BEN ROGERS DEDICATES NEW SINGLE TO VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE

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BC SONGWRITER, BEN ROGERS, RECENTLY SIGNED TO DALLAS GREEN’S NEWLY MINTED STILL RECORDS FOR UPCOMING LP

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Today, BC songwriter and newest artist on Dallas Green’s Still Records, Ben Rogers is sharing another new single from his upcoming LP.  Exclaim! calls “A Changed Man” a “melancholic Americana-tinged ballad that was inspired by the dark experiences of others.” Rogers comments he “loosely based it on a true story. But, the more I wrote, the more I realized that it is based on many true stories. Far too many. Domestic violence is endemic and I dedicate it to the victims and survivors of abuse.”

“A Changed Man” is the first song Rogers wrote for his upcoming album, which was produced by Green. “It opened up a different aspect of my voice that I hadn’t previously been in touch with,” says Rogers. “In a way it felt like the first time I’d ever actually sang in my life. It was the beginning of my rebirth as a songwriter and performer.”

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With a pair of acclaimed solo albums to his name – 2015’s The Bloodred Yonder and 2013’s Lost Stories: Volume One – Ben Rogers has been turning heads with compelling songs and captivating performances for a while now. On his previous records, listeners were gravitating towards his fresh take on country-tinged folk and Americana, Rogers found himself drifting away from it. Last month Rogers gave us a taste of the new direction he’s headed with, “Steady Going Nowhere”, a song about "the streets and alleys of East Vancouver and it's dedicated to the people who call those streets and alleys home,” says Rogers.

The sound – still rooted in folk and Americana, though now with an earnest new attitude permeates throughout – is a raw, hazy, rock-inspired swagger that channels the likes of possessed masterminds from Nick Cave to Otis Redding to Marc Bolan of T.Rex. Put simply, it is enveloping and the authenticity is palpable.

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Keep your ear to the ground for more details on Roger’s upcoming LP and future tour dates.

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ABOUT STILL RECORDS

Still Records is a record label established in September 2018 by multi-Platinum acclaimed singer, songwriter and performer Dallas Green. An imprint of award-winning independent label Dine Alone Records, which was started to put out City and Colour’s debut album Sometimes. Still Records is a place where Green will curate a collection of projects that he thinks deserve to be heard and enjoyed.

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LIVING HOUR SHARE NEW VIDEO FOR “BOTTOM STEP”

SOFTER FACES DUE OUT MARCH 1 VIA KANINE RECORDS

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2019 CANADIAN TOUR DATES BEGIN JANUARY 24

“Some of the most heartsick synth-pop since Cocteau Twins.” - Noisey

“Grandiose, all-encompassing shoegaze that stretches to the ends of the earth” - Stereogum

“Hazy, widescreen pop with emotive smoky vocals” - Brooklyn Vegan

"Slowdive just returned, but shoegaze music was already in good hands
with Living Hour." - NPR

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Winnipeg’s Living Hour recently announced its sophomore LP, Softer Faces, due out March 1 via Kanine Records. A follow-up to their highly-praised 2016 S/T debut, it features the haunting, ethereal vocals of lead singer Sam Sarty accompanied by lush, expansive instrumentation.

The band shared a first taste of their new record with hazy, hypnotic leading single “Bottom Step”, and now they’ve released a lyric video for the track. NPR says "Bottom Step" “softly but assertively navigates the feeling of rejection, accented by delicate synth and brass. The song's accompanying visuals expand upon the protagonist's yearning for solitude, as Sarty enjoys a solo swim.”

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The band has announce tour dates for early 2019, including performances in Saskatoon, Calgary, Rossland, and Edmonton before heading to Austin for SXSW. Full tour dates can be found below.

Living Hour has been expanding since their humble basement beginnings in 2015. Now a quintet, rounded out by Gil Carroll (guitar), Adam Soloway (guitar, vocals), Alex Chochinov (drums, trumpet, orangelle), and Brett Ticzon (bass, vocals), Living Hour’s emotive vocals, intricate harmonies, with dreamy washes of guitar, bass, keys, and horns sees the band pulling from many genres to create their own diverse vibe that's intimate, honest, and vulnerable.

Softer Faces was produced by Kurt Feldman (The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Chairlift, DIIV, Dum Dum Girls) in Living Hour’s hometown and mixed by Jarvis Taveniere (Real Estate, Woods, Blouse, Widowspeak) at Thump Studios in Brooklyn.

Known for their mesmerizing and deeply-moving live show, Living Hour has toured Europe, the UK and North America. Their performance captures the dreamy, emotional power of the band’s recordings, creating a mesmerizing, unforgettable, cathartic, and deeply moving live music experience. Sarty finds that, "Sometimes people are a little turned off and not living in the now or being present. I find that when you perform, it's one of the most present moments that you can be in. You're living in the hour." The band is currently wrapping up a North American tour -- see below for upcoming dates.

LIVING HOUR ON TOUR
Jan 24 - Saskatoon, SK - Winterruption Festival @ Black Cat
Jan 25 - Calgary, AB - Big Winter Classic
Jan 26 - Rossland, BC - Blizzard Fest
Jan 29 - Edmonton, AB - Aviary
Mar 7 - New York, NY - New Colossus Festival @ Pianos
Mar 9 - Savannah, GA - Savannah Stopover Festival
Mar 13-17 - Austin, TX - SXSW

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SOFTER FACES TRACKLIST
Hallboy
Bottom Step
I Sink I Sink
Water
Before You Leave
No Past
Slow Shines
Inside
Most

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ANDY SHAUF’S FOXWARREN REVEALS NEW SONG, “TO BE”

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DEBUT SELF-TITLED ALBUM OUT NOVEMBER 30 VIA ARTS & CRAFTS

ANDY SHAUF SOLO TOUR DATES CONTINUE NOVEMBER 16

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"...recalls classic pop songwriters in the vein of Harry Nilsson or Randy Newman, coupled with the plainspoken timbre of a Paul Simon, albeit with a laconic Canadian drawl." - NPR Music

"...one of the single most promising voices to emerge from Canada in recent
memory." - Flood Magazine

"’Everything Apart’ is one of the most imaginative, gorgeous, and stylish singles of 2018, and if listeners can expect the same amount of talent and charm from the album, this will be a quick contender for Album of the Year." – Atwood Magazine

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As college friends, Foxwarren - Andy Shauf (guitars/keys/vocals) and his childhood friends Dallas Bryson (guitar/vocals) and brothers Darryl Kissick (bass) and Avery Kissick (drums & percussion) - initially bonded over Pedro the Lion and drew influence from The Band and Paul Simon.

“To Be” was one of the first songs written for the project. “We tinkered with it for ages and ended up drastically reworking it the weekend it was recorded, but we knew early on that it was going to be the opening song on the record,” Darryl said. 

“It was a guitar riff that I'd been playing for a few years at least, trying to figure out what to do with it,” adds Shauf. “It went through quite a few versions if I remember correctly. Foxwarren have a bad habit of never finishing vocal melodies and lyrics before we finish the music, so it made it a bit tricky and ended up being overhauled at the last minute.”

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Now a decade into the project, Shauf reflects on their debut release: “So much time and effort went into making this album; it's something I think we're all really proud of. My touring and recording schedule got pretty wild over the past three or four years, so it put the Foxwarren album on the backburner. Making the album was such an enjoyable time - the collaboration and frustration of it all. All of us trying to make something better than we previously had. I'm excited to get it out into the world and have other people listen to it. We've been a band for 10 years or so and never properly released an album, so this is special for the four of us.”

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Shauf is currently on a fall solo tour and will perform in Toronto this week. All upcoming dates are listed below.

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ANDY SHAUF TOUR DATES
11/16 – Toronto, ON, Canada – Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church
11/17 – Toronto, ON, Canada – Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church
11/24 – Washington D.C. – The Miracle Theatre
11/25 – Philadelphia, PA – PhilaMOCA
11/26 – Brooklyn, NY – National Sawdust
11/27 – Brooklyn, NY – National Sawdust
11/29 – Chicago, IL – Constellation
11/30 – Chicago, IL – Constellation
12/2 – Hollywood, CA – Hollywood Forever Cemetery
12/3 – Hollywood, CA – Hollywood Forever Cemetery
12/4 – Oakland, CA – Starline Social Club
12/5 – Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
12/6 – Seattle, WA – Columbia City Theater

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FOXWARREN TRACKLIST
To Be
Lost In A Dream
Everything Apart
In Another Life
I’ll Be Alright
Lost On You
Your Small Town
Sunset Canyon
Fall Into A Dream
Give It A Chance

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