Sam Casey and her band will be performing at the Garrison in Toronto on Wednesday, August 17th to celebrate the release of her debut EP, New Company. The show will also include special guests TANDM.
Advance tickets are available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sam-casey-new-company-ep-release-show-tickets-383588733227
On July 29th, Sam Casey drops her first original single and video, New Company. Produced and co-written by Bristol, UK based Joe Thompson, the song details Sam’s realization that someone she was seeing was never going to give her the time and commitment that she needed from them. So, she wrote New Company late one night in her dorm room during her first year at university.
You can pre-save the track here: https://smarturl.it/samnewcompanysingle
Martha and the Muffins’ new single is an effervescent version of the English Beat song Save It For Later. It is from the forthcoming COVERAMA album which is being released on our Confidence Emperors record label imprint. “We originally recorded Save It For Later at the suggestion of a UK music supervisor to pitch for the season 3 trailer of the Netflix series Sex Education. Between Martha’s vocal arrangements and the guitars and keyboards, there are a lot of additional little hooks that didn’t exist in the original that we think makes our version almost like an early Martha and the Muffins song.”
You can check out the single and video here: https://smarturl.it/MATMsaveitforlater
I’d Rather Go Blind is the debut single and video for Toronto based artist Sam Casey. “I have been performing this song for years in venues around Toronto as it is one of my favourite songs and lyrically hits me at my core. To be able to record an original rendition of the track that fits my exact feelings when listening to the lyrics was a dream and a privilege. The feelings that emanate from this song are so human and deep inside that singing this can bring me to tears. I can only hope listeners will feel this same connection.” Since being introduced to us by mutual friend Kim Cooke of Revolution Recording, Sam has collaborated with UK producer/songwriter Joe Thompson, Canadian producer/songwriter Mike Schlosser (John Orpheus) and Martha Johnson and Mark Gane of Martha and the Muffins.
Check out the single and video here: https://smarturl.it/SamCaseyGoBlind
We have known Juliana Eye since she was a teenager. It has been amazing to watch her grow as a singer, songwriter, musician and producer since her early days in The Ruby Spirit and as an accompanist for Ghost Caravan. For the forthcoming COVERAMA album, she has recorded one of her favourite songs, Dreaming by Blondie. She has also collaborated with another former member of The Ruby Spirit, filmmaker Jason Cipparrone, who directed the cool black and white video that was shot in Juliana’s basement.
Check out the single and and video here: https://smarturl.it/julianaeyedreaming
This Friday, we are releasing the debut single by Alex Exists. Rock On is a “fun exercise in rock n roll post-mortem revival with an unexpectedly modern twist”. This rambunctious version of the David Essex classic was inspired by the idea that, “if aliens came to earth years after rock n roll died, found this record, fell in love with it, took it back to their planet and started making their own interpretations of it, how might it sound?”
Link to single and video: https://smarturl.it/RockOnAlex
Mark Gane discusses how he wrote Echo Beach in the UK’s Songwriting Magazine. The song has hit 30 million streams worldwide on Spotify, was a top 10 international hit and won a JUNO for Single of the Year. It has had cultural impact as well. There is a venue in Toronto called Echo Beach, a German record label, a UK television series, an Irish show jumping horse, an American surf film, hotels in Bali and Zanzibar and an Australian youth hostel.
You can check out the interview here: https://www.songwritingmagazine.co.uk/how-i-wrote/echo-beach-martha-and-the-muffins-mark-gane
Described as “one of the most innovative of their era,” iconic Canadian artists Martha and the Muffins have announced the release of their new album, Marthology: In and Outtakes — available November 5th!
Groundbreaking from inception, Martha and the Muffins formed during the early days of Toronto’s punk / new wave / art pop scene in 1977. They were the first Canadian band to sign to a UK label, recording their debut, Metro Music, at England’s The Manor Studio, and would go on to tour and receive more than three decades worth of critical acclaim worldwide.
Founding members Martha Johnson and Mark Gane revisited their extensive archives recently, selecting 12 rare or never-before-heard singles, B-sides, and unreleased songs for what has ultimately become Marthology: In and Outtakes — their ninth album, and first in eleven years.
Spanning 35 years of recordings, the 12-track compilation includes previously limited releases of “Summer Of Song,” “Big Day,” and “Do You Ever Wonder,” as well as the 30th anniversary version of JUNO-winning single, “Echo Beach.” In addition, the CD includes the bonus track, “I Am Vertical!”, a demo recorded in 1988 but never released.
Marthology: In and Outtakes is available November 5th, 2021.
// Marthology: The In and Outtakes Track Listing
“On A Silent Summer Evening”
“Summer Of Song”
“Do You Ever Wonder?”
“Act Like A Woman”
“Don’t Monkey With My Love”
“Talking Through My Hat”
“Big Day”
“There Comes A Day”
“Fighting The Monster (Alt. Version)”
“Resurrection”
“Delicate”
“Echo Beach (30th Anniversary Version)”
Bonus track CD only: “I Am Vertical!”