“During lockdown, we racked our brains as to how to make a video to represent our connection and collaboration while locked down far away from one another. One day I drove past a half-inflated Sky Dancer outside of a weed shop covered in Cannabis leaf camouflage with a joint hanging out of its mouth, laying across a car roof in the parking lot with only its arm waving in the wind and had a eureka moment: the narrators in the song would become a pair of Sky Dancers. I found a couple in Longueuil, Québec with a garage of Sky Dancers for rent (the woman even dressed like one when I went to pick them up) and Ramin and I raced around the city letting them dance in alleyways, on rooftops and even out of bedroom windows.”
lyrics
PARADE
Say it out loud
I watch the words drip out your mouth
And you split your lip with honesty
And then we stood in line all day for the parade
Nothing much left to add
Nothing much left to say
Sometimes you’re left
Sometimes you leave
Tear out the seams
Threading through my mind like a bad dream
A strand of gold shines in the light
It must be almost time to call it for today
And then you watch, you watch, you watch, you watch, you wait and watch
And then you watch, you watch, you watch, you watch, you wait and watch
And then you watch, you watch, you watch, you watch, you wait and watch
And then you watch, you watch, you watch, you watch, you wait and watch
Draw it all out
Just to break the time in my mind’s eye
We engineer it end to end
And then we pour it out not at all how we meant
And then you watch, you watch, you watch, you watch, you wait and watch
And then you watch, you watch, you watch, you watch, you wait and watch
And then you watch, you watch, you watch, you watch, you wait and watch
And then you watch, you watch, you watch, you watch, you wait and watch
I’m outside and waiting for the rain
On a cold clear night
I’m outside and waiting for the rain
On a cold clear night
The sixth Woodpigeon album was recorded with producer Sandro Perri and featuring Mary Margaret O'Hara on 'The Accident'. Mojo Magazine called it a "masterpiece" and it's a record we're very proud of. FRONTPERSON
EMBASSYLIGHTS is a collaboration between artists from Canada and Iceland, written in Reykjavik and recorded in Banff. This was such an adventure to make and we hope you like it too. FRONTPERSON
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Melancholic and energetic in equal parts, this album continues the trend of no New Pornographers album sounding the same. It's shaping up to be one of my favorites. heavydraws