Press launch –
Niagara Falls, Canada’s Ivy Gardens is unveiling their lush-sounding, uncooked and dwell off the ground sludge rock storytelling album “Demise of Don Valley” as they put together to hit the highway throughout Canada in help of its launch on August twenty ninth, 2025 by way of Paper Reduce Recordings.
Earlier than it formally drops, the trio has teamed up with Bravewords for its full stream premiere, which might be heard HERE.
The band feedback on their sophomore album:
“Demise of Don Valley is the report we had inside us, however couldn’t fairly articulate for a number of years. Musically, it’s an enormous leap in a extra experimental course. It’s about loss of life, decay, and the last word destruction of the world round you. Everyone is aware of of some form of small pure house that will get slowly encroached upon till solely a shell stays. The pond beside the freeway, the wetlands behind the manufacturing unit. The Don Valley in Toronto is one such pure function, slowly tainted by industrialization till it could possibly’t help any of the life that it used to. After touring for a number of years, we grew so much as musicians, and solely after actually honing all of this materials dwell for a couple of 12 months, we felt we have been able to get it tracked and ship it into the world. We recorded every part dwell off the ground, and Frank, our engineer, had heard nothing beforehand and had no thought what we really gave the impression of going into it. Ultimately, he requested us, ‘How do you identify what turns into a 2-minute track, and what turns into a 9-minute track?’ Pure intuition, Frank. Right here it’s.”
Shaped within the unlikely crucible of a Princess Auto car parking zone, Ivy Gardens started with a easy want to shred via Rush instrumentals and discover the outer reaches of heavy music. Now, following their acclaimed first full-length “Goon” launched in 2024, the band takes a daring leap into extra dour, experimental terrain. “Demise of Don Valley” presents an idea album steeped in decay, lyrically and sonically portraying the gradual loss of life of pure areas like Toronto’s Don River, drowned by trade and time.
Ivy Gardens’ influences are huge, starting from progressive icons like Rush, Sure, and King Crimson to sludge pioneers like EYEHATEGOD and Iron Monkey. Their sound blends parts of stoner steel, sludge, math rock, and progressive rock, creating an unpredictable listening expertise that takes the listener via a collection of emotional and sonic landscapes.Followers can anticipate a dwell expertise not like some other as Ivy Gardens is hitting the highway for a cross-Canada tour in kicking off on August twenty ninth in St. Catharines, ON, and can wrap up in Victoria, BC on October twenty fifth (dates listed under).
“Demise of Don Valley” (out August twenty ninth) is obtainable for pre-order at
Ivy Gardens – Reside or Die Tour:
Sept 5 – Kitchener, ON – The Golden AppleSept 12 – Windsor, ON – Phog LoungeSept 13 – Sarnia, ON – AJs BarSept 14 – London, ON – Grogettes Residing RoomSept 18 – Halifax, NS – RadstormSept 19 – Sydney, NS – Daniels Ale HouseSept 20 – Charlottetown, PEI – Babas LoungeSept 21 – Moncton, NB – Generator ShowSept 25 – Woodstock, NB – Montieth ManorSept 26 – Montreal, QC – Turbo HausSept 27 – Quebec Metropolis, QC – SonumOct 9 – Barrie, ON – CW CoopsOct 10 – Sudbury, ON – Townhouse TavernOct 11 – Thunder Bay, ON – Black Pirates PubOct 12 – Winnipeg, MB – Bulldog Occasion CenterOct 16 – Regina, SK – The Treatment Kitchen and BarOct 17 – Saskatoon, SK – The Black CatOct 18 – Calgary, AB – PalominoOct 19 – Edmonton, AB – Blak BarOct 23 – Kelowna, BC – DunnenziesOct 24 – Vancouver, BC – Black AlleyOct 25 – Victoria, BC – Fernwood Group Heart
