“Dig Me Out” by Miesha and the Spanks

Last week Miesha and the Spanks debuted their latest single, "Dig Me Out", a tribute to the recovery of the 215 child remains discovered at the Kamloops Residential School in May of 2021.

Miesha -- who is is a mixed Secwépemc First Nation woman -- painfully shares, “I wrote this song to process everything I was feeling: the grief, the horror, the anger, and the helplessness. Like most Indigenous kids, I already knew the history of abuse that came with the assimilation these schools offered. I saw it first hand reflected in the generational suffering of my family. My Grandmother survived Tk'emlups Residential School, sent there after her two older sisters died at St. Eugenes, the one closer to our home. Unlike her sisters, she made it back home, shamed and pregnant. As the numbers piled in from all across Canada, gaining more press and social media attention, survivors and their relatives shared their stories, again, because they’ve been doing this for years while no one listened, and I read them all. I found myself in a very dark place, absorbed in my Grandmother’s story and so many like her, and it was very difficult to dig myself out.”

Have a listen below, and all All sales of the track go towards the Indian Residential School Survivor’s Society.

Kirk

“Guess I’m Going To Hell” by Lowell

I’m used to super fun, catchy, upbeat songs from Lowell, so when a synth-y ballad started playing I almost gasped.

I know this woman has range, but “Guess I’m Going To Hell” is a GORGEOUS song and definitely raw. While the music is flowing and pretty, the lyrics are about struggles, mistakes and demons.
Give it a listen.

Christine

“Every Time You Cry” by Matthew Barber

Matthew Barber just announced his new EP, No Singing or Dancing, (sounds like COVID times to me!), coming out on July 22, 2022.

His latest single “Every Time You Cry” is a “confessional plea to understand and accept that tears don’t always come in the same ways to different people - at least not when others are around" - says Barber.

Christine