STATUS / NON-STATUS SHARE NEW VIDEO FOR TITLE TRACK OF ACCLAIMED LP, SURELY TRAVEL, OUT NOW VIA YOU’VE CHANGED
WATCH / SHARE “SURELY TRAVEL” HERE
BUY / STREAM SURELY TRAVEL HERE
PERFORMANCES BEGIN OCTOBER 5, 2023
PRAISE FOR SURELY TRAVEL
“If there’s one thing that sets Status/Non-Status apart from other pandemic-era debuts, it’s that they didn’t let little things like lockdowns hold them back. From their stellar 2021 EP 1, 2, 3, 4, 500 Years to this year’s full-length, Surely Travel, they let their wanderlust inform their songs and subject matter. …In writing a record about hitting the road, Sturgeon and the band opened new routes to sonic experimentation that signal that Status/Non-Status are not afraid to carve out their own path.” • Jim Di Gioia - Dominionated Favourite 50 of 2022
“Surely Travel is a record about telling truths. Status/Non-Status's semi-conceptual album about touring, the music industry and everything left behind in the pursuit of art continues to evolve and morph in new and provoking creative directions, with every listen rewarding listeners with a uniquely beautiful experience.” EXCLAIM! - Best Albums of 2022
“Surely Travel” Video Still
Next week, Status / Non-Status pack up the van and head out for a run of shows in Quebec and Ontario, all performance dates can be found below. In an almost nostalgic nod to the road, today the band is sharing the new video for “Surely Travel”, the title track from their most recent LP. “This video is a journey through memories, comprising family videos as well as photographs taken during the last year of touring the album Surely Travel,” says songwriter Adam Sturgeon. “In some ways, it is a diary or scrapbook that has weathered over the passage of time. These films have aged as well as our bodies from all this time on the road. ‘Surely Travel’ is a heartfelt and nostalgic visual trip that serves this song and the feelings we leave behind in transit, the emotional baggage we carry along with us, and the hope and optimism we seek to find with every new destination we reach.”
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MORE ABOUT SURELY TRAVEL
What’s revealed when you archive the quiet moments during time spent on the road? For Adam Sturgeon, the result is a crystalline glimpse into the unseen — and gratifying — moments of personal renovation we rarely pay attention to; where a blown out tire incites calm rather than rage, and moments of frustration invite grace instead of judgement. This is the vantage of Surely Travel, the latest album by Status/Non-Status, the evolving musical project of the Anishinaabe artist and community worker, and a close-knit group of collaborators.
While Status / Non-Status’ previous album Warrior Down was long-listed for the Polaris Music Prize and was shortlisted for the 2022 SOCAN Songwriter Prize for album track “Find A Home”, recently, Sturgeon joined Zoon’s Daniel Monkman to form OMBIIGIZI whose debut album, Sewn Together, was shortlisted for the 2022 Polaris Music Prize.
WATCH / SHARE “MAINLY CROWS” HERE
Exploring their expansive, sky-sweeping folk rock from a fresh angle, Status/Non-Status drive head-on into a natural complement to the earth-shaking sonic landscapes they’re known for. A loose concept album written as a travel log of animals in flight, the record brims with open air reflections, while gazing out of a blurry window and acknowledging what it can’t see clearly. Blending the melted psychedelic gauze of distorted Americana, with thundering flashes of post rock, Sturgeon implements softness generously. At the core, remembering that lyrics that break through universally sing with clarity about experiences that “chop at the knees.”
WATCH / SHARE “MASHKIKI SUNSET” HERE
WATCH / SHARE “BLOWN TIRE” HERE
Where the acclaimed Warrior Down (2019), and its celebrated follow-up the 1,2,3,4,500 Years EP (2020) required a mighty sonic landscape to fit its lofty reckonings of nationhood, trauma and familial memory, Surely Travel tightens its scope, but not its ambition. Instead, peering inward to examine the self within its surroundings, and to underscore identity and indigeneity from the smallest spaces or ordinary experiences. Conjuring the awe of sunshowers through the rearview mirror, Surely Travel intentionally doesn’t over-promise optimism, but rather celebrates the small wins of a human-sized approach to resilience and healing.
Photo Credit : Colin Medley // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES
TOUR DATES
October 5 - Windsor - Meteor
October 6 - London - Palasad Social Bowl
October 7 - Montreal - Tiny Fest