Braids
Track: Braids Unveil Two Brand New Songs ‘Slayer Moon’ and ‘2020’
Canadian band Braids is thrilled to reveal today two brand new songs titled ‘Slayer Moon’ and ‘2020’. Recorded during the sessions of their last album Shadow Offering out now via Secret City Records. The band shares their inspiration behind the songs: “’Slayer Moon’ is inspired by a Sailor Moon phone case I bought in Tokyo, at 3am while on tour in Japan. …
NEWS: Braids to play live-streamed ‘world tour’ shows today
MONTREAL’S excellent electronica explorers Braids will embark on their second 24HRWWWORLD TOUR today, October 29th, live streaming from their studio in Montreal, playing six concerts in six different time zones in one day via the world wide web. “This is our second marathon whirlwind livestream from our studio,” they say. “Safe to say all three of …
MIXTAPE REVIEW: Blue Hawaii – ‘Under 1 House’: your deep house cassette pet
BLUE HAWAII: now there’s a name that conjures up a blissful vision of lazy heat and crystal-clear waters, especially for me sat in subfusc September Britain. And the same appeal of vision would apply, you’d think, to a duo one of whom is working out of Montreal, Quebec. Blue skies, bluer waters. A lightness of …
TRACK: Blue Hawaii – ‘Feelin”: slinky deep house from Braids’ Raphaelle
BLUE HAWAII is the project of Raphaelle “Ra” Standell-Preston (also known and loved by us here at Backseat Mafia as the singer with Braids) and Alex “Agor” Kerby, one based in Montreal, the other in Berlin. Distance is no barrier to their creative spark; they’ve been releasing albums well worthy of your ears since the …
ALBUM REVIEW: Braids soar on ‘Shadow Offering’
“YOU want me to love myself, more than I love anyone else / I tire of myself sometimes, just like I tire of you … do I need you, do I want you, do I hate you … I’m here for you, even if you don’t want me to be”. So offers Raphaelle Standell-Preston during …
See: Braids reveal new video for Snow Angel
Despite putting their album ‘Shadow Offering’ back to June 19th, Montreal based indie trio Braids continue to tease the release, this time with a new video for the track ‘Snow Angel’. Of the track the band explain, “Snow Angel’ was written in the immediate wake of the 2016 US election, as our collective conscience took …
Track: Braids share two new tracks and start US tour
BRAIDS are a Montreal-based, three-piece band composed of Raphaelle Standell-Preston, Taylor Smith and Austin Tufts. Formed in 2007, BRAIDS have solidified a decade-long reputation for their musical ingenuity and established themselves as one of Canada’s most acclaimed art rock bands, releasing three albums: Deep In The Iris (2015), Flourish // Perish (2013), Native Speaker (2011), …
See: Braids reveal new video for Companion, plus Summer tour dates
Montreal three piece Braids return with a new EP – Companion , written during the sessions for their standout debut LP, Deep in the Iris. Out on May 20th via Arbutus Records, the band have released a new video for the title track, which features singer Raphaelle Standell-Preston performing the song, with a double. The …