By Glenn Alderson
The Vancouver-based artist kicks off a new era with a slow-burning R&B ballad pulled from her upcoming EP Product of Loneliness.
Devours - Escape From Planet Devours
BC: Top 10 of 2021
by Sean Orr
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DIY artist Jeff Cancade’s underground queer pop project Devours has never shied away from tackling deeply confessional topics like body image, mental health, queer politics, and masculinity; but on Escape From Planet Devours he rips open his insides and pours them into 14 tracks of soulful electro-goth greatness. Six-bit bleeps and blips mask the bleakness behind his sardonic and introspective lyrics in an album he “fought like hell” just to get to us. And we couldn’t be more grateful for such a raw and emotional triumph.
Bo Burnham’s transcendent comedy special isn’t the only great piece of COVID-adjacent art titled Inside released this year. The indie-rock quintet’s latest opens and closes with the sounds of the 7pm clanging pots and pans that once heralded the essential workers, and many of the tracks find them grappling with introspective thoughts while trapped in a room – being stuck inside one’s own head being an even worse fate than the physical boundaries.
By Adriel Smiley
With fresh beats and breezy production, the future, once again, is looking bright for the Portland-born rapper.
By Molly Labenski
With duets, found sounds, and a fearless collaborative process, the Vancouver band’s debut album delivers surprises at every turn.
