NEW ALBUM THE PARTY OUT NOW ON ARTS & CRAFTS
“Partygoers collapse or embarrass themselves; strings, clarinets and lush Harry Nilsson-style moments all add to the snapshot of an accomplished new voice.” - The Guardian
“The Party charms and troubles, playing like the soundtrack to a particularly devastating film noir. …simply marvellous.” - 9/10 Exclaim!
“both beautiful and beautifully troubling – understated, imaginative chamber pop.”
- Irish Times
“Shauf can locate the game-changing chord that great songs pivot on, for which lesser talents fumble in vain. The Party conceals killer lyrics in music of extraordinary beauty and lushness.” - The Sunday Times (UK)
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES WITH CASE/LANG/VEIRS BEGINS JUNE 9
PHOTO CREDIT : COLIN MEDLEY
Highly acclaimed young singer-songwriter Andy Shauf has released an entrancing new video for his song “The Worst In You” from new album The Party, which Stereogum called “a lovely, luxuriant thing you should hear,” and inspired comparisons to both Harry Nilsson and Randy Newman from NPR Music.
The video is directed by artist Winston Hacking and, like their previous collaboration on Shauf’s track “The Magician”, the video “involved the painstaking process of printing out individual frames of video sourced off of the internet, ‘paperteering’ them on video and then filming the final edit on 16mm film,” says Hacking. “I used randomly selected videos that a friend picked out and started to choose clips based on their composition and the likelihood that they would work well with collaged elements. It was completely by chance and very late in the process that I realized that there were visual connections to some of the lyrics in the song.”
The Party is not exactly a concept record, but it was a way for the singer-songwriter to get out of his own head. An after-party record, more like it. Or for the hangover the next day, when only Shauf’s songs can make any sense of the emotionally-charged scenarios that played out the night before. When The Party was over, Shauf had no regrets—even if its characters have more than a few. You’re invited to The Party. It’s one you’ll never forget.
The Saskatchewan-based songwriter gained international attention with his previous album, The Bearer of Bad News. NPR called that record one of “2015's most breathtaking albums” and “an appropriately titled collection of mostly grim tales about small town drug addicts, murderous lovers and other weary underachievers.”
Andy Shauf just put the wraps on a string of European tour dates with The Lumineers and will return to North America for performances with case/lang/veirs in June including stops in Victoria and Vancouver. Shauf will also appear at The Winnipeg Folk Festival and Hillside Festival in July. Full tour dates can be found below.
MORE PRAISE FOR THE PARTY
“He wrote and recorded it in his parents' basement, and he came up with what I think will definitely be a top-10 record for me this year.” - Robin Hilton, NPR Music
"the perfect balance of artistic uncertainty and absolute spirituality. Think of him as Canada's modern answer to Nick Drake." - Marah Eakin, The AV Club
“One of the most outstanding talents we’ve heard in quite some time.” - Paul Bridgewater, The Line Of Best Fit
"Andy's Shauf's acoustic songs made me think of the late Elliott Smith's beautiful music in that they sound intricate and ghostly." - Huw Stephens, NME / BBC1 Radio Host
“The Canadian songwriter’s hazy harmonies and easy keys belie the intricate concept of his fourth album. Using sharp snapshots and strange characters, Shauf paints an endearing sketch of his house’s many moods” - MOJO
“one of the year’s most vivid and relatable albums.” – Quick Before It Melts
“...one of the single most promising voices to emerge from Canada in recent memory.” - Flood Magazine
“thematically centered, beautiful, and as always, extremely charming.” - Beatroute
“★★★★...nods to the 70s soft rock of Harry Nilsson or Josh Rouse’s homage to that era....a real talent.” - Daily Express (UK)
“as though Shauf made a feature film, providing settings, characters and colour to fill out a full motion picture with just 10 songs.” - CBC Music
“An exceptionally fine record.” – Sunday Express
ANDY SHAUF ON TOUR
Jun 02 / 03 - Barcelona, ES - Primavera Sound
Jun 09 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom w/ Son Little
Jun 22 - San Diego, CA - Humphrey’s **
Jun 23 - Los Angeles, CA - Greek Theatre **
Jun 25 - Saratoga, CA - The Mountain Winery **
Jun 28 - Victoria, BC - Royal Theatre **
June 29 - Vancouver, BC - Queen Elizabeth Theatre **
Jun 30 - Seattle, WA - Woodland Park Amphitheatre **
Jul 02 - Portland, OR - Oregon Zoo Amphitheatre **
Jul 05 - Bend, OR - Athletic Club of Bend **
Jul 09 - Winnipeg, MB - Winnipeg Folk Festival
Jul 22-24 – Guelph, ON – Hillside Festival
Jul 23 – Lowell, MA - Boarding House Park**
Jul 26 - Brooklyn, NY - BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! **
Jul 27 - Washington, DC - Lincoln Theatre **
Jul 29 - Atlanta, GA - Atlanta Botanical Garden **
Jul 31 – New Orleans, LA – The Joy Theatre **
Aug 02 - San Antonio, TX - Tobin Center for the Performing Arts **
Aug 03 - Austin, TX - Long Center for the Performing Arts **
Aug 04 – Dallas, TX - Winspear Opera House **
Aug 05 – Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium **
Aug 07 – Chicago, IL – Chicago Theatre **
Aug 09 - Bayfield, WI - Big Top Chautauqua **
Aug 10 – Apple Valley, MN - Weesner Amphitheater **
Dec 8 – Ottawa, ON – National Arts Centre
** w/ case/lang/veirs
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