"Dumb" is a song about the kind of uncomplicated, unconditional love that dogs and babies give away so freely. It's about how that kind of love often makes us want to abandon our adult selves, and get lost in mindless play. It's also a song about non-verbal friendships, and the love that we feel from our children before they can express themselves verbally.

Dumb

We wanted "Rare Sun" to feel like the fuzzy recollection of fond summer memories. With guitar, synths and steel drums shimmering and blurring together, and a barely legible vocal that sounds like something half remembered, this track evokes that moment in the sun, where we can see warm colours through our closed eyelids, and have a moment to really relax and hear into the distance.

Rare Sun

“Believer” is a song about how transformative it can be to have even one person in your life who expresses their belief in you. Sometimes, more than advice or a friendly ear, you just need to hear someone say “You’ve got this”. It’s about how sometimes their belief in you can fuel your belief in yourself.

Believer

“Something Real” is a song about the moments where we stop ruminating on the past or planning for the future in favour of being present. It’s also about the futility of trying to have it all. So much of the time I’ve found myself mulling over could-be’s and could-have-been’s that don’t do a lot more than rob me of making the most of what’s around me at the moment. Worse still, none of these alternate histories or possible futures are real. I’ve started to think of this mental trap as a mis-use of imagination. This song is a reminder to myself that the past is gone, that the future is unwritten and that the only way to make the most of the present is to intentionally be there mentally. We might not be living the present we envisioned, but it’s what we actually have, and best of all, it’s something real.

Something Real

Sometimes we grow in different directions. Sometimes we get caught in a loop of wondering "if I had just. . . would they have. . could it have all turned out differently?", and other unanswerable questions. 

"Why Pretend" is about the moment we acknowledge when a relationship is coming to a conclusion instead of pretending everything is fine, so that both people can begin a new chapter on separate paths.

Why Pretend

"You and Me" is about meeting someone new and coming to the realization that this new person might just become a main character in your life. It's about feeling a generalized excitement for the future because you can picture them in it.

You and Me

A track celebrating our chosen family and the relationships that have gone the distance.

Grow Together

A reimagining of Kodiak Arcade's 2021 release "Something Real", with a reimagined sound, reworked for a video depicting a flight through a self-modifying mechanical forest.

Something Real // Forest Remix

An anthemic track about fostering personal resilience and how, like ourselves, many things in nature need to be stressed to improve and grow.

Time Waits for No One

"Another Summer" asks a question that people of often ask themselves: Once the infatuation of a new relationship fades and the spell of newness has worn off, can the relationship bloom again and again over time? Should we put in the longterm effort that commitment takes, or was our short time in the sun all that was meant to be?

Another Summer

Kodiak Arcade is an art project that began in 2016. Their debut, self-titled album was recorded at Voodoo Highway Music and Post and in various home studios throughout Toronto. All tracks written by Graeme Alexander Cornies.

SIDEWINDER STRUT

THE TRUDGE

SIGNAL FIRE

NEW VISTAS

MERCER

SILICON HILL

PARADIGM SIM

SMOKEY CHEVELLE

THE GIGAWATTS

SHOW ME REAL

A song about needing to hold it together on the surface for the sake of others. It's also meant to celebrate the people we lean on from time to time.

I'm Fine

Kodiak Arcade makes electronic music and works with AI to make visual art. It’s an ongoing art project led by composer Graeme Cornies.

Kodiak Arcade

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