FLORE LAURENTIENNE RELEASES NEW ALBUM, VOLUME III, OUT TODAY

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PERFORMING AT MASSEY/TD MUSIC HALL IN TORONTO ON MAY 16 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CBC MUSIC

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"Thoughtful and naturalistic" - Electronic Sound

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Released today via Secret City Records, Volume III is Flore Laurentienne’s luminous and immersive instrumental album that concludes a trilogy begun in 2019, where organs, analog synthesizers, and string ensembles come together in an approach that is both cinematic and deeply rooted in the Quebec landscape. The album reflects an organic process that enriches the project’s sonic signature. Since the announcement and release of the first single “Régate,” the campaign has generated significant international buzz, with reviews in MOJO, Electronic Sound, and PopMatters, as well as numerous mentions in influential media outlets such as Brooklyn Vegan, Exclaim! and Tinnitist, in addition to notable interviews with Hypebot, Le Devoir, La Presse, and ICI Musique. 

Flore Laurentienne will kick off their European tour on April 9 and visit England, France, Belgium, Switzerland, and more, with a confirmed performance at Rough Trade in Berlin. CBC Music will record the concert for future broadcast at the TD Music Hall in Toronto on May 16, while the Montreal International Jazz Festival will host the project at the Maison Symphonique on June 26. Supported by strong international radio airplay including KEXP, BBC Radio 3, BBC Radio 6 Music, and more, Volume III has won over a wide audience, bolstered by organic collaborations, notably with Moog Synthesizers, as well as visibility in the Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2026 campaign, confirming Flore Laurentienne’s position as a key figure in the contemporary instrumental scene.

Opening Volume III, “Fleurs” sets the tone with its intertwining of a fully acoustic orchestra with another composed solely of synthesizers. “This piece represents a flower’s journey on earth. It sprouts, then grows, and finally returns to the earth. It represents the culmination of integrating synthesizers into a musical style rooted in the legacy of classical music,” says Mathieu David Gagnon, the composer behind the Flore Laurentienne project, about the piece.

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Although this series is coming to an end, Flore Laurentienne’s music continues to be relevant in culture and conversation. Three of their tracks feature in the film Nino, winner of the César for Best First Film, directed by Pauline Loquès and starring Théodore Pellerin, who won the César in the Most Promising Actor category for his role in the film. Additionally, the track “Petit piano” from Volume I features in Louis Vuitton’s Spring-Summer 2026 campaign starring Jeremy Allen White.

Since their debut album Volume I (2020), Flore Laurentienne has enjoyed undeniable success and established themselves in the vast realm of instrumental music. Their music has won over audiences and charmed critics, earning them three Félix Awards, two GAMIQ Awards, a JUNO Award nomination, and a spot on the Polaris Music Prize longlist. The track “Fleuve no 1” was chosen to open the CHANEL fashion show during Paris Fashion Week. Laurentienne has shared the stage with renowned artists such as William Basinski, Colin Stetson, Mabe Fratti, and Brìghde Chaimbeul, and has performed at numerous festivals, including Le Guess Who?, Trans Musicales, the Big Ears Festival, and the Montreal International Jazz Festival. The project has also made a name for itself in the media, having been invited twice for live sessions at KEXP and receiving support from BBC Radio 6 Music, Billboard, Stereogum, France Culture, Ouest France, Les Inrocks, La Presse, Le Devoir, Radio-Canada, among others.

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The message, the essence, on this third album by Flore Laurentienne, is light; it is the sprout of a seed in the earth that becomes a plant and then a flower, blooming at its peak and then inevitably withering so that the cycle may begin anew; it is the quest for beauty in chaos, from which harmony is born. On Volume III, Mathieu David Gagnon and his Flore Laurentienne return to celebrate the magnificence of the river and its floral and wooded surroundings.

This new milestone marks the end of a trilogy begun in 2019 with Volume I—with the inherent and parallel aspiration to reach a third volume in order to pay homage to Volume 3, the debut album by L’Infonie (a cult Quebec collective that blended jazz, prog, classical music, and poetry). The latter did not influence Flore Laurentienne’s music per se, but rather the conception of freedom in composition, notably by blending classical and improvisation.

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On stage, Flore Laurentienne will be touring Europe this spring with six announced dates in London, Brussels, and Paris, and a performance at Rough Trade in Berlin, before a highly anticipated concert at the Maison Symphonique, presented as part of the Montreal International Jazz Festival on June 26. Flore Laurentienne will also tour Quebec, notably at several festivals such as Le Festif! and the Festival en chanson de Petite-Vallée. Flore Laurentienne will perform at the Massey/TD Music Hall in Toronto on May 16, and the concert will be filmed for a future broadcast on CBC Music. The project comes to life on stage thanks to an ensemble of seven musicians—a string quartet, two keyboardists, and a percussionist—led by Mathieu David Gagnon, who plays the Minimoog, an instrument emblematic of Flore Laurentienne’s signature sound. Tickets are on sale now.

Rooted in the Quebec landscape and inspired by the immensity of the St. Lawrence River, Flore Laurentienne’s music—a harmonious blend of strings and analog synthesizers—takes us on a journey to the edge of the sublime, where we find ourselves both fragile and powerful, suspended between vulnerability and wonder. Flore Laurentienne draws inspiration from contrasting worlds: the melodic clarity and counterpoint of Johann Sebastian Bach, the narrative intensity and progressive audacity of King Crimson, and the electronic minimalism of Hans-Joachim Roedelius.

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FLORE LAURENTIENNE TOUR DATES
Thursday, April 9 – Bratislava, SK – Nova Cvernovka
Friday, April 10 – Prague, CZ – Palac Akropolis – Spectaculare Festival
Saturday, April 11 – London, UK – Royal Albert Hall – Elgar Room
Monday, April 13 – Berlin, DE – Rough Trade Berlin
Tuesday, April 14 - Brussels, BE - Botanique - Rotonde
Wednesday, April 15 - Düdingen, CH - Bad Bonn
Thursday, April 16 - Enghien-les-Bains, FR - Centre des Arts
Saturday, May 16 - Toronto, ON - Massey Hall
Friday, June 26 - Montreal, QC - Maison Symphonique (Montreal International Jazz Festival) Saturday, June 27 - Ottawa, ON - National Arts Centre (Ottawa Jazz Festival)
Tuesday, June 30 - Petite-Vallée, QC - Festival en chanson de Petite-Vallée 2026
Friday, July 24 - Baie-St-Paul, QC - Le Festif! de Baie-St-Paul
Friday, October 23 - Otterburn Park, QC - Les Diffusions Pointe-Valaine
Saturday, October 24 – Sherbrooke, QC - Théâtre Granada

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VOLUME III TRACKLIST
01 Fleurs
02 Régate
03 Petit matin
04 Le temps
05 Fleuve VII
06 Fleuve VIII
07 Navigation VII
08 (À travers les) Chablis

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GARRET T. WILLIE SHARES NEW VIDEO, TOUR BEGINS THIS WEEK

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NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES BEGIN TODAY, FULL DATES LISTED BELOW

GARRET T. WILLIE’S NEW LP, BILL’S CAFE, OUT NOW

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“Going to Toronto” is a stone-cold Canadiana classic” It’s no surprise that, before Willie’s first writing session, he wandered through the Johnny Cash Museum in Nashville. Bill’s Cafe is rambling and rollicking music that would make the Man in Black proud.” The Georgia Straight

“From a burned-down pool hall in Alert Bay to Nashville studios, the 25-year-old bluesman turns whiskey, small towns and hard truths into Bill’s Cafe.” RANGE Magazine

“Willie blends hard-hitting AC/DC riffage with a baritone voice that sounds like he has been making music for decades. The truth is, this devilishly good guitar-slinger isn’t even 30 yet.”
The Vancouver Sun

“Named after his grandfather's pool hall and café in Alert Bay, Bill's Cafe superimposes those Pacific ghost towns atop the streets of Nashville, communing with them in honky-tonk bars with a signature gravelly, blues rock pluck.” Exclaim!, 2026 Most Anticipated Albums

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Today, celebrated songwriter and guitarist Garret T. Willie is sharing the new video for his latest single “Going To Toronto” to help pave the way for his North American tour which begins today. Full tour dates can be found below. "Going To Toronto” picks up “right where ‘I’m Late’ left off, me chasing the next gig, somewhere between where I’ve been and where I’m headed,” says Willie. “Just me, the highway, and a single cab truck that’s seen a few miles of its own.”

The official music video for “Going To Toronto” continues Garret T. Willie’s road-driven narrative, following the artist as he sets out on another journey. Opening with intimate, observational moments, getting dressed, packing gear, and preparing to leave, the video captures the quiet rituals that come before life on the road.

From there, the story unfolds largely inside the vehicle, blending documentary-style travel footage with stylized performance shots of Willie singing while driving. The visual approach mirrors the themes of the song: movement, urgency, and the in-between spaces that define a touring musician’s life.

Serving as a continuation of the storyline introduced in the “I’m Late” music video, "Going To Toronto" places Willie back in transit, still chasing the next stage and love interest, still running behind, and still driven by the pull of the road. The result is a stripped-back, immersive portrait of an artist in motion, grounded in authenticity and a deep connection to the journey itself.

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MORE ABOUT BILL’S CAFE
Bill’s Cafe is more than a record — it’s a tribute, a turning point, and a reckoning. Named after his grandfather’s pool hall café in Alert Bay, British Columbia, the album carries the ghosts of home into the bright lights of Nashville. It was there, under the guidance of Grammy Award-winning producer Tom Hambridge (Buddy Guy, Kingfish, Susan Tedeschi), that Willie sharpened his blues-rock fire into something bigger, bolder, and truer.

The album is a road map of grit, heart, and soul. Written and recorded between late nights, long drives, and Nashville sessions, the record captures the restless spirit of a young artist carrying old-soul blues and rock traditions into the future. Across the album, Willie threads tales of whiskey-fueled nights, missed chances, stubborn resilience, and the freedom that only comes with chasing music town to town.

With his guitar in hand and a voice that cuts like hi-beam headlights on a dark backroad, Willie delivers songs that feel lived-in and timeless. Bill’s Cafe is about the forces that hold us — love, loss, addiction, ambition, and the unshakable call of music as a means of survival. It’s a live wire of raw energy and soul — a reminder that sometimes the most dangerous thing is also the most irresistible.

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That edge runs through the whole record. From roadhouse stompers to backseat ballads, Willie shines a light on hustlers, heartbreakers, and the broken pieces we all carry. He doesn’t just sing the blues — he spits them, shouts them, and bends them into something both timeless and dangerous. 

In Bill’s Cafe, Garret T. Willie doesn’t just honor his past — he builds a bridge between worlds: Alert Bay and Nashville, tradition and reinvention, the ghosts of family and the fire of the future.

On stage, Garret T. Willie is undeniable. At just 25 years old, his towering stature and deep, gravel-soaked voice channel the weight of an artist who has lived every shade of the blues. His performances are electric — no gimmicks, no fluff, just raw shredding, searing tone, and solos that rip straight through the room. He plays with the intensity of the greats, often bending the guitar behind his head mid-solo or leaping into the crowd to bring the fire even closer. Willie’s live show is more than a concert — it’s a shockwave of blues-rock energy that leaves audiences speechless and makes believers out of anyone.

Willie first made his mark with his debut album Same Pain, written with Parker Bossley at Afterlife Studios in Vancouver. The record lit a fire that spread far beyond Canada’s borders, earning praise from The Toronto Star, RANGE, Guitar World, Wonderland, Blues Matters, Blues in Britain and Classic Rock Magazine, while also landing airplay on BBC Radio 2’s The Blues Show with Cerys Matthews. Same Pain broke into the Top 20 on the UK Blues Albums chart and the US Roots Music Blues Rock chart in 2023, earned Willie two Western Canadian Music Award nominations for Blues and Indigenous Artist of the Year and a nomination for Best New Touring Artist at the Canadian Live Music Industry Awards. He carried those songs across Canada and in the US, opening for legends like Kenny Wayne Shepherd, John Fogerty, Kingfish, and recently performed on Joe Bonamassa’s Blues Cruise with Marcus King, Jimmy Vivino, Jeremie Albino, Ariel Posen, and more — proving that his firebrand blend of blues, rock, and raw honesty could hold its own on any stage.

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TOUR DATES
04/08 Rossland, BC - The Flying Steamshovel
04/09 Lethbridge, AB - Owl Acoustic Lounge
04/10 Edmonton, AB - Blues on Whyte 
04/11 Calgary, AB - Palomino 
04/14 Golden, BC - Rockwater Bar & Grill
04/15 Salmon Arm, BC - Canooligans
04/16  Kelowna, BC - Red Bird Brewing
04/17 Kamloops, BC - The Effie Arts Collective
04/18 Cobble Hill, BC - Cobblestone Pub
05/14 Cumberland, BC - The Waverley
05/16 Nanaimo, BC - The Queen's
07/11 Evansburg, AB - Pembina River Nights
07/17 Winthrop, WA - Winthrop Blues Festival
09/08 Newcastle, UK - Cluny 2*
09/09 York, UK - The Crescent*
09/10 London, UK - 100 Club*
09/11 Nottingham, UK - Rescue Rooms*
09/12 Norwich, UK - Adrian Flux Waterfront Studio*
09/13 Manchester, UK - The Deaf Institute*
09/15 Glasgow, UK - Stereo*
09/16 Bristol, UK - The Exchange*
09/17 Faversham, UK - The Old Brewery*
10/08 Toronto, ON - The Baby G
10/09 Guelph, ON - Sonic Hall
10/10 Hamilton, ON - Mills Hardware
11/12-14 Sumperk, CZ - Blues Alive Festival

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BYE PARULA SHARES “I DON’T KNOW” FROM UPCOMING ALBUM

BYE PARULA’S NEW ALBUM, SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING, OUT JUNE 5, 2026 VIA SECRET CITY RECORDS

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SUPPORTING SAID THE WHALE IN TORONTO APRIL 18
AT LEE’S PALACE

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Montreal trio Bye Parula share their sparkling, dancefloor-ready new single “I don’t know”, the second from their new album Something Out Of Nothing, out June 5 via Secret City Records. The song is thematically linked to lead single “KISSBURN”, another undeniable earworm that’s seen over 300,000 plays on Spotify (and over 1 millions views on TikTok) in only four weeks. About the pair, singer/bassist Loïc Calatayud-Sola shares: “These were written in the same period, at the beginning of the process, and they go together. ‘KISSBURN’ is told from the point of view of someone pursuing someone they’re obsessed with. They’re confident—maybe sexy, maybe ridiculous, maybe both. ‘I don’t know’ is from the other person’s point of view. They find the attention a little ridiculous—but they’re just as obsessed in return.” 

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Produced by Robbie Kuster (Patrick Watson) and mixed by Warren Spicer (Plants and Animals), Something Out Of Nothing features a team of collaborators alongside Loïc Calatayud-Sola, guitarist Sebastián Riquelme, and drummer Sergio D'Isanto - including Inuk singer/songwriter Elisapie, Bibi Club’s Adèle Trottier-Rivard, Morgan Moore and Karkwa keyboardist François Lafontaine.

Bye Parula are confirmed for multiple Canadian festivals this summer, including Northern Lights Festival (Sudbury, ON), Festival d'été de Québec (Quebec City, QC), and Hillside Festival (Guelph, ON). The band will perform next at a sold-out show on April 18 in Toronto at Lee’s Palace, opening for Said the Whale, and will celebrate Something Out Of Nothing with a hometown album release show on June 11 in Montreal at La Sala Rossa. Tickets are on sale here.

Each weekday morning at around 10am, Bye Parula became the most popular band in Canada—if only for about 20 seconds. That’s when their 2023 single, “Still Got the Spirit”, is broadcast across the country on CBC Radio One as the opening theme to the network’s flagship arts-and-culture talk show, Q with Tom Power. The song’s smooth, supple groove and jabbing disco strings made it an outlier amid the ornate prog-pop vignettes that otherwise filled up their DIY 2023 debut album, I (also produced by Kuster and mixed by Spicer), and the placement not only exposed these Montreal indie-scene newcomers to a wider national audience, it also catalyzed them to innovate and expand their sound. Where their earliest recordings captured a group of newly acquainted players still getting to know each other through musical communication, Something Out of Nothing is a testament to their deepening friendships and increasingly intuitive interplay. The result is Something Out Of Nothing: a mercurial mix that draws from the orchestral groove of Serge Gainsbourg, the wounded melodies of Elliott Smith, the cosmopolitan rhythms of the Talking Heads, and the artisanal R&B of Dijon, all imbued with a 1970s cinematic sensibility that blurs the line between sunny, fuzzy fantasy and urbane sophistication. 

While most bands form out of friendships, in this case, the friendships in Bye Parula formed through the band. When the members first met at the dawn of the decade, the only thing they really had in common was the fact that they were all strangers in a strange town: Loïc Calatayud-Sola was a recent arrival from southern France; Sebastián Riquelme hailed from Chile; and Sergio D'Isanto had immigrated from Italy. During the first wave of lockdowns, the band essentially existed as a demo file-swap exercise, but once restrictions were lifted to allow for a rehearsal retreat to a studio near Trois-Rivières, a common language was quickly forged among the trio. From there, Bye Parula cultivated an ornate art-pop aesthetic that followed in the footsteps of Montreal eccentrics like Watson or Plants and Animals, and it wasn’t long before those inspirations became peers in Kuster and Spicer, who helped this trio of immigrants find their footing in the local scene in addition to working on I.

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The album’s pleasure-seeking sounds can’t obscure the distress lurking under the surface—this is a record that massages your shoulders musically while punching you in the gut lyrically.  “English is not my first language, so on our first record, I was shy, and I was trying to over-complicate stuff, to feel intelligent in a way,” Calatayud says. “And Robbie encouraged me to be simpler and just go for the emotion. I think it helped me a lot: to know that I can just write simple lyrics that are really honest.” Naturally, Something Out of Nothing’s most dramatic moments are also the most nakedly personal: on “Orange Blossom” (featuring guest vocals from Adèle Trottier-Rivard), Loïc Calatayud-Sola pays tribute to his great-grandmother, who lived to 101 and whose spirit of perseverance continues to guide him through his own darkest hours—like the one chronicled on “Burning Down the House”, a visceral and heartbreaking post-breakup elegy. Meanwhile, the eerie-meets-Future Islands atmosphere atmosphere of “Home” draws us into the moment where Calatayud’s soul-crushing morning commute to his day job—a total of 1.5 hours on the Metro combined with an hour of walking, to be exact—led to a full-blown existential crisis, as a creeping homesickness had him questioning whether he wanted to stay in Canada. 

Something Out of Nothing is divided into two parts for the listener’s experience: ‘Songs to Listen to in a Standing Position’ and ‘Songs to Listen to in a Sitting Position.’ Two atmospheres that seem diametrically opposed yet are ultimately and intimately connected. Whether racing through the night or settling into dawn’s light, each track is woven from the same thread: love made alive by care. In this way, the album unfolds as a complete story. Its standing-position songs celebrate how love moves us, while its sitting-position songs reveal how love holds us. Together, they remind us of the necessity of both movement and stillness, of brightness and depth embracing the joy that lifts us and the pain that grounds us. Urging us to dance. Urging us to pause.

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BYE PARULA LIVE
April 18 – Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace (w/Said the Whale) – SOLD OUT
June 2 – London, UK – The Lower Third (Upstairs) 
June 11 – Montreal, QC – Sala Rossa (LP release show)
July 10-12 - Sudbury, ON - Northern Lights Festival
July 17 - Quebec City, QC - Festival d'été de Québec\
July 18 - Guelph, ON - Hillside Festival

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SOMETHING OUT OF NOTHING TRACKLIST
Side A - Songs to Listen to in a Standing Position
01 I don’t know
02 KISSBURN
03 I’m getting ready
04 Something Out Of Nothing
05 Home

Side B - Songs to Listen to in a Sitting Position
06 Orange Blossom (There’s a million reasons)
07 Miedo de olvidar (featuring Elisapie)
08 Quand vient le soir
09 Needed
10 Burning down the house

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