old growth, by year of glad

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by year of glad

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Remixed and re-mastered version of the original lo-fi tape release, pressed on 3 coloured vinyl.

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“Symphonically arranged and dynamically executed, Old Growth is an epic that has the capacity to fully sweep you far, far away.” Exclaim.ca

“Soaring, sublime and, for lack of a better word, enormous” Chart Attack

“Really good” Gideon Coe, BBC 6Music

Year of Glad is an experimental drone-folk collaboration based in Montreal. In 2014, the band self-released a six song lo-fi epic entitled Old Growth. Despite very little promotion the album received critical acclaim from The Quietus ("Awe-inspiring. Keep an eye on these guys.") and Under the Radar ("A huge sound...ethereal cacophony.") The press piqued the interest of small UK label Vox Humana and a remixed and remastered Old Growth is to be released on deluxe colored vinyl and digital download in November.

Year of Glad is the brainchild of A.P. Bergeron; conceived in solitude but brought up with the help of a veritable village of collaborators. Together, Bergeron and his shifting band of cronies have carved out a truly otherworldly sound—a shared fever dream at the intersection of folk, jazz, doom, and psychedelia.

The project has drawn comparisons to Dirty Three, Amen Dunes and Sigur Rós, but Year of Glad’s vast and soaring anthems are equally indebted to the small town punk ethos in which many of it’s core members cut their teeth. Bergeron points to local post-rock pioneers Godspeed You! Black Emperor as having illuminated the potential for music that was both complex and beautiful while still maintaining a strong punk sensibility. “We were punk rockers growing up and Godspeed always had that punk spirit without the musical convention.”

Bergeron wrote much of Old Growth in his childhood home of rural Nova Scotia. Seeking deep seclusion, Bergeron often retreated to the many derelict buildings that litter the province’s natural landscape. The balance of decay and new life found in these overgrown, abandoned homes and broken-down mills inspired a collection of songs dealing with the sublime, crushing mortality, and the universal connection between all living things.

credits

released November 13, 2015

year of glad is a.p. bergeron and friends.

nick laugher - drums, electronics
andre bendahan - bass on tracks 1 and 3
patrick cruvellier - violin on track 3
james goddard - saxophone on track 1
aaron johnstone - guitar on tracks 1,3,4 and 6

produced by year of glad

additional engineering by edan scime stokell and brian chan

vinyl-mastering by rinus hooning at record industry

artwork by andrew rhodenizer

sleeve design by mark welland – new media works

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Vox Humana Records Kent, UK

Artist focussed record label. Transcendent music for a transient world.
Current artists are Clara Engel, Jake Downs, Year of Glad and the Manatees.

voxhumanarecords.co.uk

discography

Headstrong

Jul 2019
What If / Flowers

Mar 2019
Milan

Mar 2018
Fracture

Dec 2016
old growth

Nov 2015
Blythe (edit)

Oct 2015
Crave

Aug 2013
Seize The Water

Sep 2012
Madagascar EP

Nov 2011

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