New & Upcoming Canadian Albums: Jessie Reyez Announces 'Paid In Memories', Spiritbox Sail the 'Tsunami Sea'

Jessie Reyez will soon be back with a new album, a prominent new addition to our weekly calendar of new and upcoming Canadian album releases.

The Canadian R&B star and winner of the Billboard Canada Women in Music 2024 Trailblazer Award will deliver her keenly awaited new album, Paid In Memories, on March 28.

Another acclaimed singer-songwriter, Dan Mangan, also returns on May 16 with his new (and seventh) full-length, Natural Light.

Prolific Toronto rock auteur Ensign Broderick, meanwhile, is putting out two new records on May 16, while singer-songwriter Kate Maki will release Impossible Knot, her first new music in nine years, on May 9. Rising R&B artist Aqyila adds Falling Into Place, out March 28.

There are also some big Canadian albums out this week.

That includes recently Grammy-nominated B.C. metal sensations Spiritbox, who have released their anticipated sophomore album Tsunami Sea.

Other artists with new albums include veteran Toronto jazzniks Shuffle Demons, roots-rockers The Burning Hell, South Asian rapper AR Paisley, fiery indie rock outfit Frog Eyes and indie pop up-and-comer Housewife.

Here is the full calendar of new and upcoming Canadian albums.

February

26: Pierre Kwenders, Tears On The Dancefloor (Moonshine / ADA Warner)

27: JJ Miller, Hometown Believer

28: Yves Jarvis, All Cylinders (Next Door Records)

28: Marie Davidson, City of Clowns (DEEWEE)

28: CJ Wiley, So Brand New (Tiny Kingdom)

28: Brett Kissel, Let Your Horses Run

28: Sacred Wolf Singers X Simon Walls, L’nu’k Mawiejik (The People Gather Together).

28: Moka Only, Arbutus Canyon (Urbnet)

28: hHead, Jerk/Fireman (Record Record Label)

March

1: Newbridge, Past Lives

4: Blair Packham, The Impossible Dream

5: The Southern Residents, Folk Signals

6: The Shuffle Demons, Are You Really Real (ALMA Records)

7: No Frills, Sad Clown(We Are Busy Bodies)

7: Spiritbox, Tsunami Sea, (Pale Chord /Rise Records)

7: Morgan Toney, Heal The Divide (Ishkode)

7: The Burning Hell, Ghost Palace ( You've Changed Records)

7: AR Paisley, Unfinished Business (91 North Records)

7: Rachel Therrien, Mi Hogar II ( Lula World Records)

7:Puma June: A Woman That They Want

7: Nour Symon, je suis calme et enragé•e

7: Jürg Frey, String Quartets -reissue (Collection QB)

7: Stonehocker, Hello Mr. Hyde

7: The Neighbourhood Watch, Mr. Skin and Bones

7: Housewife, EP Girl Of The Hour

7: Frog Eyes, The Open Up

14: cleopatrick Fake Moon, (Nowhere Special Recordings/Thirty Tigers)

14: Shiv and The Carvers, Tell Me You Love Me Again

14: El Balcón,El Errante

14: Real Sickies, Under a Plastic Bag

18: Brock Geiger, Some Nights

21: RUSH, RUSH 50 (UMe/Mercury and Anthem Records)

21: Thea May, Brought to You by Tragedy (Ishkōdé Records)

21: Elena Erin, Roaring 20s

21: Jerry Leger, Lucky Streak (Latent)

26: Salin, Rammana

28: Destroyer, Dan’s Boogie (Merge)

28: Bria Salmena, Big Dog (Royal Mountain)

28: Various Artists, How Far Would You Take It (Halocline Trance )

28: Jessie Reyez, Paid In Memories

28: Aqyila, Falling Into Place (Sony Music Entertainment Canada)

28: Envy of None, Stygian Wavz

28: The Blue Stones, Metro (Thirty Tigers)

28: Gloin, All of your anger is actually shame (and I bet that makes you angry) (Mothland)

April

4: Sister Ray, Believer (Royal Mountain Records)

4: young friend, motorcycle sound effects (Nettwerk)

4: Lowest Of The Low, Over Years and Overnight (Sonic Envy)

4: Melanie Fiona, Say Yes ( (LoveLinc/Public Records/Cadence Music Group)

4: Thais, Personne (Bravo)

4: Endray, S/T

8: Terry Gomes, Some Chunes

9: Cold Specks, Light for the Midnight (Secret City Records)

11: Amanda Rheaume, The Truth We Hold (Ishkōdé Records)

11: My Son The Hurricane, Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (Vegas Funeral Records)

11: Captain Tractor, East of Edson (Revisited), 30th Anniversary Edition

11:Mona Lissa Chanda, Queen of Games

11: Casper Skulls, Kit-Cat ( Next Door Records)

11: Ostara, The Roots

18: Drew Smith, Leaf by Leaf

25: Digawolf, Trapline

25: Rachella Wred, Leave The Light On

25: Braden Lam, The Cloudmaker's Cry

25: Bells Larsen, Blurring Time (Royal Mountain)

25:Michael Cloud Duguay,Wobbly Yonder (Watch That Ends The Night)

25: Matt Andersen, The Hammer & The Rose (Sonic Records)

25:1001 Est Crémazie,S/T (We Are Busy Bodies)

25: Philippe Massé, Le Vent

25: Vivienne Wilder, Terrible Human

25: Richard Moody, Tobacco & Rose

25: Karneef, It’s How You Say It

25: Kyle McKearney, To The River

25: METÒ, Wed To The Moment

May

2: Lights, A6

2: Kelly Bado , Belles âmes (Good People) (Odd Doll Records)

9: Hanorah, Closer Than Hell (Ensoul Records)

9: Kate Maki, Impossible Knot

9: Kara-Lis Coverdale, From Where You Came (Envision Records)

16: Ensign Broderick, Come Down and Mirror Ring

23: David Celia, Organica (vinyl edition)

23: Two Hours Traffic, I Never See You Anymore

25: Alexander Gallant, Rubber Monster Suit (Tibet Street Records)

30: Amy Millan, I Went To Find You (Last Gang Records)

30: SamWoy, Even Sad Boys Like to Have Fun (Hidden Ship)

June

6: Born Ruffians, Beauty’s Pride (Wavy Haze Records)

6: Suzie Ungerleider, Among the Evergreens (MVKA)

6: Nadah El Shazly, Laini Tani (Backward Music)