Songs of the Week: November 22 - 28, 2021
“Cathedral” by Kandle
Earlier this year, Kandle released her stunning album, Set The Fire, which is about to take on a whole new life.
Inferno is a companion short film and “visual album” directed by long-time collaborator, Brandon William Fletcher, and features “a stunning interwoven series of music videos – some audiences have seen before, some they have not – as well as a little new footage that landed on the cutting room floor, and some live videos for various version of the reimagined songs.”
“Presented as a long dream, Inferno is the burning in our subconscious, the way our brains try to process grief, frustration, anger, powerlessness, and the reclamation of that power,” comments Brandon. “While we’re incredibly pleased to be able to present this nearly 43-minute long film, we’re equally impressed that we filmed about half of it within a seven day period.”
“As usual, my partner in crime, Brandon William Fletcher, and I refused to see limitations,” adds Kandle. “Producing, styling, improvising, pulling favours, borrowing our talented friends and crossing our fingers, we created the new pieces of this film within seven days. We surrendered to the chaos, found our flow states, worked with our flaws and dove in. I am over the moon to share with you this film.”
Check out “Cathedral” below, and make sure to head here tonight (Monday) at 6pm (Pacific) for the premiere of Inferno!
Kirk
“Believe it All” by Twin Rains
Twin Rains indeed!
The aptly named band released a new single this month titled “Believe it All” and it’s just the dreamy, moody song we need here in Vancouver right now.
The Toronto band’s latest EP Unreal City was released on November 19th and just had their album release party last week. Give it a listen below!
Christine
“Unstoppable” by JP Maurice
Trust in JP Maurice to always give us catchy tunes with heartfelt meaning.
”Unstoppable” is from JP’s latest release Pressure Makes Diamonds, which was released at the beginning of this month.
The “Can’t stop, won’t stop. You’re unstoppable.” mantra the songs repeats is a great motivator to keep going - especially these days.
Check out the single below and the rest of the album by clicking here.
Christine
“Capture Love” by Melted Wings
We’re going back to the 80’s with this synth-y new track “Capture Love” by Melted Wings.
The song, the first single from the next album which should be out in early 2022, “explores feeling overwhelmed or down and how unexpected positive moments can lift you up.”
If that wasn’t relatable enough, Michael Wynn (the one behind Melted Wings) say that ““Love” in this case is not romantic love, instead it’s love for anything unanticipated that puts a smile on your face and clears the fog. Such as a dog wagging its tail at you, diving into your hobby or passion, or a random act of kindness from a stranger.”
I’m gonna go find a dog to smile at now.
Christine