LOUIE SHORT REVEALS LATEST SINGLE, “GOOD TO ME”

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‘Saccharine or sinister. What does the giver gain?’ Another brilliant and thoughtful quote from Louie Short attached to "Good To Me", the Toronto indie songwriter's second single in 2023. Like "Daniel" before it, Louie offers up a warm and whimsical record reminiscent of the styles of 70s icons like James Taylor and Carole King. Louie is the architect and contractor of the music, voyaging solo writing through mix, a modern man of tremendous wit and skill.

Still, what does the giver gain?"

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“The genre is songs,” is a direct quote from Louie Short. It does well to represent both his approach and sense of humour. After all this this is an artist whose previous bio included the line: “He’s not not trying to be Carol King.” 

The point is, Louie is a songwriter, and a very, very good one. The Toronto artist released his sophomore record Omw 4ev on 444% in 2021, following a local hit with 2019’s Cherry, Cherry and standout single “Beautality”.

WATCH / SHARE “DANIEL” HERE
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Omw 4ev, is about “real love that you work for,” Louie says. “We call a lot of songs love songs, but often they aren’t really love songs; they're infatuation songs. 

They feature love that is obsessively beginning or tragically ending while claiming foreverness, but beginnings and endings don't last forever. Forever is in the middle of things. In those parts of life and love where you are just participating in a process. So in a world where you’re either coming or going, I wanted to celebrate the part where you are on your way… forever!”

BUY / STREAM Omw 4ev HERE


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LOUIE SHORT RETURNS WITH NEW SINGLE, “DANIEL”

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NEW EP DUE OUT LATER THIS YEAR VIA 444% / CHOOM CITY RECORDS

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Today, Louie Short returns with the new single, "Daniel", the first release from a forthcoming 2023 EP. It’s a song that showcases the warmth and whimsy of Louie's signature songwriting, simultaneously harkening back to the iconic styles of 70s icons like Carol King, James Taylor and Carly Simon.

As with those previous releases, Louie serves as the sole architect of the project, polishing his DIY instincts from songwriting all the way through the mix. As for the song’s inspiration, Lou simply had this to say: “To anyone I know named Daniel, please understand that my middle name is Daniel and that I am not talking about you.” 

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MORE ABOUT LOUIE SHORT
“The genre is songs,” is a direct quote from Louie Short. It does well to represent both his approach and sense of humour. After all this this is an artist whose previous bio included the line: “He’s not not trying to be Carol King.” 

The point is, Louie is a songwriter, and a very, very good one. The Toronto artist released his sophomore record Omw 4ev on 444% in 2021, following a local hit with 2019’s Cherry, Cherry and standout single “Beautality”.

Omw 4ev, is about “real love that you work for,” Louie says. “We call a lot of songs love songs, but often they aren’t really love songs; they're infatuation songs. 

They feature love that is obsessively beginning or tragically ending while claiming foreverness, but beginnings and endings don't last forever. Forever is in the middle of things. In those parts of life and love where you are just participating in a process. So in a world where you’re either coming or going, I wanted to celebrate the part where you are on your way… forever!”

BUY / STREAM Omw 4ev HERE

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LOUIE SHORT SHARES NEW DELUXE SINGLE FEATURING “WHAT CAN I DO” 1979 ORIGINAL RECORDING

NEW DELUXE SINGLE FEATURING LOUIE SHORT’S “WHAT CAN I DO”, ORIGINALLY WRITTEN BY HIS FATHER IN THE 70s, AND THE ORIGINAL 1979 RECORDING

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In the Fall of 2021, Louie Short released his sophomore album, Omw 4ev, on 444%. Louie was the sole architect of the project, showcasing his DIY instincts from songwriting through mix. The record conjures elements that range from Tobias Jessso Jr. to Gram Parsons. Warmth, charm and honesty. 

The album’s opener and first single, a beautiful song called “What Can I Do”, is a song with a journey interesting enough to warrant a standalone release and connects a father and son’s career almost 40 years apart. The song was written by Louie’s father Michael Short and an artist named BJ Cook in late 70s Toronto. It was recorded with the intent of selling it - possibly through BJ’s ex-husband David Foster - but nothing came and the tape disappeared. 40 years later, in the process of clearing out the old studio, an engineer who had always liked the recording digitized and emailed it to the writers. His dad played it for him and Louie cut the record shortly thereafter.

Now we’re blessed to be releasing the original 1979 demo recording, the duet between Cook and Louie’s father. It’s a much different song, recorded through the lens of a very different time, but the interpretations a generation apart are both more than worth their time.

Michael Short had this to say: "I love what Louie did to it. It's amazing that he's kept this song alive after all these years." 

Louie had some comments around the record that fit here: “Things in the middle of life tend to be neglected,” he said. “I think that this forgotten middle space is exciting and uncharted. It holds a certain poignancy because it doesn’t have the manipulative magnetism of creation and destruction, birth and death, to grab your attention. It just has itself existing.”

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LISTEN / SHARE “WHAT CAN I DO” (ORIGINAL 1979 DEMO VERSION)
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MORE ABOUT Omw 4ev
“The genre is songs,” is a direct quote from Louie Short. It does well to represent both his approach and his sense of humor. After all this is an artist whose previous bio stated: “He’s not not trying to be Carole King.” The point is, Louie’s a songwriter, and a real good one. He established that much with the release of 2019’s Cherry, Cherry.

His latest record, Omw 4ev, is about “real love that you work for,” Louie says. “We call a lot of songs love songs, but often they aren’t really love songs; they're infatuation songs. 

They feature love that is obsessively beginning or tragically ending while claiming foreverness, but beginnings and endings don't last forever. Forever is in the middle of things. In those parts of life and love where you are just participating in a process. So in a world where you’re either coming or going, I wanted to celebrate the part where you are on your way… forever!”

BUY / STREAM Omw 4ev HERE

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