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MIKE EDEL’S NEW LP, EN MASSE, OUT NOVEMBER 20, 2020 VIA PENNANT
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Mike Edel’s new single, “Sunshine”, from his upcoming LP En Masse, is about an escape, a desire for experience; a perfect pandemic era road-trip jam. Co-written with Parker Bossley and Ian Smith, produced by Andy Park (The Head And The Heart, Noah Gundersen) and mixed by Marcus Paquin, Edel says, “I like to think of it as a ‘pandemic era roadtrip jam’ because everyone just needs a 'vacation' from reality and could use an escape and a drive into the sunset.
This song came together quickly and embraced intuition, co-writing and openness. It ultimately passed through many hands and was a song that just kept getting better and better and better. I don't think I've ever written or recorded a song sonically, lyrically or rhythmically close like this one; I think creatively it's a breakthrough for me. I also loved that during the process we tried to make a different 90's reference every time I talked about it. Savage Garden, Third Eye Blind and a little (90's) Michael Jackson. I really wanted to take a modern approach and write something quickly in the studio and recorded it from the ground up in that way. That song is 'Sunshine’.”
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Mixed by Marcus Paquin (Arcade Fire, The National) with additional production by Andy Park (Noah Gundersen, The Head And The Heart), En Masse is an item quest about discovery. The collective instincts, intuition and melody of a cast of collaborators. “The writing, recording and production were guided by the collective instincts, intuition and melody of a cast of collaborators,” says Edel. “With this project I wanted to bring in outside ideas and methods to help me formulate a new energy and because of this, En Masse has expanded my artistic capacities.”
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The new LP follows up Edel’s Chris Walla (Death Cab For Cutie) produced 2019 record, THRESHOLDS. After THRESHOLDS, 4 million cumulative streams across major platforms, landing a song on ABC’s American Idol, in heavy rotation on CBC Music, AAA Radio across the United States, and on Sirius XM’s The Verge and North Americana; after playing hundreds of shows across North American and Europe including Rifflandia Festival, Vancouver Folk Festival, Regina Folk Festival, Victoria International Jazz Festival, and Upstream Music Festival; after sharing the stage with Serena Ryder, Foy Vance, Said The Whale and Josh Garrels; and after moving to Seattle, WA and getting married, Edel has established himself as a creative tour de force with plenty on the horizon.
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WATCH AND SHARE “HELLO UNIVERSE” HERE
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EN MASSE TRACKLIST
01 Hello Universe
02 Good About Everything
03 Sunshine
04 Lose You
05 Giving Up On Giving In
06 Still Thinking About You
07 Need You
08 Hockey Guy
09 Balcony
10 The Distance