Quiet Parade unveils their brand new single, “Thunder.“ The track is available to purchase on Bandcamp and iTunes, and is also streaming right now on your platform of choice. The band has also coupled the single’s launch with a lyric video. Watch it on Facebook or YouTube.

Recorded at New Scotland Yard in Dartmouth, NS, “Thunder” finds Quiet Parade leaning hard into their signature fog rock style, reveling in winding guitar lines, fading choruses, and words that go straight for the heart. Punctuated by chiming down-tuned electrics, haunting backup melodies, and crashing rhythms, “Thunder” is a story of longing for answers to questions never asked; a coastal-soaked sense of searching, mired in mist.

The follow-up to their French-language debut, Nous Étions Icitte, “Thunder” is the first brand new music from the group in nearly three years.

On the heels of the new song, Quiet Parade also announces several shows throughout the Maritimes including performances at the Halifax Pop Explosion and Nova Scotia Music Week.

Dates are as follows:

October 17 – Halifax, NS @ The Seahorse Tavern (Acadian Embassy Showcase at HPX 2018)
October 20 – Halifax, NS @ The Stubborn Goat (HPX 2018)
November 03 – Truro, NS @ Marigold Cultural Centre (NSMW 2018)
November 23 – Charlottetown, PE @ Baba’s Lounge

Acadian Embassy helps kick off the 2018 Halifax Pop Explosion Music Festival & Conference with a roster showcase. Rain Over St. Ambrose, Quiet Parade, Fossil Cliffs and special guest Céleste Godin perform at The Seahorse Tavern on Wednesday, October 17.  Show starts at 8:00pm sharp. Get festival wristbands HERE. More details to come on night-of tickets & door pricing.

Halifax fog-rockers Quiet Parade have been tapped as special guest openers for the upcoming Postdata Maritime tour. Dates are as follows:

Quiet Parade‘s French-language debut – an EP titled Nous Étions Icitte – is available today via Acadian Embassy.

Buy the album on Bandcamp or iTunes, and stream the record via Spotify, Apple Music, or your platform of choice.

Nous Étions Icitte features four songs that originally appeared (in English) on the band’s award-winning self-titled album, translated to French.

“I wanted this record to be an artifact that represented a very specific slice of Acadian life in Nova Scotia,” Quiet Parade songsmith Trevor Murphy tells Noreaster Online. “I wanted it to speak about and represent Par-en-Bas (a geographical region that encompasses several Acadian communities around Yarmouth, NS) in a way I had not heard before and create something that represented our voice for once.”

This week, Murphy also stopped by Radio-Canada’s Le Réveil for an interview to chat about the origins of Nous Étions Icitte. Listen to the segment here: http://bit.ly/QP-RadioCanada

The band celebrates the release of the new album with an early show at The Carleton tonight featuring special guest Gabrielle Papillon. 7pm-9pm, $10 at the door. RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/548479768844901/

The show is co-presented by Acadian Embassy & le Conseil communautaire du Grand-Havre – CCGH.

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Quiet Parade lance son premier album en français – en EP nommé Nous Étions Icitte – aujourd’hui. Le mini-album est disponible via Acadian Embassy.

Achetez l’album sur Bandcamp or iTunes, et écoutez-le via Spotify, Apple Music, ou sur votre platforme de choix.

Nous Étions Icitte reprend quatre chansons originales (anglophones) extraites du disque homonyme et primé du groupe, traduites en français.

« Je voulais que ce disque soit un artefact qui représentait une tranche très spécifique de la vie acadienne en Nouvelle-Écosse, » dit Trevor Murphy, auteur-compositeur pour Quiet Parade en entrevue avec Noreaster Online. « Je voulais parler et représenter Par-en-Bas (une région géographique qui englobe plusieurs communautés acadiennes autour de Yarmouth, en Nouvelle-Écosse) d’une manière que je n’avais jamais entendue auparavant et créer quelque chose qui représentait notre voix pour une fois. »

Cette semaine, Murphy s’est presenté sur l’émission Le Réveil sur les ondes de Radio-Canada pour une entrevue afin de discuter les origines de Nous Étions Icitte. Écoutez le segment ici: http://bit.ly/QP-RadioCanada

Le groupe célèbre la sortie du nouvel album avec un lancement au Carleton ce soir avec l’invitée spécial, Gabrielle Papillon. 19h-21h, 10 $ à la porte. RSVP ici: https://www.facebook.com/events/548479768844901/

Le lancement est co-présenté par Acadian Embassy et le Conseil communautaire du Grand-Havre – CCGH.

Listen to the scorching new single, “Crystal Mountains,“ on Spotify and Apple Music, or watch the official video on YouTube.

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After six years, Sleepless Nights are back. Their brand new EP, Keith Hamilton, is available via Acadian Embassy and Forward Music Group on Friday, September 15. The band embarks on a series of tour dates throughout Eastern Canada in its support. Dates are as follows:

September 14 – Fredericton, NB @ The Capital (Harvest Jazz & Blues)
September 15 – Yarmouth, NS @ The Red Knight
September 16 – Halifax, NS @ The Seahorse Tavern (early show!)

In the mid-aughts, Sleepless Nights carved out their reputation as one of the hardest working bands on the East Coast of Canada. By their final tours in 2009, when the group was put on indefinite hiatus, Sleepless Nights were playing an entire new, unreleased set of songs. There was a miffed attempt at capturing them in 2011, but no recordings were ever completed.

In June 2016, approaching the 10-year anniversary of their breakout EP, Hang Up, Sleepless Nights reconvened for a weekend of recording in Toronto at Taurus Recording with Thomas D’Arcy (Small Sins/The Ladies and Gentlemen, k-os) to archive four of those songs. With former member Matt MacDonald (The Superfantastics) joining them in studio, the band recorded Keith Hamilton – an EP that chronicles the now seasoned musicians returning to their roots.

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About Keith Hamilton…

Since the first Sleepless Nights release in 2004, there have been two constants in the band: the steadfast artistic vision and direction of Aaron Wallace, and a gentleman named Keith Hamilton.

A fixture in the Toronto music scene, Hamilton booked the Halifax band’s first ever show outside of the Maritimes. Through the years, Sleepless Nights toured with several of Hamilton’s acts. Four in fact: The Postage Stamps, The Diableros, Hamilton Tradition Company, and Beams. He has been there from the beginning, and has tirelessly stuck by the band as a booker, a musician, an actor, and a friend.

“Keith is our undeserved secret weapon. He’s our Bez. He’s the DJ Khaled of indie rock. He’s a fashion icon to future generations,” says Wallace.

“He is the unofficial twenty-second member of the band. No question,” adds Josh “Pinky” Pothier, the group’s drummer, jokingly referring to the sheer number of members the band has had over time.

Over 13 years, much has changed about Sleepless Nights. Musical styles, members, and formations, but never Keith Hamilton.

It seemed apt, then, that on what feels like a return to their musical foundation – dialed up, commanding pop rock – the band should pay homage to the other persistent thread that has followed them through their career.

Plus, who doesn’t love Keith?

Rain Over St. Ambrose continues to make big strides with on SiriusXM’s The Verge. Their single, “Broken Love,“ comes in at #11 on the station’s Top 40 year-end list. Beginning on Wednesday, December 14, The Verge will count down the 40 biggest Canadian songs played on the channel this year on multiple occasions. For a full list of broadcast dates visit: http://www.siriusxm.ca/verge-the-40-2016

“Broken Love” spent four weeks on The Verge’s Top 10 chart this fall, and hit the Canada: Alternative Rock Top 50 commercial radio charts twice during this period.

Rain Over St. Ambrose performs in Yarmouth, NS on December 26, 2016, headlining the Annual Acadian Embassy Boxing Day Bash.