GEOFFROY SHARES ANOTHER NEW SINGLE FROM UPCOMING LP, ANNOUNCES CANADIAN TOUR DATES

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FORTHCOMING ALBUM, LIVE SLOW DIE WISE, OUT JANUARY 19, 2022

CANADIAN TOUR COMMENCES MARCH 5

ON THE NEW LP GEOFFROY BRINGS A CONTEMPLATIVE AND PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH TO SONGWRITING INSPIRED BY ARTISTS LIKE PAUL SIMON, NICK DRAKE, JEFF BUCKLEY, AND THINKERS ALAN WATTS, ECKHART TOLLE, AND MICHAEL POLLAN

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Today, Geoffroy (pronounced : Jeff-wah) is sharing the closing track from his upcoming self-released third LP, Live Slow Die Wise, out January 19, 2022.

“Life As It Comes” was “one of the first ideas that developed into a song after confinement had first started,” says Geoffroy. “I kept repeating those two first chords at the piano, they felt good. I felt at peace. The pandemic had forced us all to take a step back and it triggered this reflection. Despite all the curveballs that life had thrown my way, I was feeling happy and grateful for the life I was living. Feeling free, loved and content with where I was and what I had achieved, both on a personal and professional level. And so I wanted to dig into this state of mind and try to reason, or explain it somehow. The result is a testimony of gratitude. A song about acceptance, integrity and gratitude, all playing a crucial part in achieving well-being and self-realization.” 

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The journey to the LP’s 2022 release began with the unveiling of “Cold World”, an intimate and reflective song that beautifully represents the album’s tone. “Live Slow Die Wise is the timeless story of societal individualism and ego,” Geoffroy shares. “We’re driven by an endless pursuit for growth, innovation and profit. But at what cost?” Live Slow Die Wise still features the personal and reflective touch Geoffroy fans know to expect, but this time through the lens tinted by experience. Inspired by artists like Ry Cooder, Paul Simon, Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley, and thinkers such as Alan Watts, Eckhart Tolle, and Ralph Waldo Emerson, Geoffroy brought a more contemplative and philosophical approach to the album’s songwriting than in previous works.

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Live Slow Die Wise was penned during isolation in 2020, and brought to life in the studio with help from legendary French Canadian producer Louis-Jean Cormier. The songs mark a return to Geoffroy’s early days as an artist, travelling the world and playing solo on the streets as he went. A renewed appreciation for organic instrumentation and a recording process that favoured live takes in the studio added depth and authenticity to the songs and hopefully, forge a deep and intimate connection with the listener.

“Live Slow Die Wise represents a specific state of mind. It's about taking the time to live freely and consciously. It's about being aware and embracing the ephemerality and fragility of life.”

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Geoffroy will take Live Slow Die Wise on the road beginning March 5, 2022. All tour dates are below and tickets can be purchased HERE.

GEOFFROY 2022 CANADIAN TOUR DATES
03/05 Trois Rivières - Cabaret Cogeco
03/11 Montreal - MTELUS
03/25 Quebec - Imperial Bell
04/05 Winnipeg - Good Will Social Club
04/06 Saskatoon - Amigos Cantina 
04/09 Vancouver - Hollywood Theatre
04/10 Victoria - Capital Ballroom
04/14 Red Deer - Bo’s Bar
04/15 Calgary - Commonwealth
04/16 Edmonton - Starlite Room
04/20 London - Rum Runners
04/21 Toronto - Axis Club
04/22 Kingston - The Grad Club
04/23 Ottawa - Club Saw

 
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LIVE SLOW DIE WISE TRACKLIST
01 As My Old Man Always Said
02 Strangers On A Train
03 Youngblood
04 Santa Catalina
05 Sweetpie
06 Cold World
07 Life As It Comes

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SCOTT HARDWARE RETURNS WITH NEW LP, BALLAD OF A TRYHARD, SHARES FIRST SINGLE

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SCOTT HARDWARE’S BALLAD OF A TRYHARD, OUT MARCH 4, 2022
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How do you self-stabilize amidst ongoing crisis? Or, more crucially, what does it mean to question how much control we have over our collective well-being? On Ballad of a Tryhard, the third album by Scott Hardware, the moniker of Toronto-based musician and composer Scott Harwood, he attempts a response by honouring the splendor of “living between emotions.” It’s an album where a rich inner monologue, and the undefined space between reflection and realization can offer an invaluable reprieve. 

Over luminous keys and sky-sweeping melodies, Harwood reverse engineers his capabilities as a composer skilled in the art of complexity to deliver his boldest album to date — unselfconsciously ambitious Y2K rock; a reimagination of experimental adult contemporary that tweaks the limits of soft rock with curiosity and appreciation. 

For the first single, “Summer” (which features members of Phedre, Lee Paradise, WHIMM, Vallens, Blunt Chunks, and Jaunt), Harwood tries his hand at a bouncy, heartstring ballad built for the open road. "I was born in September, and autumn has always been my favourite season,” says Harwood. “Fall people love to look back and to dwell in the bittersweetness of memory. This song marks a deep dive into my changing thoughts about nostalgia, seeing it change from cozy romanticism to toxic waste."

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On Ballad of a Tryhard, Hardware conducts a painstaking character evaluation to better understand the world by looking inward. Suspended and exalting, the album bursts with cinematic flourishes that ring with a courageous form of earnestness. Because once you examine the internal toll of people-pleasing, and question if charisma has been overvalued, is there space to imagine a new reality that seeks to uplift rather than wallow — observing sparse moments of beauty and light amidst a world in constant mourning? 

Crafted in Spain and co-produced with Matt Smith (Prince Nifty, Lido Pimienta), Ballad of a Tryhard is a snapshot of weeks spent in Elche, a sleepy Mediterranean city on the southeast coast, wandering through emptied-out streets, becoming acquainted with the interiors of a historic apartment block, and living for the first time with a familiar love. With unlimited time on his hands, Harwood would write slowly, playing piano until dawn. The result is an album with ornate and bucolic orchestral arrangements that nod to a background in techno and house with a tangled web of synths and strings. 

Prior to his solo work as Scott Hardware, Harwood played with indie rock stalwart Toronto groups like Ostrich Tuning and released ambient pop as Ken Park. A move to Berlin influenced his 2016 debut, Mutate Repeat Infinity, which centered the dancefloor as a site of queer resilience. 2020’s Engel pulled direct inspiration from Wim Wender’s 1987 haunting masterpiece Wings of Desire. In 2021 Harwood was accepted into the Slaight Family Music Lab.

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BALLAD OF A TRYHARD 
01 Summer
02 Metaterranean
03 Another Day Ending
04 Is Something Wrong Tonight
05 Love Through The Trees
06 Watersnake
07 Dentera
08 Sing Like That
09 Bootleg
10 Underdog

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FRAZEY FORD SHARES UNRELEASED TRACK “SAUL” DEDICATED TO HER SON

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TOUR DATES BEGIN JAN 13 ON - TICKETS AT FRAZEYFORD.COM

“Magnetic enough to tilt the Earth's axis.” - Q Magazine 

“Dramatic and rather dazzling.” - Uncut

“It feels as timeless as water and wine, with melodies that both sustain and intoxicate” - The Sunday Times

 “Ford's quest for transcendence comes out on top.” - Mojo

“A low-key delight.” - Guardian

“A blissed out psychedelic mantra” - Financial Times

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Following huge acclaim for her 2020 album U kin B the Sun, Vancouver Soul-Americana artist Frazey Ford shares new single “Saul”, a previously unheard song originally recorded for the album. Named for her son, “Saul” is defiantly patient and beautifully cathartic, baring the strength and emotional resolve in Frazey’s music. The song’s arrival follows the release of the "U kin B the Sun"  music video, and Frazey’s resounding return to the stage this fall, with much anticipated cross-Canada dates in early 2022.

“Saul” is a languid ode to motherhood, "simply about the devastating amount of love you have for a child," Frazey explains. Her tremulous voice lavishes a deliberate bass-laden groove on this lone outtake from U Kin B the Sun, celebrated for its "heady and infectious" (The Guardian) blend of soul, psychedelia and country. Frazey began writing the song not long after the birth of Saul – who features as the clouds in the “U kin B the Sun” video – and only completed it recently. Sonically restrained yet richly expressive, “Saul” is an outpouring of the particularly vulnerable and earthy experience of love for a child. 

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On her masterful third album, Frazey Ford seamlessly inhabits an entire world of shapeshifting rhythm she refers to as “pagan disco,” elevating every beat and groove with the subtle magnetism of her mesmerizing voice as she examines pain and loss telegraphed through a prism of unfettered joy. Ford combats the toxic political climate that surrounds us with an irrefutably bold sense of assurance. With its graceful collision of soul and psychedelia combined with ’70s funk, U kin B the Sun is a body of work that invites both self-reflection and wildly joyful movement, and ultimately sparks a quiet transcendence.

Recorded at John Raham’s Afterlife Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, featuring her Vancouver musicians Darren Parris, Leon Power, Craig McCaul, and Caroline Ballhorn, Erilk Nielsen along with Phil Cook on keys, U kin B the Sun follows Ford’s 2014 release Indian Ocean, an album made with members of legendary Memphis soul band The Hi Rhythm Section. 

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TOUR DATES
Jan 13 - Winnipeg, MB - Park Theatre 
Jan 14 - Calgary, AB - Knox United Church
Jan 15 - Sherwood Park, AB - Festival Place
Jan 16 - Vernon, BC - Vernon & District Performing Arts Centre
Jan 19 - Nanaimo, BC - The Port Theatre
Jan 20 - Victoria, BC - Capital Ballroom
Jan 27 - Toronto, ON - Danforth Music Hall
Jan 29 - Ottawa, ON - National Arts Centre
Jan 30 - Montreal, QC - L’Astral
Feb 4 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom

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