this is a song i wrote for my good friend adam who moved to china and has been living there for around 10 years. when he comes back to visit, it's never for too long, so it's both happy and sad. he is moving back here in april. i think the song played a big role in his decision...

In another life
kevin gau

tonight i'd thought i'd think of you, cuz I didn't have that much to do
and I know that you'd be thinking too of a place that we call home
I remember how you would always say that whenzhou wasn't fit to stay
and I think that everytime you're away from the place that we call home

we used to go on trips and fool our brains like hobos hopping boxcar trains
still I hope that you'll come back again to the place that we call home
now to make up for lost time, all the while old friend of mine
still I hope that someday soon you'll find the place that we call home

everyday that passes, those days we can't get back
and everyday passes like two friends walking down old train tracks 
in another life

we miss you dear, our absent friend don't plot to break our hearts that bend
dark beginning, happy end in the place that we call home

In Another Life

Black Mambo (Glass Animals cover)

Curse your branches (David Bazan cover)

Your ex-lover is dead (Stars cover)

written by Kevin Gau, Joseph Abbott, and Jim Mcdonald
performed for chris harder in grandview park by kevin and joe in late july 2017

Cut me straight.wav

Everything I Own (Bread cover)

Early Morning Disaster (Chris Janzen cover)

With All Due Respect

Landlocked blues feat. Colleen Lyons (Conor Oberst cover)

Old Fires Die - (Daniel Romano cover)

Sad Songs And Waltzes feat. Joe Abbott (Willie Nelson cover)

Truth Untold (Odds cover)

Taylor Ashton has a band called fish and bird who you might also enjoy.

I've Always Been On Your Side (Taylor Ashton cover)

I really like the chorus of this song. I like the versus too but i'm still not convinced they belong together. I don't mind the tempo change but lyrically they may end up being two different songs. I like the line, 
"She don't need to specify why she left, 
I can read between the lines and she can smell it on my breath"

On The Day The Moon Floats Away (part two)

I wrote this chorus as a love song lullaby not sure weather it needs versus or not what do you think?

"And you know I'll love you till the stars burn out
and hold you so tight light can't escape
and our love will watch the sky fall down 
on the day the moon floats away"

On The Day The Moon Floats Away

I wrote this with Jim Macdonald and Joe Abbott. That's Joe on clarinet. feat. Daniela Gunn

Cut Me Straight feat. Daniela Gunn

For more than a decade Kevin Gau has worked in and around Vancouver in all facets of the music industry.  From conceptual songwriting to final production Kevin has established a career and reputation as a creative maestro of pop and choral melodies and impactful lyrical hooks inspired by the same folk tradition that gave us artists such as, Bob Dylan, Conor Oburst, and Ben Gibbard.
As a lead singer and guitarist, Kevin has established himself for over ten years as an outstanding session vocalist and as the frontman for several major album releases and tours across Canada and the United States.  Winning multiple prizes from competitions like Fox Vancouver Seeds and The Peak Performance Project, Kevin Gau has had the opportunity to work with top industry professionals and leading studios from the west coast to Ontario, and around the globe.
For the past several months Kevin has been shut away in a studio working on a much anticipated new project, with which he hopes to break down the seemingly contradictory stereotypes of electronic dance-pop, loud indie rock, and the heartfelt singer-songwriter works he’s already well known for.

Kevin Gau

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