DREA LAKE CAPTURES LATE SUMMER VIBES ON “STURGEON MOON”
On her inundation single, “Sturgeon Moon,” Canadian singer/songwriter Drea Lake completely conveys late summer season vibes by means of the lens of one of many season’s pure wonders.
“Typically the bitterness makes issues all of the extra candy, and August is the time of yr in Canada once I really feel that probably the most,” Drea says. “I had talked about to my buddy and co-writer James Maltese that I needed to put in writing a tune to seize this time of yr when feeling the perimeters of fall creeping in make you recognize summer season much more. Wistfulness goes into every chunk of contemporary peach.
“I had achieved a present in honour of the ‘final moon of summer season when you possibly can nearly style the summer season passing.’ James knowledgeable me that the moon in August is named the Sturgeon Moon as a result of that is the perfect time for fishermen to catch this often-elusive fish. It occurred to us that the sturgeon is an unbelievable image of power and resilience, as a consequence of its lengthy lifespan. I wish to dedicate this tune at reveals to longtime {couples} or buddies, those that have taken the freshness of early love and journeyed the seasons collectively. Additionally it is a solution to honour this unbelievable and infrequently endangered species.”
“Sturgeon Moon” comes on the heels of Drea’s earlier single, “4U,” which U.Ok. weblog Pink Guitar Music praised for its “intelligent association and pleasingly unconventional instrumentation decisions.” “Sturgeon Moon” follows the same sample, drawing inspiration from Indigo Women, together with Drea’s different main musical touchstones reminiscent of Joni Mitchell. The tune additionally encompasses a memorable lap metal half performed by Halifax scene mainstay Phil Sedore (Catherine MacClellan, Amelia Curran, Black Pool).
Each “Sturgeon Moon” and “4U” might be included on Drea’s debut full-length album, A Name From Someplace Else, set for launch in autumn 2025. Co-produced and that includes the famend Quebecois acoustic guitarist Antoine Dufour, together with a number of different contributors drawn from the worlds of Canadian roots, jazz, and classical music, the album’s eight songs totally show Drea’s genre-blending compositional type.
Drea maintains that her connection to nature, one thing she experiences by means of splitting her time between rural southern Ontario and areas surrounding Montreal, most frequently sparks her creativity.
“The moods of the songs on this album vary from joyous elation, to extra quiet, nearly soothing, types of pleasure, to dreaminess, a way of thriller and warning, to heartbreak and reflective remorse. In most songs, there are classes we be taught from the pure world, reminiscent of totally different types of love, friendship, spirituality, and musical camaraderie. Below all of these themes lies nature.”
Though Drea Lake self-effacingly describes herself as a “perennial newbie” when it comes to her musical evolution, the main focus she has put into her craft has set her other than a few of her contemporaries inside the people music area, regardless of the handful of singles she has launched thus far. However that’s all about to vary with the arrival of A Name From Someplace Else, which, for all intents and functions, might be her formal introduction to the broader music world.
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