SAM WEBER ANNOUNCES NEW LP, SHARES FIRST SINGLE 

EVERYTHING COMES TRUE DUE OUT OCTOBER 25 VIA SONIC UNYON

LISTEN AND SHARE “IT’S ALL HAPPENING” HERE

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TOUR DATES WITH TERRA LIGHTFOOT BEGIN OCTOBER 30

“I think the song of the year is “Ex-Lover” by Sam Weber. The guy’s a hell of a songwriter, great musician, great guitarist… he’s going to do big things” – Afie Jurvanen, Bahamas

“[Weber] is an expert tunesmith, brimming with addictive, adventurous and confident pieces. Infused with deep wit and wisdom, Weber’s output is truly impressive. His guitar work is also killer, full of nuance, soul and a truly unique voice.… We’ll be hearing a lot more from Weber in the coming years and, more than likely, decades” – Guitar Player

“Some guys can sing. Some guys can play guitar. Some guys can write songs. Some guys know their way around the recording studio. Then there are guys like Sam Weber.
[He] can do it all” – Tinnitist

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Today, acclaimed songwriter and guitarist Sam Weber is pleased to announce his new LP, Everything Comes True, due out October 25 via Sonic Unyon. The album’s first single, “It’s All Happening” was inspired by an inside joke between Weber and Terra Lightfoot, who will be touring across Canada together this fall. Full tour dates can be found below.

“‘It’s all happening’ is a mantra Terra and I started saying to each other all the time as a joke,” says Weber. “It sort of means everything, all of it, is unfolding as it should. The lyrics in the song refer to the narrator persevering in the face of adversity and accepting that everything is it motion and happening as it should.”

LISTEN AND SHARE “IT’S ALL HAPPENING” HERE

Emerging from the bright, wide skies of Canada's west coast, Sam Weber has spent the last decade variously honing his craft as a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer - a road that crests a scenic new mountain with the arrival of his stunning new album, Everything Comes True. Expanding on the ambitious canvas of his recent New Agile Freedom EP, Weber has delivered his most compelling release to date, one stacked with remarkable songs filled out by a remarkable range of talents whose gifts complement the artist's own considerable strengths. 

"This collection of songs is the most personal I've put my name on, but this project feels like my least independent,” says Weber. "In crucial moments, the people I collaborated on this saw my truth clearer than I did." He reserves special thanks for L.A. producer Tyler Chester, who cared for the songs as if they were his own, remaining intensely mindful of the album's finer details as well as the fullness of its scope, despite a tight session window. “Much of this record was done in a short period of time," Weber admits. “I'll spend the rest of my life trying to understand how deeply he shaped these performances without touching them."

Industry insiders know Chester not just for his diverse production credits but also his work as a steady session hand on albums and tours by Joan Baez, Jackson Browne, Andrew Bird, Amy Helm, Hayes Carll, Christina Aguilera, and many others. Those heady connections are in addition to the album's heavyweight cast of session players, a lineup that included Dylan Day (Jenny Lewis), pedal steel player Rich Hinman (St. Vincent, Sara Bareilles, Rosanne Cash, Marc Cohn, Cyndi Lauper), guitarist-vocalist Adam Levy (Norah Jones, Tracy Chapman, Ani DiFranco, Allen Toussaint), bassist Bob Glaub (John Lennon, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Stevie Nicks, CSNY, John Fogerty, Leonard Cohen), percussionist Justin Stanley (Prince, Beck, Leonard Cohen, Paul McCartney, Mark Ronson, Robbie Robertson, Willie Nelson), trombonist Elizabeth Lea (Tedeschi Trucks Band, Dirty Projectors, Vampire Weekend), and trumpet player Todd Simon (Solange, Kelis, Antibalas, Kamasi Washington, Ziggy Marley, TV on the Radio). The album's stellar roster of personnel also includes Grammy Award winning mastering engineer Gavin Lurssen, and of course Weber's long-time drummer and collaborator Marshall Wildman.

For all that star power, Weber found magic in unexpected places. Weber describes the album's title track, written at home on his parents‘ piano, as being something of a snapshot of his past, present and future. “I expect things will happen and I see them come to fruition in unexpected ways,” he says. “I’m trying to say that good things and bad things will happen, but not because they’re good or bad, but because they’re true; and the truth always comes out in the end. No matter how tragic or joyous.”

That gently philosophical bent shows up throughout the album, reflected in lyrics that offer hard-earned wisdom as well as cinematic windows into lives, loves, and relationships unwound or made more profound by circumstance and the pull of the road. At once dreamlike and diaristic, the songs reflect Weber's own journey, both personal and professional. As a moment in time and a statement of purpose, Everything Comes True captures an artist speaking with uncommon clarity and unfaltering dedication to his craft.

A perceptive and compelling singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist in the vein of Jackson Browne, The Band, The Wood Brothers and Gillian Welch, Weber has been touring independently and internationally with his band since 2013 — the year after he scored a glowing profile in Guitar Player magazine. Years spent refining songs at home in North Saanich, BC, working in studios in Los Angeles, CA and gigging relentlessly across Canada and throughout the Western U.S. have honed Weber’s craft to a fine point. That journey might have reached a remarkable new place, but to hear Weber tell it, it's never really over.

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ON TOUR WITH TERRA LIGHTFOOT
Oct 30 • Winnipeg, MB • West End Cultural Centre* [ TICKETS ]
Oct 31 • Regina, SK • The Exchange* [ TICKETS ]
Nov 1 • Saskatoon, SK • Capitol Music Club* [ TICKETS ]
Nov 2 • Calgary, AB • Gateway Lounge* [ TICKETS ]
Nov 4 • Whistler, BC • Maury Young Arts Centre*  [ TICKETS ]
Nov 5 • Vancouver, BC • Biltmore Cabaret* [ TICKETS ]
Nov 6 • Kelowna, BC • Fernando’s Pub* [ TICKETS ]
Nov 7 • Invermere, BC • Pynelogs Cultural Centre* [ TICKETS ]
Nov 8 • Golden, BC • Kicking Horse Culture Centre* [ TICKETS ]
Nov 9 • Edmonton, AB • Station on Jasper* [ TICKETS ]

*With Terra Lightfoot

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EVERYTHING COMES TRUE TRACKLIST
01 Everything Comes True
02 It’s All Happening
03 Obligated
04 Queen On The Money
05 Avenir
06 Mendocino
07 Probably Not
08 Promise Of The Road
09 Blackout
10 No

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MICAH ERENBERG SHARES VIDEO FOR TITLE TRACK FROM UPCOMING LP

WATCH AND SHARE “LOVE IS GONNA FIND YOU” HERE

LOVE IS GONNA FIND YOU OUT OCTOBER 4 VIA SLEEPLESS RECORDS

CANADIAN TOUR DATES CONTINUE SEPTEMBER 25

“Absolutely incredible” - Phil Taggart BBC Radio

"Canada's Best Indie Rock Newcomer” - GigWise UK

“Love Is Gonna Find You” Single Art Work

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With only a few short weeks remaining until the release of Micah Erenberg’s new LP, Love Is Gonna Find You, the Manitoba based songwriter is sharing the video for the title track. Shot during one of the coldest weeks in the middle of the winter on Lake Winnipeg, two things were needed for the video: a new parka for director Colin Medley and an old piano. The piano in the middle of the lake caused a bit of a stir among the local ice fishing Facebook groups

"Micah and I shot this video twice, once at sunset, and the following day at sunrise,” says Medley. “It was blisteringly cold. In between the two shoots, some ice fishers found the piano and it caused quite the buzz on some local Facebook groups, with a lot of speculation as to how it ended up in the middle of a frozen lake. Hopefully now that the video is out, the unsolved mystery of the piano on the lake will finally be put to rest.”

“It was really funny to witness the absolute mayhem of the Manitoba Ice Fishers Facebook group,” says Erenberg. “As the rumours of the mysterious piano began to circulate… ‘I heard they were making a movie’... ‘I heard they’re planning on blowing it up on Wednesday’... etc, etc. It was amazing how many people were concerned about the waste from the piano, despite the lack of concern for so many people leaving trash behind at their fishing sites, or even dumping trash right into their fishing holes. Of course, we cleaned up the piano completely. It is now slowly being disassembled for its new life as garden ornamentation. Let this be a reminder to all: Our lakes are a valuable and fragile resource. Please don’t litter our waterways.”

WATCH AND SHARE “LOVE IS GONNA FIND YOU” HERE


Due out October 4 via Sleepless Records, Love Is Gonna Find You is the songwriter’s highly anticipated second album. The LP finds Erenberg lifting his listeners into a sphere of delicate fulfillment, painting loneliness as a universal craving for human connection over his narratives of getting sober, rain soaked mornings and searching for something bigger than ourselves. 

Growing up in the very rural Manitoba, Erenberg gravitated towards music as a curious endeavour around the age of 9 when he first picked up a guitar. That soon turned into writing and recording and inevitably, tours followed and numerous band projects continued until, at the age of 20, he set out to do his own thing. Going it alone has allowed him to express an overlying message of love and positivity through his work and it’s on Love Is Gonna Find You that Erenberg has truly found his groove.

WATCH AND SHARE “JUST WHO I AM” HERE

Lyrically, the album paints a scrambling collage of navigating the loss of love while also providing a rolling, self-effacing pep talk. With love, comes pain and Erenberg’s commentary on both simultaneously elevates the textures throughout. It’s a kaleidoscope of memories, merged together to push Erenberg out of the funk he’s found himself in to produce something ultimately positive and downright life-affirming. As he points out on opener, “Do It For Love”, live for the minute you came to this Earth and the minute you’ll leave, no matter how long those nights can feel.

WATCH AND SHARE “DO IT FOR LOVE” HERE

Produced and recorded with Alexandre Bonenfant, the album was crafted in several studios between Toronto, Winnipeg, and Micah’s home town. Switching up the environments has manifested itself as a mirage of characters, ones that teeter on the soft focus of an acoustic guitar while others erupt into strange electronic soundscapes. There’s woozy harmonies, low croons and fervent choruses. Erenberg may revel in the gloom for a moment but it’s soon dispersed as the laugh of a friend echoes in between songs. It’s raw, it’s real and it’s full of heart.

LISTEN AND SHARE “SUNSPILL” HERE

WATCH AND SHARE “SOMEWHERE BEYOND THE OCEAN” HERE


TOUR DATES
Sep 25 - Langenburg, SK  - Flav’r Ranch *
Sep 26 - Saskatoon, SK - Black Cat Tavern *
Sep 27 - Edmonton, AB - Aviary *
Sep 28 - Calgary, AB - King Eddy *
Sep 29 - Red Deer, AB - Bo’s *
Oct 04 - Whitehorse, YT - BreakOut West
Oct 09 - Glasgow, UK - Hug & Pint
Oct 11 - Lake District, UK - Wild Zucchinis Bistro
Oct 12 - Middlesborough, UK - Twisterella Festival
Oct 13 - Newcastle, UK - Bobik’s w/ Detroit Tourist Board %
Oct 17 - Hastings, UK - Marina Fountain #
Oct 18 - Margate, UK - Tom Thumb Theatre
Oct 19 - Rotterdam, NL - Left of the Dial Festival
Oct 22 - Dortmund, GER - Tanz auf Ruinen
Oct 26 - Cologne, GER - Moonshine Session
Nov 14 - Winnipeg, MB - WECC
Nov 20 - Toronto, ON - The Dakota Tavern

* with Mise en Scene
% with Detroit Tourist Board
# with Mt. Misery

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LOVE IS GONNA FIND YOU TRACKLIST
1. Do It For Love
2. What Am I Doing Here
3. The Hardest Thing to Say
4. Into the Night
5. Just Who I Am
6. Love Is Gonna Find You
7. Somewhere Beyond the Ocean
8. Sunspill
9. Bored 
10. Wake Me Up When It’s Over

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nêhiyawak ANNOUNCES DEBUT ALBUM, nipiy 

LISTEN & SHARE FIRST SINGLE “ôtênaw” HERE

TRIO FROM AMISKWACIY TREATY 6 PERFORMS IN HAMILTON SEP 26, EDMONTON OCT 4, CALGARY OCT 5, SASKATOON OCT 6 AND ANNOUNCES UPCOMING SHOWS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA IN DECEMBER

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nêhiyawak hails from amiskwaciy (Edmonton) on Treaty 6 territory. On the band’s debut album, nipiy – out October 24 on Arts & Crafts – the trio of Indigenous artists – Kris Harper (vocals, guitars), Marek Tyler (drums), and Matthew Cardinal (synths, bass) – transcends a new intersection of traditional storytelling and contemporary sound. A collection of songs strongly inspired by the Idle No More movement, says Harper, “nipiy is for those who don’t seem to fit in for a myriad of reasons. To inspire others to use their voice and to send messages to future generations.”

nêhiyawak – whose name refers directly to their nêhiyaw ancestry – is a spirited expression of Indigeneity. nipiy, which translates to water, is the title of nêhiyawak's first full length album. The flow and pace of the album, symbolic of the flow and pace of water, begins and ends with pieces dedicated to kisiskâciwanisîpiy (North Saskatchewan River), a river that flows through the center of amiskwaciy. In the band's words, “There are many important ideas and teachings that we were raised with in our lives, but few more important than water. It’s a modern conversation with complex meanings and understandings.”

WATCH “kisiskâciwanisîpiy pêyak” (Album Trailer) HERE 

To mark the album’s announcement, today the band shares nipiy’s first single – “ôtênaw” which features the viscerally affective interplay of sonic exploration and cultural meaning that is core to nêhiyawak. The song – the apex of tension on nipiy – puts front and centre the affective and deeply considered lyrics of Harper, here in his most impassioned and strained voice:


we have among us some gentle hands

we also have some others harder to understand

that’s why “they” was made, no you cannot pretend

while wasting one another in the name of the new land

“ôtênaw means city in nêhiyawēwin,” explains Harper. “There are things being spoken to that are directly about cities and how they dominate the social fabric across a plethora of cultures all over the world. Also trying to understand not only historical ways, but also the contemporary factors that lead to this apparatus as something that continues to work and also questioning what that work is. For instance, there is a major reference in the bridge about the creation of ‘they’: not only linguistically but also how that impacts the psychology of people who live in cities.”

LISTEN & SHARE “ôtênaw” HERE

Produced by Colin Stewart (The New Pornographers, Black Mountain, Destroyer), nêhiyawak’s sound combines terse post-rock soundscapes with surreal pop and sheer ambient aspects. Anchored by the hollowed pounding of Tyler’s traditional carved cedar log drums and Cardinal’s electronic inflections, nipiy combines the teachings of nêhiyawak’s Elders with the band’s own interests in music, instrumentation and lyrics. nêhiyawak’s debut album tells their story of collective experience – a band empowered by history and progress, compelled to add to the great body of work. As Harper says, “Our goal is not to build up a group of individuals, but rather keep kicking at the door built in front of many.”

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Best described in the band’s own words, drummer Marek Tyler offers this context on nêhiyawak:

“A few years back, when talking about nêhiyawak, Matthew [Cardinal] said, ‘it's more than a band.’ His comment stuck with me. 

 When we started learning songs and writing together, I connected to Kris's lyrics. How did my family deal with the 60's scoop and with residential schools? I thought about my nieces and nephews growing their hair. I thought about my family. 

When recording nipiy, my friend Carey Newman, a Kwakwaka'wakw and Coast Salish artist, loaned us a few of his family's drums. A 6 ft x 3 ft elk hide frame-drum, a carved cedar log drum (both Kwakwaka'wakw), and a pow-wow drum. Guided by my family's teachings, I decided to care for the drums in a manner that is in line with our protocols. I asked my family for support to do this work. I became friends with those drums. Together, we played loud. We shared whispers. We had a moment. When I heard those drums back in the studio, they sounded beautiful and proud.

Why is nêhiyawak more than a band? Because our families, our nêhiyaw communities, and our ways of knowing and being inform our work. For me, our album nipiy represents an ongoing process of connecting, learning and growing with each other.”

TOUR DATES

Sep 26 - Hamilton, ON - McMaster University
Oct 4 - Edmonton, AB - Aviary
Oct 5 - Calgary, AB - King Eddy
Oct 6 - Saskatoon, SK - Amigo’s Cantina
Dec 5 - Vancouver, BC - Museum of Anthropology
Dec 6 - Victoria, BC - Lucky Bar

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nêhiyawak nipiy tracklist
1. kisiskâciwanisîpiy pêyak 
2. copper
3. page
4. somnambulist
5. secret 
6. perch
7. ôtênaw
8. starlight
9. tommaso
10. open window
11. disappear
12. kisiskâciwanisîpiy nîso

NOTES
nêhiyawak ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐊᐧᐠ
Pronunciation: NEH-hee-oh-wuk
Meanings: Cree People, People of the Plains, Plains People, Exact People, Free People
Note: There are no letters capitalized in Cree language. Please write name in all lower case.

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