NEW EP, SCROLL BEFORE YOU SLEEP, OUT TODAY VIA TINY KINGDOM
WATCH / SHARE “MIGRATION SONG” VISUALIZER HERE
BUY / STREAM SCROLL BEFORE YOU SLEEP HERE
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Today, Tariq’s new EP, Scroll Before You Sleep, is available via Tiny Kingdom. The title, Scroll Before You Sleep, is a unifying tether for these three songs and their nod to digital isolation. “It’s less of a command or a suggestion, more of a warning,” says Tariq. “Keep scrolling, see what happens. Our phone addiction keeps us up at night. It’s impossible to relinquish our devices and when we finally do, they sit beside us on the nightstand, buzzing, alerting, demanding to be looked at and engaged with. When they finally shut up, they start doing their most unsettling activity of all, listening. They eavesdrop on our desires, hunger, fears, our tastes in music, fashion, and lovers. They make decisions about our lives and then at night, they sell it all back to us in ads and subscriptions and as we scroll, we pay. We pay and we rarely sleep.”
BUY / STREAM SCROLL BEFORE YOU SLEEP HERE
READ TARIQ’S IN DEPTH CONVERSATION WITH RANGE ABOUT SCROLL BEFORE YOU SLEEP HERE
Of the EP’s final track, “Migration Song”, Tariq says, “Lately we hear a lot of news reports about people—call them migrants, refugees, immigrants, etc.—putting themselves in great danger in order to flee injustice, persecution, war. And as they do, there is pushback from others who want to keep the outsiders out. Move on, they sing to the outsiders, move on.”
WATCH / SHARE “MIGRATION SONG” VISUALIZER HERE
MORE ABOUT TARIQ
A stalwart of the Canadian indie scene for decades, this new EP marks the beginning of a new chapter and new sound for Tariq. Decidedly louder, and more immediate he is trading in soft folk harmonies for full throated wails. It also represents a new and collaborative approach to making music, working with musicians Robert Chursinoff (Drums), Peter Carruthers (Bass/Keys), and Adam Nanji (Guitar) who have all been members of some of the most prominent bands in Canada including Tegan and Sara, Said The Whale and Belle Game. “This project is a way to experiment with collaboration and also a heavier sound. I want to create something that resonates in its live form, in front of a big crowd at a festival, something that will be entertaining to watch and sound big and bold.”
WATCH / SHARE “ARCHITECT’S STUDIO” HERE
WATCH / SHARE “THE BALLAD OF YOU AND ME” LYRIC VIDEO HERE
SCROLL BEFORE YOU SLEEP TRACKLIST
01 Architect’s Studio
02 The Ballad of You and Me
03 Migration Song
