KANDLE – “DANGER TO DREAM”
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Montreal music industry vet Kandle’s highly anticipated forthcoming album (due out later this year) is a crescendo of all her years immersed in music, and an intimate knowledge of the many ways this world can break your body and heart. Known as a fearlessly bold and beautifully vulnerable songwriter, Kandle is once again shining through the darkness as a voice for the outsiders and the forgotten.
Kandle shares “Danger to Dream,” in support of International Women’s Day, alongside an official music video directed by LA’s Lauren Graham (who directed the video for 18 hours while breastfeeding her new baby). The video features Kandle performing her heart out as always (even though she was in the midst of a violent endometriosis flare up, rendering her incredibly ill between takes). These two showed no signs of slowing down or compromising their vision; a powerful, beautiful representation of women’s resilience and dedication to their art. They are proud to be women, to be queens of creative risk-taking, the epitome of what Women’s Day is all about.
Kandle also wishes to bring attention to National Endometriosis Awareness Month and Women’s History Month this March. Being a self-produced, independent female artist suffering from this extremely painful, incurable disease (impacting 1 in 7 women!), Kandle hopes to use her voice and platform to help others feel less alone. “A kiss of hope stained on my lips,” Kandle sings of the emotional turmoil of battling a chronic illness and finding the courage to continue living her purpose in the face of the world’s most gaslit disease. “Danger to Dream” is also a tale of trying to wake up from the trance of unworthiness, of the voices in our heads telling us we should be more, have more. A constant comparison of ourselves to the influences we consume and how inadequate they can make us feel.
The Tarantino-inspired “Danger to Dream” music video sees Kandle playing several characters; three different versions of the same girl that are all living “dead end” lives, whose dreams never came true. Tragedy, reality, luck, who knows why, but for whatever reason, they are stuck. Kandle’s fourth character is all of their darkest negative inner voices personified, driving mercilessly into town to make sure each of them meets their untimely demise. The video symbolizes how often we are our own worst enemy.
ARTIST QUOTE
“Musically, I wanted to capture the essence of an old western film, like a Morricone score, right down to the choice of chords and certain instruments, like vibraslap and tremolo guitar. These sounds always “struck a chord” with me, pardon the pun. The sounds, melodies and the lyrics are meant to make the listener connect in a way that has them feeling like they are starring in their own cinematic story. A standoff, a shoot out between good and evil.”
Kandle
[Single]
(Independent)
Release Date: March 8, 2024
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