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NATURE, MAN & WOMAN OUT DECEMBER 6 VIA TELEPHONE EXPLOSION

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“It's heartening to hear a Toronto band like Badge Époque Ensemble cutting an album that's just an instant stone cold classic.” - Exclaim (9/10)

“Groove oriented wah wah odysseys — instrumentals that push you and pull you, that chip away at the walls we put up, that urge your primal soul to dance like no one could film you for their social feeds.” - Dominionated 

“The set of seasoned improvisers glide gracefully on the murky waters of an almost instrumental album.“ - Le Devoir 

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Today, Badge Époque Ensemble share another track from their upcoming Nature, Man & Woman, out December 6 via Telephone Explosion. EP Opener “Zealous Child” comes as something of a sequel to the debut LP’s sole vocal featuring track “Undressed In Solitude”. This go round BÉE have teamed up with Toronto singer Dorothea Paas to ruminate on notions of spiritual wisdom overtop a progressive and climactically bombastic homebrew. 

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The disco-sleeved 12” EP provides a revealing glimpse of a musically omnivorous approach. The simmering new platter containing 3 songs, producing 26 minutes of dank flute-oriented atmosphere.

The A side contains 2 songs, which seem to hint at diverging future directions this eclectic combo might take moving forward. Title track “Nature, Man & Woman” closes out the side with 6 ominous minutes of mysterious provenance. Somewhere between a live performance and a collaged tapestry, the group make more explicit than ever before their affinity for beat- centric loop music. Sounding like Lonnie Liston Smith gone trip-hop for a broadcast prohibited episode of Law & Order, BÉE posit themselves here as amongst the moodiest of contemporary instrumental collectives. Little wonder that library music enthusiasts around the world have made emphatic note of the Ensemble. 

2020 will see the group returning to the studio, refining new arrangements. Until then we have a generous and unusual second helping to help us puzzle over what sounds Badge Époque Ensemble may investigate next. 

MORE PRAISE FOR BADGE ÉPOQUE ENSEMBLE
"The jazzy, progressive instrumental sextet are experts in groove, building each one as a vessel for adventurous melodies that snake from restless funk to wild explosions of dramatic psych"
- NOW Magazine

“Twig’s writing is sure to appeal to anyone who likes late-’60s prog from the Canterbury scene”
- Vancouver Sun

“...trippy groovefest...that takes more twists and turns than a bag of pretzels” - Tinnitist

"Will throw you back into a time when pop orchestration was king" - Laurie Brown’s Pondercast

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NATURE, MAN & WOMAN TRACKLIST
A1. Zealous Child: 5:45
A2. Nature, Man & Woman: 6:10
B1. Badge Theme: 14:39 

BADGE ÉPOQUE ENSEMBLE IS:
Jay Anderson - Drums & Percussion
Chris Bezant - Guitar, Electric Sitar
Alia O’Brien - Flute Ed Squires - Congas, Percussion
Giosue Rosati - Bass
Maximillian “Twig” Turnbull - Clavinet, Rhodes 

BADGE ÉPOQUE ENSEMBLE LIVE
 Dec 12 – Toronto, ON – Lula Lounge with André Ethier

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YOKE LORE SHARES NEW A/B SINGLES “BRAVADO” & “BODY PARTS”

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Yoke Lore (aka Adrian Galvin) today releases his latest A/B single “Bravado” / “Body Parts” via Arts & Crafts. “Body Parts”, an ode to the power of instinct, has become a favourite with fans on Adrian’s most recent US headline tour. “Bravado” is about loving someone, flaws and all. 

Speaking on the tracks, he said: “‘Body Parts’ is about trusting your gut. Trusting the senses you get from your fingers and your tongue and listening to the little Jiminy Cricket inside of your skull whenever he speaks up. It's hard to trust ourselves in this day and age when so much information is available, when right and wrong is blurred by the sheer availability of multitudinous perspectives and options. This song is a plea to myself to allow myself to be guided by my instincts. 

‘Bravado’ is about the agreement you make with someone you love to take care of one another's limitations. We often fall in love with someone's beautiful parts and then their real full self comes into the picture later on, and we have to contend with those not so beautiful parts. This song is about real love being borne through that struggle. Being comfortable with letting someone see your failures and you accepting someone else's.” 

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New York indie pop project Yoke Lore, the brainchild of multi-instrumentalist artist Adrian Galvin, is a unique blend of soulful beats, harmonies and truthful storytelling, resulting in arresting pop music led by Adrian’s hypnotic vocals. He recently released “Everybody Wants To Be Loved” with NVDES, with the track proving a hit and adding to Adrian’s 100 million streams across all platforms. Stepping away from the stripped back sound of his most recent EP Meditations, the single layers Adrian’s idyllic vocals atop an infectious beat to create a fun dancefloor jam. The accompanying video is colourful, captivating and chaotic.

Adrian’s musical biography read Walk the Moon and Yellerkin before he founded his musical moniker Yoke Lore, through which he released a steady stream of EPs (four in four years) and built a reputation as an electric live performer. The inspiration behind the name - a yoke is something that holds things together; lore is a set of stories or collection of ideas about an event, time or culture - is woven throughout Adrian’s work, evident in his exploration of universal experiences through personal storytelling. 

After recent sold out shows in Vancouver and Toronto, Yoke Lore will be heading overseas for another run of tour dates in December. Watch for more tour dates to be announced in the near future.

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UK & EU TOUR DATES
Dec 7 - St Luke’s, Glasgow
Dec 8 - Club Academy, Manchester
Dec 9 - Islington Assembly Hall, London
Dec 11 - Melkweg Max, Amsterdam
Dec 12 - Uebel & Gefährlich, Hamburg
Dec 13 - Metropol, Berlin
Dec 15 - Die Kantine, Cologne
Dec 16 - Mascotte, Zürich
Dec 17 - La Bellevilloise, Paris 

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THE FRANKLIN ELECTRIC ANNOUNCE NEW EP, SHARE NEW VIDEO

IN YOUR HEART EP OUT FEBRUARY 21, 2020 VIA NETTWERK

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Montreal based Alt/Indie-Folk collective The Franklin Electric share the official music video for single “Anything For Love” which is off the upcoming In Your Heart EP, out February 21, 2020. Premiering courtesy of Northern Transmissions, the track is about “heartbreak, loneliness and its effects,” says frontman Jon Matte. “We all want to be loved or find the real thing, but it can become a bit of a riddle or a game at times. The video was an idea from a close friend about loneliness, loss and how we cope using "likes" or "loves" on social media the same way some people use drugs.”

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The JUNO Award nominated group recently finished a headline European tour and return to Canada for a run of dates starting on November 23 in Waterloo, Quebec at Maison de la Culture, which sees the band throughout Quebec and Ontario until December 13. A full list of dates is below. 

Since emerging in 2014 with their debut album This Is How I Let You Down, The Franklin Electric have logged nearly 400 shows, canvassing the world alongside everyone from Mumford & Sons and Ben Howard to Edward Sharpe and City and Colour. Along the way, 2017’s Blue Ceilings marked a major milestone. Not only did the record produce favorites such as “I Know The Feeling” and “Someone Just Like You”, but it also led to a nomination at the 2018 JUNO Award awards in the category of Breakthrough Group of the Year. 

Stay tuned for more updates The Franklin Electric in the coming weeks.

IN YOUR HEART EP TRACKLIST
01 Anything for Love
02 Who
03 Trouble
04 Ghost
05 Turned To Stone
06 In Your Heart

TOUR DATES
11/23 – Waterloo, QC @ Maison de la Culture
11/26 – Gatineau, QC @ Maison de la Culture (Salle Odyssee)
11/27 – Kingston, ON @ Sydenham United Church w/ Tim Baker  
11/28 – Quebec City, QC @ Impérial Bell
11/29 – Jonquiere, QC @ Salle Pierrette-Gaudreault
11/30 – Victoriaville, QC @ Espace Carré
12/4 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall w/ Tim Baker
12/5 – London, ON @ London Music Hall w/ Tim Baker
12/6 – Guelph, ON @ War Memorial Hall w/ Tim Baker
12/7 – Hamilton, ON @ New Vision United Church w/ Tim Baker
12/12 – Sherbrook, QC @ Theatre Granada
12/13 – Joliette, QC @ Centre Culturel
2020
2/19 – Toronto, ON @ TBD
2/20 – Trois Rivieres, QC @ Amphitheatre Cogeco
2/21 – Montreal, QC @ MTelus

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