ALT-ROCKERS MOTHER MOTHER SET TO RELEASE NEW FULL LENGTH STUDIO ALBUM, DANCE AND CRY, ON NOVEMBER 2nd
ALBUM AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER STARTING TODAY
WATCH THE “GET UP” MUSIC VIDEO HERE
28 September, 2018 (Toronto, ON) – Chart topping alt-rock band Mother Mother announced today the release of their new album Dance and Cry on November 2nd via Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company. The news comes a week after the Juno-nominated band debuted their catchy new single, “Get Up” which is currently sitting in the top 15 on the Canadian Alternative Rock chart and was impressively the #1 most added song at Canada Alternative Rock radio in its first week of release. Music fans can check out the new music video for the single HERE. The new track can be heard HERE and full length album, Dance and Cry, can be pre-ordered HERE.
Lead singer Ryan Guldemond remarked on the new album, “This album was written from a place of wanting to be moved, and wanting to move others. At a certain point of the writing process I made a pact with myself that I wouldn’t pursue songs that didn’t either make me want to dance or cry, or ideally both. This ethos catalyzed a broader theme with regards to healing, and how feeling one’s pain and becoming truly intimate, loving and curious with it, is a crucial part of finding your way out of it."
The new record, produced in its entirety by Guldemond and Ben Kaplan goes back to an organic, stripped down sound that reflects the bands earlier material including their iconic album, O My Heart which is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year. The songs on Dance and Cry, share themes of survival, self-reflection, sorrow and happiness. In the fall of 2017, Guldemond was going through a difficult breakup, which left him feeling lost and out of touch with himself and his creativity. It was from this place that he began writing, and the initial songs mirrored these emotions. To his taste, things were feeling too morose, like a love-lost album, which he didn’t really want it to be; it is Mother Mother’s penchant to cover broader, more dimensional themes. To shake things up, Ryan took a trip to Costa Rica as a means to soul search and get inside the music in his head. It was there he found some songs, some individuality, and returned to Vancouver to embark on a two- month writing spree, employing a monastic lifestyle of meditation, clean living, exercise, and no media. As a result, his channels began to open up, and very honest, inspired songs followed. Dance and Cry is an album about the intrinsic bond between joy and sorrow. It’s an album about gateways; pain entering into peace. The trenches, a portal to the sky. Dancing, an affair with freedom, and crying, a river giving to an ocean of music.
Dance and Cry is the band’s seventh full length studio album and follows the 2017 release No Culture which produced the #1 hit single, “The Drugs.” The upcoming album is available for pre-order HERE. Watch for exciting announcements from the band in the coming weeks.
About Mother Mother
The Juno and MMVA nominated Vancouver-based band, comprised of Ryan Guldemond, Molly Guldemond, Jasmin Parkin, Ali Siadat and Mike Young, has had a whirlwind decade; garnering six top 10 singles on the alt rock Canadian charts and 41 million streams and counting on digital platforms. Their latest album, 2017’s No Culture, produced “The Drugs” a #1 single on the Alt Rock charts in Canada for three consecutive weeks. The alt-rockers first earned critical acclaim with their debut albums Touch Up (2007) and O My Heart (2008). The releases that followed, Eureka (2011) and The Sticks (2012) delivered the top 5 radio hits “The Stand”, “Bit By Bit” and “Let’s Fall In Love”, making the band the second most aired alternative act in Canada in 2012 and 2013. In 2014 they racked up more hits with “Get Out The Way”, “Monkey Tree” and “Modern Love” from their much-lauded record Very Good Bad Thing. The band has also found success on the road, most recent tours include sold-out headline dates across North America, selling out the historic Massey Hall, and a record-breaking five consecutive sold-out shows at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver.
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Mother Mother is:
Ryan Guldemond: Vocals, Guitars, Keys, and Programming
Molly Guldemond: Vocals and Synth
Jasmin Parkin: Vocals and Keys
Ali Siadat: Percussion and Electronics
Mike Young: Bass
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