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Astrid Swan announces new album D/other - shares new single “Not Your Mom”
D/other is released on the 8th October 2021 via Soliti
Concert Hall dates for November 2021
Astrid Swan annonces her seventh full length album D/other.
D/other finds Astrid Swan writing about motherhood and dreams – realising her most complete and personal musical statement yet. Composed over the course of the last three years, the stories Swan tells over the 10 songs of D/other cover themes of feminism, loss, creativity, digital vs analog, dream-states, caring and relationships.Of new single “Not Your Mom”, Swan comments “Mothers sleep at night. In their sleep they cannot mother but they go away into dreams, just like the kids they tucked into bed in the evening. For that moment mothers are adrift in the world. In the morning mothers are back. Their secret dreams renew them and make them better in the day.” “Not Your Mom”  released on the 6th August 2021 via Soliti.

06/08/2021

Astrid Swan: Not Your Mom

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Sometimes it takes a little while for a song to grow on you, even if you’re the one who wrote it. For guitarist/songwriter Jay Bonaparte of Ottawa electro-rock duo Paragon Cause, he had initial doubts as to the structure of a song he had just written. After sitting down with partner Michelle Opthof and producer/collaborator Sune Rose Wagner to add some meat to his musical bones, Two to Play is now one of the best compositions on the band’s forthcoming new album.

And in an interesting twist, the lyrics tackle the issue of being a people pleaser and trying to cater to other people’s needs, desires and tastes.

“When I was writing the words, I realized that I have this desire to make everyone happy and please people, which a lot of other people have. In that moment I realized, ‘you know what? No, I am not going to seek the approval of everyone. I am just going to go it alone and do my own thing.’ And it wasn’t about being petulant and selfish, it was about confidence and relying on my own talents and opinions and feelings – putting myself first,” said Opthof, adding that this attitude of having faith in one’s own abilities and being brave and taking risk applies to Paragon Cause’s approach to their music and careers in recent years, especially in the creative process leading to Autopilot.

Bonaparte overrode his early hesitancy once he heard the melody and vocal tracks as well as some saucy and scintillating keyboard elements added by Wagner.

“It was a very strange experience writing that song. We almost deleted it, and now it’s one of my favorite songs on the album, which is strange because I usually don’t do a 180 like that. I just knew I wanted a dream poppy, shoe gazey, dramatic, powerful kind of song, and that’s what we ended up with,” he said.

A topical song with an incessantly groovy melodic hook and rhythmic intensity, Two to Play is another example of the songwriting and performance excellence of the talented duo that comprise Paragon Cause. 
lyrics
Looking forward falling back
Moving along without your blessing
Time won’t stop for you

Pushing pushing your not ready
You’ve fallin behind and your running now
There’s no guarantees
And your certainty scares me

How do you know if you’ll still be there
How will you know when I pass by
Looking forward falling back
Moving along without your blessing
Time won’t stop for you

I keep running until the guilt sets in
I knew when I began that it was wrong
I did it anyway
I did it anyway
It takes two to play

I took delight in the fall
Cuz for them you took him down you took him down
You think that you could get away with this

Now your running scared
Now your running scared
Now your running scared
Now your running scared
Now your running scared
Now your running scared
Now your running scared
Now your running scared
credits
from Autopilot - LP, releases August 13, 2021
Written by Jay Bonaparte, Michelle Opthof, Sune Rose Wagner
Performed by Paragon Cause and Sune Rose Wagner
Lyrics by Michelle Opthof
Guitar: Jay Bonaparte
Keyboard: MIchelle Opthof
Bass : Jay Bonaparte
Drums: Sune Rose Wagner
Recorded at Neko Studies, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
2021

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"From the stimulating intro on you’ll tap your feet, without even noticing it. This is the wake-up-call I want to hear when I can’t get out of my bed in the morning. You simply can’t resist this shot of adrenaline. This is what elevating pop is all about. Vitalizing, energizing, and galvanizing. In a normal world, this should be a global hit. Oh yeah, I feel quite euphoric and, trust me, you’ll have your heart beat as fast as mine after just one spin. Hopefully, we can all come out of the lockdown shadows pretty soon."
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Soliti works with the following artists :  Black Twig, Astrid Swan, The New Tigers, LOVE SPORT, Oceans, Cats Of Transnistria, Puunhalaaja, Verandan, olli, Color Dolor, Ocelot, Pink Chameleons, Swan/Koistinen, New Silver Girl, Local Al, STINAKO, KO:MI, RULES, oona.

Astrid Swan: Not Your Mom

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