This song is about the honeymoon phase. When you’re in a good emotional space and fall head over heals for someone that makes your world more meaningful.

Songwriting: Sophie MP and Taryn McMaster
Mastering: Aybars Savat
Mixing: Davis Yates

Voice/Keyboard: Sophie MP
Guitar : Davis Yates
Bass: Nathan Swift
Drum performance and recording: Jeremy Head

Mad About You

Losing yourself trying to follow the footsteps of another.
While rooted in mythology, Echo is influenced by our modern day narcissism.

Songwriter: Sophie Moreau Parent
Keyboard and Vocals: Sophie Moreau Parent
Guitar: Davis Yates
Bass: Nathan Swift
Drums: Graham Stark

Mixing; Aybars Savat
Mastering: Davis Yates

Echo

This song embodies a state of constant heartbreak. Feeling smothered while terrified of letting go. Stagnated in a messy repetition of the same mistake.

Sophie Moreau Parent – Keyboard, voice and back up vocals
Davis Yates – Guitar
Nathan Swift – Bass
Aybars Savat – Drums

Recorded at Tenth Street campus studio in Nelson, BC and The Gallery Studios in Ottawa, ON.
Recorded by Aybars Savat, Davis Yates and Dean Watson
Mixed by Dean Watson at The Gallery Studios
Mastered by Philip Shaw Bova at Bova Lab Studio

Album artwork designed by Nikiya Christie at Grey Ritual Studio

Together

Broken Record

Good Intentions tells the story of disappointment. It’s dedicated to people who talk the talk, but never walk the walk.

Sophie Moreau Parent – Voice and keyboard
Davis Yates – Guitar 
Nathan Swift – Bass 
Aybars Savat – Drums 

Instrumentation recorded at Tenth Street campus studio in Nelson, BC by Aybars Savat and Davis Yates 
Voice recorded at The Gallery Studios in Ottawa, ON by Dean Watson 
Mixed by Sophie Moreau Parent and Dean Watson at The Gallery Studios in Ottawa, ON
Mastered by Philip Shaw Bova at Bova Lab Studio in Ottawa, ON

Album artwork design by Nikiya Christie at Grey Ritual Studio

Lyrics:
Good Intentions

Regret
Things left unsaid
Promises never kept
Lying awake on what feels like a death bed
Draining me, deceiving me, misleading me
Hanging on by a thread

I don’t want to hear about your good intentions
All I want to see is a man of action
I don’t want to hear about your good intentions
You won’t live up to the expectation

I just need you to be good to me, good to me, 
Good to me, good to me (x2)

Have it your way
Say what I want to hear
White lies, you never knew how to compromise
Swear you’ll change, light fires you can’t tame
You promise the moon and never follow through
Do words mean anything to you

I don’t want to hear about your good intentions
All I want to see is a man of action
I don’t want to hear about your good intentions
You won’t live up to the expectation

I just need you to be good to me, good to me, 
Good to me, good to me (x4)

Will it always be this way, he said
You will never change
Does it have to be this way, he said
You won’t take the blame

I don’t want to hear about your good intentions
All I want to see is a man of action
I don’t want to hear about your good intentions
You won’t live up to the expectation

Good Intentions

Never Enough is about the suffocating pressure created by high expectations.

Never Enough

Silent challenges us to take action. It’s a plea to put in end to our passive ways.

Silent

Nothing Left exemplifies the process of letting go. It’s about recognizing what is holding us back.

Nothing Left

We were interviewed by Mountain FM 106.5 host Marcus, on July 19th, 2019.

Full Interview - July 19 - Mountain FM 106.5

A nostalgic voice amidst minimalist RnB grooves; The Sophistocrats depict a poignant narration to today’s definition of romantic love, self-love and trust (The Permanent Rain Press).
Lovelorn grooves imbued with timeless themes of growth and finding balance. Together, their debut EP, was released on March 24th, 2018. Distilled hooks and open book lyricism that wreathe you in purposefully “with an emotion that is raw and transparent (Gray Owl Point)”. Their music promotes healthy relationships through communication of personal boundaries and expectations. Sophie sings with a longing in her voice while the band’s soulful grooves (including a few refreshing guitar solos) create a thoughtful, expansive tone (The Permanent Rain Press).
Since their inception in 2016, The Sophistocrats have built a dedicated local following that has enabled them to play the Sunshine Festival (Vernon, BC), MarketFest (Nelson, BC), the Sam Steele Days (Cranbrook, BC) and the Fisher Peak Winter Ale Series (Cranbrook, BC).
They’ve opened for touring indie bands like Dirty Mountain, Friends Of Foes, Living Hour, the Gabriel Palatchi Trio, FKB, Giant Water Bug, Steph MacPherson, Charlie Jacobson and The Racket.
Their music has gotten radio play on This Great White North, 97.1 KOOP Radio (Austin, TX) and WYNR New York Radio and their song Nothing Left was a semi-finalist in the Music City Songstar Challenge.
The Sophistocrats create music inspired by shared experiences. “There is so much incredible music out there, but when I get to know the artist personally, it makes their music resonate with me on a deeper level” (Sophie, Canadian Beat Interview).

The Sophistocrats

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