It’s been a hot minute since we last heard from Vancouver roots rockers The Matinée, but this past week they released not one, but TWO new songs.

“Trouble Is” and “Ain’t No One Like You” are both natural extensions of the bands sound, with some familiar voices helping out — both Dawn Pemberton and Colleen Rennison (No Sinner) lending their incredible pipes, as well as Matt Kelly (of City & Colour as of late) on slide guitar.

Lead singer Matt Layzell says “Inspiration for ‘Trouble Is’ came after seeing the premiere of ‘Selfless’, a poignant documentary which looks at the effects of social media and screen time on today’s youth by the wonderful people at Fresh Independence. The concept arose from conversations sparked after digesting the film’s message, which got us riled up that no one seems to want to do or say anything about it. The song allows us to preach wearily from our humble soap box and tell you what we feel the ‘Trouble Is’.”

While there’s nothing official announced, I have it on good authority that a new album is very much on the horizon, so while you wait pop these into your ears on repeat.