NEW LP, WHAT IS HEAPS, OUT AUGUST 7
LISTEN AND SHARE “HAZY SHORES” HERE
BUY / STREAM “HAZY SHORES” HERE
READ THE HAZY SHORES ZINE HERE
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Today, Heaps have announced their upcoming full length debut LP titled What Is Heaps, and are sharing the first new single from the album, “Hazy Shores”. “This song is a grappling with uncertainty through the comfort of uncertainties past,” the band states. “How often have we been through different stages in our lives that feel so severe, so daunting, only to look back and realize that these hardships seem so trivial through the perspective of time? ‘Hazy Shores’ was written to push ourselves through these periods when we can’t know what’s next, to urge us to move forward as long as we can see one step further.”
LISTEN AND SHARE “HAZY SHORES” HERE
BUY / STREAM “HAZY SHORES” HERE
What Is Heaps foundations were crafted in a series of escapes: suburban Halifax bedrooms, rural Quebecois disconnection, renovated Michigan church seclusion, and Dale Morningstar's Gas Station on Toronto Island.
Recorded at Union Sound with Leon Taheny (Fucked Up, Owen Pallett, Weaves) and James Bunton (Donovan Woods, For Esmé, Vivek Shraya), the result is an eclectic, rhythmically swelling collection of conversations and questions as observers in uncertainty.
In addition to the new single, the band are also sharing a new zine, inspired by the current global situation. "The idea for the zine was to have a collection of stories about ‘worry’ and the different ways that worry is being experienced in this time,” the band says. “We’re in a fascinating time where uncertainty has been thrust upon us in a uniquely collective way - yet it has manifested diversely. Some people are severely affected and can’t do anything to deal with their circumstances. Others continue work as usual and don’t have to worry monetarily, but they might worry about their older parents who live with them. Though this time can seem so universal, it has produced a variety of experiences. We knew how worry affects us, but we really wanted to take this opportunity to hear other people’s stories. We want to hear them because some worry, some don’t. Some are healthy in their coping, others struggle to be. Some see how it affects their own community but struggle to see how it might affect another’s. But at the end of the day, we are all in this together and as a band of four guys and we know we are always our best together when we remember to make space for each other."
READ THE HAZY SHORE ZINE HERE
Heaps are a collective hailing from the Kawartha Lakes in Ontario, bringing droney, ethereal, punchy art-rock, about time, change and privilege. In another lifetime, the band were known as The Kents. In that collective, they were featured in on Hockey Night In Canada, MLB's World Series, 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, Canada’s Walk Of Fame Emerging Artist and earned support from CBC and George Stroumboulopoulos. Through their travels, they shared stages with Sloan, The Sheepdogs, The Trews, The Strumbellas, and Hollerado. Their final release Within Waves elevated them beyond 5-million Spotify streams.
