YOUNG FRIEND SHARES THE INTIMATE, COZY NEW SONG “SOFT LIGHT”

YOUNG FRIEND’S LATEST SINGLE, “SOFT LIGHT”, OUT NOW VIA NETTWERK

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This past week, Vancouver-based, JUNO-nominated indie artist young friend opened the new year with an intimate and cozy new song “soft light.” The gauzy vocals, raw production style, and warm guitars conjure the feeling of an early morning sunrise. Lyrically, “soft light” finds Drew Tarves at his most vulnerable and personal with a stream-of-consciousness approach to songwriting. 

In his own words, he says "It's sort of a love letter to someone and all the little things about them that make them special. It's quiet, and feels a bit like reading someone's journal."

With his recent releases, young friend has found a dynamic yet cohesive contrast between uptempo rockers and delicate indie twang styles. “soft light” follows recent singles “boyfriend material,” “the real deal,” which are currently receiving support from SIRIUSXM Canada and “golden rule,” produced alongside David Marinelli (FINNEAS, JAWNY, Wallice, Aidan Bissett).

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Drew Tarves' music as young friend feels classic and immediate all at once, capturing the nostalgia of post-adolescence while diving deep into a pool of self-reflection. His next project is bursting with big feelings and perfect golden light. It feels messy and raw, like long summer nights piling into the back of a pickup truck with all your friends, sprinting to catch the last summer sunset, taking off your shoes and dancing in the grass, falling, getting back up. 

A trained dancer for most of his adolescence, the 24-year-old Vancouver native switched artistic disciplines after spending time jamming with his musician friends. "I found out very quickly that I loved it," he recalls. "It was my favorite thing to do." Armed with a guitar and a laptop, Tarves started hashing out early songwriting attempts on GarageBand as he found his own style that suited him: "It was all about experimenting while trying to find what worked for me."

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In 2022, Tarves released his indie-pop debut EP HOW DID WE GET HERE?, and quickly followed it up with a sophomore in 2023 titled scaredy cat. 2024 brought in his first Canadian and international touring, as well as a JUNO nomination. Now, young friend is prepping his debut full-length that’s produced by friend and frequent collaborator David Marinelli (FINNEAS, Ashe, Wallice, spill tab). The album pulls inspiration from a multitude of places and artists, landing in this comfy space of new and familiar while also making room for self-discovery. It will take you along for the ride of your life. “This album takes notes from a lot of different artists and bands that I really love, and as a result, it is this sort of genre-bending fever dream album.”

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PRAISE FOR YOUNG FRIEND

"...fuzzy, jangly and all kinds of refreshing, sauntering through glitzy indie-rock riffs and headstrong, energetic rhythms." – Paste Magazine

"...young friend has established himself as a rising act in heartfelt pop, building an expansive sonic world brimming warm nostalgia and self-reflection." –EARMILK

"young friend keeps it casual and cheeky, but can’t help but charm listeners as the chorus melts into an earnest admission."  – Ones to Watch

"...summer anthems that sound otherworldly..." –SHEESH MEDIA

"One remarkable aspect of songwriting is the ability to paint a picture. It’s a rare talent, being able to use words to create a visceral image within the mind of a listener. With his slow-burn acoustic pop hits, young friends has mastered this art."  – V Magazine

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NIA NADURATA RELEASES DEBUT EP

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Step into the world of rising indie pop vocalist NIA NADURATA with her debut EP Still Living With My Parents - a musical journey through the highs and lows of emerging adulthood. The EP celebrates the chaos of youth, while tenderly acknowledging the profound challenges of finding your place in a world that seems to be moving forward without you. 

"Souvenirs," the EP’s quintessential heartbreak anthem turns the remnants of a past relationship into emotional artifacts. With raw, vivid lyrics and a catchy melodic line balancing sadness and hope, it captures the universal feeling of holding onto the past even when you know it’s time to let go.

“Souvenirs is the ‘rose tinted glasses’ of breakup songs,” says NIA. “Finding your exes old stuff at your house is the most heartbreaking when you miss them. Once you've grown past it - which I hope to do - you just donate it all to good will and fuck off.”

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NIA NADURATA has had a performance mindset since childhood. NIA has been cultivating her soulful, indie, Pop and R&B sound to make you fall in love with your most vulnerable years. Her music captures a time when the world and our thoughts tortured us or soothed us, creating songs for her future audiences. While working behind the scenes as a songwriter and vocalist alongside artists such as Russ, Nonso Amadi, Amaal, Boslen, and Isaiah Peck, NIA has been preparing her very own debut EP. Set for release in 2024, the EP showcases the depth and maturity of her sound. Highlighting her upbringing and coming of age, the project mirrors the sounds of Amy Winehouse, Alaiyah, Taylor Swift, Carol King, Dijon and Billie Eilish. 

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STILL LIVING WITH MY PARENTS TRACKLIST
01 Practice
02 boo hoo
03 i think i like your girlfriend
04 can we NOT!
05 Souvenirs
06 Trauma Bond

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THE WEATHER STATION RELEASES “BODY MOVES” FROM UPCOMING LP

THE WEATHER STATION’S NEW LP, HUMANHOOD, OUT JANUARY 17, 2025 VIA NEXT DOOR RECORDS

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NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES BEGIN MARCH 27, 2025
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“On Humanhood, Lindeman brings the earth-swallowing scope of climate change and social collapse to human size — this is a record as much about heartbreak and community and the body as it is about our slump toward catastrophe.  Across Humanhood, pain blooms like dandelions through the sidewalk, always making itself known. The record's power is in the way Lindeman tempers that pain with an abundance of light — Humanhood is a document of fear and loss, but never of defeat.” - Exclaim!, Cover Story 

“Tamara Lindeman ponders disillusionment, a transactional culture, lies and the persistence of desire in 'Neon Signs' … while her band gradually coalesces around her, gathering to propel her through her misgivings and melting away when it can’t." - The New York Times

"Eco-friendly auteur documents her journey back from the frayed edge." -
MOJO, 'Album of the Month'

"[Tamara Lindeman’s] vocals are as delicate as they are forceful, as transportive as the escapist tale she sings of. Even from the singles alone, Humanhood is an easy shoo-in for one of 2025’s early highlights.” - Uproxx on “Window”

“Few artists have put out as much good music this decade as Tamara Lindeman.” - Paste

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The Weather Station releases “Body Moves,” the latest single off the forthcoming album, Humanhood, out January 17 via Next Door Records. While many singer songwriters are usually presumed to be diarists, it’s never been that simple for The Weather Station, the project of Tamara Lindeman. Her lyrics use first person, but they don’t end there; rather they tend to branch out into philosophical question marks, existential knots; entangled threads of memory and allegory. On “Body Moves,” she sings ‘you thought you knew what it was you loved / then again - look at this mess / your body fooled you / your body moved you - yes.’  Throughout Humanhood, the body is a constant, acting as a betrayer, or maybe a teacher. 

On the creation of “Body Moves” Lindeman says: “This song was the hardest song, we recorded it, changed everything, recorded it again, changed everything, recorded it again. It had to be tender and bruised and painful; like falling into a dream but also into reality. This was yet another song I rejected when I wrote it because I wasn’t sure how to stand behind it.  But then again, the song was simply presenting something that is real and that happens; the body fools you, the body moves you, sometimes in directions seemingly self destructive or painful or visceral. Bodies are biological and so is their language; chemical, pain, impulse, shut down, wake up. What matters is the interpretation, the response, whether or not you’re able to hear the signal at all.” 

Co-directed by Lindeman and Philipe Léonard, the song’s video depicts what Lindeman calls “the two hemispheres of the mind.” She explains, “One side is taking charge; moving with intention. The other side is sort of drifting in and out of dreams and is more abstract. At the centre is the actual self; in a state of confusion, being pulled by these two separate parts. At times, all three selves coordinate and move together. At other times, they don't. The song describes being misled by the body; a part of you pulling in a different direction than the other. The choreography reflects that; limbs moving with a mind of their own.”

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2021’s Ignorance, a “heartbroken masterpiece” (The Guardian), made waves commercially and drew near universal critical acclaim. In addition to the music, Lindeman found herself in the unlikely position of becoming a sort of spokesperson of climate grief; bringing that conversation to Rolling Stone and Pitchfork, the New York Times and The New Yorker. But as a high pressure touring cycle wore on, behind the scenes, she experienced a personal crisis. Laid onto the ongoing backdrop of the climate crisis; the waves of misinformation, the conspiracy theories, the battling theories of human nature, her experience felt less personal, and almost more collective. And so, she got curious. And she wrote songs.

With a long list of song fragments and a series of abstract mission statements, Lindeman and co-producer Marcus Paquin headed into Canterbury Music Studios in late 2023. Combining drummer Kieran Adams, percussionist Philippe Melanson, and bassist Ben Whiteley, (the powerhouse rhythm section from Ignorance), with new music improvisers Karen Ng and Ben Boye, the result was a music of contrasts; straight drums hitting up against soft draped piano and wandering clarinet, organic and synthetic tones doubling and splitting apart. Lindeman brought a subsumed British folk influence to the melodies, eventually landing in the meeting place between disco drums and abstract percussion, new music sax and folk melody - and attempts to push the envelope outwards in every direction.

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Humanhood is radiant and propulsive; discursive and strange. It’s a record of intense details; piano notes disintegrating into static, fiddle materializing out of a cloud of cymbals. Clear, powerful pop songs fade into view or arrive all of a sudden; before abrupt turns, tonal shifts, acid wash synth fadeouts. Each song mirrors, sonically and musically, the state of mind described in the lyric; moving from distant to claustrophobic, overwhelming to beautiful. Listened front to back, the album transcribes a journey from dissociation back towards connection; a journey echoed in form, in sound, and lyric - and in the making of the record itself.

Last month, The Weather Station announced an extensive North American Tour which is now on sale. A full list of dates can be found below, and tickets can be purchased here. 

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THE WEATHER STATION TOUR DATES
Sun. Jan. 19 - Bristol, UK @  RT Bristol - Q&A & record store performance
Mon. Jan. 20 - Liverpool, UK @ RT Liverpool - record store performance
Tue. Jan. 21 - Leeds, UK @ Jumbo Leeds - record store performance
Wed. Jan. 22 - Nottingham, UK @ RT Nottingham - record store performance
Thu. Jan. 23 - London, UK @ Rough Trade East - record store performance
Wed. Feb. 26 - Hamburg, DE @ Nochtspeicher
Thu. Feb. 27 - Copenhagen, DK @ DR Studie 2
Fri. Feb. 28 - Berlin, DE @ Silent Green
Sun. Mar. 2 - Amsterdam, NL @ Tolhuistuin
Mon. Mar. 3 - Brussels, BE @ Botanique / Museum
Tue. Mar. 4 - Paris, FR @ Point Ephemere
Thu. Mar. 6 - Brighton, UK @ CHALK
Fri. Mar. 7 - Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
Sat. Mar. 8 - Dublin, IE @ Button Factory
Mon. Mar. 10 - Glasgow, UK @ Saint Luke’s
Tue. Mar. 11 - Manchester, UK @ Band On The Wall
Wed. Mar. 12 - Bristol, UK @ The Fleece
Thu. Mar. 13 - London, UK @ Islington Assembly Hall
Thu. Mar. 27 - Montreal, QC @ Beanfield Theatre
Fri. Mar. 28 - Boston, MA @ Sinclair
Sat. Mar. 29 - Woodstock, NY @ Levon Helm Studios
Sun. Mar. 30 - Northampton, MA @ Iron Horse Music Hall
Tue. Apr. 1 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
Wed. Apr. 2 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
Fri. Apr. 4 - Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
Sat. Apr. 5 - Washington, DC @ The Atlantis
Sun. Apr. 6 - Durham, NC @ Motorco
Mon. Apr. 7 - Asheville, NC @ The Grey Eagle
Tue. Apr. 8 - Nashville, TN @ The Basement East
Thu. Apr. 10 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
Fri. Apr. 11 - St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
Sat. Apr. 12 - Iowa City, IA @ Hancher
Sun. Apr. 13 - Kalamazoo, MI @ Bell’s Eccentric Cafe - Back Room
Thu. May 8 - Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
Sat. May 10 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
Mon. May 12 - Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
Tue. May 13 - Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios
Thu. May 15 - Vancouver, BC @ Hollywood Theatre
Fri. May 16 - Victoria, BC @ Capital Ballroom
Sat. May 17 - Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
Thu. June 5 - Ottawa, ON @ National Arts Centre
Fri. June 6 - Toronto, ON @ Masonic Temple - The Concert Hall

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HUMANHOOD TRACKLIST
1. Descent  
2. Neon Signs
3. Mirror
4. Window
5. Passage
6. Body Moves
7. Ribbon
8. Fleuve
9. Humanhood
10. Irreversible Damage
11. Lonely
12. Aurora
13. Sewing

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