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Myriam just goes from strength to strength . Spellbindly beautiful again. I cant wait to hear the whole record . Jim White and Marisa Anderson lend their magic
Pre-order of Mayday. You get 2 tracks now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released.
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releases May 10, 2024
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Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
LP includes a digital download card and a fully artworked insert with lyrics. This stock ships DIRECTLY FROM THE ARTIST (Montreal).
Contient un insert artisanal incluant les paroles et un coupon de téléchargement. Commande traitée directement par l'artiste (Montréal).
Includes digital pre-order of Mayday.
You get 2 tracks now
(streaming via the free Bandcamp app
and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the
complete album the moment it’s released.
shipping out on or around May 10, 2024
Purchasable with gift card
$30CADor more
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
LP includes a digital download card and a fully artworked insert with lyrics. This stock ships DIRECTLY FROM THE ARTIST (Montreal).
Contient un insert artisanal incluant les paroles et un coupon de téléchargement. Commande traitée directement par l'artiste (Montréal).
Includes digital pre-order of Mayday.
You get 2 tracks now
(streaming via the free Bandcamp app
and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the
complete album the moment it’s released.
shipping out on or around May 10, 2024
Purchasable with gift card
$29CADor more
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
LP includes a digital download card and a fully artworked insert with lyrics. This stock ships from THRILL JOCKEY in Chicago.
Includes digital pre-order of Mayday.
You get 2 tracks now
(streaming via the free Bandcamp app
and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the
complete album the moment it’s released.
shipping out on or around May 10, 2024
Purchasable with gift card
$23USDor more
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
LP includes a digital download card and a fully artworked insert with lyrics. This stock ships from FEEDING TUBE RECORDS in Western Massachusetts.
Includes digital pre-order of Mayday.
You get 2 tracks now
(streaming via the free Bandcamp app
and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the
complete album the moment it’s released.
shipping out on or around May 10, 2024
$23USDor more
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
LP includes a digital download card and a fully artworked insert with lyrics. This stock ships from FEEDING TUBE RECORDS in Western Massachusetts.
Includes digital pre-order of Mayday.
You get 2 tracks now
(streaming via the free Bandcamp app
and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the
complete album the moment it’s released.
shipping out on or around May 10, 2024
$22USDor more
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Beautiful gatefold CD, coreleased by Thrill Jockey and Feeding Tube Records. Includes a digital download card. This stock ships directly from the artist (Montreal).
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- Thrill Jockey: thrilljockey.com/products/mayday
Belle pochette gatefold, coédition de Thrill Jockey et Feeding Tube Records. Coupon de téléchargement inclus. Commande traitée directement par l'artiste (Montréal).
Includes digital pre-order of Mayday.
You get 2 tracks now
(streaming via the free Bandcamp app
and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the
complete album the moment it’s released.
shipping out on or around May 10, 2024
Purchasable with gift card
$15CADor more
Cassette + Digital Album
Sea green cassette in a black and clear cassette box, released on Feeding Tube Records. Includes a download coupon. This stock ships directly from the artist (Montreal).
You can also buy the cassette from Feeding Tube Records: feedingtuberecords.com/releases/mayday/
Cassette turquoise dans un boîtier noir avec fenêtre transparente, parue chez Feeding Tube Records. Coupon de téléchargement inclus. Commande traitée directement par l'artiste (Montréal).
Includes digital pre-order of Mayday.
You get 2 tracks now
(streaming via the free Bandcamp app
and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the
complete album the moment it’s released.
shipping out on or around May 10, 2024
Purchasable with gift card
$12CADor more
Poster/Print
Beautiful 14 x 19 indigo print poster on high quality matte paper, created by Montreal artist Catherine Ocelot. This stock ships in a tube, directly from the artist (Myriam Gendron, Montreal).
Magnifique affiche 14 x 19 sur papier mat de qualité, impression indigo, créée par l'artiste montréalaise Catherine Ocelot. Commande traitée directement par l'artiste (Myriam Gendron, Montréal) et expédiée dans un tube.
shipping out on or around May 10, 2024
Purchasable with gift card
$20CAD
T-Shirt/Shirt
Artwork by Catherine Ocelot, silkscreened on super soft Bella Canvas tees. Available in unisex (3001) or women's relaxed fit (6400). This stock ships directly from the artist (Myriam Gendron, Montreal).
Dessin de Catherine Ocelot, imprimé en sérigraphie sur coton Bella Canvas de qualité. Disponible en modèle unisexe (3001) ou modèle pour femmes (6400). Commande traitée directement par l'artiste (Myriam Gendron, Montréal).
shipping out on or around May 10, 2024
Purchasable with gift card
$30CAD
T-Shirt/Shirt
Artwork by Catherine Ocelot, silkscreened on super soft Bella Canvas tees. Available in unisex (3001) or women's relaxed fit (6400). This stock ships directly from the artist (Myriam Gendron, Montreal).
Dessin de Catherine Ocelot, imprimé en sérigraphie sur coton Bella Canvas de qualité. Disponible en modèle unisexe (3001) ou modèle pour femmes (6400). Commande traitée directement par l'artiste (Myriam Gendron, Montréal).
shipping out on or around May 10, 2024
Purchasable with gift card
$30CAD
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Green LP + super soft silkscreened tee designed by Catherine Ocelot (unisex or women's relaxed fit). Choose your design, fit & size in the options. This stock ships directly from the artist (Myriam Gendron, Montreal).
Vinyle vert + t-shirt imprimé en sérigraphie sur coton de qualité, design de Catherine Ocelot. Coupe unisexe ou pour femmes. Choisissez votre design, votre coupe et votre taille dans les options. Commande traitée directement par l'artiste (Myriam Gendron, Montréal).
Includes digital pre-order of Mayday.
You get 2 tracks now
(streaming via the free Bandcamp app
and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the
complete album the moment it’s released.
shipping out on or around May 10, 2024
Purchasable with gift card
$55CADor more
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Black LP + super soft silkscreened tee designed by Catherine Ocelot (unisex or women's relaxed fit). Choose your design, fit & size in the options. This stock ships directly from the artist (Myriam Gendron, Montreal).
Vinyle noir + t-shirt imprimé en sérigraphie sur coton de qualité, design de Catherine Ocelot. Coupe unisexe ou pour femmes. Choisissez votre design, votre coupe et votre taille dans les options. Commande traitée directement par l'artiste (Myriam Gendron, Montréal).
Includes digital pre-order of Mayday.
You get 2 tracks now
(streaming via the free Bandcamp app
and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the
complete album the moment it’s released.
Mayday is the third LP by Montreal-based artist, Myriam Gendron. It follows her earlier, critically acclaimed albums, Not So Deep As A Well (2014) and Ma délire –Songs of love, lost & found (2021). Prior to her debut album, Myriam's primary musical focus was busking in Paris Metro stations, performing the songs of Leonard Cohen and others, accompanying herself on guitar. Through her day job, working at a bookstore, Myriam discovered the poems of American writer, Dorothy Parker, who was better known for her cutting wit than her verse. Inspired by Parker's words, Myriam wrote music to accompany a suite of them, then recorded the results in her bedroom. These very recordings were issued as her debut LP, and continue to delight listeners who discover them, with their freshness, clarity and humor. Writing in Uncut, Tyler Wilcox described Not So Deep As A Well as, “one of those out-of-nowhere LPs that was so captivating, you couldn’t help raving about it to anyone who would listen.”
After a hiatus, during which she became a mother, Myriam began exploring the complex folk traditions of Quebec, and recorded the 2LP, Ma délire. This project was begun while she was on a sponsored creative retreat in rural Quebec with her young daughter. Myriam had been inspired by the ways in which traditional songs from disparate cultures embrace parallel archetypes. The resulting album (part of which was actually recorded on the fly during this retreat) combines traditional and original lyrics (largely in French) with arrangements that make space for avant-garde musical interludes by such players as guitarist Bill Nace (Body/Head) and percussionist Chris Corsano. Like her debut, Ma délire has been received rhapsodically. In his review for Foxy Digitalis, Brad Rose writes the album, “is a complete and total triumph. There aren’t many artists who understand and can harness the immortal spirit that flows through traditional music like Myriam Gendron. For all her talents as a songwriter, guitarist, and singer, this is her greatest gift.”
Mayday presents an even more syncretic fusion of the elements Myriam uses to create her sound. Most of the songs are original, sung in both English and French, and they blend traditional and avant elements with abandon. She is often accompanied on this album by the guitarist Marisa Anderson and drummer Jim White (Dirty Three), whose work provides a quietly aggressive sort of free-rock base. Additional players this time include Montreal bassist Cédric Dind-Lavoie (a fellow fan of trad/avant dynamism), Bill Nace and saxophonist Zoh Amba (whose horn actually gets the final “word”.). Mayday is a thoroughly thrilling effort that manages to create new vistas of sound while maintaining a feel that is both intimate and familiar.
Myriam has privately described the mood of Mayday as dark, in part due to the fact it was assembled after her mother’s passing, but she is always capable of balancing and blending emotional content in a way that makes it ultimately hopeful. The music here certainly possesses a richly serious tone, but Myriam Gendron (like Leonard Cohen) is able to infuse her darkness with a subtle, powerful light that reminds us that even the most pitch-black night is but a transitional state. Beautiful work.
credits
releases May 10, 2024
Myriam Gendron: acoustic, electric & classical guitar, vocals, percussions, banjo
Marisa Anderson: electric guitar on 2, 3 & 7
Jim White: drums on 2, 3 & 7
Cédric Dind-Lavoie: double bass on 2, 3 & 6
Bill Nace: electric guitar and loops on 3
Zoh Amba: tenor saxophone on 10
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