SO EASY” HERE

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MORE ABOUT WARM TERRACOTTA
How do you anchor yourself when occupying multiple geographic identities at once? For Edwin Raphael, it requires an intentional and intensive form of world-building. By developing an unmistakable style of folk that merges Eastern scales with the Western pop canon, Raphael reimagines his music as a exploratory tool that allows him to construct an interior and sacred home to retreat into. 

Where his past projects found inspiration in the metaphorical potential of water, his forthcoming album Warm Terracotta walks deeper into the island after standing on the shore. On Edwin Raphael’s most intimate and ambitious project to date, he grapples with the realization of being a foreigner everywhere; of longing to know your ancestral roots, while also honouring the home you’ve built for yourself. Both spacious and pulsating, the album is inspired by Indian classical music, experimental psychedelic folk, and spacey 80s pop; at times, conjuring the lower-jaw tingle of grass between your toes, or the sun-soaked splendour of late afternoon ragas. In Raphael’s own words, the album is an antidote: “one that swallows you into forgetting your present troubles, while also painting a world you can escape into — and keep coming back to.” 

Raphael continues, “Warm Terracotta represents a sacred space to find yourselves over and over again. Fourteen songs that bring forward the duality and complexity of simply being. It trusts that when you do things from your soul, you feel a river move within you.

“It’s about balancing the good with the bad. It’s encountering a landscape that is completely surreal to you but also the closest thing to home. This project involves the arch of self-realization & leans on the generosity of the unexpected. It is a space for thoughts, discovery and new connections.”

WATCH / SHARE “UNDER WEATHER” HERE FT. ELENI DRAKE

BUY / STREAM “UNDER WEATHER” HERE FT. ELENI DRAKE

MORE ABOUT EDWIN RAPHAEL
Growing up in Dubai, as the son of parents who immigrated from the city of Cochin in India’s coastal Kerala state, Raphael studied classical guitar before deciding on the keys. As he developed an affinity for John Mayer and Ben Howard, he felt at odds with Dubai’s distinct sense of “placelessness” — and the bewildering feeling of being immersed in a culture where everyone claimed an alternate homeland. It wasn’t until he moved to Montreal to pursue a business degree that he felt a sense of stability, and became deeply entangled with the city’s indie bedroom pop scene.

WATCH / SHARE “TRIPPING THROUGH MY BLOOD” HERE

BUY / STREAM “TRIPPING THROUGH MY BLOOD” HERE


His debut EP Ocean’s Walk (2015) paired stirring, melancholic instrumentals with a fierce self-reckoning. It would set the stage for a string of releases that would dive deeper into the psyche; like confronting the aftershocks following a significant heartbreak, or relearning your emotional baseline as you mature. Subsequent releases, Cold Nights (2017), his acclaimed debut Will You Think of Me Later? (2019), and its follow up Staring at Ceilings (2021), reveal an artist devoted to sharpening his ability to translate his experiences into ubiquitous statements, and saw him open for Hollow Coves, JP Saxe, Noah Kahan. 

PRE-SAVE WARM TERRACOTTA HERE

PRE-ORDER WARM TERRACOTTA VINYL HERE


EDWIN RAPHAEL TOUR DATES
03/14 - Montreal, QC @ Le Ritz  *
03/15 - Toronto, ON @ Velvet Underground *
* = supporting ¿Téo?

DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES

WARM TERRACOTTA TRACK LIST
01 - Desire Paths~
02 - & She Drinks Tea Just For The Company
03 - Have You Been Told?
04 - Under Weather (feat. Eleni Drake)
05 - Contours Of Spring
06 - Sights Like These
07 - Hate It When You See Me Like This!
08 - Tripping Through My Blood
09 - Deceive Me So Easy
10 - Tea Break~
11 - Bazaar Days
12 - Purple Inside
13 - Homesick For The Place I Don’t Even Know (feat. Sam Valdez)
14 - Sirimiri

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