PONDERCAST EPISODE 101 : CREATURES OF HABIT

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Nothing like having your life completely upended by a pandemic to give you a real look at the habits that rule your world. In Episode 101 of Pondercast, Laurie Brown explores the routines that played out day after day in your before COVID life and you are now able to see from a new lockdown angle. We are strange creatures who love ritual and routine and yet crave spontaneity and surprise.

 There is no pleasing us.

LISTEN TO PONDERCAST EP 101: CREATURES OF HABIT

New to Pondercast, every Monday morning Laurie Brown will post a new 20 minute Guided Meditation. Meant for everyone - no experience necessary. Great way to start meditating, and a great way to find support and encouragement for your practise.

Also new for season 4, every second Friday the Pondercast team are now posting a Grounding Thought. We started these during the intense days of lockdown and we’ve heard from you that they helped. So count on 10 minute podcasts to help shift your perspective when your world threatens to overwhelm.

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Pondercast is able to expand their offerings because of the support you have helped build on Patreon. We are really hoping that this new season will move you to become a monthly donor at www.patreon.com/Pondercast or, a one time donor on our website at www.pondercast.ca

For those of you who have already taken the Patreon plunge, thank you - your support has made this happen.

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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 eighth episode of Ponderbeat is live now, featuring music from Gord Downie, The Weather Station, Yves Jarvis, LAL, Matthew Cardinal, and more.

 LISTEN TO KILLBEAT’S COLLABORATION WITH PONDERCAST - PONDERBEAT EPISODE 08 HERE

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EDWIN RAPHAEL ANNOUNCES NEW EP, SHARES “SEA OF THINGS”

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STARING AT CEILINGS EP OUT FEBRUARY 26, 2021 VIA DINE ALONE RECORDS

“‘Sea of Things’ feels primal, mimicking the ocean with cyclical, crashing movements, patiently building itself up and washing itself back out.” - Flaunt Magazine

"The track seemingly blooms from a spacious and rustic folk sound into something far more lavish." - Under The Radar

"Tranquil melodies flow over electronic and acoustic instrumentation." - American Songwriter
"Chill pop with a touch of folk." - EARMILK

"Weightless and ethereal" - Indie Shuffle

"The instrumental and harmonic components provide the same floating-in-space feeling we love from Fleet Foxes." - Culture Collide

"A gently addictive soundscape, all wistful energy and patient." - Beats Per Minute

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Today, singer/songwriter Edwin Raphael shares his new single/music video “Sea Of Things” along with the announcement of his forthcoming EP Staring at Ceilings due out February 26th, 2021 via Dine Alone Records. On “Sea Of Things” Edwin gives off Jeff Buckley vibes by bearing the same soulful intensity. It's a gorgeous, striking piece of work attributed to Edwin’s innate talents and sheer efficiency with instrumentation. On the narrative front, “Sea Of Things” is an ode to existence and dissociation catalyzed by anxiety. “Sea Of Things” is a testament to the chaotic and oftentimes perplexing nature of the ocean and of living without control.

Edwin Raphael shares this of his new single and music video: “This song heavily reflects a spectrum of human indulgence, be that with love, life’s anxieties and addictions. I think being influenced by artists like Nick Drake, Ben Howard, John Mayer were pivotal for me to have a sort of foundation for my sound. Producing this song was a bit of a challenge to hone in on really feeling underwater, I also essentially looped the main guitar to portray the vicious cycle of anxiety with constant additions to reflect and parallel the textures of the sea and the abstract nature of feeling underwater.”

“With the music video, Jonathan (editor) and I also portray the same underlying themes. Stylistically the concept is woven in dualism and complex details to really parallel brain waves as well as one’s thoughts. It was important to have a real level of aestheticism that was in sync with the song to really forge a real relationship and show interdependence.”

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In October, Edwin shared his first single off the EP “Mild Sanity (feat. Juletta)”. Deeply absorbing and incredibly cathartic all at once, Edwin’s languid vocals and atmospheric melodies take listeners’ minds outside the cruelties of the world’s relentless wreckage. “Mild Sanity” is also elevated by NYC pop singer-songwriter Juletta’s ethereal cadence. The track was lauded by Under The Radar, American Songwriter, EARMILK, Culture Collide, Indie Shuffle, and was included on Spotify’s Folk & Friends playlist and NPR’s New Music Friday playlist.

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Starting At Ceilings is a 5-song EP produced with Marcus Paquin (Arcade Fire, The National, Local Natives) that reflects the spectrum of human indulgence and the cost of our anxieties.

MORE ON EDWIN RAPHAEL

“You can't win if you don't play” is a quote that lives within singer-songwriter Edwin Raphael. Ditching a career path carved out by his father, Edwin is headstrong on finding his own way in a world no longer concerned with archaic traditions. The 25-year-old artist, living in Montreal, Canada, uprooted from Dubai, creates music instilled with spiraling emotion, which resonates on both the shattered and enriching moments in life.


Edwin released his debut LP Will You Think of Me Later? in 2019. Prior to that, he released a pair of EPs—Ocean Walk in 2015 and Cold Nights in 2017. With over 14M+ cumulative streams spanning ~166,000 monthly listeners, he’s been featured on Spotify’s indie pop & chill, Indie Chillout, Lush + Ethereal, Chill Singer-Songwriter, and Folk Favourites playlists.

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 STARING AT CEILINGS EP TRACKLIST:
1. Time To Sink
2. Sea Of Things
3. Mild Sanity (feat. Juletta)
4. Staring At Ceilings
5. The After

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CAT STEVENS TAPS THE BROS. LANDRETH TO GET ON THE “PEACE TRAIN”

BROS. LANDRETH SHARE COVER OF YUSUF / CAT STEVENS’ “PEACE TRAIN” FOR CATSONG MUSIC FESTIVAL 

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 “PEACE TRAIN” RELEASED AS AN EP WITH ANOTHER CAT STEVENS’ COVER, “INTO WHITE”

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Today, the Bros. Landreth are sharing their performance of Yusuf / Cat Stevens’ “Peace Train”, which was included as part of this past weekend’s online festival, CatSongs. “We were asked by Yusuf to be a part of an online festival celebrating his music as well as the 50th anniversary of his album Tea for the Tillerman,” says Dave Landreth. “Joey offered to cover ‘Peace Train’ as it feels just as relevant today as it would have 50 years ago. Yusuf's managers asked us if we might take a shot at doing ‘Into White’ as well. We didn't intend to record either song live or to do acoustic versions, but when our engineer Paul Yee walked in on us arranging them in a rehearsal, he just started setting up microphones around us. We were so happy with the sound — we cut it just like that.”

“It's great to see and hear these covers of my songs given new life,” says Yusuf / Cat Stevens. “There's no better honour for a songwriter than to have his songs performed by talented musicians with such love and sincerity. Thank you.”

Both “Peace Train” and “Into White” are available to stream on all platforms together as an EP, as are live videos of the Bros. Landreth performing both tracks in studio with Murray Pulver.

WATCH AND SHARE “PEACE TRAIN” HERE

WATCH AND SHARE “INTO WHITE” HERE

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 The Bros. Landreth is the sound of two brothers making honest music and playing it from the heart. Raised to the sound of their parent’s eclectic record collection, Joey and Dave Landreth are celebrated for their Americana-inspired blend of sincere song writing, slide guitar, blood harmonies, and pure musicianship.

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