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Breeze Shares New Track “Come Around (feat. Cadence Weapon)” + Announces New Album ” Only Up” due August 26th via Hand Drawn Dracula

July 2, 2021
Jayme Keith

Breeze

Shares “Come Around (feat. Cadence Weapon)”

Announces New Album: Only Up – August 26, 2021
via Hand Drawn Dracula

Toronto-based producer and artist, Josh Korody (Nailbiter, Beliefs) who works under the moniker, Breeze is sharing his new single, “Come Around” which features a guest appearance from the tipped Canadian rapper/artist, Cadence Weapon who found acclaim from Stereogum, FLOOD, Brooklyn Vegan, Bandcamp Daily, Exclaim and more for his recent album, Parallel World – listen below. The new single arrives in line with the news of Korody’s second album under Breeze titled Only Up, set for release via Hand Drawn Dracula on August 26, 2021.

Written, recorded and mixed in 8 days, Only Up finds Korody enlisting a whirlwind of performances from Tess Parks, Cadence Weapon and an array of the Toronto music scene, including members of Orville Peck, Tallies, Vallens, Zoon, Sauna, Fake Palms, Rapport, Praises, Civic TV, Moon King, Blonde Elvis, For Jane, Ducks Ltd, TOPS and Broken Social Scene. The record sees Korody digging through and channeling three decades of anthemic British bands, from the angular guitars of late 70’s post-punk (Gang Of Four, Wire), to the lush gloom of 80’s electro-pop (Tears for Fears, OMD), with the dance floor psychedelia of the Manchester sound (Primal Scream, Happy Mondays), and through the late ’90s and early 2000s post-punk/new wave revivalists, Only Up celebrates it’s sound cathartically.

This first single, “Come Around” finds Korody tapping into swampy acid house aesthetics reminiscent of Screamadelica, The Orb and 808 State, featuring a scintillating verse provided by the Edmonton-born, now Toronto-based artist, Cadence Weapon.

Speaking about the track, Josh says: “‘Come Around’ is about someone that has done something horrible and has not shown any accountability or true remorse and the fear they – or have the nerve – to be able to jump back into a community that no longer feels comfortable around them. So, as I’m singing the song I’m picturing performing it live with them walking into the room and making people, especially the people closest to them, extremely uncomfortable and angry. The lyrics: “Yeah, you really did a number on this one” references the trauma they imposed upon the community. When Rollie (Cadence Weapon) comes in, his lyrical dialogue is a bit more separate, it’s more fun but still comes from frustration as well and it quickly takes myself and others out of that dark place with the hope of trying to move on and to enjoy the life we have.

Utterly riveting, this is such an infectious arrangement. These colossal rhythms quickly form and surround the atmosphere whilst the power simply engulfs the audience. Bouyant beats and this gritty vocal harmony soar throughout the complex composition. A real raw and angular attribute emerges and becomes this focal point for the first part of the arrangement. The rolling passages mirror this 90’s house movement.

As the track transitions almost mid-way through its journey the dominating lyrics and compelling vocal notes from Cadence Weapon escalates and the force shifts to showcase this new range of energy and characteristics. Cadence Weapon has always had this effortlessly appeal to connect with every audience member, the collaboration with Weapon allows this direct influence to run amok. The audience is captivating by this wordsmith and hooked by the tones from Breeze.

Easily one of the most alluring ensembles out there right now. The energy of this release is simply intoxicating.

When originally asked to make this album for Hand Drawn Dracula, Korody and his long time friend and music collaborator Kyle Connolly (Orville Peck, The Seams, Wish) quickly threw down ideas in a session, however with Connolly embarking on a world tour, and with Korody’s demanding schedule at his Candle Recording Studio, the project sat unattended. But by the time of the album’s delivery deadline, Korody not only orchestrated a creative ensemble of friends and collaborators, he wrote, recorded and mixed the entirety of the album in two weeks without a single regret or compromise.

Hand Drawn Dracula is pleased to release Only Up worldwide on August 26th, 2021. Pre-order here

Rough Trade UK and USA will have a limited edition orange vinyl too. Pre-order here.

Breeze
Only Up
August 26, 2021
Out via Hand Drawn Dracula

1. Intro
2. Come Around
3. Let In In
4. Ecstasy On Keele Street
5. Hard-Boiled Wonderland
6. Our Scene
7. Bummer
8. Release The Pain
9. Don’t Cry
10. Only Up

https://handdrawndracula.bandcamp.com/

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