{"id":1964,"date":"2012-02-09T20:53:33","date_gmt":"2012-02-10T01:53:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=1964"},"modified":"2017-06-25T07:10:24","modified_gmt":"2017-06-25T11:10:24","slug":"cfcf-announce-north-american-release-of-new-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=1964","title":{"rendered":"CFCF announce North American release of new album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17825 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/cfcf03.jpg?resize=3600%2C2414\" alt=\"CFCF\" width=\"3600\" height=\"2414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/cfcf03.jpg?w=3600&amp;ssl=1 3600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/cfcf03.jpg?resize=300%2C201&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/cfcf03.jpg?resize=1024%2C687&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/cfcf03.jpg?resize=900%2C604&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/cfcf03.jpg?w=2000 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/cfcf03.jpg?w=3000 3000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>CFCF have announced the North American release date and information about their new &#8216;Exercises&#8217;\u00a0EP on April 24th via Paper Bag Records. &#8216;Exercises&#8217; shows another step in CFCF&#8217;s artistic growth with a collection of piano and synth based compositions. Influenced by artists like Philip Glass, Ryuichi Sakamoto and David Borden, and also institutional architecture and 70&#8217;s Canadiana.<\/p>\n<p>Although this is a different direction for CFCF, it remains as cinematic and haunting as his 2009 debut album &#8216;Continent&#8217;.\u00a0The\u00a0EP will be available\u00a0as limited edition 180 gram vinyl (+ CD included) and for digital download starting April 24th through the Paper Bag Records online store.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"CFCF-Exercises\" src=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/02\/cfcf-exercises.jpg?w=300&#038;resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nTrack listing and cover art<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Exercise #1 (Entry)<br \/>\nExercise #2 (School)<br \/>\nExercise #3 (Building)<br \/>\nExercise #4 (Spirit)<br \/>\nExercise #5 (September)<br \/>\nExercise #6 (December)<br \/>\nExercise #7 (Loss)<br \/>\nExercise #8 (Change)<\/p>\n<p>MP3:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/02\/03-exercise-3-buildings.mp3\">CFCF &#8211; Exercise #3 (Buildings)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>CFCF have announced the North American release date and information about their new &#8216;Exercises&#8217;\u00a0EP on April 24th via Paper Bag Records. &#8216;Exercises&#8217; shows another step <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=1964\" title=\"CFCF announce North American release of new album\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"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":[13,23,28,29,30],"tags":[232,449,450,790,848,883,1202],"class_list":["post-1964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-electronic-music","category-indie","category-music","category-music-video","category-new-release","tag-cfcf","tag-exercise-3","tag-exercises","tag-montreal","tag-north-american","tag-paper-bag-records","tag-the-river"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/cfcf03.jpg?fit=3600%2C2414&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-vG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5604,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=5604","url_meta":{"origin":1964,"position":0},"title":"Paper Bag Records takes on David Bowie","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"November 25, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Paper Bag Records has released another covers compilation. 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