SPILL NEW MUSIC: KANDLE – “LIVE A LIE”

Kandle can weave magic so powerful because she feels it too, she is out here in the darkness with us. A true music industry veteran, she has been a powerhouse in the scene with an impressive career spanning over a decade.

“Live A Lie” is the first single off her next album to be released spring 2024. Coming back bolder than ever, self-produced and in charge, this fearless chanteuse shows us once again that her cinematic, raw songwriting can’t be packaged up and put in one simple category. With a wide range of influences ranging from Portishead to PJ Harvey, “Live A Lie” is a hypnotic taste from one of Canada’s finest songwriters.

The edgy track offers a reflection on a society that’s burnt out. Her powerful lyrics point out the modern day contradictions that make us question “why are we living a lie? What, if anything, is the payoff for paying these bitter dues?” The combination of Kandle’s chilling vocals, Jeffrey Mitchell’s hooky hammer-on guitar riffs and Yato Noukoussi’s bold and tight percussive performance will have this earworm stuck in your head 24/7.

Kandle’s forthcoming album is a crescendo of all of her years immersed in music and an intimate knowledge of the many ways this industry, this world can break one’s body and heart. Arguably her strongest and heaviest release yet, one that is completely vulnerable and unwaveringly honest; an ode to the darkness that surrounds us and the connections we find in it together.

ARTIST QUOTE

“I’ve produced a hypnotic new track for my next record called “Live a Lie”. It’s dark, sexy, and inspired by the 90’s alt soundscapes I grew up with. It’ll break your heart and turn you on.  Think classic Kandle chills with a Radiohead/Massive Attack/Portishead flavour.

Speaking of nostalgia…

With this song being about living a lie, and the search for the truth, we decided to make the music video an episode of the X-Files! This cinematic homage still layers in some welcome levity, with epic performance pieces and considerably more dancing than an X-Files episode typically contains. Happy 30th anniversary X-Files!

“Live A Lie” reflects on the unattainable dream of one day reaching a point in our chaotic timelines where life can finally be enjoyable, and if we don’t kill ourselves in the process, we must not want it bad enough.”

Kandle
[Single]
(Independent)
Release Date: October 12, 2023

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