FET.NAT DROPS VIDEO FOR “YOUR WORLD IS MY MYSTERY GIFT II” FROM POLARIS MUSIC PRIZE SHORTLISTED LE MAL

THE QUEBEC EXPERIMENTAL BAND’S FIRST OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO IS A DISQUIETING LOOK AT THE HUMAN CONDITION

WATCH: “YOUR WORLD IS MY MYSTERY GIFT II”

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"On their second proper album, the already-bizarre Québec experimentalists splice and reformulate their DNA to become even more aggressively strange." - Pitchfork 

"FET.NAT is basically constructing their own language" - Toronto Star

“FET.NAT is one of the best kept secrets, quite simply a major force of music" - La Presse"

A marvel that fearless creativity can lead to undeniable originality." - The Line of Best Fit"

So much fun that it was spilling out over the all-smiling crowd in waves." - Exclaim!

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Since founding in 2010, FET.NAT has created a musical universe all its own, crossing leftfield punk, trip-hop, free jazz and afrobeat, on a backdrop of absurdist humour. The enigmatic Hull, Québec foursome – featuring the franglais lyrics of JFNO, Pierre-Luc Clément on guitars, Linsey Wellman on saxophone, and secret weapon Olivier Fairfield (Last Ex, Timber Timbre, Andy Shauf) on drums – built its reputation on fiery live performances that clash maniacal theatrics with confounding musicianship. FET.NAT’s 2019 masterpiece concept record Le Mal shone a light on the band’s studio prowess, blending menacing electronics with warped poetics, seemingly contorted to pre-vision a version of the terrifying future we as a species and a planet are currently, already living.

As if on cue, today March 24, 2020, FET.NAT shares its music video for Le Mal closing track “Your World Is My Mystery Gift II” – a plodding, nearly beatless dirge of heavily processed vocals and degraded electronics. Through juxtaposed images of humanity and the wake left behind it, visual artist André Bluteau captures the disparity of our world, intimating the imbalance propelling us toward imminent collapse. Of his video – the first official music video for the veteran band – FET.NAT comments:

“Seeing this video made us realize that the song is not about now. It’s about the future. The mystery. Whether good or bad, the current experience, and the potential outcome, resonates deeply with all of us.”

WATCH: “YOUR WORLD IS MY MYSTERY GIFT II”

With Le Mal – a concept record with one side containing MIDI interpretations of the other – FET.NAT delivered a stunning document of musical, thematic connectivity. Instrumentals of experimental restraint, with otherworldly electronics and flashes of unnatural polyrhythm, underscore JFNO’s nihilistic poetry. The result is a full-player of discernible variety – an illusory mirror image of itself – with familiar but offset halves that consume each other. Commended by critics for its audacious sound, and the unfathomable evolution of the band, Le Mal earned a 2019 Polaris Music Prize Short List nomination, marked by the band’s unignorable performance on the award’s televised gala. 

Released by Toronto-Philadelphia experimental label Boiled Records, Le Mal is now available on vinyl and digital formats.

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LE MAL TRACK-LIST:

1. Tapis
2. Patio Monday
3. Des Fois
4. Soft Purse
5. Your World Is My Mystery Gift
6. Tapis d’Orient
7. Patio Tuesday
8. Des Fois II
9. Your World Is My Mystery Gift II

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PONDERCAST EPISODE 60 : THINKING TIME

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Pondercast Episode 60 is called Thinking Time, Laurie Brown’s first episode to address what is coming up as we all struggle to adapt to massive change.



Watch for more change from Pondercast: we are releasing short episodes three times a week that we call Grounding Thoughts on social media and on our website for you to reach for when you feel the ground beneath your feet disappear.
 

Make your world very small...and your heart very big...and stay well

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Recently, the Pondercast team added a new item to their online store. The Night Journal is designed to go hand-in-hand(ear?) with our audio guide – you’ll need both for the magic to work. So get your journal, favourite pen and a speaker then let Laurie Brown reintroduce you to your senses as she guides you through seven nights of drawing, writing and designed activities set to the soundscapes of Joshua Van Tassel. 

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Pondercast is powered by listeners. If you’d like to share the musical love, you can start by sharing this episode. If you feel like that’s just not enough, please consider becoming a patron of the show via the Pondercast Patreon here. Patrons receive a behind the scenes look at Pondercast, first notice of new episodes, and access to monthly Ponder Playlists. 

Of course, the best way to learn about new episodes and stay in touch while you are up in the clouds is through the Pondercast Newsletter. Sign up here. 

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Recently, Killbeat Music partnered with the team at Pondercast to bring you Ponderbeat, a series of special episodes featuring selections curated by Brown from some of Killbeat’s latest releases. The fifth episode of Ponderbeat is live now, featuring music from Bombay Bicycle Club, Little Scream, Frazey Ford, Bodywash and more.

 LISTEN TO KILLBEAT’S COLLABORATION WITH PONDERCAST - PONDERBEAT EPISODE 05 HERE

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DANA GAVANSKI RELEASES NEW SINGLE, “SMALL FAVOURS”

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DEBUT LP YESTERDAY IS GONE OUT MARCH 27 VIA FLEMISH EYE

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“Dana Gavanski casts a spell on listeners with her psych-washed folk songs.” - Exclaim! 

“Her honeyed vocals tiptoe around whimsical lyricism about the changing of the seasons and the slow burn of time” - Beatroute 

"Authoritative debut " (8/10)  - UNCUT

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Serbian-Canadian musician Dana Gavanski will release her debut album, Yesterday Is Gone, on March 27 via Flemish Eye Records. Today, she presents “Small Favours”, the final single before the album release later this month. 

Dana shared her state of mind when she wrote “Small Favours” and how it came to her in a song : “‘Small Favours’ expresses a cheekiness. A playful dismissal of heaviness and getting bogged down by emotions, acknowledging how things may seem small when they’re big and big when they’re small.”

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And if you missed it last month, watch Dana’s video for the album’s title track “Yesterday Is Gone” filmed in the colourful and retro underground of Montreal’s metro system.

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By turns break-up album, project of curiosity, and, as Dana puts it, “a reckoning with myself,” Yesterday Is Gone is an album of longing and devotion to longing, and of the uncertainty that arises from learning about oneself, of pushing boundaries, falling hard, and getting back up.  Moments of beguilement splinter a backdrop of tenderly picked guitar, bass, synth, and poppier elements, which commune to produce her own kind of wall of sound. Each component is meticulously placed, yielding a deeply sincere response to the chaos of human emotion.

Yesterday Is Gone was co-produced between Dana, Toronto-based musician Sam Gleason, and Mike Lindsay (Tunng and LUMP w/ Laura Marling). While Sam helped Dana bring out the tunes, Mike’s input marked the beginning of developing Dana’s sound. The two kept stripped it down to the essentials, keeping things bare and letting the songs speak for themselves. The album shapeshifted as it passed through the hands of Dana, Sam, and Mike, taking on different tastes, feelings, and visions. When Dana performed the songs with a band, they found new form again. She was intrigued by performers like David Bowie and Aldous Harding, who inhabit different personalities on stage, physically tuning themselves to their music. 

WATCH AND SHARE “CATCH” HERE

WATCH AND SHARE “ONE BY ONE” HERE

“Often we have to go a little far in one direction to learn something about ourselves,” Dana says. The months of solitary writing and self-doubt testify to this, but they’ve led to Yesterday Is Gone: an optimistic, steely-eyed gaze into the future.

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YESTERDAY IS GONE TRACKLIST
1 One By One
2 Catch
3 What We Had
4 Good Instead of Bad
5 Trouble
6 Yesterday Is Gone
7 Small Favours
8 Everything That Bleeds
9 Other Than
10 Memories of Winter

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