Homeshake streams Midnight Snack in full
Out this Friday 9/18 via Sinderlyn
Midnight Snack
STREAM
“… a wonderfully tape-warped take on indie pop structures, though more keyboard heavy than ever before” – SPIN
Homeshake, the pseudonym and solo project of Edmonton-born, Montreal-based musician Peter Sagar, streams his much anticipated sophomore effort Midnight Snack this week leading up to its official release this Friday, September 18th via Sinderlyn (pre-order here).
Sagar shared the LP’s first single “Heat” this past June with Consequence of Sound followed by the breezy video for “Give it to Me” shot on Coney Island which saw premiere with Interview Magazine. In August, Homeshake kicked off an extensive North American tour with Sheer Agony, sharing the record’s third single “Faded” with Stereogum. A handful of live dates are still on the way including Pop Montreal and two one-offs in NYC and Brooklyn, details listed below.
Midnight Snack
TRACKLISTING
1. What’d He Look Like
2. Heat
3. He’s Heating Up!
4. I Dont’s Wanna
5. Faded
6. Love Is Only A Feeling
7. Under The Sheets
8. Real Love
9. Move This Body
10. Give It To Me
11. Midnight Snack
12. Goodnight
Midnight Snack was recorded this past winter with Jackson MacIntosh at the Drones Club in Montreal. Musically this time around Sagar trades in his guitar for synthesizers and a drum machine, developing vocal arrangements from loops he created for his solo sets. He pulled influence from house pioneers like Chip E and Mr. Fingers as well as Japanese pop starlets like Chiemi Manabe, slowing down the tempo with his own homemade drowsiness. The resulting collection is an eclectic tangle of personal anecdotes steeped in an everlasting reverence of D’Angelo and R Kelly.
Much of the record was written following Sagar’s dizzying time on the road as touring guitarist with Mac Demarco, reflecting on the loneliness that plagued him towards the end of his run and the longing for life back home in Montreal. Sagar left the band to focus on his own music and to rebuild the infrastructure of his life. While many of the new tracks meander through anxiety and melancholy, it is also a witness to a return to safety.
There is a reoccurring theme for Sagar of pulling inward throughout the record. He casts a wide net and fills it with a multitude of musical influences from international tour dates then slows it down a few tempos and builds something humble around it. Throughout the record he peppers in a deep appreciation for the meals prepared by his girlfriend Salina and the simple pleasure of a midnight snack before curling up in bed next to the person you love.
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HOMSHAKE LIVE DATES
9/17 – Montreal, QC – Pop Montreal
10/5 – Brooklyn, NY – Elvis Guesthouse (solo performance as Peter Sagar)
10/6 – Brooklyn, NY – Baby’s All Right
Homeshake LINKS
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