Combine the ingenuity of Feist, with the vocal power of Adele, the creativity of Sarah Harmer and originality of Valerie June and you’ve come close to appreciating the indubitable talent of Sweet Alibi.

Sweet Alibi - I'll Wait

We've Got To - Sweet Alibi's sophomore effort will be officially released November 20, 2013!

Combine the ingenuity of Feist, with the vocal power of Adele, the creativity of Sarah Harmer and originality of Valerie June and you’ve come close to appreciating the indubitable talent of Sweet Alibi.

Sweet Alibi - I Ain't Got No Home

Years ago while driving with a friend we were listening to CBC radio, and between songs Rich Terfry amusingly read a headline. It was about an Austrian woman who cut up 1.1 million of life savings just before she passed away. A collection of shredded money was found strewn across her bed in her retirement home. I turned to my friend and said, “it would be like confetti made of money”. He chuckled, “Confetti at her funeral”. I wrote it down in my notes, and forgot about it. Three years later, my grandmother was diagnosed with cancer, and given a fleeting amount of time to live. In the last three months of her life, a lot of my family started acting appallingly greedy, by trying to get her to rewrite her will, and cut out half of the family from receiving any inheritance. My grandma was pretty disappointed with the silliness of everyone’s behaviour. It took me back to the story of the woman from Austria, and sympathized with how she was likely fed up with how her offspring put money before family. Seeing first hand how weird things can get around death and money, the song pretty much wrote itself.

Make a Scene

Confetti

This Song Is about being mindful of how a capitalist society impacts the environment, and individual mental health. It was inspired by the Wet'suwet'en pipeline protests. 
More from Jess: “Slow down was written in January 2020. Partly inspired by the Wet'suwet'en pipeline protests and wildfires in Australia. I was reflecting on how a capitalist Society impacts the environment. The rate at which we develop and consume seems to be unsustainable for the Health and longevity of the planet, and creates wealth division leaving a lot of people behind struggling to have their basic needs met.
 Our smartphones have become almost like a Swiss Army knife with our connection to the outside world. There’s a lot coming in and a lot going out, at a rate much quicker than our brains have developed to process.
I know for myself personally, if I am in an area where there’s a little phone reception and I am connected to nature and moving at a slower pace I feel a lot more regulated and connected to my internal emotional processing. It makes me more present and connected to my surroundings, which I’ve noticed is the first part of feeling compassion. I feel that mindfully slowing down creates more presence and compassion which are key pieces in creating more equality for people, and more connected intentions for how we treat tI don’t have the answers for climate change, I don’t have the answers for poverty and wealth division, but Kurt Vonnegut said it best..
“We are here to help each other get through this thing, whatever it is”.
I don’t think people by nature are morally insensitive, but when there is added stress, people are feeling hurried and constantly chasing this dream of trying to keep up, It’s easy to lose touch with core values, which

02 Slow Down (1)

“Keep Showing You” from the album “Walking In The Dark” By Sweet Alibi.  Written by Jess Rae Ayre (SOCAN), Amber Nielsen (SOCAN) and Michelle Anderson (SOCAN).
Label: Comino Music
Management:  Comino Productions Inc- Allan Wells
allan@cominoproductions.com

6 My Love

1 Keep Showing You

Really Great

Walking in the Dark

My Love

Keep Showing You

Pick up Truck

Bodacious

Not a Fight

Moving in the Country

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Sweet Alibi could've gotten away with another soulful, folk-pop blended self-titled album like their first which earned the talented trio a nomination for best vocalist at the 2012 Canadian Folk Music Awards, plus seemingly endless accolades from fans and talent buyers across the country. Instead, despite a tumultuous past few years for Jess Rae Ayre, Michelle Anderson and Amber Quesnel, they created a more introspective and inspirational sophomore album by answering their own nagging question about whether there would be a follow up album at all.
The answer was unanimous: We've Got To...
... share stories genuinely in song that have shaped Sweet Alibi personally since its first album. The result, ten tracks that don't hide from heavy issues including facing mortality ("I'll Wait"), achieving sobriety ("Get it Right") and exploring the intricacies of a father / daughter relationship ("Daddy").
...find a producer who can not only capture the ongoing evolution of the Sweet Alibi sound from folk finesse to a progressing pop presence, but enhance it effortlessly. That would be Rusty Matyas, the creative front man for Imaginary Cities  Imaginery Cities who injected his clever pop prowess while capturing Sweet Alibi's hallmark harmonies and an elevated sense of  song writing sensitivity.
...and remain true to the diversity of personalities of Sweet Alibi, that intuitively transcends different backgrounds to form a family of "sisters" that continuously gets adopted by audiences from across Canada.
With We've Got To, you'll definitely want to catch Sweet Alibi as the tenacious trio plans even more extensive cross-Canada touring with its sights set on the United States, Europe and more! 

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