CITIZENRY has been unleashed upon this earth today with the blistering new single and music video for Took To Take.

The solo project of Mike Wallace, known as the enigmatic drummer for the likes of Preoccupations, Women, Bloodslide and more, CITIZENRY is here to push your senses and get your juices flowing.

Speaking of the single, Wallace said –

"Took To Take is about physically and mentally breaking down, overwhelmed with the grind and just wanting to quit your job and smoke weed with your friends while the stinky city sinks."

The single is mixed and mastered by Constantine Tzenos of Odonis Odonis. The beautiful swirling psychedelic video comes from Cam Saville.

Took To Take features Desiree Das Gupta (Idious Carrie) as guest vocalist.

Watch this space, more music and CITIZENRY announcements will be hitting the fan very soon.

THIS IS NOT A WEBSITE

THIS IS NOT A BAND

THIS IS NOT A BANK VAULT

THIS IS NOT A LIVE SESSION

THIS IS NOT A GUITAR

THIS IS NOT A YOUTUBE SEANCE

THIS IS NOT YOUR LIVING ROOM

Geary Art Crawl 2024 is almost upon us!

To celebrate, we’re looking back at some of the epic performances from 2023, which were expertly live-streamed on the day by the brilliant people at Onaire.

You can watch the full sets from our very own Provincial Parcs (here) plus Blue Light (here) to relive these amazing performances.

We’ve also cut together a shorter, more bitesize video (link at top or here), if you don’t have time to relive the full 1hr 30mins run time!!

... oh and just when you thought you couldn't be any more excited, this isn’t the last you’ll be hearing of Provincial Parcs and Blue Light because we're working closely with both of them behind-the-scenes on some very special new stuff.

More on that soon! But for now... join us this Saturday from 1-8pm at Toronto's Bodyshop Studios on Geary Ave, for live performances from Animal Party, Forming and GAG. Learn more here and notify us if you plan to attend (only if you want to).

We can’t wait to see your beautiful smiling faces!

Hell yeah, we're excited to be heading to Wolfe Island for Oscillitarium Music Labs VII at the end of the month. It's an annual extravaganza which is an unmissable blend of music, arts and friends.

To celebrate, World News have released a live video from their performance at the festival last year. The film is comprised of footage filmed on an old camcorder which was passed around by the crowd during the performance.

This year's festival runs from Aug 30th to Sep 1st 2024. It's very affordable and you can find everything you need to know on their Facebook Event page here.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Bill Cutbill has just released a brand new music video for Land of the Fireflies; a track taken from the full-length album AMAZONAS.

The video features previously unseen footage from Bill's trip in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil. Join him as his native guide, Nonato, paddles deeper and deeper into the darkness in a simple wooden boat with limited provisions.

The release of this video marks the second anniversary of AMAZONAS on vinyl, which was released by Safe Sounds with a very special show at the Cameron House.

Speaking of Land of the Fireflies, Cutbill told us:

"I was privileged to spend a week in the Amazon, some of which we spent camped in the middle of the bush sleeping in hammocks with only mosquito nets for protection. It felt dangerous but at times it was also surprisingly peaceful!

"We didn't have much with us, so our guides had to do some spear fishing at night in the shallows for our dinner. The fish were sleeping in the water and Nonato and Gilmar shone a torch down and speared them. In the music video, you can see some of the footage from that moment.

"That's what the poem is about in the middle of the track which is read by my brother Ryan, because one of the fish was a stone fish and it was a crazy ugly thing with a really hard shell-like skin.

"After we had been fishing, my guides then took me down to an area where there were millions of fireflies nesting in the banks of the river. It was crazy, because everything is so dark when the sun goes down in the Amazon, but suddenly it was like being in Disneyland – so many lights, such a unique sound.

"I actually recorded the sounds of the fireflies, which I cleaned up and included as part of the Amazonas Sound Library, which is a free resource of natural Amazon sounds... so you can listen to that here if you want to be transported there.

"I loved being in the Amazon rainforest so much. It really does feel like a dream now looking back.

"I was checking my files recently looking for something else when I came across this music video. After writing, recording and promoting the album so intensely, I think I was just burnt out at the end of it all and didn't end up putting this out originally.

"I would love to go back and I hope my two trusty guides (Nonato and Gilmar) are doing well again after the pandemic put a stop to tourism."

There are limited copies of the Safe Sounds AMAZONAS vinyl left, which can be purchased on Bandcamp or directly by emailing us for more information.

You can alternatively create your own unique version of the artwork and download AMAZONAS for free (with a recommended donation to the Rainforest Trust) here.