Braids “Companion” a new EP, due out May 20th via Arbutus/Flemish Eye. The four-track effort consists of songs written during the sessions for one of last years best albums Deep in the Iris.
Vulnerability. In lyric, in tone, in performance. You three find a means of connecting even through your music videos. Really beautiful work. As a first listen, the Montreal outfit has shared the video for the title tracks. “Companion” is a moving, haunting track built on the heavy breaths of synths. The video is equally stirring, featuring frontwoman Raphaelle Standell-Preston singing to her own doppelgänger while roaming a sophisticated yet stark desert abode. Whatever love or loss she’s touching on in the track is clearly something personally powerful, as more than once it brings a tear to her eye.
The Fat Angel Sings 