Leif Vollebekk - New Ways
- Format
- Vinyl LP
- Genre
- Rock
- Catalog No.
- LP-SCRT-091
Leif Vollebekk is a Montreal adopted singer-songwriter. He will release his highly anticipated fourth full-length album NEW WAYS on Nov. 1st, the follow-up to his breakthrough Polaris Music Prize finalist, Juno nominated record Twin Solitude. The previous record is now at over 22 million streams and was critically acclaimed by Uncut, NPR Music, The Fader, The Sunday Times Culture, The Line of Best Fit, Paste, Brooklyn Vegan, WXPN, KCRW and Exclaim! To only name a few. New Ways is the sound of desire in it's unfolding - whereas Twin Solitude was about self-reflection, New Ways is about engaging and changing, touching and being touched. It's a physical record, with louder and tighter grooves, and the rawest lyrics the musician has ever recorded - tenderness and violence, sex and rebirth, Plato and Julie Delpy. There's the heat of the night and the cool blue of morning, hints of Prince and Bill Withers.01. The Way That You Feel02. Never Be Back03. Hot Tears04. Transatlantic Flight05. Phaedrus06. Blood Brother07. Change08. I'm Not Your Lover09. Wait a While10. Apalachee Plain
- Format
- CD
- Genre
- Rock
- Pressing
- Poster
Whereas Twin Solitude was about self-reflection, New Ways is about engaging and changing, touching and being touched. It's a physical record, with louder and tighter grooves, and the rawest lyrics the musician has ever recordedtenderness and violence, sex and rebirth, Plato and Julie Delpy. What mattered most was the feel of each the groove, the distance between the kick and the snare. If it didn't feel right, we'd do another take, or switch from piano to guitar, or change the drum sound, Vollebekk says. 10 different tracks for 10 states of motion, each with it's own pulse. There's the heat of the night and the cool blue of morning, hints of Prince and Bill Withers. Only when everything was finally overwhen the mixes were perfect, and the masters cued updid Vollebekk really understand what he had made. Now I knew what was going to happen, he remembers. The moments didn't feel fleetingthey felt eternal, almost fated. The songs spoke to me differently, but they hadn't changed. I just heard them in New Ways.
