HANNAH GEORGAS AND SEAN SROKA (TEN KILLS THE PACK) ANNOUNCE BEAUTIFUL VIEW MUSIC FESTIVAL

BEAUTIFUL VIEW MUSIC FESTIVAL - FEATURING JULIE DOIRON, HAYDEN, BELLS LARSEN AND MORE

BELLVILLE, ONTARIO - SEPTEMBER 13, 2025  

TICKETS GO ON SALE FRIDAY, JUNE 27 AT 10 AM ET HERE

Beautiful View, a brand-new boutique music festival experience, is set to make its debut in the heart of Downtown Belleville, Ontario. Taking place September 13, 2025, the festival invites music lovers to enjoy a thoughtfully curated event that celebrates the raw beauty of songwriting and indie artistry.

Founded by acclaimed Canadian artists Hannah Georgas and Ten Kills the Pack (Sean Sroka), Beautiful View Festival offers an immersive, multi-venue format designed to bring artists and audiences together in intimate, engaging spaces.

Daytime performances are free and open to all, with mobile passes required for entry. These events will feature an eclectic mix of performances across several venues. As the sun sets, the festival culminates in a special ticketed evening show, featuring the celebrated talents of Julie Doiron, Hayden, and Bells Larsen. Passes and evening show tickets are available now at www.beautifulviewfestival.com

Beautiful View Festival is more than just a collection of performances—it’s a community-rooted experience. With the city of Belleville as its canvas, the festival brings together local businesses, music lovers, and visiting artists to celebrate artistry and creativity in a welcoming, inclusive atmosphere.

“It has been a dream to create a music event that includes a diverse lineup of artists that I have made personal connections with throughout my career in music,” says co-founder Hannah Georgas. “I’m excited to put together a lineup of artists that I love and other music fans like myself will enjoy.”

Tickets go on sale on Friday, June 27 at 10 am ET and can be purchased HERE

MORE ABOUT THE FOUNDERS

HANNAH GEORGAS
Acclaimed Canadian singer-songwriter Hannah Georgas is known for her emotionally resonant, textured pop songs. With a career spanning over a decade, her work has been celebrated in Pitchfork, The Guardian, NPR Music, and The New York Times. Georgas has released five full-length albums and earned five JUNO Award nominations and three Polaris Music Prize nods. She has toured with The National, Broken Social Scene, City and Colour, and Sara Bareilles, and her music has appeared in over 50 film and television placements.

TEN KILLS THE PACK (SEAN SROKA)
Sean Sroka, the poetic force behind Ten Kills the Pack, is known for his raw, confessional lyricism and genre-curving songwriting. Parallel to his writing collaborations with artists like TALK, Sroka is a 2024 JUNO Award-winning songwriter for his work with Aysanabee (including the award-winning "Somebody" and new album title track "Edge of the Earth"). Ten Kills the Pack has gained a loyal following for exploring the gritty beauty of the human condition through music that blends a punk rock ethos with the calm and kindness of folk.

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TEN KILLS THE PACK SHARE NEW VIDEO, “GIRL OF MY DREAMS”

SEAN SROKA, THE INDIE OUTFIT KNOWN AS TEN KILLS THE PACK, SHARES NEW VIDEO FOR “GIRL OF MY DREAMS”

WATCH / SHARE “GIRL OF MY DREAMS” HERE
BUY / STREAM “GIRL OF MY DREAMS” HERE

(“girl of my dreams” Video Still)

Sean Sroka, known as indie outfit Ten Kills the Pack, has become known for his confessional-style lyricism that explores the rough edges of the human condition. Stemming from his DIY days cutting his teeth in the music scene of Toronto, pausing his musical path for poetry, or playing in his slop punk band around the city, Sroka pens his experiences in a way that blends an ethos of punk with the kindness of folk. 

Today, he shares the new video for recent single, “girl of my dreams”. "I think it's the cutest video I've ever made,” says Sroka. “I was happy to be able to make and direct something of my own with the same spirit of making the song, just going out and doing it for yourself. That's my puppy Fenne and I think she has a bright future in acting, but I'll let her decide when she gets older." 

WATCH / SHARE “GIRL OF MY DREAMS” HERE
BUY / STREAM “GIRL OF MY DREAMS” HERE

“girl of my dreams” is Ten Kills the Pack’s first independent single since parting ways with his record label in early 2024 and is leaning further back into a very familiar yet still disorientating independent musical landscape. To this, Sroka mentions “It does feel like I’ve never left this part of my musical lifestyle. And it’s beautiful to be able to create and release as you please. If the song feels like autumn, let’s have it out then.”

Reminiscent of an alt folk soundtrack to a movie of the 90’s, “girl of my dreams” is a leading example of Ten Kills the Packs guided artistic precision and spanning collaborators; working with artist Jay Som aka Melina Duterte (Boy Genius, Fenne Lily) mixing the track, and previous collaborator and drummer Griffin Goldsmith of Dawes. The new self produced release casts a light on the personal exercise and growth of becoming less precious and following your momentary artistic intuitions. “I sent what is now the chorus of this song as a little self deleting voice message jingle to my partner who was touring overseas at the time; trying to help count down the days we had away. From there it just kept turning in my head, so I turned off the tv and wrote it that night".

MORE ABOUT TEN KILLS THE PACK
With critical looks across an EP and two Albums, Sroka also moonlights as a songwriter with Nashville publishers and beloved Canadian acts like Aysanabee, with a song that earned Sroka’s first JUNO Award win in 2024 under the songwriting category. The nuances of Ten Kills the Pack’s efforts can also be explored in the production of Hannah Georgas’s critically acclaimed 2023 album I’d Be Lying if I Said I Didn’t Care.  

Through a self released album, an EP produced with Dave Cerminara (Father John Misty), Ten Kills the Pack’s latest release Thank You for Trying, co-produced with Marcus Paquin (Weather Station, The National), acquired the descriptions of  "...poetic observations... poignant songcraft” from notable music leaders Under the Radar, and notes on how the projects “...poetic song writing ties the transportive tale that's simultaneously intimate and expansive” from EarMilk. With this, we now enter a new era where Sroka has established himself as a nuanced and free flowing artist that pushes the boundaries of what a singer songwriter is or can be. 

Photo Credit : Vanessa Heins // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES

PRAISE FOR TEN KILLS THE PACK

..poetic observations... poignant songcraft" - Under the Radar

"...poetic song writing ties the transportive tale that's simultaneously intimate and expansive." - Earmilk

"Sroka has established Ten Kills the Pack as a leading voice in modern folk music." - Exclaim.

"... Sean gives Dallas Green of City and Colour a run for his money when it comes to writing songs about loneliness, futility, and failure. ... This was my most interesting listen of the week." - Alan Cross, Corus Radio

“…poignant, heartfelt, nostalgic, and relatable to all as the artist puts sparse, but vivid words to a familiar struggle for satisfaction, happiness, and contentment…” - Atwood Magazine

“Sroka has established Ten Kills the Pack as a leading voice in modern folk music.” - Exclaim!

“…exquisite… beautifully crafted…” - Indie88

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TEN KILLS THE PACK SHARE NEW SINGLE, “GIRL OF MY DREAMS”

SEAN SROKA, THE INDIE OUTFIT KNOWN AS TEN KILLS THE PACK, SHARES NEW SINGLE “GIRL OF MY DREAMS”

LISTEN / SHARE “GIRL OF MY DREAMS” HERE
BUY / STREAM “GIRL OF MY DREAMS” HERE

Photo Credit : Vanessa Heins // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES

Sean Sroka, known as indie outfit Ten Kills the Pack, has become known for his confessional-style lyricism that explores the rough edges of the human condition. Stemming from his DIY days cutting his teeth in the music scene of Toronto, pausing his musical path for poetry, or playing in his slop punk band around the city, Sroka pens his experiences in a way that blends an ethos of punk with the kindness of folk. 

“girl of my dreams” is Ten Kills the Pack’s first independent single since parting ways with his record label in early 2024 and is leaning further back into a very familiar yet still disorientating independent musical landscape. To this, Sroka mentions “It does feel like I’ve never left this part of my musical lifestyle. And it’s beautiful to be able to create and release as you please. If the song feels like autumn, let’s have it out then.”

Reminiscent of an alt folk soundtrack to a movie of the 90’s, “girl of my dreams” is a leading example of Ten Kills the Packs guided artistic precision and spanning collaborators; working with artist Jay Som aka Melina Duterte (Boy Genius, Fenne Lily) mixing the track, and previous collaborator and drummer Griffin Goldsmith of Dawes. The new self produced release casts a light on the personal exercise and growth of becoming less precious and following your momentary artistic intuitions. “I sent what is now the chorus of this song as a little self deleting voice message jingle to my partner who was touring overseas at the time; trying to help count down the days we had away. From there it just kept turning in my head, so I turned off the tv and wrote it that night".

LISTEN / SHARE “GIRL OF MY DREAMS” HERE
BUY / STREAM “GIRL OF MY DREAMS” HERE

DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES

MORE ABOUT TEN KILLS THE PACK
With critical looks across an EP and two Albums, Sroka also moonlights as a songwriter with Nashville publishers and beloved Canadian acts like Aysanabee, with a song that earned Sroka’s first JUNO Award win in 2024 under the songwriting category. The nuances of Ten Kills the Pack’s efforts can also be explored in the production of Hannah Georgas’s critically acclaimed 2023 album I’d Be Lying if I Said I Didn’t Care.  

Through a self released album, an EP produced with Dave Cerminara (Father John Misty), Ten Kills the Pack’s latest release Thank You for Trying, co-produced with Marcus Paquin (Weather Station, The National), acquired the descriptions of  "...poetic observations... poignant songcraft” from notable music leaders Under the Radar, and notes on how the projects “...poetic song writing ties the transportive tale that's simultaneously intimate and expansive” from EarMilk. With this, we now enter a new era where Sroka has established himself as a nuanced and free flowing artist that pushes the boundaries of what a singer songwriter is or can be. 

PRAISE FOR TEN KILLS THE PACK

..poetic observations... poignant songcraft" - Under the Radar

"...poetic song writing ties the transportive tale that's simultaneously intimate and expansive." - Earmilk

"Sroka has established Ten Kills the Pack as a leading voice in modern folk music." - Exclaim.

"... Sean gives Dallas Green of City and Colour a run for his money when it comes to writing songs about loneliness, futility, and failure. ... This was my most interesting listen of the week." - Alan Cross, Corus Radio

“…poignant, heartfelt, nostalgic, and relatable to all as the artist puts sparse, but vivid words to a familiar struggle for satisfaction, happiness, and contentment…” - Atwood Magazine

“Sroka has established Ten Kills the Pack as a leading voice in modern folk music.” - Exclaim!

“…exquisite… beautifully crafted…” - Indie88

TEN KILLS THE PACK ONLINE
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