by Tiana Feng

Paper Lions aren’t releasing “My Friends” until August 20th, but they’ve just reevealed the tune “Philadelphia”. Grab it below.

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Halifax-based label Acadian Embassy is releasing We Have The Same Lights Overhead: A Tribute to Share, a compilation celebrating the works of Canadian songwriter Andrew Sisk and his band Share. Contributors include Jenn Grant, The Two-Minute Miracles, Michael Feuerstack,Rain Over St. Ambrose, Quiet Parade, Kuato and AA Wallace. Here is the first track “Won’t Be Long” which has Jenn Grant, Daniel Ledwell, and members of Quiet Parade, Dance Movie and the Prospector’s Union.

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Lombok is a dream-pop group from Victoria BC.The band was formed by Owen Hooper after a year in Indonesia. The latest EP The Great South-East embodies some of his travels. Their Bandcamp page has a track by track description of each of the tracks. The songs meld Eastern melodies with the Western indie-pop structures.

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Continuing the Bandcamp finds this morning, here is Montreal’s Forêt with a self-titled album. The instrumentals layers are as lush as the forest that is their name. Émilie Laforest’s sweet vocals adds to a very dreamy atmosphere.

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Last night, Bravestation celebrated the release of their new EP IV at The Drake Hotel. If you haven’t heard it yet, it is available for free on Bandcamp. Continue Reading

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Gold and Youth released their album Beyond Wilderness this week. Here’s the video for “Jewel” from the LP.

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Release Date: April 2nd, 2013
Label: Cordova Bay Records

Victoria BC’s Acres of Lions released their third album Homes(s) last month. The release is full of 90′s emo pop-rock influences (“Miserable Together”.) The main difference between Home(s) and 2011′s Collections is the production sounds like it was geared towards sounding live.

Highlights include the sugary and welcoming title track and the glock/piano accompanied “Prairie Fire”, an addictive tune you can see the crowd singing along with at shows.

For the most part the songs are earwormy with superficial to-the-point lyrics which lend themselves to a concert setting. While tunes like “Never Let Me Go” are enjoyable, the band will find themselves struggling to compete with similar sounding bands.