Lubalin, Caribou, Jennifer Castle Announce New Albums: Calendar of New Canadian Releases

In the precious few weeks left of summer, Canadian artists have come out with some exciting new releases this week.

That includes Indigenous duo Ghostkeeper (recently part of Billboard Fresh Sounds Canada), Montreal indie rockers The Sound of Eddy, roots songsmith Ben Arsenault, the adventurous collaborative project of Quatuor Bozzini, junctQín keyboard collective4, Rebecca Bruton and Jason Doell, veteran singer-songwriter Peter Foldy and jazz guitarist-composer Greg Amiraul.

A number of acclaimed Canadian artists have also announced new albums or EPs coming out soon, including new tastes.

Internationally acclaimed electronic artist Caribou (a.k.a. Dan Snaith) will deliver his new effort, Honey, on Merge Records on October 4. Now a veteran, the Polaris Prize and Juno Award winner and multiple Grammy nominee retains a deep passion for creativity, explaining in a bio that "One thing that hasn’t changed for me from the very beginning is a manic curiosity of seeing what I can make out of sound... The chance of making something new and exciting is still as exhilarating as ever, and as much fun as ever." Word is the new album showcases the two personas of Snaith: the exploratory Caribou and the dancefloor-friendly Daphni.

Highly-respected Toronto singer-songwriter Jennifer Castle also announced a new album this week after a recent new song featured on the acclaimed TV show The Bear. Her seventh record, Camelot comes out on Nov. 1 via Paradise of Bachelors and Solstice Radio, and is co-produced by her longtime collaborator Jeff McMurrich. Castle is an expressive and ambitious lyricist, and her bio notes that Camelot “distills everyday experience into art and art into faith, subliming terrestrial concerns into sublime celestial prayers to Mother Nature, and to the unfolding process of perfecting imperfection in one’s own nature.” Her exquisitely pure vocals are supported by a core trio, two backing vocalists, guest guitarists (including Cass McCombs) and renowned musician Owen Pallett (Hidden Cameras), who arranged the strings for Estonia’s FAMES Skopje Studio Orchestra.

Check out the second advance single, “Lucky #8,” below. Castle plays three shows in Atlantic Canada, Oct. 9-11, followed by dates in Norway and Sweden. Itinerary here.

Lubalin, a Montreal artist and viral social media personality who collaborated with Billboard Canada Women of the Year Charlotte Cardin as a co-writer and co-producer on a number of songs from her breakout album 99 Nights, has just announced a new album of his own. haha, no worries comes out December 6 on Cult Nation, and its new single "bullet time" was actually originally written for Cardin but didn't quite fit her sound at the time. It's an intriguing mix of pop hooks and adventurous production, with some drum & bass inspiration.

Other announcements include reunited '90s hard rock band Sven Gali, roots songsmith Kim Beggs, indie rockers Jane's Party and Ron Sexsmith, who'll be reissuing two gems from his large catalogue.

Check out the full calendar of new and upcoming Canadian releases here.

August

22: The Sheepdogs, Paradise Alone (Right On Records)

23: The Secret Beach, We Were Born Here, What's Your Excuse? (Victory Pool)

23: Falcon Jane, Legacy

23: Colin James, Chasing The Sun (Stony Plain)

23: AP Dhillon, The Brownprint

28: Ghostkeeper, Cipayak Joy (Victory Pool Records)

28: Quatuor Bozzini / junctQín keyboard collective4 / Rebecca Bruton / Jason Doell, a root or mirror, blossom, madder, cracks; together (Collection QB)

30: The Sound of Eddy, Ladders (Ensoul Records)

30: Ben Arsenault, Make Way For This Heartache

30: Greg Amirault, A Change of Pace

30: Dan Mangan, Being Elsewhere Mix CD

30: Peter Foldy, Peter Foldy - Collection (The Orchard/Sony)

September

6: Hansom Ēli, Sip (The Vault)

6: Cuff The Duke, Breaking Dawn (Cardinal Records)

6: Michael Scott Dawson, The Tinnitus Chorus (We Are Busy Bodies)

6: Mis Blandine with the Caza Jazz Band , Renaissance

6: D.D. Jackson, Poetry Project

6: Terry Donaghue, Looking For Redemption

6: Mojo Minefield, Watch Your Step

6: Thélonius García, Marche Nocturne (night walk)

6: SUUNS, The Breaks (Secret City)

6: Bob Sumner, Some Place To Rest Easy

6: Devin Cooper, Good Things: Deluxe Edition

6: Mo Kenney, From Nowhere

9: ASKO, S/T (Dine Alone)

13: Colin Stetson, The love it took to leave you (Envision Records)

13: The Fretless, Glasswing (Birthday Cake)

13: Dear Rouge, Lonesome High (Pheromone Recordings/Cadence Music Group)

13: Brooke Stilla, k bye

13: Sarah Davachi, The Head As Form’d In The Crier’s Choir ( Late Music)

13: Michael Sarian, Live At Cliff's Bells (Shifting Paradigm Records)

13: Sven Gali, Bombs and Battlescars

13: Flore Laurentienne, 8 tableaux, (Secret City Records)

13: Nemahsis, Verbatim

13: Paloma Sky, Hold On To Me

13: The Devil's Sons, Now and at the Hour of Death

13: Joel Plaskett, One Real Reveal

13: Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Red Future

13: Chastity - Chastity

16: The Meringues, Pavlova's Dog

19: ASKO, S/T (Dine Alone Records)

20: Golden Feather, Release

20: Sunset Rubdown, Always Happy to Explode

20: Alex Henry Foster, A Measure of Shape and Sounds (Hopeful Tragedy)

20: Kim Beggs, Beneath Your Skin

20: Ontarians, More How It Is

20: Molly Annelle, Junebug (604 Records)

20: Virginie B, Astral 2000

20: Spitty, Motherland

20: JJ Wilde - Vices

20: Ron Korb, Global Canvas

20: Craig Robertson, Running The Other Way

20: Jesse Waldman & Marc L'Esperance, The Shimmering Divide

20: Howard Gladstone, Crazy Talk

20: Nelly Furtado, 7

27: Leif Vollebekk, Revelation (Secret City Records)

27: Goldie Boutilier, The Actress ( ONErpm)

27: Sharon, Lois & Bram, Elephant Show Stoppers! (Elephant Records Inc./Red Brick Songs)

27: Julian Taylor, Pathways (Howling Turtle, Inc.)

27: Bryn Roberts, Aloft (Elastic Recordings)

27: Tea Fannie, It's All Love

27: Andy Colonico, Daytime Broker

27: Mustafa, Dunya(Arts & Crafts)

27: Contrived, Addicted to Sadness (LHM Records)

27: Tia Wood, Pretty Red Bird

27: Eddy Ruyter, Waves (Heart Dance Records)

27: Michael Bernard Fitzgerald, Horizon Lines

October

4: Mia Kelly, To Be Clear

4: Devarrow, Heart Shaped Rock (Paper Bag Records)

4: Christo Graham, Music For Horses (We Are Busy Bodies)

4: The Low Sixes, The Oshawa Tree ( Forge Again Records)

4: Caribou, Honey (City Slang)

4: Charlie A'Court, San Palarino

4: Chris Gostling, Forest City Town Country

11: Klô Pelgag, Abracadabra (Secret City Records)

11: The August Arrival, Hillsides

11: Jadea Kelly, Weather Girl

16: Jane's Party, The Best of Wild in the Woods Vol. 2

18: Twin Flames, Hugging the Cactus

18: The Free Label , Songs for Sienna (Westwood Recordings)

18: Nicky Lawrence, Ugly Black Woman (Gypsy Soul Records)

18: Sean Davis Newton, Bird Brain

18: Nap Eyes, The Neon Gate (Paper Bag Records)

18: Shawn Mendes, Shawn

25: Victime, En conversation avec (Mothland)

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

25: Lia Kuri, Motherland

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: Jennifer Castle, Camelot (Solstice Radio)

1: No Codes - Usual Suspects

1: OMBIIGIZI, Shame (Arts & Crafts)

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

8: We Are Wolves, title TBA

8: Yoo Doo Right (Mothland)

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

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

December

5: Carmen Braden, A Hard Light

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

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