Hot on the heels of his induction in to the Canadian Music Hall of Fame alongside his ex-bandmates in Barenaked Ladies, singer-songwriter Steven Page has announced the forthcoming release of the most forceful musical statement of his solo music career. Discipline: Heal Thyself, Pt. II, will be released on Friday, September 14, 2018 via Fresh Baked Goods / Warner Music Canada. Fans can pre-order/pre-save the albumHERE.
Ahead of the album’s release, Steven has today launched the vitriolic first single, “White Noise,” a naked look at the current political discourse south of the 49th parallel. (see “White Noise” lyrics below).
“I grew up in a household where social justice was a fundamental value, and I always believed that it was a fundamental Canadian value as well as a central Jewish one,” says Page. “I’ve watched how the term has been twisted and perverted by the Right over the last several years in an effort to diminish the voices of reason.
Although I grew up politically aware, in a left-leaning household (which, in Canada, was not regarded as anything sinister until the mid-90s and beyond), it wasn’t until I discovered the politically-charged music coming from the UK in the 1970s (the Clash, The Jam) and 1980s during the Miner’s Strike and the Red Wedge movement (Billy Bragg, Style Council, Communards, etc) that I became excited by the power of music and activism. This song pays tribute to that music, and was written in the wake of last year’s events in Charlottesville. The open displays of racism and antisemitism, and the chants of “Jews Will Not Replace Us” made me grab my guitar and tell them I’d be more than glad to replace them.”
Watch “White Noise” lyric video HERE
Recorded at Fresh baked Woods Studios just outside of Toronto and Vancouver’s Doghouse of Thunder Studio with longtime live bands Odds and The Original Six, and frequent collaborator Craig Northey, Discipline is Page’s fifth solo album and the spiritual follow-up to 2016’s Heal Thyself Pt. I: Instinct. Musically, the album tips its hat to many of Page’s influences including the aforementioned punk rock movement and David Byrne as well as a nod to the Bee Gees and the Zombies.
To support the release of ‘Discipline: Heal Thyself Pt. II’, Steven Page backed by Craig Northey and Kevin Fox will be playing tour dates in the UK imminently. The trio will be visiting many ‘destination venues’ including London’s intimate Union Chapel, the stunning Oran Mor in Glasgow, Holmfirth’s Historic Picturedrome and Steven will play his first ever solo dates in Ireland at The Empire Music Hall, Belfast and Whelans, Dublin. The shows look set to be beautifully unpredictable and eclectic with first live outings for new material from ‘Discipline: Heal Thyself Pt. II’, great trio versions of classic Barenaked Ladies songs as only Steven can sing them and plenty of Steven’s trademark acerbic humour.
2018 UK/Ireland Dates and ticket links:
Mon 06 Aug 2018 Brighton Komedia Tickets: http://www.seetickets.com/event/steven-page/komedia/1204609
Tue 07 Aug 2018 Bristol Fleece Tickets:
http://www.thegigcartel.com/Artists-profiles/Steven-Page.htm
VIP Tickets: www.eventim.co.uk/tickets.html?fun=erdetail&doc=erdetaila&erid=2133617&affiliate=GCL
Wed 08 Aug 2018 Liverpool Arts Club Tickets:
http://www.seetickets.com/event/steven-page/arts-club-loft/1204494
Fri 10 Aug 2018 London Union Chapel Tickets:
https://www.seetickets.com/event/steven-page/union-chapel/1202666
Sat 11 Aug 2018 Holmfirth Picturedrome Tickets:
http://www.thegigcartel.com/Artists-profiles/Steven-Page.htm
VIP Tickets: www.eventim.co.uk/tickets.html?fun=erdetail&doc=erdetaila&erid=2133617&affiliate=GCL
Mon 13 Aug 2018 Belfast Empire Music Hall Tickets:
http://www.ticketmaster.ie/venueartist/459510/977790
Tue 14 Aug 2018 Dublin Whelans Tickets:
http://www.ticketmaster.ie/venueartist/198293/977790
Thu 16 Aug 2018 Edinburgh Queens Hall Tickets:
http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/event/3600545AB9944DC8
Fri 17 Aug 2018 Glasgow Oran Mor Tickets:
http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/event/3600545ABA224E02
Sat 18 Aug 2018 Nottingham Rescue Rooms Tickets:
http://www.thegigcartel.com/Artists-profiles/Steven-Page.htm
VIP Tickets: www.eventim.co.uk/tickets.html?fun=erdetail&doc=erdetaila&erid=2133617&affiliate=GCL
*VIP tickets are available at all venues which grant access to before show meet and greet with Steven Page, early admission to the venue, premium seating where available, early merchandise booth access and also include a signed poster and tour laminate.*
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