OH SUSANNA STREAMS NEW ALBUM AHEAD OF RELEASE DATE

STREAM A GIRL IN TEEN CITY VIA CBC MUSIC

A GIRL IN TEEN CITY, DUE OUT MAY 26 VIA STELLA RECORDS

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“A Girl In Teen City is a triumph.” 9/10 - Americana UK

"an absolute gem of an album." - Penny Black Music UK

“A Girl in Teen City is a gorgeous piece of work” 5 Stars - Music Riot

“passion, skill and a universal touch that makes this a thing of beauty” - Maximum Volume UK
 

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Next week, Oh Susanna (Suzie Ungerleider) is set to release her latest record, A Girl In Teen City, and today she is treating listeners to stream of the whole album courtesy of CBC Music. To accompany the album stream, CBC Music has a track by track ‘story behind the song’ write up from Ungerleider.

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Due out May 26 via Stella Records, on A Girl In Teen City, Oh Susanna discovers what it means to be undone by love, the exuberant freedom under the cover of night, and music bursting with riotous rebellion. “Trying to find out who she is while trying to be something she isn’t,” says Ungerleider. “Falling in love, getting drunk, having her heart broken, hanging out with friends in bedrooms, basements and parking lots, sneaking into shows in burnt out warehouses, watching the waves, walking home over bridges and railroad tracks in all that endless rain.” Like a coming of age novel, A Girl In Teen City, is both piercingly specific and exhilaratingly familiar. No matter where you grew up, or where you live, the songs will bring you home.

A Girl In Teen City reunites Ungerleider with producer Jim Bryson. The pair collaborated on her previous release Namedropper, an album featuring the songs of Canada’s top songwriters written specifically for Oh Susanna to interpret. This time, with the urging by her friend and co-conspirator, Bryson, she embarked on a time machine to visit her teenage self in a sleepy port town that she thought no one had ever heard of.  

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From cheeky rock pop to quietly beautiful love songs, A Girl In Teen City reflects Oh Susanna’s songwriting breadth. Her brilliant vocals float through the sensuous instrumentation to create a cinematic soundscape. The album finds Ungerleider working with longtime friends and musicians Eli Abrams on bass, Cam Giroux on drums, Gord Tough on guitar, and Jim Bryson on guitar and keyboards. Guest harmony vocalists include Holly McNarland, Gabrielle Giguere, Ungerleider’s sister Jessie and niece Sofia.

The JUNO Award nominated and Genie Award winning Canadian songstress began performing as Oh Susanna in the mid-1990s, crafting a persona that matched the timeless qualities of her music, sounds that drew from the deep well of early 20th Century folk, country and blues, yet rooted in her finely-honed storytelling skills.

WATCH AND SHARE “MY BOYFRIEND” (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) HERE

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LIVE DATES
Jun 01 - Toronto, ON - Monarch Tavern (Album Release Show)
Jun 02 - Wolfe Island, ON -  St Margaret’s Hall
Jun 11 - Erin, ON -  Waterstock
Jul 08  - Elgin, ON - Opinicon Lodge
Jul 15  - London, ON - Home County Fair
Aug 19 - Toronto, ON - Budweiser Stage w/ Blue Rodeo, The Sadies, Skydiggers
Oct 07 - Ottawa, ON - National Arts Centre

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A GIRL IN TEEN CITY TRACKLIST
01 Flashlights
02 Wolf Boy
03 Lucky Star
04 My Boyfriend
05 The Darkroom At The School
06 Getting Ready
07 Tickets On The Weekend
08 Walked All The Way Home
09 Waiting For The Blossoms
10 Thunderbird
11 Puget Sound
12 My Old Vancouver

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NEEDLES//PINS SHARE NEW TRACK FROM UPCOMING LP

MORE TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED CONTINUING JUNE 16

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VANCOUVER POWER-TRASH TRIO'S NEW ALBUM, GOOD NIGHT, TOMORROW, DUE OUT JUNE 30 VIA MINT RECORDS

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Today, Vancouver power-trash trio Needles//Pins are sharing another song from their upcoming LP, Good Night, Tomorrow, courtesy of Exclaim!. “All The Same”, like a lot of the songs on Good Night, Tomorrow, “thematically draws on my insomnia,” says Guitarist/Vocalist Adam Solomonian. “Here it's the exhaustion of restlessness and potential promise of rootlessness as a solution. Like most things, the inevitable is inescapable. Despite our best efforts of escape, it's all the same.”

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For their third LP, Good Night, Tomorrow, Needles // Pins have teamed up with Mint Records and Portland’s Dirt Cult Records. Recorded with Jesse Gander (Japandroids, White Lung) in Vancouver at Rain City Recorders, the album shows an organic growth from the power pop of their previous two albums. Guitarist/Vocalist Adam Solomonian’s voice is gruffer from playing hundreds of shows, and you can see a richer appreciation of the group’s influences such as Jawbreaker and The Replacements at play in the song writing. Tony Dubroy’s solid bass lines and Macey Budgell’s heavy drumming combine to form a powerful rhythm section that perfectly complement Solomonian’s simplistic-but-pointed guitar playing.

The record is a progression both musically and lyrically from their older material while still maintaining the hook-centric philosophy of their previous releases. Needles//Pins have become legendary in Vancouver for wild shows and gruff, catchy punk rock melodies. They draw from classic punk roots like the wiry pop of The Buzzcocks and the gravely anthems of Stiff Little Fingers, but have a unique West Coast approach that would align them with the catchiest of the Lookout! or Dirtnap Records catalog. Though none of the band’s songs overstay their welcome, you’ll find yourself humming one of their hooks days after seeing them play.

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Needles//Pins will continue on tour this summer to support Good Night, Tomorrow including a stop at Sled Island. More North American tour dates to be announced soon. Pre-orders of Good Night, Tomorrow will receive a limited edition grey sky marble vinyl of the LP.

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NEEDLES//PINS ON TOUR
June 16 - Toronto, ON - The Horseshoe w/ The Smugglers (facebook)
June 17 - Ottawa, ON - Ottawa Explosion (facebook)
June 22 - Calgary, AB - Local 510 / Sled Island (event)
June 23 - Calgary, AB - The Commonwealth / Sled Island (event)
June 24 - Calgary, AB - Palomino / Sled Island (event)
June 30 - Vancouver, BC - SBC (Record Release show) (facebook) ^
July 7 - Seattle, WA - Victory Lounge
July 8 - Portland, OR - The Know %
July 18 - Vancouver, BC - The Cobalt w/ Royal Headache (facebook)
^ w/ Woolworm, Sightlines, Alimony
% w/ Low Culture, Muscle Dungeon, Girl Drink Drunks

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GOOD NIGHT, TOMORROW TRACKLIST
A1. Good Night
A2. Violet
A3. Back to the Bright
A4. Time and Tide
A5. Sleep
A6. Miracle
B1. Boil
B2. All the Same
B3. Pressure Points
B4. Untitled (You’re Fine)
B5. Something New
B6. Tomorrow

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ANDY SHAUF RELEASES NEW VIDEO FOR “EARLY TO THE PARTY”

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INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED ALBUM THE PARTY IN STORES NOW

TOUR DATES BEGIN TODAY

“one of the great triumphs—Canadian or otherwise—of the year.” - The Georgia Straight

"Canadian troubadour Andy Shauf is a find." - The Guardian

“The Party charms and troubles, playing like the soundtrack to a particularly devastating film noir. …simply marvellous.” - 9/10 Exclaim!

“it’s a baroque-pop exercise with echoes of Seventies smarties like Harry Nilsson, Randy Newman and Steely Dan, though rather more empathetic than them.” - The Independent, UK
“The Party is definitely worth celebrating.” - Uncut, UK

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Andy Shauf has delivered a delightfully surreal new video for his song “Early To The Party”. The track is from Shauf’s critically heralded album The Party, which Stereogum called “a lovely, luxuriant thing” and the Independent described as “a baroque-pop exercise with echoes of Seventies smarties like Harry Nilsson, Randy Newman and Steely Dan.”

The new clip, directed by Luke McCutcheon & Michael Yablonski (Andrew Bird, Young Galaxy), depicts an offbeat and surreal party attended by an collection of eccentric Twin Peaks-like characters. They socialize with one another, dance alone, and eventually engage in a strange party game which ends on a both poignant and unnerving note.

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Andy Shauf is currently on tour in support of his critically acclaimed new album The Party, out now via Arts & Crafts.

MORE PRAISE FOR THE PARTY

“both beautiful and beautifully troubling – understated, imaginative chamber pop.” - Irish Times

“The Party has placed the Regina-reared musician among the country’s top
songwriting talents” - Victoria Times Colonist

“Shauf can locate the game-changing chord that great songs pivot on, for which lesser talents fumble in vain. The Party conceals killer lyrics in music of extraordinary beauty
and lushness.” - The Sunday Times (UK)

“one of the single most promising voices to emerge from Canada
in recent memory.” - Flood Magazine

ANDY SHAUF TOUR DATES
May 17 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall Of Williamsburg (tickets) SOLD OUT
May 19 - Kingston, NY - BSP (tickets)
May 20 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair (tickets)
May 21 - New Haven, CT - Cafe Nine (tickets)
Jun 3 - London, UK - Field Day (tickets)
Jun 4 - Ghent, BE - Dok (tickets)
Jun 6 - Amiens, FR - La Lune Des Pirates (tickets)
Jun 7 - Orleans, FR - L’Astrolabe (tickets)
Jun 8 - Clermont-Ferrand, FR - La Cooperative De Mai (tickets)
Jun 9 - Nimes, FR - This Is Not A Love Song (tickets)
Jun 10 - Parma, IT - Teatro Regio (tickets)
Jun 11 - Padua, IT - Galzignano Terme (tickets)
Jun 13 - Rome, IT - Monk (tickets)
Jun 15 - Annecy, FR - LE Brise Glace (tickets)
Jun 16 - Reims, FR - Cryptoportique (tickets)
Jun 17 - Hilvarenbeek, NE - Best Kept Secret Festival (tickets)
Jun 18 - Mannheim, DE - Maifeld Derby (tickets)
Jun 25 - North Adams, Solid Sound Festival (tickets)
Jul 16 - Quebec City, QC - Festival d’ete de Quebec (tickets)
Jul 23 - Los Angeles, CA - FYF Festival (tickets)
Jul 30 - Oro-Medonte, ON - WayHome Music And Arts (tickets)
Aug 4 - Montreal, QC - Osheaga Music & Arts (tickets)
Aug 5 - Happy Valley, OR - Pickathon (tickets)
Aug 18 - Paredes de Coura, PT - Vodafone Paredes de Coura (tickets)
Aug 19 - Winterthur, CH - Steinberggasse (tickets)
Aug 20 - Brecon Becons, UK - Green Man Festival (tickets)

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