New & Upcoming Canadian Albums: Roots-Soul Artist Jeremie Albino Shines on New Dan Auerbach-Produced 'Our Time In The Sun'

It's a brand new month, and we're back with our calendar of new and upcoming Canadian albums.

A very busy week for new Canadian album releases also includes offerings from global roots artist Lenka Lichtenberg, Toronto instrumental band The Henrys, the new Montreal composing trio of Sarah Neufeld / Richard Reed Parry / Rebecca Foon, Hamilton blues veteran Alfie Smith, Vancouver sonic adventurers Astrocolor and large Toronto jazz ensemble Carn Davidson 9. One notable new album announcement is that singer-songwriter Gus Englehorn will release his next full-length, The Hornbook, on Jan. 25, on Secret City.

There is plenty of interest in Camelot, the new album from eloquent Toronto singer-songwriter, Jennifer Castle, a longtime critical favourite. Check out an advance track here. Serving up a keenly-anticipated sophomore album today is OMBIIGIZI, the Polaris Prize shortlisted duo of Daniel Monkman and Adam Sturgeon. The two Anishinaabe artists are at the forefront of the exciting Indigenous shoegaze sound also delivered by their other projects (Zoon for Monkman, Status/Non-Status for Sturgeon). Here is a brand new track from the album.

Album of the Week: Jeremie Albino, Our Time In The Sun

Toronto soul/roots singer-songwriter Jeremie Albino received critical kudos for three earlier albums, and he could be poised for a breakthrough with his new full-length, Our Time In The Sun, out today (Nov. 1). He has a notable champion in the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach. After stumbling across his music by accident, Auerbach signed Albino to his Easy Eye Sound label, and has gone one step beyond by producing this album and playing on it. Hotshot Nashville songwriter-musicians Pat McLaughlin, Joe Allen and Bobby Wood also contribute.

Albino delivers some of his strongest work yet, with his soul vocals and sharply poignant songwriting to the fore — evident on the powerful ballad title track. A compelling performer, Albino will be touring the new album extensively. It is indeed his time to shine.

Here is the full calendar of upcoming Canadian albums.

October

25: Victime, En conversation avec (Mothland)

25: Ron Sexsmith, Cobblestone Runway & Retriever (limited edition vinyl & Cd reissues)

25: Good Lovelies, We Will Never Be The Same (anniversary reissue) (Outside Music)

25: Skratch Bastid, Get Up! DJ Mix

25: D.O.A. & Guests, No Escape From What You Are (Sudden Death Records)

25: Dom Dias, All I Need

25: Devon Cole,Two Shades Blonder (Arista Records)

25: Kandle, Danger To dream

25: Moka Only, Alcynoos, Parental, Amalama

25: Talia Schlanger, Latent Lounge live from The Hangar (Bandcamp)

25: Lindsay Ell,love myself (Universal Music Canada)

25: Peach Pit, Magpie(Columbia Records)

25: T. Thomason, Tenderness (Six Shooter Records)

25: Claudia Bouvette, Diary For The Lonely Hearts

25: Tess Parks, Pomegranate

25: Elijah Woods, Elijah Would!

28: Neil Young, Live At Fillmore East, 1969 (Rhino)

30: Frank Mighty, Nexterday

31: Maya Malkin, it's a me thing

November

1: Jeremie Albino, Our Time in the Sun ( Good People Record Co./Easy Eye Sound)

1: Sarah Neufeld / Richard Reed Parry / Rebecca Foon, First Sounds (One Little Independent/Envision Records)

1: Flower Face, Girl Prometheus (Nettwerk)

1: Kellylee Evans, Winter Song

1: Jennifer Castle, Camelot (Solstice Radio)

1: Sandy Bell, BREAK OF DAY: Songs for Colin

1: Ilya Osachuk, The Answer

1: No Codes - Usual Suspects

1: OMBIIGIZI, Shame (Arts & Crafts)

1: SHEBAD, Music is the Answer

1: The Henrys, Secular Hymns and Border Songs (Bandcamp)

1: Lenka Lichtenberg, Feel With Blood (Six Degrees)

1: Alfie Smith, Every Rome Needs A Nero (Gilded Tooth)

1: Laila Biali, Wintersongs

1: Christopher Whitley, Almost As Soft As Silence

1: Astrocolor, Stargazing – AstroJazz Vol. 2

1: Skye Wallace, The Act of Living ( Tiny Kingdom)

1: Owen Riegling, Bruce County - deluxe version(UMC)

1: Dan Pitt Quintet, Horizontal Depths

1: Sandy Bell, Break of Day: Songs for Colin

1: Carn Davidson 9, Reverence

1: The Matinee, End of Scene - B-Sides EP

6: Tamar Ilana & Ventanas, Azadi (Lulaworld)

8: Les Dales Hawerchuk,Attaque à cinq (Bravo)

8: Les Breastfeeders , La ville engloutie (Bonsound)

8: ROSIER, elle veille encore l

8: The Tragically Hip, Up To Here (box set)

8: Pamela Morgan, White Fleet Suite

8: Dan Fortin, Cannon (Elastic Recordings)

8: Louie Sanchez, S/T (Next Door Records)

8: We Are Wolves, title TBA

8: Yoo Doo Right, From the Heights of Our Pastureland (Mothland)

8: Angell & Crane, S/T (For The Living And The Dead)

8: Homeshake, Horsie (Deluxe) (Dine Alone Records)

8: Les Dales Hawerchuk,Attaque à cinq ( Bravo)

14: King Cruff, WHAT HAVE I ‘DON (Tuff Gong Collective/Universal Music Canada)

15: Alvvays, S/T -10th anniversary vinyl only reissue

15: Marcus Trummer,From The Start (Gypsy Soul Records)

15: Paesler, when things do not dry they are heavy (ArtHaus)

15: Peggy Lee & Cole Schmidt, Forever Stories Of: Moving Parties (Earshift Music)

15: Nathalie King,PTSD

15: Shawn Mendes, Shawn

15: Ryland Moranz , Better/Worse

15: Ghost Orchid, S/T

15: Stefan Gnyś, Horizoning (We Are Busy Bodies)

15: Kenny Blues Boss Wayne, Ooh Yeah! (Stony Plain)

15: His His, Good Gold Cassette (Victory Pool Records)

15: Kylie V, Crash Test Plane(Royal Mountain Records)

15: Sunnsetter -Heaven Hang Over Me (Paper Bag Records)

15: Tryptique - S/T

15: Maclayne, off the deep end

15: Tim Baker, Full Rainbow of Light

20: MOONRIIVR, Tascam Series EPs (Victory Pool Records)

25: Jesse Mac Cormack, GRIP (Secret City Records)

28: Alex Bird & The Jazz Mavericks, Another Christmas Day

29: Ruby Singh, Vox. Infold 11

December

1: GTA Rhythm Section, The Orange Sessions (Wolfe Island Records)

5: Carmen Braden, A Hard Light

6: Lubalin, haha, no worries (Cult Nation)

6: Cory Marks, Sorry For Nothing (Better Noise Music)

13: Menno Versteeg, Why We Run ( Royal Mountain Records)

13: Movieland, Then & Now

January

17: Marlaena Moore, Because You Love Everything (Session/Bonsound)

17: The Weather Station, Humanhood ( Next Door Records)

17: Ken Presse, Someday

24: Motherhood, Thunder Perfect Mind (Forward Music)

24: Sarah Page & Patrick Graham, Littoral States

25: Christian Sean, Hallelujah Showers

31: Gus Engelhorn, The Hornbook (Secret City)

31: N NAO, Nouveau Langage ( Mothland)

31: Featurette, Panic Pills (via Division11).

February

14: Peter Dreams and MOONRIIVR, S/T (Six Shooter)

14: Art d’Ecco, Serena Demon (Paper Bag Records)

14: Alessia Cara, Love & Hyperbole

21: Basia Bulat, Basia’s Palace (Secret City Records)

21: Silverstein, Antibloom I Pink Moon (UNFD)

27: JJ Miller, Hometown Believer,