TELEVISION OF ROSES OUT JUNE 18, 2021
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Today, Nick Ferrio announces his upcoming LP, Television Of Roses, which he describes as “the light that flickers before your eyes and convinces you otherwise,” harkening Beatles’ Revolver spirits through a menagerie of cosmic feedback, sparse instrumentation and sovereignty musings. Produced by Jonas Bonnetta (Evening Hymns) and set for release on June 18, 2021, the album sees contributions from Caylie Runciman (Boyhood), Evangeline Gentle, Lewis Parker (For Esmé), Nathan Truax (Said the Whale), and Tanner Paré (Heaps).
The first single from the album, “The Dam”, is a really personal song for Ferrio. “My mother wrote a letter to me a few years ago, asking me if I remember her before her struggles with alcohol began. This song is a response to that letter. It explores those early years of my life, the poverty we experienced, but also my mother’s resilience and strength. We were estranged from each other at times in our lives and she passed away a year ago after being diagnosed with leukemia. But, I played it for her before she passed and we made amends. I’d like people to take away from this song that no matter how far you drift apart, there is still time to make things right.”
“The Dam” arrives today complete with a video directed by Tanner Paré. “For the video, we found one tape of home footage of my childhood and thought it would be interesting to return to my hometown of Sutton West, ON and re-create and re-examine some of those memories. When I grew up there were a lot of people in my household and not everyone was a fan of my constant singing and guitar playing, so I would go to the cliff in the woods near our house and sing out to the lake. We re-created that in the video. It was cool to go back there and explore. Brought back a lot of memories.
I think the most rewarding part of the process was playing this song for my mother before she passed away. I feel like it’s the strongest song I’ve written in my career probably because it was coming from this real, lived experience. Like all kids, I wanted to make her proud and I wanted to show her that I understood how hard it was for her, raising four kids by herself without much stability, and to tell her that we turned out great and she raised us right.”
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With Television of Roses, Nick Ferrio arrives upon his decade-long commitment of solo creations with this collection of tactile memories, conversations and wisdoms. He has packaged a document for his son and the state of mind that fatherhood introduced, “Being a parent has made my focus more intense. Thinking of life through the metaphor of a camera, the aperture has been adjusted and what is important is now much more clear. Music and family are the subject and everything else is just noise in the background.”
Recorded by Jonas Bonnetta of Evening Hymns at his rural Port William Sound studio, the 15-year friendship between them and deep-rooted Tom Petty appreciation returned into depth of song: “Jonas has this adept ability to make me and my band feel comfortable. He’s able to conjure and capture magic. We spent nights together in a cabin, working out arrangements for the next day’s session huddled around the woodstove and listening to Full Moon Fever on repeat.”
In that blanket of north Frontenac county, Ferrio and Bonnetta gathered their gang of friends to collaborate: Caylie Runciman (Boyhood), Evangeline Gentle, Lewis Parker (For Esmé), Nathan Truax (Said the Whale) and Tanner Paré (Heaps/The Kents). The swelling results were mixed by Gavin Gardiner (The Wooden Sky) and mastered by Philip Shaw Bova.
Ferrio’s appetite to search beyond the song is found throughout the breadcrumbs of his work: July Talk and Indigenous high-school students at Dennis Franklin Cromarty High School in Thunder Bay; his involvement in the New Constellations Tour alongside Polaris Music Prize nominees Lido Pimienta, Elisapie, Feist, and Jeremy Dutcher; recordings with Julie Doiron and world-wide performances with Ansley Simpson, The Burning Hell, and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, amongst others.
“Writing songs is a large part of my identity now. At this time in my life, it feels like music is a part of what is necessary for me to be a person. I do it daily. It’s like tapping into something spiritual for me. It’s my sanctuary.”
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TELEVISION OF ROSES TRACKLIST
01 Every Time
02 Circles
03 Television Of Roses
04 The Dam
05 Worthy Of Love
06 Bad Luck
07 Solid Maybe
08 Second Pair Of Eyes
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