“The Magician” by Andy Shauf from the album ‘The Party,’ available May 20th on Anti Records(World Excl. Canada) and Arts & Crafts (Canada),
Andy Shauf is a gifted storyteller. Earlier this year the Saskatchewan-based singer-songwriter put out one of 2015’s most breathtaking albums, called The Bearer Of Bad News — an appropriately titled collection of mostly grim tales about small town drug addicts, murderous lovers and other weary underachievers.
Shauf has been touring in support of the album for much of the year and got the attention of Anti- Records. The label has just added Shauf to its lineup with a separate deal on Arts & Crafts in Canada.
Andy Shauf joins a roster of artists at Anti- that includes Wilco for the band’s recently released Star Wars album, Deafheaven, and one of Shauf’s biggest influences, Elliott Smith (for the posthumously released From A Basement On The Hill). Shauf is at work on a new record for Anti due out sometime next year.
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