Speaker Face turns violins, cellos into groove instruments; Earth meets electronics on “Crescent” album from JUNO-winning members of The Fretless, out Oct. 9th.

 See trio’s “gorgeous... graceful... dramatic” video for “Phosphorescence” now; “Work Friends” single feat. Ruby Randall’s haunting voice, premieres today, out Friday.

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Speaker Face (L-R): Eric Wright, Ruby Randall, Trent Freeman. Photo credit: Jen Squires.

 

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“Gorgeous... graceful... dramatic climaxes and moments of beautiful grandeur.” See the video for “Phosphorescence” by Speaker Face now at Treble or at the link above.

[VIDEO]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR0epNXu3uI

 

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Fanatic Promotion · Speaker Face - Work Friends

“An entrancing electronic sound that’s simultaneously familiar and completely original,” says MXDWN today of the upcoming Speaker Face single “Work Friends,” out this Friday.

[STREAM]: https://soundcloud.com/fanaticpro/speaker-face-work-friends 

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 “‘Phosphorescence’ is a complicated love song for the west coast of British Columbia,” says Trent Freeman of Speaker Face. “While we feel so welcomed by the land and connected to the nature where I grew up, many people were displaced to allow our presence. ‘Phosphorescence’ is a thank you letter to those who were here long before us, specifically the Malchosen and the K’omoks first nations, and the early 1900s Japanese settlers, who were interned during WWII. We hope to see this beautiful place through their eyes.”

 

Freeman continues, “‘Phosphorescence’ was recorded at our home studio in Toronto. We love all the tactile hammer sounds of the Rhodes and the fingers plucking the violin, we wanted to have them present and tickling the ears. Capturing the violin part as a cascade of drips helped paint the west coast landscape. Ruby’s voice was recorded three different times in unison and mixed all around your head, so it feels like you’re swimming in the ocean of her voice. Working on this video with choreographer Jade Whitney was a dream. She connected so well with the song and moves in such a descriptive way that I can no longer separate the song from the dance. In my mind they grew simultaneously.”

 

As for the band's new single, out this Friday, Freeman comments, “‘Work Friends’ speaks to the masks we wear in the workplace. Forced relationships playing out in environments unnaturally curated to make us our most productive. This track is a covert dance party for the freak hiding behind a tightly buttoned shirt and uncomfortable shoes. The tension built through the verse gives way to warmth and understanding in the chorus as layers of voice and violin sweep our thoughts to our deepest friendships.”

 

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Speaker Face

Crescent

Oct. 9^th, 2020

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Track Listing:

01. Phosphorescence (STREAM | VIDEO)

02. Trevor

03. All My Mind

04. Work Friends (STREAM)

05. Please, allow me to show you something

06. Call Me Out

07. Rest

08. Dusted

09. Sick Mind

10. Crescent

 

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About | Speaker Face

 

Toronto, Canada’s Speaker Face is a meeting of earth and electronics from two members of the JUNO award winning band The Fretless. Trent Freeman and Eric Wright are joined by Ruby Randall, whose voice haunts with an honest beauty that can’t be forgotten.

 

The band’s transportive new album Crescent (Oct. 9^th, 2020) is an immersive experience, layered with keys, beats, and atmospheric production, but also incorporating the propulsive strings that have made Freeman and Wright essential players in the mainstreaming of traditional Irish folk music with The Fretless.

 

“The violin is a very unique element in this genre of music,” Freeman says. “I approach it primarily as a groove instrument. I love the pulse and foundation it can create.”

 

Wright is a cellist in The Fretless and he brings the bass in Speaker Face, too.

 

“My inspirations are mostly derived from a hip-hop sensibility,” he says of the hypnotic beats he contributes to the album. “I’ve been making beats since I was 13-years-old. 2PAC, Dr. Dre, and Wu-Tang Clan were on repeat. For this album, I sampled crate vinyl for kick sounds and merged those with my own samples. The sampled vinyl with the liveliness of the natural samples creates the soundscape.”

 

Randall gilds the frame with her ethereal voice, which was recorded three different times in unison and “mixed all around your head so it feels like you’re swimming in the ocean of her vocals,” Freeman explains.

 

“I’m so excited to share these Speaker Face tunes with the world,” Randall adds. “Trent has poured himself into these songs and it has been an honor to be able to bring my voice to them.

 

Crescent, the latest album by Toronto-based trio Speaker Face arrives on Oct. 9^th, 2020. The lead single “Phosphorescence” is out now. Members of Speaker Face are available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic for more information.

 

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[STREAM]: https://fanatic.lnk.to/SpeakerFace-Phosphorescence

 

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Hear “Phosphorescence,” the lead single from the upcoming new album Crescent by Speaker Face, at Atwood Magazine or at the links above.

 

“It’s easy to get lost in the intimate waves of Speaker Face’s lush sound: They cultivate a strong hypnotizing presence that arrests the senses, tickling the ears while reaching out to each of us on a far more visceral level. They describe their sound as “the feeling of a twilight festival stage and a summer swim,” hoping listeners resonate with the richness of their tones and their beat’s natural qualities.” – Atwood Magazine

 

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Speaker Face | Links

 

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Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion | Contact

 

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