New & Upcoming Canadian Albums: Begonia, Orville Peck and Boy Golden Have Anticipated Releases On The Way
New albums out this week include The Once, John Gogo, Truck Violence and Olivia Penalva, while some hotly-tipped contenders await in the wings.
Begonia
There are some new Canadian albums coming your way post-Canada Day weekend. Folk favourite Romi Mayes delivers a new album, Blue Rodeo keyboardist Mike Boguski takes the spotlight with another solo effort, seasoned rock 'n rollers Mr! Mouray return and there is new work from Toronto Latin singer-songwriter Amanda Martinez.
In the next six weeks, meanwhile, some of Canada's brightest new talents from across the country are putting out keenly-awaited releases. Winnipeg R&B/pop singer-songwriter Begonia has a powerful voice, and people are now taking notice. Her next album, Open Swim, arrives on July 17, little more than a year after her acclaimed and Juno-nominated second album, Powder Blue. Begonia won a Juno with her earlier group, Chic Gamine, and this could bring similar honours.
Her fellow Manitoban, Boy Golden (aka Liam Duncan) delivers his new album, For Eden, on July 19, and he has also been making waves with his vibrant indie folk sound. We're informed that "the album’s origins — analog and off-the-grid — speak to the more personal, self-reflective mood of the collection." A breakout performance at the AmericanaFest conference last fall led to a signing with talent giant WME. Boy Golden will be promoting the album via an extensive cross-country tour later this year.
After earning attention in the duo Milk & Bone, Montreal singer-songwriter-film composer KROY (Camille Poliquin) has gone solo, and her new album, Militia, is released on Aug. 16. Expect dark pop melodies on this one. More info here.
Country music maverick Orville Peck returns with his new album, Stampede, arriving on Aug. 2. It will be backed by the muscle of Warner Records, the major label he jumped to from Sub Pop. The record will include Peck's much-talked about duet with Willie Nelson on "Cowboys Are Frequently Secretly Fond of Each Other," a track featured in our Fresh Sounds series recently.
See the full calendar of new and upcoming Canadian releases here.
June
27: Alexisonfire, LIVE Born & Raised 2022, St Catharines ON
28: Mattmac, All Eyes On Us (Mattmac Music Group/N’we Jinan Records)
28: Homeshake, Horsie (Dine Alone Records)
28: Shawn Hook, Beauty in Surrender (Infinity & Records/UMG)
28: Karan Aujla, Four Me (Apple Music Edition)
28: Mike Boguski, Here's To Tomorrow / Goodbye To Yesterday
28: Brasstactics, Tribute to the Groove
28: Tommy Crane, Dance Music for All Occasions (Elastic Recordings)
28: Harry Lee Follon , Uncle's Lament (Bandcamp)
28: The Once, Out Here
28: Romi Mayes, Small Victories
28: Rose Morrison, The River She Knows
28: WAASH, WAASH (Light Organ Records)
July
1: Mr! Mouray, Lady Rock And Roll
2: LVEAM, Bagatelles
3: John Gogo, Western Balladeer
5: Future Star, It’s About Time! (Mint Records)
5: Truck Violence, Violence (Mothland)
5: Olivia Penalva, Spiderwebs (Deluxe)
5: Amanda Martinez, Recuerdo
12: Donovan Woods, Things Were Never Good If They’re Not Good Now (End Times Music)
12: Colin Fisher, Suns Of The Heart (We Are Busy Bodies)
17: Begonia, Open Swim (Birthday Cake Records)
19: Oleyada, Late Night Jam
19: Boy Golden, For Eden (Six Shooter)
26: Electric Religious , The Taste (Red Music Rising)
26:Doug Wilde, The Sixth Dimension.
26: Wild Rivers, Never Better (Nettwerk Music Group)
August
2: Orville Peck, Stampede
9: Fucked Up, Another Day
16: KROY, Militia
16: Dee Holt, loving in the dark
23: The Secret Beach, We were Born Here, What's Your Excuse? (Victory Pool)
23 Colin James, Chasing The Sun (Stony Plain)
23: Michael Cloud Duguay, Succeeder (Watch That Ends The Night
28: Ghostkeeper, Cîpayak
30: The Sound of Eddy, Ladders (Ensoul Records)
September
6 : Hansom Ēli, Sip
6: Cuff The Duke, Breaking Dawn (Cardinal Records)
6: Thélonius García, Marche Nocturne (night walk)
6: SUUNS, The Breaks (Secret City)
6: Mo Kenney, From Nowhere
13: Colin Stetson, The love it took to leave you (Envision Records)
13: Joel Plaskett, One Real Reveal
20: Golden Feather, Release
27:Leif Vollebekk, Revelation (Secret City Records)
27: Julian Taylor Pathways (Howling Turtle, Inc.)
October
4: Mia Kelly, To Be Clear
4: Devarrow, Heart Shaped Rock (Paper Bag Records)
11: Klô Pelgag, Abracadabra (Secret City Records)
11: Jadea Kelly, Weather Girl
18: Twin Flames, Hugging the Cactus
November
8: The Tragically Hip, Up To Here (box set)
December
5: Carmen Braden, A Hard Light
