EVERYTHING COMES TRUE DUE OUT OCTOBER 25 VIA SONIC UNYON
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TOUR DATES WITH TERRA LIGHTFOOT BEGIN OCTOBER 30
“I think the song of the year is “Ex-Lover” by Sam Weber. The guy’s a hell of a songwriter, great musician, great guitarist… he’s going to do big things” – Afie Jurvanen, Bahamas
“[Weber] is an expert tunesmith, brimming with addictive, adventurous and confident pieces. Infused with deep wit and wisdom, Weber’s output is truly impressive. His guitar work is also killer, full of nuance, soul and a truly unique voice.… We’ll be hearing a lot more from Weber in the coming years and, more than likely, decades” – Guitar Player
“Some guys can sing. Some guys can play guitar. Some guys can write songs. Some guys know their way around the recording studio. Then there are guys like Sam Weber.
[He] can do it all” – Tinnitist
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Today, acclaimed songwriter and guitarist Sam Weber is pleased to announce his new LP, Everything Comes True, due out October 25 via Sonic Unyon. The album’s first single, “It’s All Happening” was inspired by an inside joke between Weber and Terra Lightfoot, who will be touring across Canada together this fall. Full tour dates can be found below.
“‘It’s all happening’ is a mantra Terra and I started saying to each other all the time as a joke,” says Weber. “It sort of means everything, all of it, is unfolding as it should. The lyrics in the song refer to the narrator persevering in the face of adversity and accepting that everything is it motion and happening as it should.”
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Emerging from the bright, wide skies of Canada's west coast, Sam Weber has spent the last decade variously honing his craft as a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer - a road that crests a scenic new mountain with the arrival of his stunning new album, Everything Comes True. Expanding on the ambitious canvas of his recent New Agile Freedom EP, Weber has delivered his most compelling release to date, one stacked with remarkable songs filled out by a remarkable range of talents whose gifts complement the artist's own considerable strengths.
"This collection of songs is the most personal I've put my name on, but this project feels like my least independent,” says Weber. "In crucial moments, the people I collaborated on this saw my truth clearer than I did." He reserves special thanks for L.A. producer Tyler Chester, who cared for the songs as if they were his own, remaining intensely mindful of the album's finer details as well as the fullness of its scope, despite a tight session window. “Much of this record was done in a short period of time," Weber admits. “I'll spend the rest of my life trying to understand how deeply he shaped these performances without touching them."
Industry insiders know Chester not just for his diverse production credits but also his work as a steady session hand on albums and tours by Joan Baez, Jackson Browne, Andrew Bird, Amy Helm, Hayes Carll, Christina Aguilera, and many others. Those heady connections are in addition to the album's heavyweight cast of session players, a lineup that included Dylan Day (Jenny Lewis), pedal steel player Rich Hinman (St. Vincent, Sara Bareilles, Rosanne Cash, Marc Cohn, Cyndi Lauper), guitarist-vocalist Adam Levy (Norah Jones, Tracy Chapman, Ani DiFranco, Allen Toussaint), bassist Bob Glaub (John Lennon, Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Stevie Nicks, CSNY, John Fogerty, Leonard Cohen), percussionist Justin Stanley (Prince, Beck, Leonard Cohen, Paul McCartney, Mark Ronson, Robbie Robertson, Willie Nelson), trombonist Elizabeth Lea (Tedeschi Trucks Band, Dirty Projectors, Vampire Weekend), and trumpet player Todd Simon (Solange, Kelis, Antibalas, Kamasi Washington, Ziggy Marley, TV on the Radio). The album's stellar roster of personnel also includes Grammy Award winning mastering engineer Gavin Lurssen, and of course Weber's long-time drummer and collaborator Marshall Wildman.
For all that star power, Weber found magic in unexpected places. Weber describes the album's title track, written at home on his parents‘ piano, as being something of a snapshot of his past, present and future. “I expect things will happen and I see them come to fruition in unexpected ways,” he says. “I’m trying to say that good things and bad things will happen, but not because they’re good or bad, but because they’re true; and the truth always comes out in the end. No matter how tragic or joyous.”
That gently philosophical bent shows up throughout the album, reflected in lyrics that offer hard-earned wisdom as well as cinematic windows into lives, loves, and relationships unwound or made more profound by circumstance and the pull of the road. At once dreamlike and diaristic, the songs reflect Weber's own journey, both personal and professional. As a moment in time and a statement of purpose, Everything Comes True captures an artist speaking with uncommon clarity and unfaltering dedication to his craft.
A perceptive and compelling singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist in the vein of Jackson Browne, The Band, The Wood Brothers and Gillian Welch, Weber has been touring independently and internationally with his band since 2013 — the year after he scored a glowing profile in Guitar Player magazine. Years spent refining songs at home in North Saanich, BC, working in studios in Los Angeles, CA and gigging relentlessly across Canada and throughout the Western U.S. have honed Weber’s craft to a fine point. That journey might have reached a remarkable new place, but to hear Weber tell it, it's never really over.
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ON TOUR WITH TERRA LIGHTFOOT
Oct 30 • Winnipeg, MB • West End Cultural Centre* [ TICKETS ]
Oct 31 • Regina, SK • The Exchange* [ TICKETS ]
Nov 1 • Saskatoon, SK • Capitol Music Club* [ TICKETS ]
Nov 2 • Calgary, AB • Gateway Lounge* [ TICKETS ]
Nov 4 • Whistler, BC • Maury Young Arts Centre* [ TICKETS ]
Nov 5 • Vancouver, BC • Biltmore Cabaret* [ TICKETS ]
Nov 6 • Kelowna, BC • Fernando’s Pub* [ TICKETS ]
Nov 7 • Invermere, BC • Pynelogs Cultural Centre* [ TICKETS ]
Nov 8 • Golden, BC • Kicking Horse Culture Centre* [ TICKETS ]
Nov 9 • Edmonton, AB • Station on Jasper* [ TICKETS ]
*With Terra Lightfoot
EVERYTHING COMES TRUE TRACKLIST
01 Everything Comes True
02 It’s All Happening
03 Obligated
04 Queen On The Money
05 Avenir
06 Mendocino
07 Probably Not
08 Promise Of The Road
09 Blackout
10 No