Etiquette stream debut album on CBC Music

Julie Fader and Graham Walsh (Holy Fuck) are set to release their debut album as Etiquette. ‘Reminisce’ will be released on March 24 via Toronto’s Hand Drawn Dracula and is now available to stream here on CBC Music.

Etiquette is a new band, but its faces are familiar. Scan the liner notes of the many Canadian indie-rock favourites that line your record shelf, and you’re bound to see the names of Graham Walsh and Julie Fader, creative and domestic partners whose collective résumé unites not only the country’s myriad musical communities—from folk-rock to noise-punk—but the generations between them. Walsh is best known as a member of electro-punk armada Holy Fuck, and as a producer for nationally acclaimed newcomers like Metz, Viet Cong and Hannah Georgas; Fader, a renowned visual artist, has released an album of ethereal indie-pop under her own name (2009’s ‘Outside In’), while also lending her voice to artists such as Sarah Harmer, Chad VanGaalen, Blue Rodeo, and Great Lake Swimmers. Etiquette, however, marks the moment where all that experience and all those aesthetics intersect into a swirling, seductive sound that perfectly complements Fader’s personal songwriting with Walsh’s command of otherworldly, future-shocked sonics.

‘Reminisce’ is a distinct break in both sound and methodology from anything Fader or Walsh have ever done before. The hazy, nocturnal vibe that permeates the 9 songs, evoking the post-Floydian soundscapes of Air’s ‘Virgin Suicides’ soundtrack, or the slow, ambient pulse of the ‘Drive’ soundtrack.  One can also hear the pillowy dream-pop of Beach House, and the stark, grey-scaled R&B minimalism of the xx, with the occasional, well-timed hot shot of DFA-worthy electro to jolt you out of your reverie.

Reminisce also boasts a number of guest performances. The dead-of-night dubwise introspection of Promises features guitarchitecture from Metz’s Alex Edkins, the strobe-lit synth-pop surge of Brown & Blue includes vocal contributions from Holy Fuck’s Brian Borcherdt and the scathing character study of Attention Seeker features vocals by Alvvays singer Molly Rankin. Pre-order the album here.

Track listing:
Pleasantries
Brown and Blue
Attention Seeker
Sleep to Wake
Twinkling Stars
Promises
On and On
Outside In
Island

Tour dates:
03/25/15   Toronto ON : The Drake Underground w/ Programm
03/26/15   Hamilton ON: The Baltimore House w/ Programm
03/27/15  Montreal PQ : Bar Le Ritz P.D.B. w/ Programm
03/28/15 Guelph ON : Silence w/ Programm
04/23/15   Waterloo ON : The Starlight w/ Cold Specks
04/24/15 Hamilton ON : Mills Hardware w/ Cold Specks
04/29/15   Kingston ON : The Grad Club w/ Cold Specks
05/01/15 Ottawa ON : Ritual w/ Cold Specks

For more information on Etiquette, visit handdrawndracula.com.