Waverly due out June 25th via Ceremony (US) / Splendour (EU)
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Content to float inside the billowing space of a vaguely dour mood, the latest single from Montreal duo Solar Year uses airy synth pads, oscillating pitch shifters, and prickly frequencies to conjure an icy resilience. – Pitchfork
Montreal duo Solar Year reveals their new single “Global Girlfriend” take from their long-awaited debut Waverly due out June 25th on Ceremony in North American & Canada and Splendour in Europe (album artwork above). Labeled as a “re-release” of an album that was quietly released in limited quantities during summer 2012 in Montreal, the vinyl release of Waverly is a unique take on bringing a brilliant, forward thinking, LP to a broader audience. As an album and a project striving to set itself apart from the status quo, Solar Year returned to Waverly in late 2012 to give the album a new look and fresh perspective they had felt was lacking last summer. The result pushed Solar Year into a new level of artistic freedom and creativity — Waverly will now be presented as a revamped experience entirely re-mastered, newly mixed, and re-sequenced with updates on several tracks matched with the addition of new material.
Solar Year have a knack for pulling samples from wherever they find inspiration. Those are soon matched to pitched-down electronic productions and Ertel’s soaring, choir-like vocals, making for an uncanny clash of themes that otherwise sit several dimensions apart. This may stem from the fact that they are never in one place for an extended period of time. Ertel & Borden have a habit of setting up on one coast for a few months only to pack up and move on to the next destination a few days later.
Most recently, Solar Year were featured as the first release on No Fear Of Pop’s newly minted 7″ label,Stratosfear. The “Night & Day” 7″ received widespread acclaim at the start of 2013 with features on The Fader, The Guardian UK, and a stunning video for b-side “Magic Idea” directed by long-time How To Dress Well collaborator Jamie Harley — first appearing on London’s Dummy Mag.
For those in the New York area Solar Year is playing the following dates:
4/19 – BROOKLYN, NY @ Ran Tea House w/ Young Magic, Rioux
4/26 – BROOKLYN, NY @ Glasslands w/ Michna, Charles Trees, Heathered Pearls (DJ Set)
5/ 4 – NEW YORK, NY @ Mercury Lounge w/ Beacon, Braille
For more information on this artist, to attend a show or for a promotional copy of the LP for review please respond directly to this email.
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WEBSITE || CEREMONY RECORDINGS || SPLENDOUR || SOUNDCLOUD || FACEBOOK
Montreal, home of Guide favourites Grimes and Jacques Greene, provides more proof that there’s something in the water with this new single from young guns Solar Year…Night & Day is a blurry affair – all plasticine beats and pained-yet-hopeful existential cries – THE GUARDIAN
I’m guessing that was the ideal way to listen to this record, as the hymnal “Brotherhood” sounds a bit like a new age-y Silent Shout floating up from the ocean floor – GORILLA VS BEAR
There’s a dream-like disconnect to the songs, not unlike dance music wrapped in a down comforter – UNDER THE RADAR