“Without You” by Aysanabee

Multiple JUNO-winning artist Aysanabee is back with new music and an album announcement!

Edge Of The Earth is set to be released on June 20th and the theme of the album is“situated on the dividing lines drawn by decisions and choices made in critical moments. The songs of this collection, many borne out of conversations with friends, lovers and self, reflect on the emotional crossroads and precipices that catalyze major life changes.”

The first track “Without You” mourns the loss of his granfather, Watin (which was also the name of Aysanabee’s first album") and the accompanying video was filmed on the Naotkamegwanning First Nation - showing off the cold and frozen winter.

His voice is so powerful and cuts right into you, and I cannot wait to hear more from the album to come!

Christine

“Little Light” by Georgia Harmer

Last week, Georgia Harmer released her second single of the year with a song for the spring in “Little Light”.

The new tune is a gentle hymn featuring Harmer’s gorgeous voice, and she explains the song “is an homage to a very peaceful place out in the country where I lived for a few months, and a new love taking root. It's a very hopeful song, about being led to inner solace, and feeling like the blinds are being opened to let the light in a little bit more than they'd ever really been. It's a song about tranquility and reverence, for the place I was in, physically and emotionally, and trying to take in the beauty that surrounded me and let it seep inward enough to make me feel like I could be part of it.”

No news on if there’s a album on the way, but here’s hoping for more soon!

Kirk

“Disease with No Name” by Matias Roden

Vancouver’s Matias Roden is diving deep into existential dread with his latest single “Disease with No Name”.

Drawing inspiration from a his own struggles with chronic pain and frustration of being dismissed by doctors, and Roden says “I wanted this song to feel both intimate and grand—like you’re sitting alone with your thoughts, but they’re expanding beyond the room, beyond the city, into something huge and uncontainable”

Take a listen with the video — directed by Peter Faint — below!

Kirk

“odessa (she-side)” by pssyclwz

I love a good cover song, and what’s even more interesting is a cover from a completely different perspective. Which is what Toronto’s pssyclwz has done with Caribou’s classic “Odessa”, making a haunting “she-side” from a brand new point of view.

She elaborates, “"Odessa" was a song I've always wanted to cover, but I knew it had to be more than just a copy. I tried everything from live instrumental to acapella versions, but it was producer Samuel Kochany's beat that really brought this concept to life. I wanted to honour the original, but also add my own spin. Using my voice to replace some of the instrumental components was ambitious, but we didn't give up on the idea, and I'm really glad we stuck with it.”

Have a listen and watch the lyric video below!

Kirk