Haley Blais plays the Baby G in Toronto May 12

By Will McGuirk

Like the late Dolores O'Riordan of The Cranberries, Vancouver singer/songwriter Haley Blais has a gritty breathy voice, which roils up before popping with an icy tingle. Her new EP, "Let Yourself Go" has just been released with "Remove Tag" and "Small Foreign Faction" the singles.

This song is very transparent in its meaning; it's literally about the worst photo ever taken of me in high school, that was repeatedly posted on Instagram. This song and 'Seventeen', another track on the EP, are the only ones that are actually about a part of my life - both stemmed from my teenage years.

Stream the real deal track on Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/track/42ri8tCtPeHfGQJTo7zIVX?si=0cLQ6oMCTPSak8LXYYvcsg wrote this yesterday, recorded on my iphone, i don't have a guitar strap Purchase the "Late Bloomer" EP right here right now: http://bit.ly/2ebEAM5 Available on all streaming platforms!!!!

Crown Lands release video for 'Mountain' on Global Citizen

I saw through the devil He promised to take our land I ran through the levee Seeds of the dream in hand They came 'cross the ocean With all their loaded guns Fear then swept my people Eclipsed in the hatred spun Oh Yea Mountain will shine again I get

By Will McGuirk

Crown Lands will perform Saturday Apr 12 in Vancouver for Global Citizen Live along with Sam Roberts Band, the Elwins, and Horsepower. The concert takes place at the Commodore Ballroom. Its the launch for the Be The Generation campaign by Global Citizen, a movement to end extreme poverty by 2030. It also celebrates the legacy of Nelson Mandela who would have turned 100 this year.

Crown Lands have debuted their new video for the track "Mountain' from their EP, 'Rise Over Ruin' on Global Citizen's website. The song speaks to the plight of indigenous people in Canada and there is also an interview with the band on the site so go check that out and go sign up and be that generation because, lord knows, my generation and the previous one are leaving yours one fucked planet.

Although some of us did try to fix it up a bit.

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