HELENA DELAND’S NEW LP, GOODNIGHT SUMMERLAND, OUT OCTOBER 13, 2023 VIA CHIVI CHIVI
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INTERNATIONAL TOUR DATES BEGIN NOVEMBER 2023
PRE-SAVE GOODNIGHT SUMMERLAND HERE
Photo Credit : Lawrence Fafard // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES
“I am thrilled to announce my second album Goodnight Summerland with the release of the song ‘Bright Green Vibrant Gray’,” says Montreal artist Helena Deland. “I wrote the song thinking of a trip I took to a town on the St. Lawrence River, in Charlevoix, Quebec, where the rolling hills and dramatic cliffs were shaped by a meteorite striking the region over 400 million years ago. Upon impact, its geology changed forever, and since then, erosion has slowly done its work.
“I wrote ‘Bright Green Vibrant Gray’ shortly after losing my mother. On the scale of our human lives, we might recognize the watershed moments, but there is no telling how deeply or subtly they affect us. Lyrically, the song is interested in contrasts – the immediacy and acuity of a nascent romance in the context of larger forces such as geological time. I was interested in contextualizing an encounter between two people within nature’s humbling and overwhelming scale, which outlasts and ultimately subsumes any smaller and human-scale experiences within it. In discovering another person, there is a heightened awareness, a life-affirming purposefulness. It is akin to creative inspiration; the painter in the video whose work holds such power and immediate force to her ultimately wonders where her work will end up after she’s gone.
When I first went to Sam Owens’ studio, we made this version of the song, which led to the decision to record the album together. ‘Bright Green Vibrant Gray’ will accompany ‘Swimmer’ and ‘Spring Bug’ on Goodnight Summerland, my own humble painting of sorts.”
The announcement of Goodnight Summerland and the release of the single “Bright Green Vibrant Gray” is accompanied by a video directed by Xavier Beldor.
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MORE ABOUT HELENA DELAND
Helena Deland is a Montreal-based musician interested in how songs can hold what eludes everyday language. Her music draws on reading and walking around. Goodnight Summerland was recorded and produced with Sam Evian at Flying Cloud Recordings in the Catskill mountains.
Helena’s debut album Someone New was released to critical acclaim in 2020 on Luminelle Recordings. It was followed by the release of Hildegard, the self-titled collaborative album with fellow Montreal musician Ouri on section1. "Bright Green Vibrant Gray" is Helena’s third single released with Montreal label and longtime collaborators Chivi Chivi, following 2022's "Swimmer" and 2023’s “Spring Bug” which also appear on Goodnight Summerland. 2023 has also seen Helena collaborate with claire rousay, on the “Deceiver” single, released in May as part of Mexican Summer’s Looking Glass series, and on July’s “Sigh In My Ear” as part of Saddle Creek’s Document series.
WATCH / SHARE “SPRING BUG” HERE
WATCH / SHARE “SWIMMER” HERE
In November 2023 and February 2024, Helena will be going on her first world headline tour, with newly confirmed dates overseas. She has extensively toured North America and Europe opening for the likes of Weyes Blood, Andy Shauf, Connan Mockasin, Soccer Mommy and Iggy Pop.
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HELENA DELAND - HEADLINE TOUR DATES
11/02/2023 - Vancouver - Fox Cabaret
11/03/2023 - Seattle - Madame Lou’s
11/04/2023 - Portland - Mississippi Studios
11/06/2023 - San Francisco - Cafe du Nord
11/07/2023 - Los Angeles - Lodge Room
11/08/2023 - San Diego - Casbah
11/09/2023 - Phoenix - Valley Bar
11/11/2023 - Denver - Lost Lake
11/13/2023 - Minneapolis - 7th st
11/14/2023 - Chicago - Lincoln Hall
11/15/2023 - Detroit - El club
11/16/2023 - Toronto - Horseshoe
11/18/2023 - Brooklyn - Music Hall of Williamsburg
11/19/2023 - DC - Songbyrd
11/24/2023 - Montréal - La Tulipe
11/25/2023 - Québec - Le Pantoum
02/13/2024 - Baden - One Of A Million Festival
02/14/2024 - Munich - Milla
02/15/2024 - Berlin - Privatclub
02/16/2024 - Amsterdam - Paradiso Upstairs
02/17/2024 - Paris - Pop Up Du Label
02/19/2024 - Brussels - Botanique
02/21/2024 - London - The Lexington
Tickets @ www.helenadeland.com
Cover Art by Beverly Zawitkoski // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES
GOODNIGHT SUMMERLAND TRACKLISTING
1.Moon Pith
2.Saying Something
3.Spring Bug
4.Bright Green Vibrant Gray
5.Drawbridge
6.Roadflower
7.The Animals
8.Who I Sound Like
9.Swimmer
10.Night Soft As Silk
11.Strawberry Moon