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ABIGAIL LAPELL’S THIRD LP, STOLEN TIME, SET FOR RELEASE APRIL 22, 2022 VIA OUTSIDE MUSIC
CANADIAN TOUR DATES CONTINUE THIS WEEK WITH DONOVAN WOODS
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Photo Credit : Jen Squires // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES
Celebrated songwriter Abigail Lapell’s new LP Stolen Time strikes a fine balance between her hushed acoustic debut, Great Survivor, and her two rockier, Chris Stringer produced records, Hide Nor Hair and Getaway. Stolen Time brings a live-off-the-floor 70s folk-rock vibe with more structural experimentation to the table on songs that feel expansive in their scope; unhurried, psychedelic, and other-worldly.
Lapell’s band underscores and meets the power of her vocals on songs like “Ships”, a wild sax solo seemingly enticing her higher and louder to meet the crashing waves. But many of Stolen Time’s standout tracks are solo acoustic guitar songs, backed by little more than Lapell’s harmonica, pump organ, or accordion. “Old Flames”, with Lapell’s melodic fingerstyle guitar mimicking flickering embers, an answer song to Bruce Springsteen’s “I’m On Fire”, and the swirling and woozy “Scarlet Fever” was inspired by an elderly relative’s tales of being quarantined as a child. “Land Of Plenty” was influenced by Lapell’s family history of escaping the Holocaust by immigrating from Eastern Europe to North America, as well as more recent immigration stories.
In celebration of today’s release, Abigail revelas the brand new video for “All Dressed Up”. Filmed in Austin during SXSW with local filmmaker Max Conrus, Abigail says, “It was my first time at Southby, and first time out on the road in quite a while, so it was super fun getting to capture the early days of Spring and visit some iconic Austin sightseeing spots. I love the contrast of the glitchy vintage TV set against these natural landscapes, which kind of mirrors the contradictions of the song: "all dressed up" is a fever dream of isolation and claustrophobia, circumscribed by all these obsolete media machines -- but with a semi-hopeful note, too, about making the best of an absurd situation, or at least, 'this too shall pass'. And Spring will come again".
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MORE ABOUT ABIGAIL LAPELL
Over the past decade and three spellbinding albums, Lapell has garnered two Canadian Folk Music Awards (English Songwriter of the Year in 2020 and Contemporary Album of the Year in 2017), hit number one on Canadian folk radio, and accrued a staggering 13 million+ Spotify streams while touring widely across Canada, the U.S., and Europe.
PRAISE FOR ABIGAIL LAPELL
"If you're into classic folk like Joni Mitchell and Sandy Denny, you should check out this gorgeous new album." - BrooklynVegan
“Lapell’s latest sees her follow further in a folk-rock direction, taking full advantage of her band’s explosive live chemistry.” - Under The Radar
“Stripped-down beauty.” - FLOOD
“Abigail Lapell may be the best folk artist you haven't yet discovered.” - KUTX
“Abigail Lapell’s music recalls that of those 1960s folk-rock Canadian troubadours like Joni Mitchell and Gordon Lightfoot.” - PopMatters
“It’s certainly no minor feat when an artist wins English Songwriter of the Year at the Canadian Folk Music Awards, enraptures throngs of concertgoers at Americanafest in Nashville – and converts yet more new fans while traipsing through Europe. But somehow Lapell has managed to do exactly that.” - Big Takeover
“Lapell excels at weaving gorgeous sonic tapestries.” - The Boot
“Simple but mesmerizing” - Glide
“An exceptional piece of music.” - Ear To The Ground
STOLEN TIME TRACK LIST
01 Land Of Plenty
02 Ships
03 Pines
04 Scarlet Fever
05 All Dressed Up
06 I See Music
07 Stolen Time
08 Waterfall
09 Sewage
10 Old Flames
11 I Can’t Believe
TOUR DATES
04/20 - Sarnia ON - Imperial Theatre ^
04/21 - Sarnia ON - Imperial Theatre ^
04/22 - Meaford Hall Arts & Cultural Centre ^
04/23 - Huntsville ON - Algonquin Theatre ^
05/21 - St Andrews NB - Paddlefest New Brunswick
05/22 - Perth-Andover NB - Tobique River Trading Co Brewery (2-4pm)
06/09 - Halifax NS - Bus Stop Theatre *
06/11 - Harbourville NS - Harbourville United Church *
06/18 - Huntsville ON - Huntsville Festival of the Arts - Hillside Farm *
06/22 - St Catharine's ON - The Warehouse *
06/23 - London ON - Aeolian Hall +
06/24 - Toronto ON - Dakota Tavern (7-9pm) *
06/25 - Hamilton ON - Mills Hardware *+
06/29 - Montreal QC - URSA *
06/30 - Ottawa ON - Red Bird Live *
^ with Donovan Woods
* with Jenny Berkel
+ with Ken Yates
For a full list of dates and ticket information, please visit abigaillapell.com/shows
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