SAM WEBER SHARES LYRIC VIDEO FOR LP TITLE TRACK

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NEW ALBUM EVERYTHING COMES TRUE OUT NOW VIA SONIC UNYON RECORDS

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“Sparkling with production clarity at some moments and humbly gentle in others, Everything Comes True manages to create a nostalgic blend of country and Americana, riding through late nights towards West coast forests all the while.”-  Exclaim!

“[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

“shows why he is being tipped as an artist to watch closely” – FYI Music News

“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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Acclaimed Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist, Sam Weber is today sharing the lyric video for “Everything Comes True”, the title track of his new LP produced by LA-based Tyler Chester (session player with Andrew Bird, Joan Baez, Jackson Browne).

The track, written at home on his parents’ piano, is described by Weber as being something of a snapshot of his past, present, and future. “I’m trying to say that good things and bad things will happen,” says Sam, “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.” It’s a gentle philosophical bent that surfaces throughout the new record but highlighted at its finest on Everything Comes True with lyrics that spell hard-earned wisdom and music that touches on the sound of The Band, Gillian Welch and Alice Coltrane via Weber’s twinkling piano and fuzzed guitar.

WATCH AND SHARE “EVERYTHING COMES TRUE” HERE

Alongside Weber’s own penchant for storytelling and guitar playing, the new album finds the artist borrowing the skills of a heavyweight cast of session players including guitarist, Dylan Day (Jenny Lewis), pedal steel player Rich Hinman (St Vincent, Cyndi Lauper), guitarist-vocalist Adam Levy (Tracy Chapman, Norah Jones), trombonist Elizabeth Lea (Dirty Projectors, Vampire Weekend) and percussionist Justin Stanley (Prince, Beck, Paul McCartney) amongst a whole host of other names. The stellar roster is further cemented with the Grammy Award-winning engineer, Gavin Lurssen.

Weber, who takes influence from his time spent on the road, looks to expand on the ambitious canvas of his recent New Agile Freedom EP, as well as earlier LP releases, Shadows in the Road (2014) and Valentina Nevada (2016). Everything Comes True looks to reflect Weber’s travels as an artist, both in the psychological and physiological realm. Lyrically and musically, tracks paint a vivid narrative of his time spent travelling across the North American continent detailing the emotional journeys that come with extensive time spent away, as well as the stories that accumulate. 

Currently on tour with Terra Lightfoot, Weber will run through Western Canada before heading to Ontario for a string of dates. Full dates can be found below.

WATCH AND SHARE “IT’S ALL HAPPENING” LYRIC VIDEO HERE

TOUR DATES
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*
Nov 8 - Golden, BC - Kicking Horse Culture Centre *
Nov 9 • Edmonton, AB • Station on Jasper* [ TICKETS ]
Nov 15 • Toronto, ON  • The Cameron House (Indie Week) [ TICKETS ]
Nov 17 - Hamilton, ON - Mills Hardware (Hamilton Album Release) ^ [ TICKETS ]
Nov 22 - Toronto, ON - Rivoli ^ [ TICKETS ]
Nov 23 - Grimsby, ON - Station 1 Coffeehouse ^ [ TICKETS ]

*With Terra Lightfoot
^With Dan Edmonds

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PUP HAUNT YOUR TV SCREENS WITH NEW VIDEO FOR “SEE YOU AT YOUR FUNERAL”

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NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES CONTINUE FEB 20

POLARIS MUSIC PRIZE LONG-LISTED ALBUM, MORBID STUFF, OUT NOW VIA LITTLE DIPPER / UNIVERSAL MUSIC CANADA

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"Morbid Stuff just still sounds like friends having fun and making catchy, cathartic punk anthems for teens and almost-adults alike — offering a brief, but much needed respite from the hell that is everyday life...their strongest album to date." - Exclaim! (9/10)

"These guys are heroes." - NPR Music's Robin Hilton

"If you're gonna start a record, you might as well do it right. I just cannot get enough of this record. I think it's one of my favorite records of the year. Easily...musically it's explosive. It is huge." - NPR Music's New Music Friday Podcast

"'Morbid Stuff' is the angriest PUP has ever sounded. But it’s not a cry for help. It’s a cry of freedom, the sound of a band realizing that anger is liberating..." - Pitchfork (7.9)

"Morbid Stuff [is] another collection of explosively catchy anthem/tantrums...[PUP] still sound about as vibrant and youthful as a rock band can. It’s invigorating. It’s harrowing. It rules. Fuck with it." - Stereogum

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Today, PUP invite you to join them as they catch up on the latest episode of Growing Up Ghouls in the new video for “See You At Your Funeral” from director Joe Stakun. With the Falls Apart Tour having shredded through North America already, the band will head over seas next month before returning for another rip through the US and Canada in 2020. Full tour dates can be found below and tickets can be purchased HERE 

WATCH AND SHARE “SEE YOU AT YOUR FUNERAL” HERE

Formed in Toronto five years ago, PUP – comprised of Stefan Babcock, Nestor Chumak, Zack Mykula, and Steve Sladowski – quickly became favorites of the punk scene with their first two, critically-beloved albums, winning accolades everywhere from the New York Times to Pitchfork, from NPR and Rolling Stone, and more. Now, with their Polaris Music Prize Shortlisted LP, Morbid Stuff, PUP have grown up and doubled down on everything that made you love their first two records. It’s gang’s-all-here vocals, guitarmonies, and lyrics about death. Lots of them. Fitting to their ethos, their new album takes the dichotomy of fun and emotional wreckage in their songs and teeters between gleeful chaos and bleak oblivion while wielding some of the best choruses the band has ever written. It’s the most insightful, sweetest, funniest, sickest, angriest, saddest and most inescapably desperate collection of songs they’ve recorded to date.  If their self-titled record was the fuse and The Dream Is Over was the bomb going off, Morbid Stuff is your family sifting through the rubble, only to find you giggling while you bleed to death.

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MORE PRAISE FOR PUP AND MORBID STUFF

"Along with the band’s songwriting, Babcock’s point of view has sharpened further and grown even more candid, grappling with his own depression and repurposing the band’s most crippling doubts into addictive hooks." - Vulture

"With 'Morbid Stuff,' the Toronto band made the best album of their career." - Noisey

""PUP’s third album Morbid Stuff is by far their best yet, and already one of the best punk albums of the year." - Brooklyn Vegan

"The beauty of PUP is that the band writes confident, catchy punk songs that are fueled, almost exclusively, by anxiety and indecision. On ['Morbid Stuff'], PUP offers up a new batch of songs that all play like stadium-punk anthems, but Stefan Babcock is still singing about every stupid thing he’s ever said or done. " - The A.V. Club

"['Morbid Stuff' is] the year’s catchiest, darkest, and overall best punk album" - Uproxx

"A refreshing, sarcastic antidote to fighting misery with the usual greetings card-meets-motivational poster sentiment, ‘Morbid Stuff’ secures PUP’s position at the top of the present-day punk rock pile." - NME (4/5)

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FALLS APART TOUR:
Nov 6 - Amsterdam, NE - Melkweg Oz !
Nov 7 - Cologne, DE - Luxor !
Nov 9 - Copenhagen, DK - Loppen ! **SOLD OUT**
Nov 10 - Hamburg, DE - Knust !
Nov 11 - Berlin, DE - Bi Nuu !
Nov 13 - Vienna, AT - Chelsea !
Nov 14 - Munich, DE - Backstage Halle !
Nov 15 - Milan, IT - Arci Ohibo !
Nov 17 - Antwerp, Belgium - Trix !
Nov 18 - Paris, FR - Trabendo !
Nov 20 - London, UK - Electric Ballroom #
Nov 21 - London, UK - Electric Ballroom $ **SOLD OUT**
Nov 22 - Bristol, UK - SWX $
Nov 23 - Birmingham, UK - Academy 2 $ **SOLD OUT**
Nov 25 - Leeds, UK - Stylus $
Nov 26 - Glasgow, UK - The Garage $ **SOLD OUT**
Nov 28 - Newcastle, UK - The Riverside $
Nov 29 - Manchester, UK - Manchester Academy 2 $ **SOLD OUT**
Nov 30 - Southampton, UK - The Loft  $ **SOLD OUT**

FULL BLOWN MELTDOWN TOUR:
Feb 20 - Peterborough, ON - The Venue %
Feb 21 - Buffalo, NY - Asbury Hall Babeville %
Feb 22 - Oshawa, ON - The Music Hall Concert Theatre %
Feb 25 - Phoenix, AZ - The Van Buren ^
Feb 26 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theater ^
Feb 28 - Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall ~
Feb 29 - Dallas, TX - Canton Hall ~
Mar 1 - Austin, TX - Emo’s ~
Mar 2 - Oklahoma, OK - Tower Theatre ^
Mar 4 - Omaha, NE - The Waiting Room ^
Mar 5 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theater ^
Mar 6 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Complex ^
Mar 8 - Tacoma, WA - Spanish Ballroom at McMenamins Elks Temple ^
Mar 9 - Seattle, WA - Neptune Theater ^
Mar 10 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater ^
Mar 11 - Eugene, OR - Sessions Music Hall ^
Mar 13 - Sacramento, CA - Aces Of Spades ^
Mar 14 - San Francisco, CA - The Regency Ballroom ^

! - w. Support from Sløtface
# - w. Support from Nervus & Kermes
$ - w. Support from Sløtface and Fresh
% - w. Support from Drew Thomson Foundation & Casper Skulls
^ - w. Support from Screaming Females & Drew Thomson Foundation
~ - w. Support from Drew Thomson Foundation

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DAN MANGAN ANNOUNCES 10TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE EDITION OF NICE, NICE, VERY NICE INCLUDING UNRELEASED MATERIAL

THE 2XLP DELUXE EDITION OF DAN MANGAN’S BREAKOUT ALBUM FEATURES A SECOND LP OF PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED MATERIAL, B-SIDES, DEMOS, AND ALTERNATE VERSIONS FROM THE ORIGINAL SESSIONS

NICE, NICE, VERY NICE 10TH ANNIVERSARY 2XLP OUT NOV 15 VIA ARTS & CRAFTS

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In 2009, Dan Mangan released Nice, Nice, Very Nice, an album that established him as one of this generation's most thoughtful songwriters and lyricists. Hear Ya called it the “most pleasant surprise of 2009”, while Exclaim! predicted the future saying the album “knocks you flat on your ass...Mangan's career is clearly on the rise. Hop on board and enjoy the ride."

Now, ten years later, Mangan is celebrating that pivotal album by releasing a deluxe edition double LP that includes a second album of previously unreleased material, b-sides, demos, and alternate versions from the original sessions. The album is available to pre-order today and is officially out on November 15 via Arts & Crafts. For a preview of what’s on the second disc, Mangan is sharing “A Tragic Turn Of Events”, a 2008 demo of a deep cut that only some fans might be familiar with.

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“I remember the months prior to recording this album were complicated,” says Mangan in an essay about Nice, Nice, Very which can be found in the deluxe edition’s liner notes. “I’d cut ties with my manager and my relationship with my record label was uncertain. I had been denied every recording grant I could find. 

I remember going for a long walk with my mom and step-mom. I knew I’d written some decent songs, but I was terribly broke and scared to move forward. We came up with a plan - that I’d draw up a proposal and reach out to people in our community, asking for contributions toward the production cost. I’d pay everyone back with interest. ‘There are people who would love to support you’. This was before crowd-funding was a thing, but we’d inadvertently stumbled upon it.

I remember telling John Critchley that I wanted the album to be thoughtful, but that it should still feel like a party at times. John had recorded some albums for Elliott Brood, who I’d toured with in Australia. I emailed him the demos and we had a few long-distance chats. He believed in the songs and I was excited to work with him. I was also excited to work with someone in Toronto - it seemed like a world away from Vancouver.

I remember staying in the east end of Toronto with family-friends and riding the Queen St streetcar from The Beaches to Parkdale - an hour commute to and from the studio each day. It was just enough time to obsessively over-analyze everything we were working on.

I remember running in to Kevin Drew from Broken Social Scene at Poor John’s - where I’d get my coffee each morning. That was exciting. I was in love with his band and also with his record label, Arts & Crafts.

I remember Justin Rutledge was very hung over, but I convinced him to come in anyhow, and he still sang like a bird on “Tina’s Glorious Comeback”. Mark Berube played piano on “Robots” and “Sold” and even took a verse on “Some People”, and those piano melodies lingered in my head for years. Mark Sasso screamed the high notes on “Robots”. Ryan from The Warped 45s played mandolin on “Road Regrets”. Jean-Olivier and Rachel Prince came in from Quebec City to play violin and trombone. It was to them that I said ‘Allons y’ at the beginning of “Et Les Mots Croisés”, which prior to that moment had been called “Tea and Crosswords”. Anne Bourne was an old friend of John’s, and she improvised cello lines. Shaun Brodie was a new trumpet friend. To me, he was famous because he’d played with Hayden. 

I remember gathering a ton of pals from the Vancouver music scene to sing the gang vocals on “Robots”. Said The Whale, Hannah Georgas, The Zolas, etc. None of us knew then what that song would become for me. I don’t remember which of us started applauding at the end, or why - what a bizarre thing to do… but for some reason, I think that little closing group-clap is integral to the recording’s sardonic tenderness.

I remember when “Robots” was added to Grant Lawrence’s CBC R3 Podcast. At that time, it was the greatest bit of promo you could hope for in Canadian indie music. 

I remember the first time somebody showed up to a concert head-to-toe in a robot costume. The song wasn’t even mine anymore. “Robots” had taken on a meaning far beyond what I think I had intended. It just couldn’t have been planned in some board room, which made it all the more beautiful and real. What was even more bizarre was that it started to happen more and more frequently. I’d invite entire groups of robots on stage to dance while we closed the shows. It was ludicrous. It was a carnival. I was the ringleader.

I remember selling out The Horseshoe in Toronto and feeling like I’d climbed Mount Everest. The next morning, The Globe and Mail published a scathing and mean-spirited review of the show. I was devastated. They will crown you, then they will take your legs. My brother Neil, who was tour managing, looked for a silver lining. He said, ‘You’ve made it! You’re popular enough to trash!’. 

I remember my boss calling me from my restaurant job in Vancouver: ‘You’ve been touring for six months, and every month you’re gone, I have to fill out a form explaining why you’re still on the payroll. I don’t like paperwork - so I’m letting you know that you’ve quit.’ I might have never pulled that trigger if he didn’t do it for me.

I remember receiving an email from Arts & Crafts while on tour in Amsterdam with Kirsten. They wanted me to join their management roster, and potentially their record label. I closed the computer. I could barely even handle it and worried that if I responded too quickly, they might rescind the offer. We went for dinner.

I remember wanting to be a troubadour. I wanted to add my sweat to the walls of every dive bar in the world. I loved the fantasy of it all. Chasing somebody else’s dragon. Now I care less about being seen in that light. I’m not a mysterious kind of artist, lurking pack-to-pack in the moonlight. I’m a guy who wants to write songs that articulately discuss how the pros of existing might outweigh the cons. I’m a guy who takes the early flight home so I can eat lunch with my kids. I hope that’s enough.

I used to be so young. How did I get so old?”

READ DAN’S FULL ESSAY ONLINE HERE

PRAISE FOR NICE, NICE, VERY NICE

"He's an observer in the sense you'd want to join him on a patio for a drink just to see the city through his eyes for an afternoon. Until then, Nice, Nice, Very Nice effectively lets you pretend for just over 40 mesmerizing minutes." - CHARTATTACK

"It's hard to believe that this new collection of stellar songs won't help him leave each tour stop with countless new fans in his corner." - HEROHILL

"Listeners wouldn't expect the cheeky content to sail through waves of dynamic choral balladeering and colourful instrumentation, but Mangan doesn't only pull it off, he makes it soar." -SOUNDPROOF

“While most of us keep moving along, Mangan distills these banalities into earnest indie folk and invites us into his chorus.” - NOW 

“Material like Nice, Nice, Very Nice, doesn’t surface too often... Few can actively understand what they’re seeing and transcribe these experiences and feelings into words as well as he can.” - 30 MUSIC

“Sardonic observer of the world around him one moment, absurdist storyteller the next, but I suppose when done right the two really aren’t all that different.” - CHROMEWAVES

“It’s remarkable how Mangan’s songs travel across a spectrum of sounds all the while forming a cohesive identity that is very much the sum of the parts.” - VUE WEEKLY

“Mature, slow to unravel, and broad in scope, this is a fine, fine, very fine record indeed.” -THE LINE OF BEST FIT

“Not only is every aspect of the sound and lyrics perfect, but never has an album made me feel so many emotions over the course of less than an hour. Perhaps this is the power of folk music that I have never been able to appreciate until now.” - GRAYOWL POINT

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NICE, NICE, VERY NICE 10TH ANNIVERSARY DELUXE 2XLP TRACKLIST

Side A
1. Road Regrets
2. Robots
3. The Indie Queens are Waiting
4. Sold
5. Fair Verona

Side B
6. You Silly Git
7. Tina's Glorious Comeback
8. Et Les Mots Croisés
9. Some People
10. Pine For Cedars
11. Basket
12. Set the Sails

Side C
13. The Indie Queens Are Waiting (Ellis Demo)
14. Set the Sails (Ellis Demo ft. Leslie Alexander)
15. Robots (Ellis Demo)
16. Et Les Mots Croisés (2008 Demo)
17. Tina's Glorious Comeback (2008 Demo)

Side D
18. One of Many (Ellis Demo)
19. 'Til I Fall  (Roboteering EP)
20. Tragic Turn of Events (2008 Demo)
21. Kerouac Spelled Wrong (2008 Demo)
22. Garçon Means Boy (2008 Demo)
23. Something To Do (2008 Demo)

TOUR DATES
Nov 2 - Red Deer, AB - Bo’s Bar And Grill
Nov 19 - London, ON - London Music Hall
Nov 20 - St. Catharines, ON - FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre
Nov 21 - Peterborough, ON - Market Hall
Nov 23 - Ottawa, ON - National Arts Centre Southam Hall
Nov 25 - Kingston, ON - The Grand Theatre
Nov 26 - Creemore, ON - Avening Hall
Nov 27 - Bayfield, ON - Old Town Hall
Nov 28 - Bayfield, ON - Old Town Hall
Nov 29 - Barrie, ON - Maverick’s Music Hall

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