WHOOP-SZO SHARE VISUAL ALBUM OF NEW WARRIOR DOWN REMIX EP

WATCH AND SHARE WARRIOR DOWN REMIX EP VISUAL ALBUM HERE

WARRIOR DOWN REMIX EP AVAILABLE TO BUY / STREAM ON ALL PLATFORMS JUNE 12

BUY / STREAM WARRIOR DOWN REMIX EP HERE

100% OF EP PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT LIFE*SPIN FOR COVID19 RELIEF

BUY / STREAM WARRIOR DOWN LP - PHYSICAL / DIGITAL

“The haunt of the original cut is deepened with echo and string-like synths, giving Whoop-Szo’s plaintive strum and wistful keys a headier feel.” - CBC MUSIC (on Zoon’s Remix of “Cut Your Hair”)

“Warrior Down takes you for a sonic hike — sometimes through the wilderness, sometimes through a wasteland — never staying long in one spot or indicating the next direction. With long instrumentals that dance between chaos and calm, it's a subconscious assault on the emotions.” - Exclaim!

“Warrior Down is a perfectly paced and arranged set of songs and instrumental interludes, each a movement in its own right but ultimately in service to the record’s overarching theme.” - Dominionated (#1 Album of 2019)

“Whoop-Szo released its powerful new album, Warrior Down, at the end of 2019, giving us an impossible-to-categorize, rock-psych-sometimes-folk set of 10 songs that draw on vocalist and lyricist Adam Sturgeon's experience as an Anishinaabe-Canadian, writing about the intergenerational trauma within his family and his Anishinaabe community" - CBC Music

“Sitting at the meeting point of sludgy post-metal, and jagged folk-punk, WHOOP-SZO craft melodies that perform the dual function of encouraging your rapt attention, and effectively melting into.” - Beatroute

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Warrior Down Remix EP Cover Art // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES

Recently, WHOOP-Szo announced their upcoming EP of remixes of their acclaimed new album, Warrior Down, featuring alterations by Zoon, DOOMSQUAD, Ice Cream, AG47 (nêhiyawak), and more. Today, the band are sharing the visual album by director Travis Welowszky for the remix EP. “For this remix project, Travis delves deeper into our personal 8mm archive and stitches together over 25 minutes of visual stimulation to compliment these thoughtful song alterations,” says Adam Sturgeon.

Warrior Down Remix EP will be available to buy and stream on all platforms June 12, here.

WATCH AND SHARE WARRIOR DOWN REMIX EP VISUAL ALBUM HERE

“Warrior Down was a record that was a long time coming. At times it felt like nobody would touch the finished album,” says Sturgeon. “‘It’s too heavy’ from the indies and ‘It’s not heavy enough’ from the metalheads. We’ve never really played into either of those narratives and so when the pandemic hit we decided to switch gears entirely. We had already been working and reworking a version of our song ‘Cut Your Hair’ and were craving some interaction from our space of self-quarantine after cancelling well over 50 shows. We decided to reach out to contemporaries who also do their ‘own thing’ in the electronic world and before we knew it we had an EP’s worth of Warrior Down alterations. Each song provides a new take on songs from Warrior Down, but also covers a wide range of electronic subgenres in the process.”

100% of sales from the EP will be donated to LIFE*SPIN, a London, ON based charity. The money will be directed towards their community food box program, which was launched in response to COVID-19. Many people depend on food banks, breakfast programs, and other initiatives to feed themselves and their families, and when these suddenly closed due to COVID regulations, there was an increase in food insecurity. So, LIFE*SPIN partnered with a couple other local organizations to deliver free food boxes, supporting fixed income families, seniors, and expectant mothers with direct access to food while supporting the livelihood of local businesses.

MORE ABOUT WHOOP-SZO

Listed as one of The Most Underrated Albums of 2019 by Exclaim!, Warrior Down presents a vast and barren landscape associated with the harsh truth of Canadian History, a post-colonial firestorm harbouring moments of doom and heavy introspection while remaining true to their psychedelic aesthetic. 

WHOOP-Szo is a force of nature, sprung from a mixed-blooded experience of Canadian history with deep Anishinaabek roots. Thunderous and ground-breaking, harmonious and generative—a WHOOP-Szo show envelops audiences in an emotional weather-storm that dances conscientiously between anger and discipline, frustration and hope. They tell us about colonial injustice loudly and punishingly, with haunting chord changes and monolithic distortion. They explore the possibility of wisdom and empowerment, with acoustic melodies that calmly find space within crushing layers of politics and sound. On stage and off, WHOOP-Szo engage communities with a powerful synchrony that invites people to feel and to heal. They are passionate storytellers who knock loudly on the door, and will reward you tenfold for letting them in. 

WATCH WHOOP-SZO LIVE ON CBC q HERE

Warrior Down harnesses their power into a concise, focused 35 minutes on wax, calling out both specific instances of injustice in Canadian history — as we see in “Gerry”, or recalling Sturgeon’s grandfather’s experience at a Residential School (“Gerry”, “Cut Your Hair”) — and broader, wider-reaching ones such as the experience of having race and culture assigned to you by a government that doesn’t represent you (“6.1/6.2”). 

WATCH AND SHARE “AMARUQ” HERE

WATCH AND SHARE “GERRY” HERE

MORE INFO ON LIFE*SPIN

The mission of LIFE*SPIN is to provide information and support for individuals surviving on low-incomes, and to support the empowerment and self-development of these individuals in their efforts to attain self-sufficiency.

In addition to providing front-line services for mediation, referrals for services, homelessness prevention programs, and public legal educational resources, LIFE*SPIN is focused on finding solutions beyond emergency relief of poverty.

LIFE*SPIN is a registered charity that was formed in London by sole-support mothers in 1989 for the alleviation of poverty. Project funding and direct donations support our work. 

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DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES

TRACK LIST
1 Zoon - Cut Your Hair 
2 The Noisy Mountain 
3 Jesney - Amaruq 
4 Ice Cream - 6.1/6.2 
5 AG47 - Amaruq
6 DOOMSQUAD - Amaruq 
7 Zachary Gray - Cut Your Hair 

MORE PRAISE FOR  WHOOP-SZO

“A true psychedelic group ... For WHOOP-Szo, punk, DIY and psych principles go beyond music scene bubbles and fuse with Indigenous solidarity and healing through music.” - NOW 

“WHOOP-Szo has perfected their eclectic sounds, binding the paradox of indistinguishable familiarity with themes of Canadian history, language, and culture.” - VICE

“It’s scary how good this band is” - Exclaim!

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Photo Credit : Rima Sater // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES

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WHOOP-SZO ANNOUNCE UPCOMING REMIX EP OF ACCLAIMED NEW ALBUM, WARRIOR DOWN

LISTEN AND SHARE “CUT YOUR HAIR” (ZOON REMIX) HERE

WARRIOR DOWN REMIX EP OUT JUNE 5 VIA YOU’VE CHANGED

100% OF EP PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT LIFE*SPIN FOR COVID19 RELIEF

BUY / STREAM WARRIOR DOWN - PHYSICAL / DIGITAL

“Warrior Down takes you for a sonic hike — sometimes through the wilderness, sometimes through a wasteland — never staying long in one spot or indicating the next direction. With long instrumentals that dance between chaos and calm, it's a subconscious assault on the emotions.” - Exclaim!

“Warrior Down is a perfectly paced and arranged set of songs and instrumental interludes, each a movement in its own right but ultimately in service to the record’s overarching theme.” - Dominionated (#1 Album of 2019)

“Whoop-Szo released its powerful new album, Warrior Down, at the end of 2019, giving us an impossible-to-categorize, rock-psych-sometimes-folk set of 10 songs that draw on vocalist and lyricist Adam Sturgeon's experience as an Anishinaabe-Canadian, writing about the intergenerational trauma within his family and his Anishinaabe community" - CBC Music

“Sitting at the meeting point of sludgy post-metal, and jagged folk-punk, WHOOP-SZO craft melodies that perform the dual function of encouraging your rapt attention, and effectively melting into.” - Beatroute

WZO_EP_cover_WDRjpg.jpg

Warrior Down Remix EP Cover Art // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES

Today, WHOOP-Szo announce their upcoming EP of remixes of their acclaimed new album, Warrior Down, featuring alterations by Zoon, DOOMSQUAD, Ice Cream, AG47 (nêhiyawak), and more. A Listening Party of the EP hosted by Exclaim! will take place June 4. Watch for more details to be announced shortly.

“Warrior Down was a record that was a long time coming. At times it felt like nobody would touch the finished album,” says Adam Sturgeon. “‘It’s too heavy’ from the indies and ‘It’s not heavy enough’ from the metalheads. We’ve never really played into either of those narratives and so when the pandemic hit we decided to switch gears entirely. We had already been working and reworking a version of our song ‘Cut Your Hair’ and were craving some interaction from our space of self-quarantine after cancelling well over 50 shows. We decided to reach out to contemporaries who also do their ‘own thing’ in the electronic world and before we knew it we had an EP’s worth of Warrior Down alterations. Each song provides a new take on songs from Warrior Down, but also covers a wide range of electronic subgenres in the process.”

LISTEN AND SHARE “CUT YOUR HAIR” (ZOON REMIX) HERE

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“Cut Your Hair” Zoon Remix Single Art // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES

100% of sales from the EP will be donated to LIFE*SPIN, a London, ON based charity. The money will be directed towards their community food box program, which was launched in response to COVID-19. Many people depend on food banks, breakfast programs, and other initiatives to feed themselves and their families, and when these suddenly closed due to COVID regulations, there was an increase in food insecurity. So, LIFE*SPIN partnered with a couple other local organizations to deliver free food boxes, supporting fixed income families, seniors, and expectant mothers with direct access to food while supporting the livelihood of local businesses.

MORE ABOUT WHOOP-SZO

Listed as one of The Most Underrated Albums of 2019 by Exclaim!, Warrior Down presents a vast and barren landscape associated with the harsh truth of Canadian History, a post-colonial firestorm harbouring moments of doom and heavy introspection while remaining true to their psychedelic aesthetic. 

WHOOP-Szo is a force of nature, sprung from a mixed-blooded experience of Canadian history with deep Anishinaabek roots. Thunderous and ground-breaking, harmonious and generative—a WHOOP-Szo show envelops audiences in an emotional weather-storm that dances conscientiously between anger and discipline, frustration and hope. They tell us about colonial injustice loudly and punishingly, with haunting chord changes and monolithic distortion. They explore the possibility of wisdom and empowerment, with acoustic melodies that calmly find space within crushing layers of politics and sound. On stage and off, WHOOP-Szo engage communities with a powerful synchrony that invites people to feel and to heal. They are passionate storytellers who knock loudly on the door, and will reward you tenfold for letting them in. 

WATCH WHOOP-SZO LIVE ON CBC q HERE

Warrior Down harnesses their power into a concise, focused 35 minutes on wax, calling out both specific instances of injustice in Canadian history — as we see in “Gerry”, or recalling Sturgeon’s grandfather’s experience at a Residential School (“Gerry”, “Cut Your Hair”) — and broader, wider-reaching ones such as the experience of having race and culture assigned to you by a government that doesn’t represent you (“6.1/6.2”). 

WATCH AND SHARE “AMARUQ” HERE

WATCH AND SHARE “GERRY” HERE

MORE INFO ON LIFE*SPIN

The mission of LIFE*SPIN is to provide information and support for individuals surviving on low-incomes, and to support the empowerment and self-development of these individuals in their efforts to attain self-sufficiency.

In addition to providing front-line services for mediation, referrals for services, homelessness prevention programs, and public legal educational resources, LIFE*SPIN is focused on finding solutions beyond emergency relief of poverty.

LIFE*SPIN is a registered charity that was formed in London by sole-support mothers in 1989 for the alleviation of poverty. Project funding and direct donations support our work. 

WZO_EP_cover_WDRjpg.jpg

DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES

TRACK LIST
1 Zoon - Cut Your Hair 
2 The Noisy Mountain 
3 Jesney - Amaruq 
4 Ice Cream - 6.1/6.2 
5 AG47 - Amaruq
6 DOOMSQUAD - Amaruq 
7 Zachary Gray - Cut Your Hair 

MORE PRAISE FOR  WHOOP-SZO

“A true psychedelic group ... For WHOOP-Szo, punk, DIY and psych principles go beyond music scene bubbles and fuse with Indigenous solidarity and healing through music.” - NOW 

“WHOOP-Szo has perfected their eclectic sounds, binding the paradox of indistinguishable familiarity with themes of Canadian history, language, and culture.” - VICE

“It’s scary how good this band is” - Exclaim!

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Photo Credit : Rima Sater // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES

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WHOOP-SZO RELEASE NEW VIDEO FOR “NSHWAASWI” FROM WARRIOR DOWN

WATCH AND SHARE “NSHWAASWI” HERE

WARRIOR DOWN OUT NOW VIA YOU’VE CHANGED RECORDS

BUY / STREAM WARRIOR DOWN - PHYSICAL / DIGITAL

“Warrior Down takes you for a sonic hike — sometimes through the wilderness, sometimes through a wasteland — never staying long in one spot or indicating the next direction. With long instrumentals that dance between chaos and calm, it's a subconscious assault on the emotions.” - Exclaim!

“Warrior Down is a perfectly paced and arranged set of songs and instrumental interludes, each a movement in its own right but ultimately in service to the record’s overarching theme.” - Dominionated (#1 Album of 2019)

“Whoop-Szo released its powerful new album, Warrior Down, at the end of 2019, giving us an impossible-to-categorize, rock-psych-sometimes-folk set of 10 songs that draw on vocalist and lyricist Adam Sturgeon's experience as an Anishinaabe-Canadian, writing about the intergenerational trauma within his family and his Anishinaabe community" - CBC Music

“Sitting at the meeting point of sludgy post-metal, and jagged folk-punk, WHOOP-SZO craft melodies that perform the dual function of encouraging your rapt attention, and effectively melting into.” - Beatroute

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“Nshwaaswi” Video Still

Today, WHOO-Szo are sharing the video for “Nshwaaswi” from recent acclaimed LP, Warrior Down. “Nshwaaswi” is “the number Eight in the Anishinaabe language and is the name of the eighth song on our record Warrior Down,” says Adam Sturgeon. “Much of anishinaabe culture is based around the number seven, most notably our 7 Grandfather Teachings (Truth, Love, Bravery, Respect, Humility, Honesty and Wisdom) and the stages of life. We also have a prophecy that talks about an 8th fire or stage that we as humans can choose to light. The 8th fire of prosperity, love and well-being. An eternal fire of peace.”

The video for “Nshwaaswi”  continues where the video for “Gerry” left off, featuring more archival 8mm footage unearthed in Sturgeon’s parent’s crawlspace. Here, videographer Travis Welowszky propagates an apocalyptic vacation, complete with doomsday boat rides, caged spirit guides and all the other privileges enjoyed at the expense of the 8th fire. 

WATCH AND SHARE “NSHWAASWI” HERE

While the current world situation may have put Whoop-Szo’s touring plans on hold with over 50 dates cancelled, the band is not sitting still. Be on the lookout for new releases coming in the very near future.

MORE ABOUT WHOOP-SZO

Listed as one of The Most Underrated Albums of 2019 by Exclaim!, Warrior Down presents a vast and barren landscape associated with the harsh truth of Canadian History, a post-colonial firestorm harbouring moments of doom and heavy introspection while remaining true to their psychedelic aesthetic. 

WHOOP-Szo is a force of nature, sprung from a mixed-blooded experience of Canadian history with deep Anishinaabek roots. Thunderous and ground-breaking, harmonious and generative—a WHOOP-Szo show envelops audiences in an emotional weather-storm that dances conscientiously between anger and discipline, frustration and hope. They tell us about colonial injustice loudly and punishingly, with haunting chord changes and monolithic distortion. They explore the possibility of wisdom and empowerment, with acoustic melodies that calmly find space within crushing layers of politics and sound. On stage and off, WHOOP-Szo engage communities with a powerful synchrony that invites people to feel and to heal. They are passionate storytellers who knock loudly on the door, and will reward you tenfold for letting them in. 

WATCH WHOOP-SZO LIVE ON CBC q HERE

Warrior Down harnesses their power into a concise, focused 35 minutes on wax, calling out both specific instances of injustice in Canadian history — as we see in “Gerry”, or recalling Sturgeon’s grandfather’s experience at a Residential School (“Gerry”, “Cut Your Hair”) — and broader, wider-reaching ones such as the experience of having race and culture assigned to you by a government that doesn’t represent you (“6.1/6.2”). 

WATCH AND SHARE “AMARUQ” HERE

WATCH AND SHARE “GERRY” HERE

BUY / STREAM WARRIOR DOWN - PHYSICAL / DIGITAL

MORE PRAISE FOR  WHOOP-SZO

“A true psychedelic group ... For WHOOP-Szo, punk, DIY and psych principles go beyond music scene bubbles and fuse with Indigenous solidarity and healing through music.” - NOW 

“WHOOP-Szo has perfected their eclectic sounds, binding the paradox of indistinguishable familiarity with themes of Canadian history, language, and culture.” - VICE

“It’s scary how good this band is” - Exclaim!

WZO_web2_RimaSater.jpg

Photo Credit : Rima Sater // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES

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