JASON COLLETT SHARES “EVERYDAY SUNFLOWER” FROM NEW LP

NEW ALBUM, HEAD FULL OF WONDER, OUT NOVEMBER 4, 2022 VIA ARTS & CRAFTS

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Today, Jason Collett is sharing the new single "Everyday Sunflower", a song that reflects the essence of what the storied Toronto musician set out to do on his seventh album, Head Full Of Wonder – to hone his fine craft of songwriting. Here, Jason elegantly gives a sunswept bow to late summer, a languid folk-inflected ode to resilience through the extended shadows. "In absorbing the tumult of the times, there's a lot of shit to write through," Jason says. "I let go of some swagger and embraced intimacy and joy and wonder."

Inspired in part by Allen Ginsberg’s poem ‘Sunflower Sutra’, “Everyday Sunflower” is “a simple reflection on everyday beauty and perhaps the best example of trying to say more with less on the record,” Jason says. “Short and sweet.” 

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Head Full Of Wonder finds Collett stepping out of his usual creative orbit, recording in Toronto at All Day Coconut with Montreal producer Marcus Paquin, joined by drummer Liam O'Neill (SUUNS), guitarist Joe Grass, and bassist Mike O'Brien (Zeus). A distillation of the five years since 2016’s Song And Dance Man, these eleven new songs hone in on the fine craft of songwriting, offering a direct and simple collection of elegant indie folk, some of the most poignant creations of Collett's storied catalog. 

"In absorbing the tumult of the times, there's a lot of shit to write through, (that Bruce Cockburn line comes to mind, ‘you've got to kick at the darkness until it bleeds daylight’) and the challenge is to get to the other side with something positive to contribute," Collett says. "I let go of some swagger and embraced intimacy and joy and wonder. I hear this in the record and it makes me very happy to have made it.”

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HEAD FULL OF WONDER TRACKLIST
1. Dark Times
2. Everyday Summer
3. Milk and Honey
4. Just Before the Rain
5. Hot Mess
6. Have Some Fun
7. Silver Dollar Moon
8. Right On Woman
9. Closer to the Truth
10. Come on Sun
11. Up the River
12. Sweet Water Sea

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PONDERCAST RETURNS WITH SEASON 6, HIGH DIVE

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Pondercast is taking a high dive this fall for their 6th season. The new motto: Expect the unexpected…unexpectedly. 

This new episode, titled High Dive, is Laurie Brown’s first step to a new, more immersive, embodied experience for you. “Climb the Yarmouth, Nova Scotia lighthouse with me..and dive down into the cold waters of The Bay of Fundy. An antidote to that all too familiar ‘back to school’ feeling.”

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Pondercast has moved all of their weekly guided meditations to a brand new podcast, Ground Level. So if you have been meditating with Laurie, subscribe to Ground Level wherever you get your podcasts to be sure you don’t miss an episode. Look for interviews and other content to help navigate these strange days. 

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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 eleventh episode is available now featuring music from Julia Jacklin, Yves Jarvis, Living Hour, Lowell, Bells Larsen, and many more.

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OURI SHARES NEW VIDEO FROM POLARIS SHORTLISTED ALBUM

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OURI’S FRAME OF A FAUNA SHORTLISTED FOR POLARIS MUSIC PRIZE

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Next week, the Polaris Music Prize jury will determine a winner for this year’s prestigious award. Among the albums shortlisted for consideration is Ouri’s (Ourielle Auvé) Frame Of A Fauna. Released in October of 2021 the success of Frame of a Fauna has also led to international tours supporting Tirzah, Grammy Award Winner Arooj Aftab, Smerz and more. Today, the Montreal-based multi-instrumentalist and producer is releasing the new video for the album’s opening track, “Ossature”, from director Derek Branscombe.

"I revisited the iconic, agile and tense sample of 'Intact Alef' by PTU from one of my favorite labels трип records for this song,” says Ouri. “Rebellious choruses fight submissive verses, puncturing the classical nuances with industrial abrasions and heavy drum samples - tearing down any attempt to keep a disciplined and soft self on top."

In the accompanying K-Hole inspired video, Ouri fights a merciless red hand, offering a trippy visual feast as a conclusion to her album Frame Of A Fauna. Collaborating once more with Derek Branscombe, this video is inspired by a Ketamine treatment Ouri received last year. The video depicts some of her visions, aesthetically transmitting the feeling of this very strange healing experience, a heroic battle and retrieving a lost connection with her ancestors. Derek crafted this world Using a bold and sometimes chaotic mix of VFX and AI-generated animation.

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MORE FROM OURI
Recently, Ouri released her first offering of 2022 with the project bt002: self hypnosis tape. The 7-track project is meditative and ambient in nature, with piano-driven instrumentals from Zach Frampton showing off a different side of Ouri's abilities for something more improvisational.

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bt002: self hypnosis tape arrived right on the heels of Frame of a Fauna, which finds Ouri exploring the cycle of birth, death, and constant rebirth; transcending through the creation of this album, as she explores what lies inside the lining of the big dharma wheel: trauma, control and vulnerability. 

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Last year Ouri also released a joint project with Helena Deland, Hildegard, which received widespread critical acclaim with Pitchfork praising the collaboration as "pure creative symbiosis" and The FADER describing as, "a hypnotic composition that ebbs in and out of darkness, mining strength in synchronicity."

Known professionally as Ouri, Auvé 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.

Read more about Ouri at : www.killbeatmusic.com/ouri

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TOUR DATES
12-03-2022 l New York, NY l Elsewhere*
12-05-2022 l Chicago, IL l Lincoln Hall*
12-07-2022 l Seattle, WA l Neumos*
12-08-2022 l Portland, OR l Doug Fir Lounge*
12-09-2022 l Oakland, CA l Starline*
12-10-2022 l Los Angeles, CA l Teragram*

* supporting Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith

PRAISE FOR OURI

"effortless and sublime" - PAPER Magazine

"a richly rewarding left turn" -The FADER

“Frame of a Fauna presents a compelling archive of Ouri's many musical personas. It's a nuanced encapsulation of her sound from underground DJ to fully-rounded composer. “ Exclaim!

"a master at crafting synth soundscapes that flow with ease and unexpectedly morph and shapeshift over the course of the track while grounding it all with her own airy vocals." - CBC Music

"expertly guides listeners through a narrative of anticipation, climax and release" - Office Magazine

"equal parts comforting and transcendent" - V Magazine

"dials in swooping sounds, echoey vocal syllables, a glitchy beat, tentative chords; the dance beat solidifies, falls away and reappears" - The New York Times

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