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New & Upcoming Canadian Albums: Debby Friday Announces 'The Starr of the Queen of Life,' PUP & Propagandhi Release New Albums
Polaris Music Prize winner Debby Friday will release her new album on Aug. 1, while two noted punk bands head our list of new albums out this week.
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Two of Canada's top punk bands of the past 30 years lead the list of new album releases this week. Veteran Winnipeg political-punk outfit Propagandhi return with At Peace, though the less than peaceful Canada/U.S. relations of late may be a contributing factor in the band's decision to cancel a planned U.S. tour.
Toronto favourites PUP, meanwhile, will play a six-venue tour of their hometown in July in support of their new full-length, Who Will Look After The Dogs? They are set to begin an extensive U.K. and European tour this month. Here's a cut from the new record.
Also delivering new music this week is Barenaked Ladies keyboardist Kevin Hearn, with Portland Parish, recorded in Jamaica. He has long maintained a career as an acclaimed solo artist alongside his BNL work. Pop-dance star Lights returns with her sixth album, A6, Toronto indie rock heroes Lowest Of The Low release Over Years and Over Nightand are now on an Ontario tour, Reuben and The Bullhorn Singers (the new project of Reuben and The Dark's Reuben Bullock) debut with All These Roads, Montreal DJ and musicians collective Moonshine (featuring Pierre Kwenders) comes out with MS for Location, Vol. 6 and WCMA Award-winning global artist Kelly Bado serves up Belles âmes (Good People).
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The most significant new album announcement is that, on Aug. 1, alternative electronic music artist Debby Friday will release The Starrr Of The Queen Of Life, the eagerly-awaited follow-up to her 2023 Polaris Prize-winning album, GOOD LUCK. Also announcing upcoming release dates are pop craftsman Steven Taetz, with Fruit (out June 13), and Vancouver artist Yawn, with wish i could've, out the same day.
Here is the full list of new and upcoming Canadian album releases.
April
25: Digawolf, Trapline
25: Rachella Wred, Leave The Light On
25: Braden Lam, The Cloudmaker's Cry
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25: Bells Larsen, Blurring Time (Royal Mountain)
25: Dennis Ellsworth, Hardcore Freewheelin' (Tonic Records)
25: Marsella Duncan, BRIGHT
25: Michael Cloud Duguay,Wobbly Yonder (Watch That Ends The Night)
25: Naomi, Un coin sombre pour danser - Deluxe Edition
25: Anthony OKS, Make Way
25: Matt Andersen, The Hammer & The Rose (Sonic Records)
25: Cody Lawless, Heaven Has a Special Place For You
25: The Dream Eaters,The Dream Eaters Quarterly Report: Q125
25: 1001 Est Crémazie,S/T (We Are Busy Bodies)
25: Hawksley Workman, Fly Like An Ego
25: Raf Reza, Ekbar (Telephone Explosion)
25: The Halluci Nation, Path of The Baby Face
25: The Steve Holt Jazz Impact Quintet, IMPACT
25: Philippe Massé, Le Vent
25: Vivienne Wilder, Terrible Human
25: Richard Moody, Tobacco & Rose
25: LU KALA, No Tears On This Ride
25: Karneef, It’s How You Say It
25: Kyle McKearney, To The River
25: Madisyn Gifford, A Quiet Contemplation of Sunshine (604 Records)
25: METÒ, Wed To The Moment
25: Heather Ferguson, Found
30: Jolie Laide, Creatures (Victory Pool)
May
1: Hermitess, Death & The Fool
1: The Vaniers, So Bad, So Good
1: Kevin Hearn, Portland Parish
2: Lights, A6
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2: Goodnight Sunrise, GET A LIFE
2: Kelly Bado, Belles âmes (Good People) (Odd Doll Records)
2: Marie Dresselhuis, A Little Quiet At First
2: Lowest Of The Low, Over Years and Over Night (Sonic Envy)
2: Abigail Lapell, More Songs About Love
2: Propagandhi, At Peace (Epitaph)
2: The Lightning Struck, Century Storm
2: Tumble, Lost In Light
2: PUP, Who Will Look After The Dogs?
2: Reuben and The Bullhorn Singers, All These Roads
2: Moonshine, MS for Location, Vol. 6 ( Moonshine/ADA Warner)
9: Kate Maki, Impossible Knot
9: Hanorah, Closer Than Hell (Ensoul Records)
9: Kara-Lis Coverdale, From Where You Came (Envision Records)
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9: Ryan Wayne, Functioning Dysfunctionals
9: Robert Thomas & The Sessionmen, The Way We Roll
9: Rube & Rake, Good Times After Bad (LHM Records)
9: Skydiggers, Dreams & Second Chances
9: Bibi Club, FEU DE GARDE (LES BRAISES)- Deluxe edition (Secret City)
14: Absolute Treat, Shattered Love (Victory Pool)
15: Wardrobe, Common Touch
16: Ensign Broderick, Come Down and Mirror Ring
16: Alex Henry Foster, A Nightfall Ritual (Hopeful Tragedy)
16: Chinese Medicine, The Trans Agenda (Twin Fang)
16: Larry Kurtz & The Lawbreakers, Take A Ride
16: Shawny - Go Go Stop -Music & Movement for Kids
16: Tanika Charles, Reasons To Stay
16: Dan Mangan, Natural Light ( Arts & Crafts)
16: EKKSTACY, forever
20: Gordon Tentrees & Jaxon Haldane, Double Take
23: David Celia , Organica (vinyl edition)
23: New Chance, A Rock Unsteady, (We Are Time)
23: Cassia Hardy, In Relation (Mint Records)
23: Ryland James, Heart of Me( 21 Entertainment Group)
23: Flara K., Seasons
23: Two Hours Traffic, I Never See You Anymore
23: Stephane Archambault, Point
25: Alexander Gallant, Rubber Monster Suit (Tibet Street Records)
26: The Dirty Nil, Free Rein To Passions (Dine Alone)
27: Opal Dar, Birds Hurting Birds Who Hurt Birds
30: Amy Millan, I Went To Find You (Last Gang Records)
30: Mint Simon, Chimera
30: SamWoy, Even Sad Boys Like to Have Fun (Hidden Ship)
30: Foxwarren, 2 (Arts & Crafts)
June
3: Jocelyn Pettit & Ellen Gira, Here To Stay
6: Born Ruffians, Beauty’s Pride (Wavy Haze Records)
6: Suzie Ungerleider, Among the Evergreens (MVKA)
6: Ambre Ciel, still, there is the sea
6: Mother Mother, Nostalgia(Warner Music)
6: Monkey House, Crashbox (ALMA Records)
6: Nadah El Shazly, Laini Tani (Backward Music)
6: Various Artists, ANTHEMS: A Celebration of Broken Social Scene's You Forgot It In People (Arts & Crafts)
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6: Ken Yates, Total Cinema
6: The Knocks and Dragonette, Revelation (Neon Gold Records / Futures / Virgin)
6: Dominique Fils-Aimé, Live At The Montreal International Jazz Festival
6: Steve Marriner, Hear My Heart (Cordova Bay Records)
6: Empanadas Ilegales, Sancocho Trifásico (We Are Time)
6: Ambre Ciel,still, there is the sea (Gondwana Records)
13:Common Holly, Anything Glass ( Paper Bag Records)
13: Sandra Sutter, Shadow Stories
13: Mike Elliott, Let You Go (Busted Flat Records)
13: Steven Taetz, Fruit
13: Yawn, wish i could've
13: APACALDA,There's a Shadow in my Room and it isn't Mine
20: Sunshine Makers, The Sun Still Shines (Lovetown Records)
20: Celeigh Cardinal, Boundless Possibilities - Deluxe Edition
20: Meggie Lennon, Desire Days ( Mothland)
25: The Souljazz Orchestra, Manifesto (vinyl)
27: Royale Lynn, Black Magic (Epitaph Records)
27: Penny & The Pits, Liquid Compactor (Forward Music)
July
11: Tami Neilson, Neon Cowgirl (Outside)
22: JP LeBlanc, All In My Blood--Je l’ai dans le sang ( Acadian Connection)
25: The Dirty Nil The Lash (Dine Alone Records)
August
1: Debby Friday, The Starrr Of The Queen Of Life (Royal Mountain)
22: Chambers Deslauriers, Time To Ride (40 Below Records)
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29: The Beaches, No Hard Feelings (AWAL)
September
12: Camilla Sparksss, ICU Run (On The Camper Records)
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