On Sept. 16, 3X GRAMMY Award winner and world phenomenon Sarah McLachlan launched “Reminds Me” that includes MUNA’s Katie Gavin, the third single from Higher Damaged, out this Friday by way of Harmony Data. The pedal-steel-laced reverie is a heartfelt meditation on love’s means to revive and uplift. McLachlan and Gavin seize the tender steadiness of vulnerability and pleasure, celebrating how transformative love may be. Pre-order the album and stream “Reminds Me” HERE. Watch the “Reminds Me” music video HERE.
“‘Reminds Me’ was written on acoustic guitar throughout COVID. I went down the Yellowstone rabbit gap on TV and type of fell in love with the entire cowboy nation music factor and thought, ‘I wish to write a love tune.’” I wish to write a cowboy love tune. That’s type of what it was known as for some time,” McLachlan shares. “It was additionally an anniversary current for my partner-so that was type of the impetus to write down it. I simply needed it to be easy and pure and delightful, possibly somewhat bit sappy. And I like that we received Katie Gavin to sing on it within the studio.”
Named one in every of fall’s most anticipated albums by the New York Occasions, McLachlan’s tenth studio album and debut launch for Harmony Data, Higher Damaged takes its title from its opening observe – a soul-searching reflection on the fortitude that comes from weathering life’s fixed storms – and furthers her legacy with a choice of songs that talk an uncompromising however radically illuminating fact concerning the state of the human situation.
Primarily recorded on the legendary Sound Metropolis Studios in Los Angeles, Higher Damaged instills a potent new power into her lush and moody type of pop-rock, with contributions from esteemed musicians like Wendy Melvoin (a former guitarist for Prince and the Revolution), drummer Matt Chamberlain (Bob Dylan, David Bowie), multi-instrumentalist Benny Bock (Lucy Dacus, beabadoobee), and pedal-steel guitarist Greg Leisz (Kacey Musgraves, Florence + the Machine). In a monumental leap for McLachlan, Higher Damaged finds her widening her artistic circle and dealing with producers Tony Berg (Phoebe Bridgers, boygenius) and Will Maclellan (Lucy Dacus, Phoebe Bridgers).
The observe itemizing’s myriad excessive factors embody “One In a Lengthy Line,” an irrepressible anthem railing in opposition to the speedy erosion of ladies’s rights lately, “Lengthy Street Residence,” a rapturous love tune, “Gravity,” the primary tune recorded for the album, and the “resolute” (The New York Occasions) title observe. All all through Higher Damaged, McLachlan and her fellow musicians convey an ineffable magnificence to her expression of longing and grief and fierce willpower.
Over the course of her three-decades-long profession, McLachlan has gained 3 GRAMMY Awards, 12 JUNO Awards, and bought over 40 million albums worldwide. McLachlan additionally based the groundbreaking all-female music competition Lilith Truthful, that includes an A-list lineup for feminine different musicians of the second, together with Sheryl Crow, Jewel, The Indigo Women, Lisa Loeb, Fiona Apple, Erykah Badu, Tracy Chapman, Natalie Service provider and extra. Lilith Truthful: Constructing A Thriller, a brand new documentary directed by Ally Pankiw and produced by Dan Levy’s Not A Actual Manufacturing Firm made its world premiere on the 2025 Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition on September 13 and is ready to premiere in Canada on CBC/CBC Gem beginning September 17 at 8:00pm native (8:30pm NL) and within the U.S. on Hulu on September 21.
McLachlan can also be a philanthropist and the founding father of Sarah McLachlan Faculty of Music (SoM), a not-for-profit that gives music instruction and mentorship without charge to youngsters and youth dealing with boundaries to entry. SoM was based in Vancouver in 2002 and it presently serves over 1,200 college students a yr with places in Vancouver, New Westminster and Edmonton. McLachlan personally covers the executive prices so that each greenback raised goes on to help the scholars.
Higher Damaged Observe itemizing:01. Higher Broken02. Gravity03. The Final to Go04. Solely Approach Out Is Through05. Reminds Me (feat. Katie Gavin)06. One In a Lengthy Line07. Solely Human08. Lengthy Street Home09. Rise10. Wilderness11. If This Is the Finish…
Sarah McLachlan’s Fumbling In the direction of Ecstasy thirtieth Anniversary Canadian Tour kicks off this fall, celebrating 30 years of her landmark multi-platinum album. The 17-date cross-country run begins October 15 in Victoria and wraps November 9 in Peterborough. Following sold-out reveals final summer time, McLachlan returns to Toronto and Montreal by common demand. Acoustic concord trio Tiny Habits will help all dates. Tickets can be found right here:
$1 per ticket will probably be donated to the not-for-profit Sarah McLachlan Faculty of Music, which supplies high-quality music schooling and mentorship free to youngsters and youth dealing with boundaries to entry. For extra data or to donate, please go to www.sarahschoolofmusic.com.
FUMBLING TOWARDS ECSTASY 30TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR 2025 DATES:October 15 – Victoria, BC – Save On Meals Memorial CentreOctober 17 – Kelowna, BC – Prospera PlaceOctober 18 – Calgary, AB – Scotiabank SaddledomeOctober 19 – Edmonton, AB – Rogers PlaceOctober 21 – Saskatoon, SK – SaskTel CentreOctober 22 – Winnipeg, MB – Canada Life CentreOctober 25 – Windsor, ON – The Colosseum at Caesars WindsorOctober 26 – London, ON – Canada Life PlaceOctober 28 – Ottawa, ON – Canadian Tire CentreOctober 29 – Montreal, QC – Place des Arts – Salle Wilfrid-PelletierOctober 30 – Montreal, QC – Place des Arts – Salle Wilfrid-PelletierNovember 1 – Quebec Metropolis, QC – Videotron CentreNovember 3 – Moncton, NB – Avenir CentreNovember 4 – Halifax, NS – Scotiabank CentreNovember 7 – Rama, ON – On line casino Rama ResortNovember 8 – Toronto, ON – Massey HallNovember 9 – Peterborough, ON – Peterborough Memorial Centre
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