"in a circle, I steal you notes"
Moscow Apartment's latest offering Halfway is a song that dances in the kitchen barefoot in it's pajamas at 8:42 in the morning on a Sunday morning. It is breezy and the bendy guitar lines are everything on top of the lovely movement. This dreamy framework is enough but, of course, there is more. There are the voices and song narrative of Brighid Fry and Pascale Padilla. There is no point in trying to describe the marriage of their two voices and how compelling it is. That would be foolish and you will hear their amazing blend of harmonies and emotions shortly after reading this anyway. The sustain in their melodies (love their melodies) hold a lot of weight whether sadness, longing or questioning life. Speaking of life, it is a young life for these two Canadians who are only 17 and 18 and yet, the wisdom and songwriting acumen belie their short lives on this blue marble. Whether Halfway is about a relationship or the songwriting process, the concept of halves in this duo making a wonderful whole makes sense.
Halfway is from their upcoming sophomore EP, "Better Daughter" (set to drop in June 2020). They have sort of evolved from a duo to more of a band with the introduction of Dov Beck-Levine and Melissa Paju resulting in a fuller sound with more surprising musical interconnections but at Moscow Apartment's core is still the songwriting and those voices. At not yet 20, it will be amazing to watch and hear the further artistic evolution of these creatives over the next 20 years.
-Robb Donker Curtius
THE FACTS AS WE KNOW THEM - LINKS / PRESS NOTES:
After their self titled EP was released in the Autumn of 2017, Moscow Apartment quickly went on to win accolades and awards across Canada. “Be You’”is the first single to follow their debut recording. The song is about the experience of meeting someone you don't know well and you get bad vibes from them. “Be You” is about learning to trust your gut instinct because it’s often right.
Moscow Apartment will debut their sophomore recording in early 2019 and will be sharing a number of singles throughout 2018 that showcase their evolution and preview what will come on their next release. The new material demonstrates a shift from “folk singer-songwriter” to a powerhouse of a indie-folk/rock group as Brighid Fry and Pascale Padilla are increasingly joined by backing band of Dov Beck-Levine and Melissa Paju. Moscow Apartment’s songs explore themes of adolescence, body image, ghosts, loneliness, suffocation in a big city and friendship. The songs convey the unique perspective of two strong, young women in the midst of adolescence. There is wisdom, vulnerability and depth in the songwriting which resulted in the teenage duo winning in the youth category for the Canadian Songwriting Competition.
Friends for years, having first met as members of Toronto's VIVA! Youth Singers, Brighid and Pascale launched Moscow Apartment early in 2017, taking their name from the caption in a book of photographs — a shot of an old poet inside his book filled Russian Apartment. Following an initial burst of creativity that's yet to slow, they went into the studio and recorded a debut EP with the support of an array of local musicians (Michael Louis Johnson from Lemon Bucket Orkestra, Anna Ruddick, Dani Nash, Chloe Doucet, Curtis Chaffey, Rizaldo Padilla). Samantha Martin helped to produce and Guillermo Subauste (Pacha Sound) to engineer the 5 song release.
As the young duo continued to gain speed, winning a Toronto Independent Music Award as well as a Canadian Folk Music award, 2017 culminated in their inclusion on the lineup for CBC’s Sounds of the Season, while 2018 has seen them make the top 100 in the CBC Searchlight contest, get play on NPR’s World Cafe, be listed in NOW magazine’s annual Artists to Watch series, embark on their first real mini tour to the East Coast, win more contests (including the 100,000 Slaight Music It’s Your Shot competition), announce a western Canada tour opening for Juno winners The Good Lovelies and land spots on lineups for high profile music festivals (CBC Music Festival and Camp Wavelength to name two). Moscow Apartment are managed by music veteran Jeff Rogers (previously with Pursuit of Happiness, Crash Test Dummies, Spiral Beach & currently managing Lowest of the Low and Wolf Saga). They recently signed with the APA Booking agency who have dozens of high profile artists on their roster including Billy Talent, Bruce Cockburn, Sarah Harmer, Kathleen Edwards and Lights.
Find out more about Moscow Apartment at www.moscowapartment.ca
Moscow Apartment will debut their sophomore recording in early 2019 and will be sharing a number of singles throughout 2018 that showcase their evolution and preview what will come on their next release. The new material demonstrates a shift from “folk singer-songwriter” to a powerhouse of a indie-folk/rock group as Brighid Fry and Pascale Padilla are increasingly joined by backing band of Dov Beck-Levine and Melissa Paju. Moscow Apartment’s songs explore themes of adolescence, body image, ghosts, loneliness, suffocation in a big city and friendship. The songs convey the unique perspective of two strong, young women in the midst of adolescence. There is wisdom, vulnerability and depth in the songwriting which resulted in the teenage duo winning in the youth category for the Canadian Songwriting Competition.
Friends for years, having first met as members of Toronto's VIVA! Youth Singers, Brighid and Pascale launched Moscow Apartment early in 2017, taking their name from the caption in a book of photographs — a shot of an old poet inside his book filled Russian Apartment. Following an initial burst of creativity that's yet to slow, they went into the studio and recorded a debut EP with the support of an array of local musicians (Michael Louis Johnson from Lemon Bucket Orkestra, Anna Ruddick, Dani Nash, Chloe Doucet, Curtis Chaffey, Rizaldo Padilla). Samantha Martin helped to produce and Guillermo Subauste (Pacha Sound) to engineer the 5 song release.
As the young duo continued to gain speed, winning a Toronto Independent Music Award as well as a Canadian Folk Music award, 2017 culminated in their inclusion on the lineup for CBC’s Sounds of the Season, while 2018 has seen them make the top 100 in the CBC Searchlight contest, get play on NPR’s World Cafe, be listed in NOW magazine’s annual Artists to Watch series, embark on their first real mini tour to the East Coast, win more contests (including the 100,000 Slaight Music It’s Your Shot competition), announce a western Canada tour opening for Juno winners The Good Lovelies and land spots on lineups for high profile music festivals (CBC Music Festival and Camp Wavelength to name two). Moscow Apartment are managed by music veteran Jeff Rogers (previously with Pursuit of Happiness, Crash Test Dummies, Spiral Beach & currently managing Lowest of the Low and Wolf Saga). They recently signed with the APA Booking agency who have dozens of high profile artists on their roster including Billy Talent, Bruce Cockburn, Sarah Harmer, Kathleen Edwards and Lights.
Find out more about Moscow Apartment at www.moscowapartment.ca
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