LISTEN / SHARE “SARAH” HERE
BUY / STREAM “SARAH” HERE
PERFORMANCE DATES BEGIN NEXT WEEK
“Evangeline Gentle's self-titled album is a triumph” - Exclaim!
“Gentle's voice communicates an aching warmth that comes with knowing hardness and choosing softness instead… every time I listen to the record, I'm blown away anew by their songwriting and the space they're carving out across multiple genres — indie pop, alt-folk, singer-songwriter — in a way that feels effortless" - CBC Music
"Gentle's voice grabs you instantly with its purity and expressiveness" - FYI Music
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Today, Evangeline Gentle returns with her new single, “Sarah”, a track which she says is “a break-up and love song all at once. I’ve been an all-or-nothing person in love and someone who has mistaken chemistry for compatibility. ‘Sarah’ is the integration of a hard-learned lesson: to love someone is to see them (and ourselves) in clear sight, beyond ego and projection, and to honor the truth even when doing so inspires painful change.”
The track features backing vocals by Halifax-based singer songwriter Stewart Legere, was produced by Jim Bryson, mixed by Daniel Ledwell and mastered by Philip Shaw Bova.
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Last year, Gentle shared the new single “Gay Bar”, a track which wasn’t supposed to be released until 2023, but was shared early, in the wake of the mass shooting at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs which took the lives of 5 people and injured 19. On this she says “While many have never been to a gay bar, most know the euphoria of getting dressed up to go out dancing with friends. We are inextricably connected by our shared emotional, human experience. I love that songs remind us of this.”
In solidarity with queer people in Colorado, Gentle is donating all Bandcamp sales of “Gay Bar” and a portion of subsequent streaming proceeds to Queer Asterisk – a Colorado based nonprofit organization providing counseling services, educational trainings, and therapeutic programs that center queer and trans experiences.
WATCH / SHARE “GAY BAR” HERE
PURCHASE “GAY BAR” VIA BANDCAMP HERE
MORE ABOUT EVANGELINE GENTLE
Evangeline Gentle is a Scottish-Canadian internationally acclaimed folk-pop songwriter, performer and vocalist based in Ontario, Canada. Contemplative and affecting, Evangeline’s lyrics evoke lush emotional landscapes within the listener and seek to unite audiences with a sense of “sameness”. A celebration of queerness and queer culture is woven throughout.
Produced by Jim Bryson (Kathleen Edwards), and mastered by Grammy-nominated engineer Philip Shaw Bova (Bahamas, Feist), her 2020 debut self-titled release earned international praise. Gentle was interviewed by legendary host Scott Simon on NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday, appeared in Forbes, and received radio play on BBC, CBC, SiriusXM and more.
Evangeline supported headliner Donovan Woods at the 2021 Mariposa Folk Festival, with other standout performances including those at Maverick Festival (UK) and Static Roots Festival (Germany) in 2022. She has supported acts such as Kathleen Edwards, Tim Baker, Begonia, Basia Bulat, Craig Cardiff, Whitehorse and Sarah MacDougall.
TOUR DATES
April 28 | Toronto, ON | Stackt Market, Blue Moon Brewery
June 3 | Toronto, ON | Supermarket Bar and Variety
June 9 | Uxbridge, ON | Springtide Music Festival
July 1-2 | Suffolk, UK | Maverick Festival
Jul 6 | London, UK | Green Note Basement
Jul 7-8 | Oberhausen, DE | Static Roots Festival
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