"41 seconds all musical hell breaks loose"
The track Softly by Heaps (Canada) from the onset has such a lush pristine sound. Warren Frank's vox are at once youthful but has such a self aware and deadly poised aesthetic like he has been doing this for 20 years or maybe that he is meant to. The cool sway at the beginning makes you think it is going to be swanky lounge rocker or an 80's style glitter ball prom sock hop punk affair like from a John Hughes teen heartbreak movie but then at only 41 seconds in all musical hell breaks loose. The song gets big, really big. Not in a big live stadium-esque way but a big deceptively deep and passionate way. I love this unexpected change and so the song moves, quiet and loud and then, when the musical break happens with it's emotional chaos, Heaps has me in their grip. Loving this. It is a wonderful surprise.
“Heaps is necessary change. A process of determining that.
A space. A freedom to create without inhibition,” says lead singer Warren Frank about the project.
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Heaps (formerly known as The Kents) are from Kawartha Lakes, ON Canada.
Robb Donker Curtius
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What Is Heaps.
“Heaps is necessary change. A process of determining that.
A space. A freedom to create without inhibition,” says lead singer Warren Frank about the project.
A space. A freedom to create without inhibition,” says lead singer Warren Frank about the project.
Anthemic tides of ethereal conflict wash around Heaps' first single, “Softly”.
Charged within a roadside argument and struck by the juxtaposition of chaos against a peaceful summer night; the song is an earnest meditation on emotional intelligence, what you present and who you are.
“We have a tendency to view each other as a finite work. Everyone is a process. Everyone is going to change.”
Charged within a roadside argument and struck by the juxtaposition of chaos against a peaceful summer night; the song is an earnest meditation on emotional intelligence, what you present and who you are.
“We have a tendency to view each other as a finite work. Everyone is a process. Everyone is going to change.”
Pastel sketches of transformation paint Heaps’ upcoming debut full length, What Is Heaps.
They recorded at Union Sound through the capable minds of Leon Taheny (Fucked Up, Owen Pallett, Weaves) and James Bunton (Donovan Woods, For Esmé, Vivek Shraya). The foundations were crafted in a series of escapes: suburban Halifax bedrooms, rural Quebecois disconnection, renovated Michigan church seclusion and Dale Morningstar's Gas Station on Toronto Island. Stylistic experiments among the four members has married earnest synthetic discovery with dense analog tradition. The result is an eclectic, rhythmically swelling collection of observations, conversations and questions as an observer in uncertainty.
They recorded at Union Sound through the capable minds of Leon Taheny (Fucked Up, Owen Pallett, Weaves) and James Bunton (Donovan Woods, For Esmé, Vivek Shraya). The foundations were crafted in a series of escapes: suburban Halifax bedrooms, rural Quebecois disconnection, renovated Michigan church seclusion and Dale Morningstar's Gas Station on Toronto Island. Stylistic experiments among the four members has married earnest synthetic discovery with dense analog tradition. The result is an eclectic, rhythmically swelling collection of observations, conversations and questions as an observer in uncertainty.
Heaps, in another melodic lifetime, were known as The Kents. In that collective, they were featured in on Hockey Night In Canada, MLB's World Series, 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, Canada’s Walk Of Fame Emerging Artist and earned radio support from CBC, including George Stroumboulopoulos. Through their travels, they shared stages with Sloan, The Sheepdogs, The Trews, The Strumbellas and Hollerado. Their final release Within Waves elevated them beyond 5-million Spotify streams.
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Website: https://www.whatisheaps.com/
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