SAMEER CASH REVEALS LIVE VIDEO FOR “DRIVEWAY MOMENT”

NEW LIVE VIDEO FOR “DRIVEWAY MOMENT” DIRECTED BY COLIN MEDLEY, RECORDED BY JONAS BONNETTA

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Recently, Sameer Cash shared his new single, “Driveway Moment”, written as the result of the kind of heartbreaking, and redemptive work that compels us to be better. Today, Cash is sharing the new live video of the track, directed by Colin Medley and recorded with Jonas Bonnetta (Evening Hymns) in the quiet solitude of his studio, Port William Sound, in Northern Ontario. The live video was captured and performed “in a time when we took isolation for granted, when we felt we had to leave the city to slow ourselves down, and to get away from all the noise,” says Cash. “Everything seems a lot quieter now.”

At the studio, “we slept four people in a cabin, heated by damp logs and strong coffee. We’d wake up every day and just make stuff — photos, music videos, anything we could think of. In between all that, we’d trudge out the studio at some point each day, and try to capture something real. This live video is the first offering in that series.”

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The studio version of “Driveway Moment” was produced by Matthew Bailey, engineered by Chris Stringer (Timber Timbre), mixed by D James Goodwin (Kevin Morby, Craig Finn), and mastered by Philip Bova Shaw (Feist, Andy Shauf), “Driveway Moment” is Cash’s first single since his rebirth as a solo artist. 

"Driveway moments are the small glimpses between the big adventures,” says Cash. “They are the moments that I have lived in most of my life. Those are the times where you really grow and learn. When you’re not thinking so much, but merely existing, and feeling the weight of everything in front of you, and all the things you’ve left behind."

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Sameer Cash was raised on a diet of Rock & Roll records and Hindu fairy tales. His father, born to a large family in the deep suburbs of Scarborough Ontario, spent years shedding his catholic upbringing for the ungovernable religion of 1980’s post-punk. Cash’s mother, born among the mango trees of Kenya, by way of India, clung to her own upbringing through childhood memories and her mother’s cooking, seeking comfort and closure through many Canadian Prairie winters.  

Watch for more new music and performance from Sameer Cash in the near future.

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REUBEN AND THE DARK SHARE UPLIFTING NEW VIDEO FEATURING A ‘SOCIAL DISTANCING CHOIR’ OF FANS

WATCH AND SHARE “HOLD ME LIKE A FIRE” WITH THE SOCIAL DISTANCING CHOIR

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“...there is no shortage of drama and dynamics to be found on un/love, particularly on anguished anthems such as Faultline and Weightlessness.” - Calgary Herald

“...it’s about opening up new spaces for emotions and letting those run free as a form of therapy — about the intersection of audience and music as liberation.“ - BeatRoute

“Compelling and evocative”  - Exclaim!

“Bright Eyes meets Mumford & Sons” - American Songwriter

“Earnest, anthemic” – WXPN

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Reuben and the Dark frontman Reuben Bullock is doing his part in creating community amidst the COVID-19 global pandemic. 

While on an Instagram Live Stream, Reuben sang fan favourite, “Hold Me Like A Fire”, a song that beckons fans to join Reuben on stage and sing along to create a mass choir at each show.  This was no different. After the live session, fans flooded Reuben’s inbox with their videos of them singing along to the live video.

With the help of filmmaker Kaelen Ohm, Reuben edited each video clip and created a mass virtual Social Distancing Choir. 

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The video, which was released the following day on YouTube, is an effort to not only replicate the powerful moment on stage to screen, but also bring people together in community through this performance. “It’s just an attempt to remind people we are all still connected,” explains Bullock. “People at home are more than just comments on a cell phone screen.. This was an impromptu idea that started during an Instagram live performance. People need a sense of togetherness right now.”

Reuben and the Dark just finished their winter tour for un | love, which included cancelled shows in the United States (supporting Mondo Cozmo) due to COVID-19. 

“Thank you for sharing this moment with me,” Bullock shares with the video. “I’ve been much more intentional in these last weeks about finding light, and bringing it out of the darkness. We are all here, and there is peace in that. Bringers of the light.”

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un | love is Reuben’s most honest and captivating album to date, opening a window into one of the most dramatic times in Bullock’s life. The spirited band’s third record – following 2018’s Arms of a Dream, and 2014’s debut Funeral Sky – tells Reuben’s story of endings and hope for the future. 

Produced by Reuben and the Dark with Marcus Paquin (The National, Timber Timbre, Local Natives) and Kevin Drew (of Broken Social Scene), un | love evokes the raw emotion of the songs with anthemic, atmospheric sound. In comparison to the polished songs of Arms of a Dream, the new album shows a drastic turn in Reuben’s ease as a writer and freedom as a recording artist. His voice is at once unbridled and fallible. Through the dense imagery of his poetry shines a light shot straight from Reuben’s soul.

Last year, Reuben and the Dark’s track “Black Water” from their debut album was featured in the long-anticipated trailer for Netflix’s El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie. Bullock also lent his voice to another block-buster trailer, performing “What A Wonderful World” on the trailer for the upcoming film Dolittle starring Robert Downey Jr., Antonio Banderas, Emma Thompson, Rami Malek, Ralph Fiennes, and more.

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DANA GAVANSKI CELEBRATES LP RELEASE WITH 2 LIVE STREAM PERFORMANCES FROM SERBIA

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DEBUT LP YESTERDAY IS GONE OUT TODAY 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

"a comforting album that is a perfect companion for these trying times. ... listening to this album will bring us solace and some welcome sonic surprises" - Cups N’ Cakes

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In the midst of the world's lockdown we are all forced to refocus after our daily lives have in many ways been put on hold. Many artists have had to change their plans around their album releases, from the buzz of touring, to now having to stay at home in isolation. Thankfully we live in a digital age where we are able to stay connected and continue to share the beautiful music that these artists work tirelessly to create for our enjoyment. 

Today, in lieu of cancelled tour dates, Dana Gavanski will be performing two live sets on Instagram. She will be performing from her family's home in Serbia where she is currently staying in quarantine and awaits the airports to reopen in order to travel back to the UK. Catch the live sets on her profile @danagavanski, first set starting at 11am MST and the second set at 1pm MST. 

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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. 

WATCH AND SHARE “YESTERDAY IS GONE” HERE

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. 

“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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RE-SCHEDULED TOUR DATES:

AUGUST
30th NL Nijmegen, Merleyn

SEPTEMBER
5th UK End of the Road Festival
6th UK Moseley Folk Festival
9th UK Manchester, Soup Kitchen
10th UK Nottingham, Metronome
11th UK Bristol, Louisiana
13th UK London, The Lexington
14th UK Brighton, Hope & Ruin
15th UK Leeds, Brudenell Social Club
16th UK Margate, Elsewhere
20th DE Berlin, Badehaus
22nd DE Munich, Heppel & Ettlich
23rd DE Cologne, Die Wohngemeinschaft

Live dates are on sale now, tickets available from www.danagavanski.com 

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