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In 2020, Donovan Woods released Without People via his own Meant Well label. It’s an album that ranks as Woods’ most successful release with more than 10 million streams and climbing. Today, a new deluxe edition of Without People adds four bonus tracks (two new originals and two alternate mixes).
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The deluxe album includes a song that fans have been craving since the Without People album was released, a full version of the radio-ready interlude "When The Party's Over”, written with Tom Douglas (John Michael Montgomery, Martina McBride, Miranda Lambert) and Travis Wood (James Barker Band, The Reklaws and Banners). It also boasts the never-before-heard song "Break Somebody’s Heart” which is storytelling at its finest, honing in on specific small town life moments that teach greater lessons of love and loss.
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“Grew Apart”, a song that Woods recorded solo and with country artist Logan Mize and has accumulated over 15 million streams, gets a haunting piano rendition on the deluxe edition, cutting right to the bone. Then, an acoustic interpretation of “Whatever Keeps You Going” pairs Woods with the pure voices of the J.P. Robarts Public School Music Project in London, ON.
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“This deluxe version is really in place of what live shows might’ve been like if the pandemic hadn’t happened,” says Woods. “Among my favorite parts of playing live are presenting songs in a different context and introducing new material, and this deluxe version is doing that type of work.”
Woods also launches today his new interactive website www.Without-People.com for fans to engage even further with the With People Project and to learn more about many of the people involved, bringing Woods, the art creators and fans even closer than before.The website also gives fans exclusive access to brand-new videos for the deluxe edition.
For an album made so piecemeal, Without People was listed in the Top 50 Albums Of 2020 by The Line of Best Fit and album single “She Waits For Me To Come Back Down” hit #1 on CBC Music’s Top 20 charts. Exclaim! said that Without People “pushes pop to its introspective limits,” while other outlets claim it “strikes a gentle, poignant note” (Billboard), it’s “a nuanced experience” (American Songwriter), and a thoughtful exploration of “fleeting interpersonal moments now under the microscope,” (NPR/KUTX).
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WITHOUT PEOPLE (DELUXE) ADDITIONAL TRACKS
1. "Grew Apart" (Piano Version)
2. "Whatever Keeps You Going (feat. J.P. Robarts P.S. Music Project)”
3. "When The Party's Over”
4. "Break Somebody’s Heart”
PRAISE FOR DONOVAN WOODS
“Woods' brand of folk-pop is both grand and unassuming” – The Line of Best Fit
“Donovan Woods is no stranger to making music that tugs at the heart-strings.” - The FADER
"He’s got a knack for slice-of-life storytelling that blends heartache and hooks." - Rolling Stone
“Capturing the early optimism of new-found love, the singer pours his heart out for this emotional and moving tune.” - Wonderland
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