BRANDON WOLFE SCOTT SHARES NEW SINGLE/VIDEO “OUR BACK GARDEN” ABOUT HIS GARDEN SANCTUARY, FAMILY AND BEING YOUNG
DINE ALONE RECORDS
Brandon Wolfe Scott’s “Our Back Garden” is all about a garden sanctuary, family, and being young and carefree again. Check out the self-directed video below or HERE. The song is from his forthcoming EP Slow Transmission (out March 23 on Dine Alone Records). The album also includes the single “In Stride“.
Brandon Shares About The Song
“As of this February, it will be three years since my partner and I moved into an eccentric basement suite in a heritage house located on the eastside of Vancouver. An enticing feature of the flat was that it has a beautiful lush garden, which is not easy to find in this city. This garden became a sanctuary for me, writing, gardening, and gathering with friends but most importantly it was a shared yard with the family who lived upstairs; two charismatic kids aged 3 and 7 at the time, and over the course of the last 3 years we basically became family. Even though at times they would both pester me while I was trying to make music, they were a much-needed distraction from life, especially during the pandemic.
Sadly last month the family moved away from the city, and the house now sits completely empty waiting for renovations, all traces erased as though they never lived here. Because of this, “Our Back Garden” has become a sentimental time capsule that documents our time here together. They both taught me how to be young and carefree again. This song is dedicated to them.”
Brandon Explains The Making Of The Video
“I wanted this video to have personal and sentimental value. For this reason, I literally shot Our Back Garden in my backyard and locations near my home. The timing didn’t work out and I wasn’t able to film this last spring or summer when our backyard is lush and gorgeous, so there I was filming in January when everything was soggy and dead! Although I couldn’t have gotten luckier with the weather as it had been raining non-stop in Vancouver for a month and then on the day I was set to film, it turned out to be a warm, sunny afternoon. It was lucky because I had asked my talented friend Raunie Mae Baker to assist me with filming and editing, and this was the only day she was free. She was able to capture 5 different backgrounds that provided a continuity in the finished piece.
When I started editing I luckily found some old iPhone videos of flowers that we had planted when we first moved into the suite and mixed that in with vintage archival footage of flowers and plants. I’m also using the same guitar that I filmed my previous single Fade Out with, which was basically destroyed by throwing it in the ocean at the end of the video. It sounded hilarious when trying to play along to the song when filming, which created much hilarity between Raunie and myself and messed up many takes. Simply, I wanted this video to embrace the essence of spring and renewal. The sun stretches over our garden before us.”
About Brandon Wolfe Scott
Brandon Wolfe Scott is a singer songwriter based in Vancouver, Canada. His third EP titled Slow Transmission, is set to be released in the Spring of 2023 via Dine Alone Records. The self-produced body of work highlights the facets of complex emotions created when navigating a new space and developing new bonds. “This project has at times felt Sisyphean, endlessly pushing my boundaries – both personal and creative.” Brandon adds; “ Challenged by the balance between the intimate and the public, Slow Transmission explores themes of being in a relationship with one’s inner demons.”
The album features five original songs, including lead single “Fade Out” and the single, “In Stride”, which provided Brandon a means to share about his anxiety and his struggle with sleep through his music. ”I am regularly up at 3 am on the dot, wide awake with my mind spinning for hours on end;” shares Brandon. “I wanted this song to encompass that feeling of being stuck in your own thoughts with a fear of what tomorrow might bring, trying to navigate a life that is fast paced with inadequate energy.”
Shortly before the pandemic Brandon and his partner moved into an idiosyncratic heritage suite in the expensive city of Vancouver, and soon found himself confronted with significant changes in his life. The urban garden attached to the apartment became a meeting place for his community, but more importantly, was the initiator in building an influential friendship with the family living above him. The excited sounds of the young children echoing through the house and garden, contrasted with Brandon’s need for quiet space to record, and provided the climate in which these new songs were created.
Further, this new suite had a small, walk-in closet space which was quickly converted to a studio and jokingly, lovingly, nicknamed ‘The Stable’. The Stable was immediately utilised and Brandon started recording friends’ projects as well as his own. This led to several collaborations and to Brandon inviting many of these musicians to record on his own tracks.
Slow Transmission is the follow up to his 2020 EP, Burden On Your Shoulders (Dine Alone Records). The EP gained him nationwide recognition and cemented in the public eye his talents as a songwriter, engineer, and producer. Notable collaborations include co-writing and producing with Stacey on her debut album Saturn Returns released in May of 2021.
Brandon is best known as the guitarist and co-songwriter in the Juno Award nominated indie rock group Yukon Blonde. They released Vindicator – their 5th self-produced album in November 2020.
Brandon Wolfe Scott
Slow Transmission
(Dine Alone Records)
Release Date: March 23, 2023
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Cover Photo Credit: Tatum Maclean
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