Cruisin', by bernice

Cruisin'

by bernice

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mjohnstone we had the pleasure to see you in May 2023 (Casio jazz guitar for the win) and again at pop Montreal, two wonderfully unique shows for an already unique band.

Andrew Phillips I really wanna know. How did Tim's birthday go?

Erik Larsen Bernice sound like they time traveled to a superior era both 30 years in the past and 50 years in the future

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1.	Entrance Music 02:15
2.	Second Judy 02:39
3.	Underneath My Toe 02:47
4.	Little Miss Timmy (feat. Panteen) 00:49
5.	Barbara, It's Your Tree 03:26
6.	Begin Again 03:52
7.	Always a Lover 02:48
8.	To Live On Carrots 00:43
9.	I am Brave 00:44	buy track
10.	Dog Needs Love 03:16
11.	Yoohoo 04:19
12.	Are You Breathing 03:19
13.	No Effort To Exist 03:06
14.	Little Guy 03:52
15.	7 03:57

about

With Cruisin’, their second album for Telephone Explosion, Toronto’s Bernice distils their playful sense of composition resulting in the most affecting collection of their young career. Across fifteen tracks, a special kind of contemporary, jazz-inflected pop unfolds, miraculous for being both fun and musically adventurous, all in the name of emotional resonance. Each groove in the bassbin is matched by a little scratch at the listener’s heartstrings. The album was recorded at home with Phil Melanson (Sam Gendel, Andy Shauf) and Thom Gill (Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Joseph Shabason), led by songwriter and vocalist Robin Dann (Martha Wainwright) and producer Matthew Pencer, with additional contributions from longtime members Dan Fortin and Felicity Williams (Bahamas) being captured remotely.

Throughout their eleven years as a group, working at the intersections of several scenes and spotlights (many of which begin and end at Toronto’s beloved Tranzac Club), Bernice have developed an idiosyncratic musical language that feels immediately inviting and wonderfully refreshing. The group’s two previous releases, Eau De Bonjourno (2021) and Puff: In The Air Without A Shape (2018) received generous nods from both Stereogum and Pitchfork, who described the music as “unusually mesmerizing”. With the songcraft a little more crystalline and the vulnerability notched up, Cruisin’ feels like the right record to open Bernice up to a much wider audience.

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released April 28, 2023

Made Possible with the support of FACTOR & Ontario Creates

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bernice Toronto, Ontario

robin dann
thom gill
dan fortin
felicity williams
phil melanson

overflowing the empty CUP

shows

May 15

Cobblestone

Dublin, Ireland
May 16

Cobblestone

Dublin, Ireland
May 17

Upstairs at Dolan's

Limerick, Ireland
May 18

Coughlans

Cork, Ireland
May 19

DeBarra's Folk Club

Clonakilty, Ireland
May 25

Donau115

Berlin, Germany
Jun 2

Strange Brew

Bristol, UK
Jun 3

The Waiting Room

London, UK
Jun 4

Headrow House

Leeds, UK
Jun 5

Basement, YES

Manchester, UK
Jun 6

Lubber Fiend

Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Jun 7

The Flying Duck

Glasgow, UK
Jun 9

Common Ground

Oxford, UK

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