Royal Canoe Share single “Living A Lie”

Royal Canoe Share "Living A Lie" from their forthcoming release 'Something Got Lost Between Here and the Orbit'

Royal Canoe will release Something Got Lost Between Here and the Orbit on September 16th via Nevado Music. Working with famed producer Ben Allen, the sextet refined their sound, shifting their focus to rhythmic and percussive dexterity without sacrificing the soulfulness that made Believers’ “Bathtubs” a hit. “Living A Lie” is also available to post and share via SoundCloud. Royal Canoe also announced an extensive North American fall tour. All confirmed shows are listed below.

Royal Canoe’s Matt Peters recently told NPR, “When you’re creating something, the end result is pretty much all anyone else sees or hears. But running invisibly underneath the finished product are all of the hours you spent in your bedroom struggling to find the right melody, or the planning that went into executing an idea correctly.” Peters also remarked: “This behind-the-scenes work and even the abandoned ideas that never go anywhere have their own value, especially to the artist, and they often bring as much to the story as the polished result.” The video was directed by Nathan Boey and choreographed Kaja Irwin and streaming to share via YouTube.

Almost three years have passed since the release of Royal Canoe’s sophomore album Today We’re Believers (2013). Those years were full. The band played 200 shows, which included tours with the likes of Alt J and Bombay Bicycle Club, and stops at major festivals like Bonaroo, Iceland Airwaves, and Osheaga.

After two years of writing and recording between tours, Something Got Lost Between Here and the Orbit surfaced with a unique and intensified voice. It was co-produced and mixed by Ben Allen (Gnarls Barkley, Animal Collective, Deerhunter), who concentrated their sound-crafting attention on two fundamental elements: drums and vocals. Royal Canoe has always had an intensively rhythmic heart and that is more the case than ever. Their lyrics grow organically out of an addictive percussive flow and the unique topography of each track. Reinforcing their vocal and percussive core allowed them to be more adventurous with experimentation; more determined in their ongoing pursuit of the elusive musicality that can be found in collisions between digital and analogue worlds. In addition to their their usual buffet of synthesizers, effects pedals and homemade samples, late nights lead to to rabbit-holes of attaching contact mics to water bottles to play them like percussion instruments and convoluting synths through beluga whale field recordings.

Something Got Lost Between Here and the Orbit Track List

Somersault
Walk out on the Water
Living a Lie
Checkmate
Love You Like That
I Am Collapsing So Slowly
Holidays
Out of the Beehive
Bicycle
How Long Is Your Life?
BB Gun

Royal Canoe Tour Dates

08.20 – Invermere, BC @ Invermere Music Festival
08.21 – Rock Creek, BC @ Ponderosa Festival
09.08 – Guelph, ON @ Brass Taps Pub
09.09 – Waterloo, ON @ Maxwell’s
09.10 – Hamilton, ON @ Hamilton Supercrawl
09.15 – Winnipeg, MB @ Burton Cummings Theatre
09.17 – Lethbridge, AB @ Love & Records Festival
09.18 – Bozeman, MT @ The Filling Station
09.19 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
09.23 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Hi Hat
09.28 – Portland, OR @ Holocene
09.29 – Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern
09.30 – Vancouver, BC @ Imperial
10.01 – Victoria, BC @ Lucky Bar
10.03 – Rossland, BC @ The Flying Steamshovel
10.05 – Calgary, AB @ Marquee Beer Market & Stage
10.06 – Red Deer, AB @ Bo’s Bar and Grill
10.07 – Edmonton, AB @ UP+DT Festival
10.08 – Saskatoon, SK @ The Capitol
10.18 – Kingston, ON @ The Mansion
10.19 – Quebec City, QC @ L’Anti
10.20 – Fredericton, NB @ Capital Complex
10.21 & 10.22 – Halifax, NS @ Halifax Pop Explosion
10.26 – St. Catharines, ON @ L3
10.27 – Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace
10.28 – Ottawa, ON @ Zaphod Beeblebrox
10.29 – Montreal, QC @ La Vitrola
10.30 – Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground Showcase Lounge
11.01 – Boston, MA @ Great Scott
11.02 – Philadelphia, PA @ Boot & Saddle
11.05 – New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
11.07 – Columbus, OH @ Rumba Café
11.09 – Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen
11.12 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry

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