CHARLOTTE CORNFIELD SHARES “LOST LEADER” FROM UPCOMING LP

March 3, 2026

**CHARLOTTE CORNFIELD’S NEW LP, HURTS LIKE HELL, OUT MARCH 27, 2026 VIA NEXT DOOR RECORDS (CANADA) / MERGE RECORDS (WORLDWIDE)

BUY / STREAM “LOST LEADER” HERE
LISTEN / SHARE “LOST LEADER” HERE**

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES BEGIN MARCH 31, PERFORMING IN TORONTO ON APRIL 9 AT LULA LOUNGE

IN-STORE PERFORMANCE AT TORONTO’S SONIC BOOM ON MARCH 25 AT 6 PM

"As a songwriter, as a singer, in every way possible, Cornfield levels up on Hurts Like Hell." UNCUT

“Charlotte Cornfield is a songwriter who brings a sense of profundity to the simplest of phrases.” - The FADER

“[Charlotte Cornfield] is one of our best living songwriters.” - Paste

“Charlotte Cornfield among Canada’s great storytellers.” - Exclaim!

“A hushed, awestruck meditation on a consequential conversation”
- Stereogum on “Living With It

“One of our generation's most moving bards.” Northern Transmissions

“Charlotte Cornfield basks in open spaces” - The Toronto Star

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Charlotte Cornfield releases “Lost Leader,” the third single from her new album, Hurts Like Hell, out March 27 via Outside Music (Canada) and Merge Records (Worldwide). Following “Living With It”, which features “wraithlike vocals in very close harmony from Feist” (The New York Times) on which she “explores the grit beneath the surface of a painful memory,” (KLOF) “Lost Leader” is a character study about a broken-down frontman. Here, Cornfield places her narrator at the scene of an interaction between a musician and a fan not as a passive observer, but a tender documentarian of personal squalor and faded glory.

Commenting on the track, Cornfield says: “This is a hard song. But I also think it's a little bit funny. Tragicomic maybe? It's about a tormented frontman character whose personal demons and poor behaviour are getting the best of him. The story is told in second person but there are two perspectives represented here: the struggling artist and the disappointed fan. Christian Lee Hutson sings the part of the ‘lost leader,’ and though he only has a few lines he delivers the hell out of them.”

LISTEN / SHARE “LOST LEADER” HERE
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Cornfield’s sixth album, Hurts Like Hell is the first she’s recorded since the birth of her daughter in 2023, an inflection point for her as a person and an artist. The album’s recurrent themes of personal growth and renewal, of love’s perseverance through difficulty and shame and awkwardness, are rooted there.

Cornfield’s change in perspective is evident not only in her approach to the lyric—which now gives voice to characters and themes beyond her own headspace—but in how she approached recording. Hurts Like Hell is her most collaborative effort to date. Decamping to Philip Weinrobe’s (Adrianne Lenker, Lonnie Holley, Billie Marten) Sugar Mountain studio in January 2025, Cornfield was joined by a full backing band, including Palehound’s El Kempner (guitar/vocals), Lake Street Dive’s Bridget Kearney (bass/vocals), Adam Brisbin (guitar/pedal steel), and Sean Mullins (drums), with key contributions by Núria Graham (piano), and Daniel Pencer (saxophone). Cornfield and Weinrobe then recruited Feist, Buck Meek, Hutson and Maia Friedman to sing on the album. “Every musician involved was a dream collaborator,” Cornfield says.

WATCH / SHARE “LIVING WITH IT” FEAT. FEIST HERE
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Cornfield arrived at Hurts Like Hell bearing both scars from her past and hope for the future. Standing outside of herself and taking stock of what she wanted her music to be in the wake of childbirth, she was brave enough to ask for space, for time, and for help from places and people familiar and unexpected—a group chat, songwriters she was fans of but wasn’t acquainted with, friends whose long-forgotten song leant her the chorus for a new one. Every “yes,” every voice memo, every shared file, every open door leading to this moment in her career. Call that moment what you will—an expansion, a rebirth, a breakthrough—Hurts Like Hell is big enough to meet it.

Kearney, Kempner, Evan Cartwright (Cola), and Nick Levine (Jodi, Great Grandpa) will join Cornfield on a Spring US tour with dates in New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles.

WATCH / SHARE “HURTS LIKE HELL”(MUSIC VIDEO) HERE
BUY / STREAM “HURTS LIKE HELL” HERE

CHARLOTTE CORNFIELD LIVE
Tue. March 31 - Brooklyn, NY @ Public Records
Thu. April 2 - Chicago, IL @ Schubas
Sat. April 4 - Los Angeles, CA @ Scribble
Thu. April 9 - Toronto, CA @ Lula Lounge | SOLD OUT

MORE PRAISE FOR CHARLOTTE CORNFIELD

“Cornfield is a sharp-eyed songwriter, who is particularly adept at both reinforcing and undercutting the emotional core of her narratives with quotidian detail and slacker silliness. - Rolling Stone

“Her songs unfold like flower blossoms, as if you have already heard them dozens of times before.” - Steven Hyden

“Cornfield has the gift of telling poetic stories while sonically expressing them, in true songwriter fashion. Every time listening to her songs uncovers a new layer.” RANGE Magazine

"Cornfield’s strength has always been writing profoundly emotional songs rooted in her own experiences and making them feel like your own." - SPIN

PRE-SAVE HURTS LIKE HELL HERE

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HURTS LIKE HELL TRACKLIST
1. Before
2. Hurts Like Hell
3. Lost Leader
4. Lucky
5. Living With It
6. Number
7. Squiddd
8. Kitchen
9. Long Game
10. Bloody and Alive

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EDWIN RAPHAEL REVEALS VIDEO FOR “IT'S A SHAME YOU SWIM SO WELL” FROM NEW LP

March 3, 2026

WATCH / SHARE “IT’S A SHAME YOU SWIM SO WELL” HERE
BUY / STREAM “IT’s A SHAME YOU SWIM SO WELL” HERE

I KNOW A GARDEN ALBUM OUT MARCH 20, 2026

PRE-SAVE I KNOW A GARDEN HERE

2026 CANADIAN DATES BEGIN MARCH 27, U.K. AND EUROPEAN TOUR COMMENCES IN MAY - FULL DATES BELOW

“There's a particular way light particles interact that Montreal-based folk singer-songwriter Edwin Raphael captures in his thoughtfully expansive, globe-trotting soundscapes.Warm Terracotta, "Mosaic in the Sun" and "A Sunbeam Lent to Us Briefly," arrive with the breathless wonder of language's inability to articulate the emotional heft of a momentary prism falling upon the scene just so.” Exclaim!, Most Anticipated Albums of 2026

“Buzzing drones meet uplifting guitar melodies as Edwin Raphael’s imaginative narrative unravels on First Time on Earth. The ebbs and flows from bursts of energy to pulled-back introspective moments. Life brings with it more questions than answers, but it’s seeking beauty in the mundane, in the wonder of small miracles, that we find meaning."
CBC Music, 'Songs You Need To Hear'

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Later this March, Edwin Raphael’s new album, I Know A Garden, will be released, paving the way for a run of tour dates throughout Ontario and Quebec and then on to Europe. Today, the Montreal-based songwriter reveals another new track from the record.

“It’s A Shame You Swim So Well” is an “ode to helpless witnessing, the ache of watching someone walk straight into their own undoing despite every sign,” says Raphael. “It explores the paradox of strength: how someone can be so good at surviving the storm that they no longer recognize its danger. You knew the signs, read the skies, heard the thunder. You braced for impact. But they? They moved through it like it was nothing. Like they’d always belonged to the water, even the roughest parts of it.”

WATCH / SHARE “SHAME YOU SWIM SO WELL” HERE
BUY / STREAM “SHAME YOU SWIM SO WELL” HERE

MORE ABOUT EDWIN RAPHAEL
With roots in Kerala, India, Raphael studied classical guitar before deciding on the keys. As he developed an affinity for John Mayer and Ben Howard, he felt at odds with a distinct sense of “placelessness”. It wasn’t until he moved to Montreal to pursue a business degree that he felt a sense of stability, and became deeply entangled with the city’s indie bedroom pop scene.

LISTEN / SHARE “THEN THERE’S YOU” HERE
BUY / STREAM “THEN THERE’S YOU” HERE

His debut EP Ocean’s Walk (2015) paired stirring, melancholic instrumentals with a fierce self-reckoning. It would set the stage for a string of releases that would dive deeper into the psyche; like confronting the aftershocks following a significant heartbreak, or relearning your emotional baseline as you mature. Subsequent releases, Cold Nights (2017), Will You Think of Me Later? (2019), and its follow up Staring at Ceilings (2021), reveal an artist devoted to sharpening his ability to translate his experiences into ubiquitous statements.

LISTEN / SHARE “A SUNBEAM LENT TO US BRIEFLY FEAT. JORDAN MACKAMPA”
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The 2024 re-release of Will You Think of Me Later? has amassed 115 million streams on Spotify. Edwin has performed over 70 shows across 14 countries since 2023, sharing the stage alongside Palace, Hollow Coves, Noah Kahan, and more. He heads out on tour throughout Quebec beginning March 27 and a U.K. and European tour commences May 14 All dates are below.

WATCH / SHARE “FIRST TIME ON EARTH” (MUSIC VIDEO) HERE
BUY / STREAM “FIRST TIME ON EARTH” HERE

WATCH / SHARE “MOSAIC IN THE SUN” (MUSIC VIDEO) HERE
BUY / STREAM “MOSAIC IN THE SUN” HERE

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I KNOW A GARDEN TRACKLIST
1 - First Time On Earth
2 - Moonstruck
3 - Hymn for a Dragonfly
4 - Mosaic in the Sun
5 - Then There’s You
6 - It’s A Shame You Swim So Well
7 - Emerald to Gold
8 - It Will All Pass Anyways
9 - Ballroom Of My Memory
10 - Snake on the Road
11 - A Sunbeam Lent To Us Briefly Feat. Jordan Mackampa

2026 TOUR DATES
Mar 27 - Quebec City, QC - Grizzly Fuzz
Mar 28 - Jonquière, QC - Espace Côté-Cour
Apr 02 - Montréal, QC - Studio TD
Apr 08 - Gatineau, QC - Le Minotaure
Apr 10 - Toronto, ON - The Garrison
Apr 17 - Lavaltrie, QC - Garage à Simon
Apr 18 - Frelighsburg, QC - Beat et Betterave
Apr 25 - Sherbrooke, QC - La Petite Boîte Noire
May 07 - Sainte-Thérèse, QC - Cabaret BMO
May 14 - London, UK - Lower Third
May 16 - Düsseldorf, DE - Stradtstrand
May 17 - Haarlem, NL - Patronaat Small Hall
May 18 - Hamburg, DE - Hebebühne
May 19 - Sibbesse, DE - Orangerie
May 21 - Vienna, AT - Club Lucia
May 22 - Munich, DE - Kult 9
May 26 - Zurich, CH - Xtra Music Cafe
Jun 20 - Brossard, QC - Square Dix30

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STATUS/NON-STATUS NEW LP OUT THIS WEEK, SHARE MUSIC VIDEO FOR “BONES”

March 2, 2026

**STATUS/NON-STATUS NEW ALBUM, BIG CHANGES, DUE OUT MARCH 6, 2026 VIA YOU’VE CHANGED RECORDS**

WATCH / SHARE “BONES” HERE

**PRE-SAVE BIG CHANGES HERE**

LIVE PERFORMANCE DATES BEGIN MARCH 13

“Hope and hopelessness teeter side by side, big drums and jingle dresses ring out beneath driving guitars, and questions about land, belonging, and survival linger long after the last lyric fades.” Atwood Magazine

“In a moment defined by fragmentation, Status/Non-Status offers something sturdier: music as community, and community as survival.” RANGE Magazine, Frequency Forecast 2026

“Adam Sturgeon and co. are back with an album centred on family. …a record that’s raw and urgent.” CBC Music, Albums We Can’t Wait To Hear in 2026

“We have the utmost faith in Anishihaabe songwriter Adam Sturgeon and co. to mine the trials and tribulations of navigating life's Big Changes” Exclaim!, 2026 Anticipated Albums

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This week, Status/Non-Status will release their new album, Big Changes, a record about survival, but also about making connections in order to endure. Led by Anishinaabe musician and artist Adam Sturgeon, the record is the big noise we make together when the world feels like it’s falling apart, and the harmony that comes when we keep time with one another. At its core, Big Changes is an act of community-building. Though its songs focus on reckoning, reflection, and resistance, the album derives its strength from the people who contributed to its creation.

To help celebrate the album’s release Status/Non-Status are sharing the new video for “Bones”. Of the track, Sturgeon explains, “Post-colonial psychology and psychosis is a large frame of reference for me and my writings. Bones is another dive into and through the past to see where we have come and what is still very much out of our control. It’s an isolating feeling to feel the effects and how little our accomplishments have seemed to change things. Same old story, just a different day. From the fur trade to a doom scroll, what can I do to redirect my path, forge my own trail and exist in a way that connects me to a meaningful existence?”

WATCH / SHARE “BONES” HERE

MORE ABOUT BIG CHANGES (by Jim Di Gioia)
Over the years, Adam Sturgeon has undergone a metamorphosis, shedding old monikers and reclaiming heritage. In 2021, the collective formerly known as WHOOP-Szo became Status/Non-Status as part of Sturgeon’s ongoing exploration of the complex roots of his family history. Together with Zoon’s Daniel Monkman (who makes a guest appearance on Big Changes), Sturgeon introduced the world to OMBIIGIZI in 2022 via their Polaris Music Prize shortlisted record Sewn Back Together. Regardless of which project Sturgeon is working on, though, the one thing that doesn’t change is how he treats it: like family, protecting it at all costs. Every reinvention, every reckoning, every return leads back to the same role: provider, protector, father.

Alongside Sturgeon, there is a host of both long-time and new collaborators and friends—like Eric Lourenco, Jessica O’Neil, and Kirsten Kurvink Palm—as well as an extended circle of artists (including Steven Lourenco and Sunnsetter’s Andrew MacLeod) expanding Status/Non-Status into an every growing collective of artists that embodies the push and pull that animates the album itself: the tension between consistency and change and living in solitude and solidarity.

BUY / STREAM “GOOD ENOUGH” FT. JULIE DOIRON HERE
LISTEN / SHARE “GOOD ENOUGH” FT. JULIE DOIRON HERE

Big Changes comes from living through what Sturgeon describes as “a war on people and their ways of being” while engaging in the everyday domesticity of dropping the kids off at daycare, heading into work, doing chores around the house, and figuring out how to survive “what is beginning to feel like a real apocalypse.” Inspired by his in-the-moment work with OMBIIGIZI, and with over 40 rough song ideas on hand, Sturgeon recruited Dean Nelson (Beck, Thurston Moore, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks) and Matthew Wiewel (of Deadpan Studios and engineer of Status/Non-Status’ previous album, Surely Travel) to build a home studio in the old church he lives in with his family in London, Ontario. Everything on Big Changes “Is centralized around our Monday morning recording sessions,” he says, “and this routine of caring for my young family in a disintegrating and tough city.”

For Sturgeon, Big Changes also reflects his lifelong dialogue with duality, a dichotomy “...felt through the contrast of being a mixed person,” who sees “racism perpetuated against people more visible than myself, while also not feeling like I’m Indian enough.” The record tussles with that uneasy and impossible balance of simultaneously walking in two worlds with conflicting values. It’s less a statement of intent than a lived reflection, one that acknowledges tension without resolving it. “I don’t feel conflicted about where I stand, but I’m not sure I’m always seen,” Sturgeon says, adding that, “[on Sewn Back Together, OMBIIGIZI] found balance in the dichotomy of being damaged and using it as a tool to move forward. Big Changes, however, is foreboding and inquisitive about what is to come.”

WATCH / SHARE “AT ALL” HERE
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The song “Big Changes” brings these big ideas and concepts down to street level, reflecting the daily realities of life just outside Sturgeon’s own front door. “This song is about my hood, where I live and raise my family and what I see when I walk out the door,” he says, describing a neighbourhood “mired by gaps in the system” and burdened by housing crises, addiction, and lateral violence. Caught in the crossfire between bureaucratic inaction and a community’s will to survive, “Big Changes” expresses how people are forced into change simply to keep going, whether that change leads somewhere better or somewhere harder doesn’t really matter. What matters is endurance, adaptation, and the resilience to find ways to live with what’s left.

Despite its title, one thing that Big Changes doesn’t mess with is the music. Status/Non-Status hold fast to their intuitive and fluid style, their musicianship grounded in connection, familiarity, and an overarching trust in the power of their glorious noise. If anything, Status/Non-Status is more refined on Big Changes, summoning a sound that’s deliberate while retaining the untamed energy that first inspired them. Crunching guitars clock the daily grind of the nine-to-five on opening track “At All”, while bursts of ’90s indie-rock energy collide with sugar-coated power pop melodies on “Peace Bomb”. Ominous shades of gothic blues hang in the air on the title track, while the yin and yang of male and female harmonies (supplied by Broken Social Scene’s Kevin Drew and Rachel McLean) on “Blown Again” temper abrasion with warmth. On “Basket Weaving”, a collaboration with Odawa poet and artist Colleen “Coco” Collins, contemplative acoustics and ambient synth textures intertwine with anthemic rock flourishes in an exploration of “ancestral experience of reconnection.” The influence of Canadian noise-rock pioneers Eric’s Trip runs like an undercurrent through Big Changes, especially in its community-minded spirit. That lineage comes full circle on the delicate lullaby ballad “Good Enough”, featuring Eric’s Trip Julie Doiron. “Working with Julie Doiron, my teenage hero and favourite bass player,” says Sturgeon, “is something I could only ever dream of. I don’t take accomplishing my dreams for granted,” he adds. “I am just so lucky Julie is such a giving and wonderful community member.”

Read the full album bio by Jim Di Gioia at https://www.killbeatmusic.com/statusnonstatus

STATUS/NON-STATUS TOUR DATES
March 13 - Zbtfd live in-store - Brantford, ON - w/Indian Giver
March 19 - Guelph, ON - Sonic Hall
March 20 - St. Anne's - Tkaronto - Wavelength Music festival - w/ Ribbon Skirt
March 27 - Palasad - London, ON - w/ Indian Giver
March 28 - Corktown Pub - Hamilton, ON - JUNOFest
May 13-16 - Great Escape - Brighton/UK