HARPACASH & THE MORALS STREAM DEBUT ALBUM AHEAD OF RELEASE DATE

BARRIE, ONTARIO TRIO’S LAMPS OUT VIA LATENT RECORDINGS ON SEPTEMBER 23

LIVE DATES INCLUDE STOPS THROUGHOUT ONTARIO

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“There’s a serenity to the music of HarpAcash & the Morals, an indie folk-rock trio hailing from Barrie...perhaps it’s time to take a closer look north of the 401” - The Globe & Mail

HarpAcash & the Morals are celebrating next week’s release of their upcoming LP, Lamps, by letting audiences stream the entire album a week ahead of schedule. Due out on September 23 via Latent Recordings, Lamps was recorded with Michael Timmins (Cowboy Junkies) at the helm in studio. Lead vocalist HarpAcash, guitarist Todd Jeffrey, and drummer Dan Trickett gathered to record the heartbreaking harmonies, graceful guitars, and the idiosyncratic minimalist percussion that forms the album.

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Hailing from halfway between Canada’s largest city, Toronto, and the lakes and forests of cottage country, Barrie, Ontario’s HarpAcash & the Morals utilize their surroundings to create a unique style of indie folk-rock that combines the tension of the former with the peacefulness of the latter.

It was after supporting the Cowboy Junkies on a string of dates that Michael Timmins was impressed by the trio. “Their music pulled me from backstage and compelled me to listen,” says Timmins. “HarpAcash's vocals alone are a force of nature, but joined with Todd Jeffery's angular song structures and Dan Trickett's powerful, multi-dimensional drumming, their music becomes wholly original."

HarpAcash & the Morals recorded their first EP, Music Tree Life Understanding, in 2012 with producer Steve Singh (Ron Hawkins, Brendan Canning). They followed it up by taking to the road with Elliott Brood, The Strumbellas, and the Cowboy Junkies, and secured a residency at Toronto’s Cameron House. Recently the trio also released a series of videos, live in studio, recording a few covers for the Latent Uncovers project. Premiering recently was the trio’s take on Justin Bieber’s“What Do You Mean” joining its versions of Jon Belion’s “All Time Low”, Drake’s “One Dance”, Cowboy Junkies “Blue Moon (Revisited)”, and Justin Biebers’ “Love Yourself”.

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 LATENT UNDERCOVERS PROJECT
WATCH AND SHARE “WHAT DO YOU MEAN” COVER HERE
WATCH AND SHARE “ALL TIME LOW” COVER HERE
WATCH AND SHARE “ONE DANCE” COVER HERE
WATCH AND SHARE “BLUE MOON (REVISITED)” COVER HERE
WATCH AND SHARE “LOVE YOURSELF” COVER HERE 

LAMPS TRACKLIST
Modern Comfortable
Douglas Snow
Sleeping In A Hammock
Frozen
Like Life
Complicated
In My Room
Light Source
Cold Bath

HARPACASH & THE MORALS LIVE

Sep 23 - Oro Medonte, ON -  OK Friday
Oct 6 - Toronto, ON -  The Burdock
Oct 12 - Barrie - Art Biz - Mady Centre
Nov 19 - Gravenhurst  - Sawdust City Brewery

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DONOVAN WOODS REVEALS NEW TRACK, “IT’LL WORK ITSELF OUT”

CELEBRATED SONGWRITER RELEASES 2ND SONG FROM HARD SETTLE, AIN’T TROUBLED SESSIONS

THEY ARE GOING AWAY EP OUT SEPTEMBER 23

NATIONAL TOUR DATES WITH JOEY LANDRETH BEGIN OCTOBER 13 - TICKETS ON SALE NOW

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The recording sessions for Donovan Woods’ acclaimed fourth album, Hard Settle, Ain’t Troubled, had a few tracks that didn’t make the full LP, but just couldn’t stay on the cutting room floor either. And as such, Woods will be releasing those tracks next month on an EP titled They Are Going Away. Today, the Sarnia-born songwriter is sharing one more cut from the EP, “It’ll Work Itself Out”, a song about someone who is traveling furiously to outrun problems.

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They Are Going Away, made available through Woods’ own label Meant Well and with thanks to Canada’s historic Massey Hall, is set for digital release on September 23. On it, there’s a distinct sense of motion throughout the narratives. In “What They Mean” – a fan favourite from live performances - Woods responds to a curious child in the backseat who is listening carefully to the car radio. “Drove Through Town” provides a backdrop for the big issues, from living up to expectations to escaping a dead-end relationship.

Woods, who is an exceptional acoustic guitarist in his own right, says these songs didn’t make the track listing for Hard Settle, Ain’t Troubled because he didn’t want to rush the lyrics or force them to be finished. A fourth selection, “Empty Rooms” is about moving on from a relationship—when that’s not such a bad thing. Although it’s new, Woods felt it was a comfortable fit.

“The songs are about coping with loss, and wholesale changes, that sort of thing,” says Woods. “The title I suppose is trying to get at the temporariness of everything. Time speeds up when you get older, that’s an observable fact. It starts to feel like you’re always chasing some ineffable thing. It’s why your dad often had a slightly bewildered look in his eyes.”

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With the release of Hard Settle, Ain’t Troubled, the critics chimed in immediately. The Globe And Mail called it “a gentle, honest collection of melancholic observations and hushed

Tunefulness,” while NOW Magazine claimed the album was full of “wistful songs that tug at the heartstrings of anyone who's had feelings about partners, ex-partners, where you're from, where you shouldn't have gone.” Singles, “On The Nights You Stay Home”, and “What Kind Of Love Is That” spent a few weeks on the CBC Radio 2 Top 20 charts, with latter reaching #1.

Woods wrote album track “Leaving Nashville” with aspiring Nashville songwriter Abe Stoklasa. Lady Antebellum’s Charles Kelley recorded it for a solo album. In time, their hard luck story of a hopeful but downtrodden talent in Music City helped Woods land a songwriting deal with a major publisher, Warner/Chappell.

After a cross-Canada tour earlier this year with Matt Andersen and festival and club appearances all over North America, Donovan Woods is preparing to head back out on the road for a run of Canadian headline dates. Joining him will be Joey Landreth from the JUNO-Award winning band The Bros. Landreth. The tour begins October 13 and all dates are listed below.

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“wistful songs that tug at the heartstrings of anyone who's had feelings about partners, ex-partners, where you're from, where you shouldn't have gone” - NOW Magazine NNNN

“a gentle, honest collection of melancholic observations and hushed
tunefulness” - The Globe And Mail

“By balancing such fringe and mainstream elements so effortlessly, Woods looks poised to finally bring those disparate camps together. … he does it time and again” - Exclaim!

“a knack for taking huge, universal feelings and distilling them into simple,
poignant moments” - Noisey

“a penchant for penning some of the most heartbreaking songs you’ll
ever hear” - Winnipeg Free Press

“well crafted, beautiful” - CBC Music

THEY ARE GOING AWAY TRACK LISTING

What They Mean
It’ll Work Itself Out
Drove Through Town
Empty Rooms

DONOVAN WOODS TOUR DATES

September 23 – Cultivate Festival – Port Hope, ON
October 13 – Simcoe Street Theatre – Collingwood, ON^
October 14 – Imperial Theatre – Sarnia, ON^
October 15 - Heartwood Concert Hall - Owen Sound, ON^
October 19 – Molson Canadian Studio – Hamilton, ON^
October 20 – National Arts Centre Studio – Ottawa, ON^
October 21 - The Grad Club - Kingston, ON^
October 22 - O Patro Vys – Montreal, QC^
October 23 - Gordon Best Theatre – Peterborough, ON^
October 26 – Centre In The Square – Kitchener, ON^
October 28 – Trinity St. Paul’s Church – Toronto, ON^
November 1 – The Park Theatre - Winnipeg, MB^
November 2 – Artful Dodger – Regina, SK^
November 3 - Festival Hall - Calgary, AB^
November 4 - The Almanac - Edmonton, AB^
November 5 – Communitea – Canmore, AB^
November 6 - Flying Steamshovel - Rossland, BC^
November 7 – Bozzinis - Chilliwack, BC^
November 10 – Lucky Bar – Victoria, BC^
November 11 - Fox Cabaret - Vancouver, BC^
November 12 – Dream Café – Penticton, BC
November 16 – Bassment - Saskatoon, SK^

^ w/ Joey Landreth

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ROYAL CANOE STREAMS NEW ALBUM AHEAD OF RELEASE

SOMETHING GOT LOST BETWEEN HERE AND THE ORBIT OUT SEPTEMBER 16 VIA NEVADO RECORDS

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES CONTINUE THIS WEEK

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“feel-good dance music for the weird kids." - NPR
“intricately engaging pop tunes” - Exclaim!
“Working with famed producer Ben Allen, the sextet refined their sound, shifting their focus to rhythmic and percussive dexterity without sacrificing the soulfulness that made Believers’ ‘Bathtubs’ a hit.” - Flood Magazine

Photo Credit: Jaclyn Campanaro

This is a busy week for Royal Canoe. On Monday, the Winnipeg sextet were in studio at CBC’s q as the live guest, on Thursday they begin a lengthy North American tour, and on Friday their new record, Something Got Lost Between Here And The Orbit is officially released. So to celebrate, they’re letting audiences stream their entire new LP courtesy of Consequence Of Sound.

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After two years of writing and recording between tours, Something Got Lost Between Here And The Orbit surfaced with a unique and intensified voice. It was co-produced and mixed by Ben Allen (Gnarls Barkley, Animal Collective, Deerhunter), who concentrated their sound-crafting attention on two fundamental elements: drums and vocals. Royal Canoe has always had an intensively rhythmic heart and that is more the case than ever. Their lyrics grow organically out of an addictive percussive flow and the unique topography of each track. Reinforcing their vocal and percussive core allowed them to be more adventurous with experimentation; more determined in their ongoing pursuit of the elusive musicality that can be found in collisions between digital and analogue worlds. In addition to their their usual buffet of synthesizers, effects pedals and homemade samples, late nights lead to to rabbit-holes of attaching contact mics to water bottles to play them like percussion instruments and convoluting synths through beluga whale field recordings.

In addition to a renewed sonic focus, Something Got Lost... brings an emotional clarity. But it’s a particular kind of clarity: one you experience when what’s most clear is that you’re really unsure about what’s happening with your life or, unsure about what happened to the life you once took for granted, while you were off experiencing stuff, being busy, accomplishing things. Life, and especially the life of musicians, tends to be shaped by an ebb and flow of leaving and returning, cycling between an extroverted, transient mode of being and one of introversion and staying put. Within the broader cycles, even our most important relationships can shift, morph and drift, no matter how much we try to hold them steady.

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Earlier, Royal Canoe premiered the video and first single, “Somersault” from their upcoming album via NPR Music who said “listening to the hypnotic rhythm of Matt Peters' vocals, you can parse the same wackiness that made bands like Alt-J, Simian Mobile Disco or even fellow Canadians Think About Life so singular. Ultimately, it's feel-good dance music for the weird kids.”

Almost three years have passed since the release of Royal Canoe’s sophomore album Today We're Believers. Those years were full. The band played 200 shows, which included tours with the likes of Alt J and Bombay Bicycle Club, and stops at major festivals like Bonaroo, Iceland Airwaves, and Osheaga. The hard work paid off; Today We're Believers received critical acclaim, was nominated for Alternative Album of the Year at the JUNOs, and won Best Independent Album at Western Canadian Music Awards.

SOMETHING GOT LOST BETWEEN HERE AND THE ORBIT TRACKLIST

Somersault
Walk out on the Water
Living a Lie
Checkmate
Love You Like That
I Am Collapsing So Slowly
Holidays
Out of the Beehive
Bicycle
How Long Is Your Life?
BB Gun

ROYAL CANOE TOUR DATES

09.15 - Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theatre
09.17 - Lethbridge, AB @ Love & Records Festival
09.18 - Bozeman, MT @ The Filling Station
09.19 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
09.23 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Hi Hat
09.28 - Portland, OR @ Holocene
09.29 - Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern
09.30 - Vancouver, BC @ Imperial
10.01 - Victoria, BC @ Lucky Bar
10.03 - Rossland, BC @ The Flying Steamshovel
10.05 - Calgary, AB @ Marquee Beer Market & Stage
10.06 - Red Deer, AB @ Bo’s Bar and Grill
10.07 - Edmonton, AB @ UP+DT Festival
10.08 - Saskatoon, SK @ The Capitol
10.18 - Kingston, ON @ The Mansion
10.19 - Quebec City, QC @ L’Anti
10.20 - Fredericton, NB @ Capital Complex
10.21 & 10.22 - Halifax, NS @ Halifax Pop Explosion
10.26 - St. Catharines, ON @ L3
10.27 - Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace
10.28 - Ottawa, ON @ Zaphod Beeblebrox
10.29 - Montreal, QC @ La Vitrola
10.30 - Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground Showcase Lounge
11.01 - Boston, MA @ Great Scott
11.02 - Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle
11.05 - New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
11.07 - Columbus, OH @ Rumba Café
11.09 - Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen
11.12 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry

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