{"id":33967,"date":"2020-04-05T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-05T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=33967"},"modified":"2020-04-05T10:37:14","modified_gmt":"2020-04-05T14:37:14","slug":"braids-share-new-video-for-snow-angel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=33967","title":{"rendered":"Braids share new video for \u2018Snow Angel\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Montreal-based indie trio\u00a0Braids\u00a0have announced their decision to push the release of their new album\u00a0\u2018Shadow Offering\u2019 until June 19th\u00a0due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the meantime, however, they will continue to release new tracks in the coming weeks.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They\u2019ve shared their new video for single\u00a0<em>Snow Angel<\/em>,\u00a0a powerful opus that features singer Raphaelle Standell-Preston&#8217;s most visceral performance to date as she leans passionately into her anger, diving deeper into frustrations and anxieties about her internal and external worlds.\u00a0Watch <em>Snow Angel<\/em> via YouTube below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xhRv7wmnBTA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the track, Braids said: &#8220;<em>Snow Angel was written in the immediate wake of the 2016 US election, as our collective conscience took a sharp inhale. It&#8217;s a diary entry of sorts &#8211; a snapshot of the mind grappling with our era&#8217;s endless barrage of content and destruction, continents away and close to home. *This* moment, with our world in the midst of a pandemic, is admittedly a new context. But I can&#8217;t help but sense the song speaks to feelings many of us are experiencing &#8211; uncertainty, angst, and a desperate desire to make sense of it all.\u00a0For me, it was deeply therapeutic to write and sing this song; saying things out loud can help us to not feel so alone, can help validate our natural fears about the future of our world, and can bring to light some of the hard questions that many of us are asking ourselves. I believe that art can change our relationship to fear. We hope this song can offer you a moment of catharsis and relief, in the same way writing and performing it has for us.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Releasing through\u00a0Secret City Records,\u00a0\u2018Shadow Offering\u2019\u00a0finds the band at their most personal, unabashedly flexing a new sense of confidence through songs that reach a higher level of artistry and collaboration.\u00a0A luscious and expansive release,\u00a0it\u00a0leads us through a sonic tapestry of narrative. With heartbreaking honesty and precision, listeners traverse a nuanced and complicated world: one full of beautiful contradiction. Although the album directs itself at the failures of people to love and be loved, it also seeks to restore justice and attain blissful union. It&#8217;s arc crests through the dark towards the light and learns how to dance with the dizzying rhythms of the heart. The songs bubble, sustain, dissolve, expand, and retract.\u00a0Lead single\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ymlpsend3.net\/4b661uhmyeeagaehwwyalajbhadaqsyhm\/click.php\"><em>Young Buck<\/em><\/a>\u00a0is also out now, an effervescent ode to impossible love that exudes an undeniable magnetism. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/05ECCC76-9DAA-4417-8644-280B021262ED-scaled.jpeg?fit=1024%2C1024\" alt=\"Braids Shadow Offering cover artwork\" class=\"wp-image-33970\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/05ECCC76-9DAA-4417-8644-280B021262ED-scaled.jpeg?w=2560 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/05ECCC76-9DAA-4417-8644-280B021262ED-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C300 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/05ECCC76-9DAA-4417-8644-280B021262ED-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C1024 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/05ECCC76-9DAA-4417-8644-280B021262ED-scaled.jpeg?resize=150%2C150 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/05ECCC76-9DAA-4417-8644-280B021262ED-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C768 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/05ECCC76-9DAA-4417-8644-280B021262ED-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1536 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/05ECCC76-9DAA-4417-8644-280B021262ED-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C2048 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Shadow Offering\u2019 is available for pre-order\/pre-save\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ymlpsend3.net\/80ee8uhmyesaxaehwwyaaajbhavaqsyhm\/click.php\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last fall, they released<em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ymlpsend3.net\/7ec0fuhmyeyafaehwwyagajbhadaqsyhm\/click.php\">Eclipse (Ashley)<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/ymlpsend3.net\/7ec0fuhmyeyafaehwwyagajbhadaqsyhm\/click.php\">,<\/a> a song dedicated to\u00a0Standell-Preston&#8217;s best friend that sinks deep into a feeling of reverie for nature, the love found in friendship, and the vital essence of personal reflection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to the unfortunate circumstances, Braids&#8217; US and European spring tour has been postponed to the fall. The new dates will be announced shortly.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on Braids, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/braidsmusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">braidsmusic.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Montreal-based indie trio\u00a0Braids\u00a0have announced their decision to push the release of their new album\u00a0\u2018Shadow Offering\u2019 until June 19th\u00a0due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the meantime, <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=33967\" title=\"Braids share new video for \u2018Snow Angel\u2019\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33968,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"On Culture Addicts: Braids share new video for \u2018Snow Angel\u2019","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22,23,28,29],"tags":[9129,9130,9128],"class_list":["post-33967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guitar-rock","category-indie","category-music","category-music-video","tag-braids","tag-shadow-offering","tag-snow-angel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/0DE99DBD-BA41-45B4-9D51-8B91BDE88BC7.jpeg?fit=500%2C400","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-8PR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38607,"url":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=38607","url_meta":{"origin":33967,"position":0},"title":"Braids release shoegaze love anthem \u2018Apple\u2019","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"March 8, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Canadian art rock band\u00a0Braids\u00a0released today their new single\u00a0Apple\u00a0lifted from their forthcoming album\u00a0\u2018Euphoric Recall\u2019\u00a0(out\u00a0April 28th\u00a0on Secret City Records). 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