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Monday, August 31, 2020
Speaker Face makes violins, cellos sound groovier than ever imaginable; Earth meets electronics on “Crescent” by JUNO “Album of the Year” recipients.
See Canadian trio’s
“gorgeous... graceful... dramatic” video for “Phosphorescence” now; Band takes
on “forced relationships” with new “Work Friends” single. +++
Speaker Face (L-R): Eric
Wright, Ruby Randall, Trent Freeman. Photo credit: Jen
Squires. +++
“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 +++
“An entrancing electronic sound that’s simultaneously
familiar and completely original,” says MXDWN
today of Speaker Facesingle“Work Friends,” out now. [STREAM]: https://Fanatic.lnk.to/SpeakerFace-WorkFriends +++ Speaker Face | In The Press “Soothing downtempo electronic beats, layering
breathy, ethereal vocals over the top.” — MXDWN “They cultivate a strong hypnotizing presence that
arrests the senses.” — Atwood Magazine “Gorgeous... graceful... dramatic climaxes and moments
of beautiful grandeur.” — Treble “Low-slung, confident, and cool... a tight fusion of
electronic and acoustic elements.” — Independent
Clauses “Refreshing rhythms, dreamy vocals, bright strings,
and solid hooks,” — Le Future Wave “Slick synthpop... powered by violins and cellos that
find the perfect midpoint between modern and classic vibes.” — Aupium “Sounding like beautiful, esoteric study beats.” — Surviving The Golden Age +++ Speaker Face Crescent Oct. 9th, 2020 (S/R)
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 +++ About “Phosphorescence”
and “Work Friends” by Speaker Face “‘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.” +++ 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. 9th, 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. 9th,
2020. Members of Speaker Face
are available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom
at Fanatic for more information. +++
[STREAM]: https://fanatic.lnk.to/SpeakerFace-Phosphorescence +++ 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
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