Arbutus Rock & Indie 15 Items

Picture You Staring 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

LP | 2024 | CA | Original (Arbutus)

30,99 €*

Trilogy Yellow Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / CA – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Staring 10th Anniversary Deluxe Sky Blue Vinyl.A cornerstone of the Arbutus catalogue, this deluxe LPfeatures a multi-page photo zine, huge party poster, and skyblue Color Vinyl.TOPS were formed in Montreal in 2011 when song-writingduo David Carriere and Jane Penny decided to join forceswith drummer Riley Fleck. Delivering a raw punk take onAM studio pop, Picture You Staring is a lush array oftimelessly crafted songs.Singer Jane Penny gives a new voice to the silent girl at theedge of the circle, disillusioned but honest andunpretentious, a tone complemented by David Carriere'sseamless guitar playing and the measured drumming ofRiley Fleck. TOPS' subtle arrangements are delivered with acool restraint that blend with the individuality andself-assured desire of their female lead.Picture You Staring gathers strength through intimacy.Self-written, recorded and produced at Arbutus Records'studio in Montreal over the course of a year, this albumcontains 12 impeccable examples of pop craftsmanship thatwill reward repeat listeners.

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Sean Nicholas Savage

LP | 2024 | CA | Original (Arbutus)

Release: 2024 / CA – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Canadian cult songwriter Sean Nicholas Savage is renowned for his bittersweet ballads, and beautifully raw live performances, his singing delicate and brave, full of energy and space. Each new record is an adventure in sensitivity and nuance.'Trilogy' collects standouts from Savage's fan-favourite string of cassette releases: Magnificent Fist (2016), Yummycoma (2017), Screamo (2018). Now available on LP for the first time, this pressing commemorates a remarkable era in Savage's career.

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Tender Opposites 10th Anniversary Yellow Vinyl Edition

LP | 2012 | UK | Reissue (Arbutus)

26,99 €* 29,99 € -10%

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Arbutus)

Release: 2012 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Sorry Girls

Bravo!

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Sorry Girls have danced out of the darkness into the light. Since forming in 2015, the Montreal duo of Heather Foster Kirkpatrick and Dylan Konrad Obront have transformed an eerie, dreamlike sound into lush, pleasure seeking pop. Expanding upon their debut album, Deborah, the band's deftly arranged sophomore LP, Bravo!, sings to the back rows of the stadium, drawing listeners inward with a newfound focus on personal lyrics. "These songs are all about self-acceptance, self-affrmation, personal freedom, and letting go," says Kirkpatrick. "There are a lot of lyrics about the creative process itself, identity shaping, and how those things intertwine."For Fans of: TOPS, Haim, Marci, War On Drugs, Men I Trust, Perfume Genius, Yumi Zouma, Mr Twin Sister.First pressing on limited edition Color Vinyl.

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Tender Opposites Cloudy Blue Vinyl Edition

LP | 2012 | EU | Reissue (Arbutus)

Tape | 2022 | EU | Original (Arbutus)

Release: 2012 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Rock & Indie

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TOPS are a four piece band from Montreal, equal parts girls and guys, delivering a raw punk take on AM studio pop. In the fall of 2014, they released their breakthrough album Picture You Staring. Critically-acclaimed, PYS has 8,000 copies, and the band has performed over 200 shows worldwide in support.Originally released in 2012, Tender Opposites is the band's debut album, now available on LP. A lush array of timelessly crafted songs, Tender Opposites gathers its strength through delicate intimacy. These are moving songs that succeed earnestly, disregarding trends and myth-making, focusing instead on pure pop craftsmanship.

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Marci

16,99 €*

Shine Baby Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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A great pop record is like a great friend: an intimate confidante, a shoulder to cry on, and a partner in crime when you're ready to get dolled up and dance the pain away under the disco ball (or in front of your bedroom mirror.) That's what you'll find on MARCI, the solo debut from Marta Cikojevic of Montreal soft-rock group TOPS, who steps out on her own in self-assured style with a guileless collection of synth pop songs that brim with unabashed sincerity. The confidence of this debut belies the fact that Cikojevic has never formally written songs before, though she's been a student of melody since her childhood in rural Ontario, when she would sing along to the radio pop divas du jour, perform in the church choir, and participate in piano recitals. The middle child of five sisters, Cikojevic describes herself as a shy singer at home, who would instead seek out secret spots_the forest behind her home or a broken down van on their property were favorites_to practice her singing and record the songs she would make up herself into a handheld recorder. She was encouraged to do so by her grandfather, a refugee from the former Yugoslavia, who would sing and record both original songs and traditional Croatian folk songs on a cassette dictation machine_she still has some of the tapes they made together. Eventually she would make her way to Toronto where she played in several groups before joining TOPS as a keyboardist in 2017 and moving to Montreal. When she decided to make a solo record, it was a given that she'd work with her TOPS bandmate David Carriere, describing him as "a great pop writer" who shared her vision for what she wanted to achieve with her music.Carrierre and Cikojevic approached MARCI with the idea that they wanted to craft hits_songs that were catchy and danceable while still being emotionally honest and down-to-earth. The record was put together over the course of a year in a Montreal apartment reminiscent of a 1993 pawnshop, full of synthesizers and obscure instruments dating back to the...

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Sean Nicholas Savage

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Arbutus)

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Arbutus)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Canadian cult songwriter Sean Nicholas Savage is renowned for his bitter sweet ballads, and beautifully raw live performances, his singing delicate and brave, full of energy and space. Each new record is an adventure in sensitivity and nuance.Shine is a record about recapturing the will to live after a period of sadness and stagnancy, and the return to positivity and hope wrapped up in music that adds a sense of rhythmic guitar-based folk intimacy to Savage's hallmark ebullient avant-pop. Savage says he was leaning into his "Tatsuro Yamashita and Elliott Smith fandom" for Shine, a mix that immediately comes through vividly on opener "Feel Like A Child," which was the first song he wrote for the record. The pandemic had taken both an emotional and artistic toll on Savage, sapping his ability to be creative. It was after a long stay spent alone on the island Crete, sitting and staring at the sea that he felt a spark coming back to him. He sang "a long joyful memo" into his phone as he fell asleep one night, transcribing the words upon return to his home in Berlin and putting them to music.This reaffirmation of love and healing is at the heart of all the songs that make up Shine, not only thematically but sonically as well. Shine was recorded in Los Angeles with Savage's longtime friend Mac DeMarco, who produced the record. "With [2020's] Life is Crazy, I was delving into the overwhelming emotional experience of life and with Shine, I just wanted to dive in and be more healing," he says. The difference is apparent in Savage's vocals, which have a raw and intuitive feel to them. Instrumentally, Shine differentiates itself from Savage's past records through the use of the guitar as the primary instrument. While these are not straight-ahead folk songs, they do borrow from that genre's sense of closeness. On the title track, Savage sings of a place at the end of the world where one can find the seed of an entirely new universe within the gleaming eye of a seagull, and how that can expand one's sense of existence within something greater - "Every night we're still alive/ The moon sighs over you and I," he sings.

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Marci

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Arbutus)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Mitch Davis

The Haunt

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer Mitch Davis steps out on his own with debut LP The Haunt, a singer-songwriter tour de force for which he wrote all the songs and played all the instruments, made in his home studio during the 2020 lockdown, with much of it recorded on equipment that he also built himself. Davis is a mainstay of the vibrant Montréal music scene, with a musical background encompassing everything from rock bands (Faith Healer) to avant-garde (Elle Barbara's Black Space) to jazz and hip-hop (Cadence Weapon). The Haunt is a synthesis of his many musical interests, stretching back to his childhood when he played drums in the church band and saxophone in his school band (he plays both on The Haunt.) Though he's never had any formal musical training, Davis can't remember a time in which music wasn't a part of his life. When it came time to make his own record, Davis says: "I was always hoping I could find a way to blend everything together and get away with doing a bunch of different genres all at once, because I don't like dwelling on a certain sound." Despite so much going on behind the scenes, nothing about The Haunt sounds overworked. A breezy, upbeat listen, it's very much in tune with the spirit of 70s pop that Davis loves for the way it strikes a balance between musicality and catchiness, complexity and brevity. These are composed, layered songs made with care, but also made to make you smile. The result is a uniquely personal statement brimming with color and optimism even as it ponders universal themes of introspection and loneliness - a record that could only have been made by Mitch Davis.

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Anything / The Hollow Sound Of The Morning Chimes

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Arbutus)

13,99 €*

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Arbutus)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Originally Released In 2015 As Stand-Alone Singles, 'Anything' And 'The Hollow Sound Of The Morning Chimes' Are Standout Fan-Favourites From The Tops Catalogue, Now Available On Vinyl For The First Time.

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Stella

The Break

22,99 €*

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Arbutus)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Rock & Indie

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Stella was born beside the sea and raised by a Canadian nanny who waterskied topless. Following the release of two standout singles - "Samba" and "The Race" - the Athens-based artist is ready to share "The Break", her international debut. Self-produced, and recorded primarily at her home studio, "The Break" brings together all the playfulness and spontaneity that characterizes Stella's music: non-standard pop deviations whose shimmering feel-good surfaces are anchored by a powerful undertow of melancholy. Stella explains, "The Break has a lot to do with an "inner break" I was experiencing at the time. I intensely felt that I was moving from one place to another, musically and personally. I mean, if we look at the cover, I've turned myself into a bird and the circle - for me - indicates two different dimensions. Making it made me feel that I really wanted this music to travel, to infinity and beyond."Her two previous solo albums - her self-titled 2015 debut "Stella" and 2017's "Works For You" - brought her critical momentum and made her one of Greece's most popular indie stars.

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Sorry Girls

Deborah

22,99 €*