OURI SHARES NEW SINGLE, “FELICITY”

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"effortless and sublime" - PAPER Magazine

"a richly rewarding left turn" - The FADER

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Today, Montreal-based multi-instrumentalist and producer Ouri shares the new song "Felicity". Accompanied by vocalist Antony Carle, the track highlights Ouri's entrancing soundscapes weaving strings with synths while the two artists harmonize together. Ouri shares about the track, "Despite the superficial and existential hazards, you can always find solace if you accept to dive into the present, in your own flesh, and let your brain disconnect with the help of gorgeous melodies. 'Felicity' is a summer ballad for your hot & late summer nights."

The new offering follows Ouri's tracks "Too Fast No Pain" featuring mobilegirl and "Shape of It", as well as Ouri's joint project with Helena Deland, Hildegard, that received widespread critical acclaim with Pitchfork praising as "pure creative symbiosis" and The FADER describing as, "a hypnotic composition that ebbs in and out of darkness, mining strength in synchronicity."

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MORE ABOUT OURI
Ourielle Auvé, known professionally as Ouri, grew up in France and moved to Montreal at the age of 16 with dreams of becoming a composer. As Ouri developed her compositional ability, as well as her production and vocal chops, she integrated herself with late-night DJ sets in Montreal's underground rave scene and was eventually selected to take part in Red Bull Music Academy's Montreal Bass Camp. From there, her profile began to grow as she headlined Boiler Room's Montreal showcase, toured with the likes of Yves Tumor and Jacques Greene, released her first EPs Superficial and We Share Our Blood, and collaborated with fellow Montreal artist Helena Deland on the interdimensional Hildegard.

Now Ouri is ready to take up more space and hone in on her own vocals and songwriting craft with "Felicity" and more music to come. Listen to "Felicity" above, connect with Ouri and find her Canadian festival dates announced thus far below.

TOUR DATES
8/25/21 - Montreal, QC @ MUTEK
9/3/21 - Toronto, ON @ Wavelength (Toronto Outdoor Picture Show & Friends)
9/5/21 - Rouyn-Noranda, QC @ FME

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CHARLOTTE DAY WILSON SHARES REMIX OF “TAKE CARE OF YOU” FT. KING PRINCESS, MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO, AND AMAARAE

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NEW LP, ALPHA, OUT NOW VIA STONE WOMAN MUSIC

"Alpha casts Wilson’s gold-dusted vocals in a variety of deep-grooved settings of folky soul, gospel and instances of lightly-jazzed introspection." The Globe And Mail

"On her debut album, the Toronto singer-songwriter and producer draws variously from gospel, folk, and adult-contemporary influences; no matter the style, every song is a showcase for her powerful voice." Pitchfork

"Gifted with an intrinsically rich, soulful voice that oozes a subtle sensuality." The Toronto Star

“Sparse, moody R&B is Charlotte Day Wilson’s signature.” - ELLE

“Charlotte expertly pulls inspirations from jazz, R&B and soul and what results is an atmosphere that is solely her own.” - Hypebeast

"a full-blown display of Wilson's bag of tricks, both as a singer and producer." CBC Music

"Wilson's voice is warm, like a low soothing hum with a touch of soul." - Harper's Bazaar

“a richly textured and starkly honest record anchored by Wilson's full-bodied vocals and uncompromising lyrics.” Exclaim!

"A distinctive and haunting take on modern, gospel-infused soul, which Wilson raises to new heights on her long-awaited debut album, Alpha." - Sunday Times

“Wilson’s songs are plaintive and open, carried by the tenor of her voice—rich, smokey, and smooth, textured like the depths of the ocean—and the wisdom they project.” - Document Journal

“Charlotte Day Wilson is a one-person powerhouse." - The Fader

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Toronto-native artist and producer Charlotte Day Wilson today releases a remix of her acclaimed single “Take Care Of You”, featuring King Princess, Meshell Ndegeocello, and Amaarae. The entrancing track is an Amazon Exclusive and comes as a further addition to her acclaimed debut album, Alpha, out now via Stone Woman Music. 

Charlotte shared the first single, “If I Could”, from her new LP in May, which features a verse from poet, musician and fellow Canadian artist Mustafa, and premiered on Annie Mac’s BBC Radio 1 show. The track was launched with a clip co-directed by Charlotte and award-winning director Kevan Funk, showcasing the changing faces and identities of Texan bull riders. Charlotte’s recent single “Keep Moving” is a continuation of the “If I Could” video and the queer cinematic series for this album, a compelling exploration of self discovery and earnest declarations, recollecting Charlotte’s inner struggles of love, growing, and breaking that she’s finally speaking to in a greater way. The track was featured as the face of Spotify's inaugural EQUAL campaign playlist and is another immensely moving and deeply personal clip, the visual further tells the story of Alpha and boldly commences Charlotte’s new era. 

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Charlotte has made waves in the industry from her 2016 release of her debut EP CDW (which has garnered more than 92+M streams in total on Spotify), and through her work with friends and collaborators BADBADNOTGOOD, Daniel Caesar, and Kaytranada. Charlotte returned in 2018 with the poignant EP Stone Woman. She has garnered 1.6+M Monthly Spotify Listeners and over 100+M streams on Spotify, truly making a name for herself. 

Charlotte’s contemporary take on R&B and Soul showcases her sublime vocals and her ingenuity as she fuses vintage basslines, gospel assonance, and contemporary minimalist production to create a strikingly beautiful sonic aura. The authentic Alpha era has now begun.

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HOMESHAKE SHARES NEW SONG AND VIDEO FOR “I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW”

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Today, Toronto-based musician Homeshake, born Peter Sagar, shares a new song and video from his forthcoming album Under The Weather. Directed by Keith Rankin, "I Know I Know I Know" visuals follow an animated laser-lined dancer moving through an otherworldly sunset coupling the serene feel of the track. This marks the third single released in tandem with an animated video, following "Passenger Seat", directed by Pete Sharp and "Vacuum", directed by Jordan Speer. Homeshake teamed up with Brain Dead Studios, the producer for each of the aforementioned videos, to create a cohesive visual universe around the record with the animations and forthcoming merchandise.

Speaking on the video's creation, director Rankin says: "I had been wanting to work with the dancer Azuki Umeda for a while, she had made a few pieces of choreography for me, and I put one against the Homeshake song thinking it might be too frantic, but it actually matched perfectly. Me and my partner Ellen Thomas came up with an abstracted figure look and did rotoscope animation over the dance sequence, I hope it looks like a dream landscape."

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Written in 2019, Under The Weather, is out via Dine Alone Records and is Sagar's fifth studio album under the Homeshake moniker. The album is an atmospheric, 12-track reflection on the artist's life and depression, and documents a long, unrelenting period of sadness for the artist. 

Under The Weather also arrives ahead of Homeshake's 2022 North American tour. Beginning April 2nd in Edmonton, he'll play 33 dates across North America including stops in Calgary, Montreal, Toronto, and more. He'll be joined by Bay Area artist Salami Rose Joe Louis from April 28th through May 26th. Tickets are available here.

Vinyl for the record, which includes a limited edition Dine Alone Orange Crush variant, is available for pre-order now.

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Unlike most of us, Peter Sagar — also known as Homeshake — was staying at home a lot, long before the pandemic. Sagar wrote the majority of his fifth studio album, Under the Weather, in 2019, when he was going through a long, unrelenting period of sadness. “I was in a deep, deep depression,” he recalls of that time period now. “Tours were breaking me. It was awful.” Sagar and his partner were living in Montreal and while everyone was out being social, he was inside listening to ambient music, binging Star Trek, and writing songs. (Sound familiar?) “It was a bit of a dark pit,” he says. “That’s kind of what the whole album is about.”

Under the Weather follows Sagar’s life and the depression that consumed him in 2019 — after a brief album intro, it jumps right into “Feel Better,” a reflection on attempting to buck up when the weather outside is grim. The album is hazy and moody, the pace slow as syrup, and from beginning to end, a fog falls over every synth and guitar line. In “Inaminit,” Sagar cancels plans when he’s feeling low; the closing track, “Tenterhooks,” sees Sagar’s deliverance into the depths of despair: “Feel myself drying up / feel myself turn into dust,” he sings over a funhouse mirror synth. “Oftentimes when you’re in a dark place, you’re supposed to journal and that helps release the pressure,” Sagar says. “For me, it always found its way into the music.”

Capturing the cloudy sound of a depressive funk was no simple feat, especially in the headspace Sagar was in for over a year. For that reason, he decided to enlist his friend, Jerry Paper’s Lucas Nathan, to help with production on the record. Having Nathan contribute helped Sagar dial back some of “dry, pristine digital sound” that defined his fourth studio album, Helium, and add back personal analog touches that drew people to the Homeshake project in the first place. 

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“I didn’t realize how much I missed having a second set of ears. It’s pretty invaluable,” Sagar says. He would send all the of tracks back and forth with Nathan over the course of 2019, which made the process a longer one than he was used to. “There are a lot of things that I probably wouldn't have done that Lucas did do. I would tend to do a lot of softening of things, a lot of making everything super bassy and gentle. Lucas was aware that sometimes you needed some punch and grit.” To Sagar, those additions made the record what it is — a melodic, honest look at personal emotional struggle.

As Sagar readies it for release this September, the record he wrote about feeling isolated, alone, and despondent has begun to seem eerily prescient. “People will probably think that I made Under the Weather during or about Covid,” Sagar reflects now. “I was just already living my life that way.” For Sagar, the feelings he experienced over the course of that year are far from over — “I’ve been writing about feeling isolated my whole life,” he says — but with age, he has come to understand them better. “I had a fairly clear idea what the album was going to be like based on where I was emotionally at the time,” he says about Under the Weather. “I just try to make music that is honest about how I’m feeling.” 

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2022 TOUR DATES
4/2 - Edmonton, AB @ Starlite
4/3 - Calgary, AB @ Commonwealth
4/15 - Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall
4/16 - Montreal, QC @ Fairmount Theatre
4/18 - Boston, MA @ Royale
4/19 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
4/20 - Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
4/22 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
4/23 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
4/24 - Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
4/25 - Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge
4/27 - New Orleans, LA @ Republic New Orleans
4/28 - Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live*
4/29 - Austin, TX @ Hotel Vegas*
4/30 - Dallas, TX @ Studio At The Factory
5/2 - San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger*
5/3 - El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace*
5/4 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
5/6 - San Diego, CA @ Observatory North Park*
5/7 - Las Vegas, NV @ 24 Oxford at Virgin Hotels*
5/8 - Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory*
5/12 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern*
5/13 - San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom*
5/14 - Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom*
5/16 - Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre*
5/17 - Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile*
5/19 - Boise, ID @ Neurolux*
5/20 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge*
5/21 - Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre*
5/23 - Kansas City, MO @ Record Bar*
5/24 - Minneapolis, MN @ The Cedar Cultural Center*
5/25 - Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall*
5/26 - Detroit, MI @ The Majestic Theater*

* = w/ Salami Rose Joe Louis

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UNDER THE WEATHER TRACKLIST
1. Wake Up!
2. Feel Better
3. Vacuum
4. I Know I Know I Know
5. Inaminit
6. Careful
7. Mindless
8. Spend It
9. Half Asleep After the Movies
10. Passenger Seat
11. Tenterhooks
12. Reboot!

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