HOMESHAKE ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM, HORSIE,
OUT JUNE 28TH VIA DINE ALONE RECORDS
WATCH / SHARE “NOTHING 2 SEE” HERE
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PRE-SAVE HORSIE HERE
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Photo Credit: Matthew Yoscary
HOMESHAKE — the long-running solo project of Toronto-based musician Peter Sagar — announces his second album of 2024, Horsie, out June 28th via Dine Alone Records, and shares the lead single, “Nothing 2 See”. Following March’s CD WALLET, Horsie was written and recorded at his home studio in Toronto as it explores Sagar’s complicated feelings about returning to live performance. Deepening his relationship to loneliness and anxiety, the record examines those themes in the context of touring and being on the road, which he’ll do this fall with a massive North American headline run on sale now.
While it marks less of a sonic departure than CD Wallet, Horsie employs various textures influenced by artists like Four Tet and My Bloody Valentine, the rhythmic forms of D’Angelo and Sade, and moments of ambient Americana found in the works of Ry Cooder. The cornerstone pieces of gear used were an Ensoniq EPS and Roland Juno 60, though the album also employs a great deal of electric guitar, along with his beloved SP-404. He maintains a philosophy of “less is more,” finding the simplest route from one point to another.
“Nothing 2 See” finds Sagar attempting to hide in plain sight, moving through crowds of people at his shows and daydreaming of the peace and quiet at the end of the night. The song is accompanied by a music video directed by Jim Larson which situates this mood through a small cult at a Palm Springs mansion.
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MORE ABOUT HOMESHAKE
HOMESHAKE is an expression of adjustment and contortion within the world as he experiences it and the sounds he wants to hear in it. Hallucinatory and heartbreaking in its cries for connection, Sagar’s sound is often imitated but has proven to be entirely his own; textural and profound, uniquely honoring his diverse influences but adrift within its own transportive imagination.
With CD Wallet, Sagar took his heaviest-ever approach to his signature sounds, applying distorted guitars, blown out drums, and 90s digital synths to a devastating, sludgy sound. This feeling of challenging oneself to make work that is focused on pure self-expression dates back to Homeshake’s origin, a chaotic period during which Sagar was splitting his time between home studio recording and playing guitar in Mac Demarco’s touring band. After a long period spent on the road, he decided to leave Demarco’s group to focus entirely on his own work. Sagar approaches every album with the same frame of mind, composing purely for the joy of the moment without consideration to potential commercial reception. Now on his seventh album, a trip through the Homeshake catalog is one of evolution, reflection, and self-criticism, alongside self-love, a clear-eyed realism about the cruelties of the world and a longing for the gentler place it could be.
Praise for CD WALLET
“‘CD Wallet’ is crunchy and a little ugly with references to self-doubt and dreams of a different life plucked straight from Pete Sagar’s adolescence. Gone are the days of CD singles, but HOMESHAKE’s latest deserves more than tossing onto the pile of digital detritus.” – The FADER
“The indie songwriter serves up a nostalgic soundtrack, revisiting forgotten feelings conjured by his hometown of Edmonton.” RANGE Magazine
“CD Wallet is a fantastic album and an incredible new era for Homeshake.” Northern Transmissions
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HORSIE TRACKLIST
1. Ravioli
2. Horsie
3. Dinner Plate
4. Blunt Talk
5. On A Roll
6. Smiling
7. Nothing 2 See
8. Simple
9. Easier Now
10. Believe
11. Empty Lot
12. Ice Tea
HOMESHAKE TOUR DATES:
Fri. Sept. 27 – Montreal, QC @ Théâtre Fairmount §
Sat. Sept. 28 – Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace §
Sun. Sept. 29 – Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace §
Tue. Oct. 1 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom §
Wed. Oct. 2 – Detroit, MI @ El Club §
Fri. Oct. 4 – Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall §
Sat. Oct. 5 – St Paul, MN @ Amsterdam Bar & Hall §
Sun. Oct. 6 – Milwaukee, WI @ Vivarium §
Tue. Oct. 8 – Nashville, TN @ The Blue Room §
Wed. Oct. 9 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade (Hell) §
Fri. Oct. 11 – Tampa, FL @ New World Brewery §
Sat. Oct. 12 – Orlando, FL @ The Social §
Mon. Oct. 14 – Asheville, NC @ Grey Eagle §
Tue. Oct. 15 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle §
Thu. Oct. 17 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club §
Fri. Oct. 18 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts §
Sat. Oct. 19 – Boston, MA @ The Sinclair §
Mon. Oct. 21 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg §
Tue. Oct. 22 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg §
Sat. Nov. 2 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom #
Mon. Nov. 4 – San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom #
Thu. Nov. 7 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern #
Fri. Nov. 8 – San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park #
Sat. Nov. 9 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory #
Sun. Nov. 10 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom #
Tue. Nov. 12 – El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace #
Thu. Nov. 14 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk #
Fri. Nov. 15 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Downstairs #
Sat. Nov. 16 – Fort Worth, TX @ Tulips #
Sun. Nov. 17 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Beer City Music Hall #
Wed. Nov. 20 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater #
Fri. Nov. 22 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Soundwell #
Sat. Nov. 23 – Boise, ID @ Shrine Social Club #
Sun. Nov. 24 – Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile #
§ w/ Freak Heat Waves
# w/ Green-House
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ASKO, THE NEW PROJECT FROM MAREK TYLER (nêhiyawak, WAYFINDING) ANNOUNCE NEW SELF-TITLED LP VIA DINE ALONE RECORDS, OUT SEPTEMBER 9, 2024
Photo Credit: Levi Manchak
Today, ASKO, the new project from Marek Tyler, is announcing his upcoming, self-titled album, set for release via Dine Alone on September 9, 2024. Following lead single “nisis”, Tyler is sharing “nikâwîs”, of which he says: “nikâwîs (aunt) câpân Harper told a story about family responsibilities. This summer, we lost our late aunt on Mom’s side. As our uncle explains, to help our mom’s sister take the next step, we refer to her not by name but by kâkî-kahwîsiyan (our late aunt on mom’s side). Mom noted that after someone’s passing, we don’t refer to individuals by their name at all because kinship terms are used regularly. But nowadays, people will, after one year, preface the person’s name with ‘late-…’.”
“Two years ago, kâkî-kahwîsiyan shared her story of dancing Fancy with me. She said, ‘When I danced, I tried to carve through the air like an eagle.’ This song is for the aunties and nieces and their courage to dance, to be seen, be okimâw (the boss).”
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ASKO TRACKLIST
01 nôkosiw
02 nikâwîs
03 nisis
04 wâhkôhtowin
05 sîsîkwan
06 enoksasant
07 pimohtêwin
08 sôhkisiw
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ASKO, THE NEW PROJECT FROM MAREK TYLER (nêhiyawak, WAYFINDING) SHARES FIRST SINGLE WITH DINE ALONE RECORDS, “nisis”
Marek Tyler is nêhiyaw and Scottish/Irish, and while his name is on the project, ASKO is a gathering place of many collaborators and advisors. In some ways, Tyler is an oskâpêwis, listening deeply to the creative forces of his relatives. He follows the guidance of his câpân (great-great-grandfather), his mom, artist, educator and Knowledge Keeper, Linda Young of Onion Lake Cree Nation, his uncle Dale Awasis and advisor Diana Steinhauer. ASKO’s community doesn’t end here, though. ASKO includes the kinetics of pow-wow dancers following the heartbeat of the big drum and embraces the choreography of prairie chickens telling the stories of the grasslands. It is the voice of the wind and the songs of the bright blue sky.
Taking this all inside, Tyler responds with ASKO, a creative offering in the form of a soundscape echoing nêhiyaw life and ways of living. ASKO foregrounds these energies, inviting the listener into a rich gathering of the nêhiyaw creative practice across time and space, generations, and forms of life.
On the first single, “nisis”, Tyler says, “câpân Harper told a story about learning our culture from family. I was 15 when my uncle showed me how to play a round dance rhythm, and 49 when another uncle taught me one of our family’s round dance songs.”
The song was inspired by “a video of Seth Cardinal Dodginghorse dancing Chicken,” adds Tyler. “Seth’s slick footwork became the bass drum pattern, and their grace and beauty spiced up the track. Seth told me their story of learning Chicken and why they needed to pass it along. They said, ‘If they want to learn some moves, I can teach them.’ They reminded me of my uncles and nephews.”
