STATUS / NON-STATUS REVEAL VIDEO FOR “SURELY TRAVEL”

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

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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

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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.”

WATCH / SHARE “SURELY TRAVEL” HERE
BUY / STREAM SURELY TRAVEL HERE

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

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STATUS / NON-STATUS SHARE NEW EP, JANUARY 3RD, OUT TODAY

STATUS / NON-STATUS FOLLOW ACCLAIMED LP WITH A COLLECTION OF TRACKS HELD BACK FROM THE RELEASE

LISTEN / SHARE / BUY / STREAM JANUARY 3RD EP HERE

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

Photo Credit : Steven Lourenco // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES

Today, Status/Non-Status is expanding on their acclaimed LP, Surely Travel, with a collection of songs held back from the initial release, the January 3rd EP. “While each song is deeply personal, at the time it felt as though they pushed the album further into the rural-folk spectrum than we envisioned for ourselves, but together now make for a sentimental journey that sounds just right on the cold winds of winter,” says songwriter Adam Sturgeon.

The EP’s title track, “January 3rd” is a song of reflection, “a call to a more natural way of existing but trapped within the busy people, streets and lights of a broken city,” says Sturgeon. “I wrote this while living in Flint, Michigan and it was the first song we recorded for Surely Travel, where in a song we are all just trying to be free.”

“Johnny's Song” could be about “any kid, anywhere,” Sturgeon continues. “In this case a specific kid - Johnny, who was trying his best to persevere despite a harsh reality at home, each day bringing a new challenge but finding hope within the cold terrain of the Arctic tundra and being on the land.”

And the EP concludes with “Glide”, “a dedication to our dear mother, mentor and friend who slipped into the ice and never came home,” says Sturgeon. “Emotions got the better of me through tracking so I walked away from the song and left it unfinished. Still can't listen to it to this day.”

BUY / STREAM JANUARY 3RD EP HERE

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 newest 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

Recorded over 10 days at Deadpan Studios in Sudbury, the goal was to chisel things down down to the bone. Where past records built atmosphere out of heavy swaths of sound, overlaid with harmonies, the band opted for a single vocal take, a Wurlitzer, and ran a $100 classical guitar through an amp. Written in the company of others, whether from the back of a van, or with a baby on the other side of the door, Sturgeon wrote sections of the record in near silence — whispered lyrics and muted bass riffs that started as lullabies, only to be blown out later. It interlaces the album’s material composition with its central inspiration: the allure of touring from coast to coast, and the reality of over-indexing on time spent in an unreliable, stuffy van; the wrenching sacrifice of time away from loved ones, in favour of only seeing a gas station and vacant roads for hours on end.

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.

DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES

JANUARY 3RD EP TRACKLIST
01 January 3rd
02 Johnny’s Song
03 Glide

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STATUS / NON-STATUS REVEAL VIDEO FOR “BLOWN TIRE”, NEW LP OUT FRIDAY

POLARIS MUSIC PRIZE SHORT-LISTED ARTIST, ADAM STURGEON (OF OMBIIGIZI), RETURNS WITH STATUS / NON-STATUS’ NEW LP, SURELY TRAVEL, OUT TOMORROW VIA YOU’VE CHANGED

WATCH / SHARE “BLOWN TIRE” HERE

PRE-ORDER / PRE-SAVE SURELY TRAVEL VINYL / BANDCAMP

“The creativity and complexity of "Surely Travel" are marvelous, pushing the boundaries of what this unstoppable band can accomplish. At the end of a record filled with questioning, remorse, and self-deprecation, Status/Non-Status' final statement is a promise to grow and explore despite their concerns or whatever rough terrain lays ahead” Exclaim!

“Surely Travel is for anyone who has left or is leaving — and wants an unforgettable soundtrack to accompany them” CBC Music

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Tomorrow, Status / Non-Status new LP, Surely Travel, will be available everywhere and the band will take to the highway with a run of tour dates throughout Canada. To kick off both the album release and the upcoming road trip, the band is sharing the new video for “Blown Tire”. “You see a lot of things from the road, but really you often just pass them by, onto the next mile, another highway, a shortcut or two,” says songwriter Adam Sturgeon. “Nowadays, there’s an awful lot of sprawl and lobbying for your place in the traffic line. It’s tough to believe in the world sitting there on the tarmac but still we load the van, rally our passions and pursue this dream of making rock & roll. Coast to coast, season to season, mile after mile, their car vs mine; loaded with my pals, sorting it out together.”

WATCH / SHARE “BLOWN TIRE” HERE

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 newest 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
BUY / STREAM “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
BUY / STREAM “MASHKIKI SUNSET” HERE

Recorded over 10 days at Deadpan Studios in Sudbury, the goal was to chisel things down down to the bone. Where past records built atmosphere out of heavy swaths of sound, overlaid with harmonies, the band opted for a single vocal take, a Wurlitzer, and ran a $100 classical guitar through an amp. Written in the company of others, whether from the back of a van, or with a baby on the other side of the door, Sturgeon wrote sections of the record in near silence — whispered lyrics and muted bass riffs that started as lullabies, only to be blown out later. It interlaces the album’s material composition with its central inspiration: the allure of touring from coast to coast, and the reality of over-indexing on time spent in an unreliable, stuffy van; the wrenching sacrifice of time away from loved ones, in favour of only seeing a gas station and vacant roads for hours on end. 

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.

PRE-ORDER / PRE-SAVE SURELY TRAVEL VINYL / BANDCAMP

UPCOMING TOUR DATES
Sep 23 - London, ON - Palasad Social Bowl
Sep 24 - Windsor, ON - Meteor
Sep 29 - Ottawa, ON - LIVE on Elgin
Sep 30 - Montreal, QC - Pop Montreal - L’Esco
Oct 8 - Toronto, ON -  Horseshoe Tavern
Oct 13-16 - Folk Music Ontario Conference 
Oct 14 - Kingston, ON - The Broom Factory
Oct 28 - Sarnia, ON - Maud’s Variety
Oct 29 - Guelph, ON - 10C

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SURELY TRAVEL TRACKLIST
01 Blown Tire
02 Has It Been So Long
03 Mashkiki Sunset
04 Mainly Crows
05 Bineshiinh
06 Travelogue
07 When They Were
08 What Am I To Do
09 North Adelaide
10 Surely Travel

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