THE DARCYS COVER MARIAH CAREY’S “ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU”

NEW ALBUM, CENTERFOLD, OUT NOW VIA ARTS & CRAFTS

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This week, The Darcys took up the challenge of covering Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You”, no easy feat given the list of pop artists and outfits which have put their own spin on the holiday classic before them. However, MUCH, who premiered the track, says what you won’t find the in list of previous covers “are many artists who stray from the song’s original ingredients—which is why The Darcys’ inventive, soulful spin is breath of fresh air.”

In chatting with MUCH about why they chose “All I Want For Christmas Is You”, drummer Wes Marksell claims, “this was the only holiday CD that we had around when I was a kid. Come December first, it would be on repeat for the entire month. I’m not sure if I grew to love it or hate it, but it drove me crazy and considering that I’ve probably listened to it as much as anything else it seemed like the obvious choice. Nothing against “Silent Night” or “O Come All Ye Faithful”, but all those songs are about immaculate conception when all we really want a is a little something else for the holidays.”

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Last month, The Darcys released ten original tracks in a new album called Centerfold – a record which Exclaim! said was “infectious, retro-tinged electro-pop”, while Clash called it “an outlandish exploration of pop ambition.” Produced by Shawn Everett (Alabama Shakes, Weezer, Lucius) Centerfold evokes the heat and wanderlust of New Zealand and Los Angeles, where they were recorded. The album follows 2013's acclaimed Warring, which earned Juno Award and Polaris Music Prize nominations.

Album single, "Miracle” has earned praise from Noisey, who said it's "primed for mass consumption," and Complex, who raved the track is a "transformative, radio-ready, near-perfect earworm."

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LITTLE SCREAM SHARES POLITICALLY CHARGED B-SIDE FROM CULT FOLLOWING

ALL PROCEEDS FROM THE TRACK WILL BENEFIT ACLU AND PLANNED PARENTHOOD

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CULT FOLLOWING OUT NOW VIA DINE ALONE RECORDS

"This is an artist in flux, in constant motion, searching for answers and finding many in her own music. There is wit as well as whimsy and wonder on Cult Following, a quirky, affecting, richly detailed album that deserves more than its title." - The Guardian

"Bigger, bolder and wholly encompassing in its creation...Cult Following is a brand
new horizon." - DIY

"Cult Following is beautifully orchestrated, and one of the rare records where the lavish arrangements feel fully in service of the songs, rather than like stage decoration." - Pitchfork

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With the current political climate being what it is, the time is right for Little Scream (aka Laurel Sprengelmeyer) to share a B-Side from her latest album, Cult Following. Though written several years ago, the sentiments in “People” still hold true for today. The song premiered today courtesy of Stereogum, who called the track “a battle cry.”

“When I sang the simple, earnest chorus ‘Come on, people! What's wrong with us, people?!’ I wasn't self editing, just letting myself have a moment of pure unguarded frustration with the apathy, privilege, and cynicism of my generation,” says Sprengelmeyer. “Like many of us, I was wondering where the protest movement was in the face of the longest war in US history. Black Lives Matter hadn't yet come to the fore, and Occupy Wall Street hadn't yet found a voice that could reach into mainstream media. At that time I was listening to a lot of 70s era Gil Scott Heron, Marvin Gaye, and John Lennon, and I was wondering what was so different about their time and ours, why lyrics like 'give peace a chance' found an audience then, but seemingly couldn't now.”

“People” didn’t make the cut of Cult Following simply because the timing wasn’t right and it didn’t fit anywhere on the record. “That all changed for me last week,” says Sprengelmeyer. “When simplistic rhetoric and misleading sloganeering helped award a sociopathic demagogue the highest office in my home country, I heard a collective sigh of exasperation, and it resembled something like 'Come on, People!!!' What more could we say?”

The is available to stream or purchase everywhere with all proceeds benefitting ACLU and Planned Parenthood.

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Out now via Dine Alone Records, Cult Following sees Mary Margaret O’Hara, Sufjan Stevens, Sharon Van Etten, Aaron and Bryce Dessner from the National, Owen Pallett, and Kyp Malone all make guest appearances on the album, but the world they inhabit is entirely Little Scream’s. Her voice acts as a tour guide through lush sonic landscapes carefully constructed with her creative partner, Arcade Fire's Richard Reed Parry, and while the duo - alongside their heady cast of collaborators - dance across myriad moods and styles, what runs through Cult Following to its core is a sense of giddy creation and joyous experimentation in the face of an increasingly frightening world.

Sprengelmeyer says she began conceiving of Cult Following while visiting a friend in a small intentional community in northern Brazil that was on the verge of becoming a cult. “People were running around reading auras, interpreting each other’s dreams, and ‘living on light’ instead of eating — which was as compelling as it was absurd. I became very aware of the entropy of belief. You could feel the magnetism of ideas take shape and pull people into their center like a black hole… a thing so filled with light that its own gravity means that none of it can escape.” That experience laid the groundwork for Cult Following, a lush, expansive, retro-leaning gem.

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THE PACK A.D. RELEASE NEW HOLIDAY SONG

VANCOUVER DUO WRAP UP A SUCCESSFUL YEAR AND SHARE A HOLIDAY PRESENT WITH EVERYONE.  DOWNLOAD “COCONUT” TODAY

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POSITIVE THINKING OUT NOW VIA CADENCE MUSIC

“hooks on hooks… captures the best possibilities of a two-piece rock band”  
- Billboard, Best Albums of 2016 (so far)

“Positive Thinking is the band’s most powerful album yet”
– Vancouver Sun, Album Of The Week

“The Pack A. D. are a band that truly proves that what is needed in a rock is raw talent…”
- Gig Soup UK

“a polished effort that doesn’t lack in memorable hooks or gritty spirit.”
- Consequence Of Sound

“It’s honest, brazenly unbashful, and their strongest work to date.” - Pop Matters

“fast-paced and explosive …a chronicle of distortion and paranoia” - Exclaim!

“the rock album you need to get you through the summer of 2016”
- CBC Music, Albums You Need To Hear

Looking back at 2016, it’s been a pretty damn good year for Pack A.D. In August, the duo released their latest album, Positive Thinking, to critical acclaim in Canada and abroad. Pop Matters claimed the album is “honest, brazenly unbashful, and their strongest work to date,” while Billboard Magazine added the “hooks on hooks” of Positive Thinking to their Best Albums Of 2016 (so far) list. Across the pond, Gig Soup claimed “The Pack A. D. are a band that truly proves that what is needed in a rock is raw talent.”

Here in Canada the album hit the charts hard, landing in top 10s across commercial and college radio waves everywhere. The record hit #1 on !earshot’s National Chart and stayed in the Top 10 for 16 weeks, while the first album single “So What” hit #1 on CBC Radio 3 and second album single “Yes, I Know” hit #1 on The Verge’s Grocery List. The Vancouver Sun called Positive Thinking “the band’s most powerful album yet.” Throughout the fall, the Vancouver duo took to the road with successful tours across Canada, the US, UK, and Europe.

Now, just in time for the holidays, the Pack A.D. are wrapping a great year with present for everyone. Fans can download their new Christmas single, “Coconuts” for free.

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Out now via Cadence Music, Positive Thinking is all carefully constructed chaos, crushing vulnerability, and massive swagger. Underneath the sprawl of its sonic infrastructure, singer/guitarist Black and drummer Miller — self described lifelong high school outcasts — traverse the hidden tunnels that connect all us damaged people together: anger, alienation, humour, sarcasm, sincerity, loneliness, grief.

Engineered by Jesse Gander (White Lung, Bison, Japandroids) and mastered by Heba Kadry in Brooklyn’s Timeless Mastering, Positive Thinking isn’t a total overhaul of the Pack A.D. everybody knows and loves. But making this album—it was a reinvention, an old-school reckoning, and they’re better for it. We’re all better for it.

WATCH THE VIDEO FOR “SO WHAT” HERE
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MORE PRAISE FOR POSITIVE THINKING

“the most self-assured piece of music that the band has ever put out” - Confront

“plenty of daring attitude – full-pace swagger, well-crafted chaos and fireworks”
- The Metropolist

“a dark and riveting addition to their six-album catalogue … strength, emotion and new directions make this album a winner” - NOW Magazine

“emotionally dark and personal songs’ tight structures, poppier melodies and forays into psychedelia and rockabilly showcase their continuing evolution” – Sun Media

“their most electrifying work yet” - Playboy

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