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Wax Mannequin (aka Hamilton, Ontario’s Christopher Adeney) is many things to many people. A lyricist, songsmith and self-effacing showman certainly, but also a student of the human psyche, constantly finding fresh and interesting ways to frame the people we are and the things we encounter.

All of that is gloriously displayed on the seventh Wax Mannequin album, Have A New Name, the result of Adeney reuniting with producer Edwin Burnett, with whom he made some of the first Wax Mannequin recordings in the early 2000s. Working in a small east-end Hamilton industrial space containing an array of vintage and modern gear, the pair—along with percussionist Mark Raymond—crafted Have A New Name’s eight songs out of semi-impromptu sessions that eventually expanded with the addition of grand piano, gamba da viola, double bass and a 12 piece choir. The end product is the most sonically ambitious Wax Mannequin album to date, and also arguably the most powerful.

As an example, Adeney points to the album’s closing track “Longest Hour,” an atmospheric travelogue that never lags over the course of its nearly nine minutes. Other songs on Have A New Name such as “Basketball” and “Squirmy Wormy” are rooted in whimsy, while the songs “Someone Fixed The Game” and “People Can Change” display a maturity that signals Wax Mannequin is indeed more than capable of reaching wider audiences without sacrificing any of his edge.

With Have A New Name, Christopher Adeney has made a Wax Mannequin album utterly necessary for this moment in time. Challenging and earthy, funny and heartbreaking, in search of answers yet rooted in hard-earned wisdom.

Have A New Name

2019.2

George Michael - Kissing a Fool (Symphonica Tour)

Celebrate the Bullet

(Who Likes) Facing Situations

Paramore - Hard Times

THE CURE In Between Days [the head on the door alb.]

Someone tried to tell you
People are the same
Given all or nothing we will
Take all ours till 
Nothing remains
Nothing but the blame

I know what they're saying
If people treat you wrong
Shut 'em out entire seems 
A righteous way to 
Keep yourself strong
Walk it alone

But people can change

04 People Can Change

01 Someone Fixed The Game

02 Squirmy Wormy

03 Boring

05 Quickening

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Kavinsky - Nightcall (feat. Lovefoxxx)
Produced by Kavinsky & Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo (Daft Punk), and mixed by SebastiAn

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