{"id":45857,"date":"2026-06-23T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T19:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=45857"},"modified":"2026-06-22T19:59:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T23:59:26","slug":"boyhoods-a-grand-time-is-a-lynchian-trip-through-adolescence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=45857","title":{"rendered":"Boyhood\u2019s \u2018A Grand Time\u2019 is a Lynchian trip through adolescence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Boyhood \u2014 the bedroom-pop project of Caylie Runciman, hailing from rural Ontario \u2014 has signed to Hand Drawn Dracula, and to celebrate she&#8217;s dropped a new single that hits like a half-remembered teenage daydream: <em>A Grand Time<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 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\/roUe2v_L4QQ?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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The track digs into the lopsided dynamic of a relationship between a young person and a much older man, with Runciman murmuring lines like &#8220;<em>I was just a kid, hanging up pictures with electrical tape<\/em>&#8221; \u2014 a perfect distillation of the Boyhood ethos: DIY anthems that feel both achingly familiar and slightly alien, like childhood wonder turned sideways. Tough-kid guitar grit meets vintage synths and deadpan delivery, and somehow it all adds up to the strange, specific feeling of growing up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">From Ottawa Punk Shows to Festival Stages<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Runciman cut her teeth in Ottawa&#8217;s punk scene before Boyhood took its current shape, and since then she&#8217;s quietly built a catalog of lauded releases while playing festivals across North America, including Sled Island, NXNE, and Pop Montreal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her 2022 record &#8216;My Dread&#8217; was a one-woman show start to finish \u2014 written, performed, produced, and engineered entirely by Runciman \u2014 and doubled as a kind of musical diary for her introduction to motherhood. Mixed by Kenny Gilmore (Julia Holter, Weyes Blood), the album earned praise as a moving collection of perfect pop songs that feel classic, lived-in, and raw, per Gorilla vs. Bear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Bedroom Record Born From Chaos<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new, forthcoming Boyhood album \u2014 out via Hand Drawn Dracula \u2014 came together while Runciman was, in her words, &#8220;imploding with life changes and experiencing a real magical rebirth through the chaos.&#8221; Rather than running from it, she leaned in, recording most of the album on her bed, surrounded by old drum machines and a battered Casio keyboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tape delay became a key tool, with choppy, cycling soundscapes wrapping around her wry, indelible lyrics to reveal a new dimension of the project. As she puts it: &#8220;I really found myself again with this record.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;A Grand Time&#8221;: Adolescence, Stilted and Slurred<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can hear that process at full tilt on <em>A Grand Time<\/em>, a stilted reflection on adolescence that pulls you straight into your own messy feelings of change and rebirth. Runciman&#8217;s insistent voice slurs through lines like &#8220;<em>I was just a kid \/ I&#8217;d throw around my flip phone \/ on a long walk home \/ through a construction zone,<\/em>&#8221; landing somewhere between confession and daydream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like Cate Le Bon or Aldous Harding, her lyrics feel playfully circumspect \u2014 meandering alongside sideways guitar licks and a pulsing bassline that never quite sits still. The black-and-white, Lynchian music video (dir. Monika Kraska) leans into that unease, dropping Runciman into a world with no other people in it: wandering suburbs, standing alone in an empty living room, making self-reflection look \u2014 and feel \u2014 perfectly askew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Like a candy shop in a seedy part of town, Boyhood songs run on equal parts ecstasy and heartbreak. Consider this single a black-magic invitation: age, reflect, and be reborn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Upcoming Performances<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">June 23 \u2014 Albany, NY \u2014 Tummy Rub Records<br>June 24 \u2014 Cambridge, MA \u2014 The Sinclair w\/ Of Montreal<br>June 25 \u2014 Philadelphia, PA \u2014 Dead Birds<br>June 26 \u2014 New York, NY \u2014 House Show<br>June 27 \u2014 Burlington, VT \u2014 Radio Bean<br>July 25 \u2014 Toronto, ON \u2014 Dina&#8217;s Tavern<br>July 27 \u2014 Ottawa, ON \u2014 Irene&#8217;s<br>July 28 \u2014 Montreal, QC \u2014 Sala Rossa<br>July 30 \u2014 Fredericton, NB \u2014 Bellwether<br>July 31 \u2014 Sackville, NB \u2014 Sappyfest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Boyhood \u2014 the bedroom-pop project of Caylie Runciman, hailing from rural Ontario \u2014 has signed to Hand Drawn Dracula, and to celebrate she&#8217;s dropped a <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=45857\" title=\"Boyhood\u2019s \u2018A Grand Time\u2019 is a Lynchian trip through adolescence\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45859,"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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","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":[23,25,28,29,30,1907],"tags":[9751,14442,13253,14443,550,875],"class_list":["post-45857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-live","category-music","category-music-video","category-new-release","category-news","tag-bedroom-pop","tag-boyhood","tag-canadian-music","tag-caylie-runciman","tag-hand-drawn-dracula","tag-ottawa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1156-e1782172615661.jpeg?fit=1080%2C700&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-bVD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5135,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=5135","url_meta":{"origin":45857,"position":0},"title":"New label alert: Introducing Artificial Records + first release","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"October 22, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"We are huge fans of Hand Drawn Dracula Records and are really excited that they have announced a division of the label called\u00a0Artificial Records. 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