Following a stretch of huge shows with Hozier over the Summer, singer-songwriter VICTORIA CANAL returns to the UK for a short stretch of UK headline dates.
The September tour follows the release of her brand new EP âWELL WELLâ (on Parlophone Records), which features the recent singles âShapeâ, âShe Walks Inâ and âCompanyâ.Â
Latest single âCompanyâ is a warm, heartfelt ode to friendship, and explores the liminal space that exists between platonic and queer love, landing ultimately on the fact that wanting someone around matters more than any definitions: âHonestly, I love your companyâ.
Of the track Canal adds âI wrote âCompanyâ about that completely calm, settled feeling around someone⊠not having any expectations of what the relationship means, but just appreciating any chance to share space together. A simple, wholesome love song for the gays :)â
Victoria Canalâs new EP âWELL WELLâ follows 2022âs âElegyâ EP, a bittersweet collection of tracks created as a way to process grief. After experiencing creative and emotional catharsis, Canal is turning the lens back on herself to look inwards: grown from heartache and made with unabashed honesty, âWELL WELL’Â finds the artist at her most vulnerableâand her most courageous.
Recent singles âShapeâ and âShe Walks Inâ were the first time sheâd shared on the themes of body image and body dysmorphia, pertaining in part to her limb difference. âWELL WELLâ embraces the discomfort of self-analysis: âThese days Iâm writing mostly to confront things about myself in order to gain more of an understanding and acceptance of them,â she shares. âThe phrase âWELL WELLâ struck me as a natural follow up to âElegyâ. Iâve grieved this person and now Iâm dealing with whatâs left,â Canal resolves, âI needed to stare myself in the face and realize that this is it. Itâs a wounded rebirth.â
This EP marks an expansion for Canal, not just thematically, but also with regard to collaborators. Working with the likes of Sean Carey (Bon Iver), Grammy winners Madison Cunningham and Jacob Collier and Tony Berg helped push the musician creatively in a way sheâs never experienced before. âIn past projects Iâve been on my own or working with my buddies, which is amazing,â she remarks, âBut this time I got to work with some of my heroes while also holding my own in the studio.â The artist attributes âWELL WELLââs cohesive sound to her clear vision and the fact that everything was mixed at Sound City by veteran engineer Joseph Lorge (Blake Mills, Perfume Genius, Jon Batiste).
VICTORIA CANAL – NEW EP: âWELL WELLâ – OUT NOW, VIA PARLOPHONE
âWELL WELLâ EP tracklist
Shape
She Walks In
Braver (ft. Madison Cunningham)
Yes Man (ft. S. Carey)
CompanyÂ
Black Swan
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âWELL WELLâ will be released on 12â black vinyl, with the full EP on side A, and her 2022 project âElegyâ on side B. It will be available via https://www.victoriacanal.com/.Â
Victoria Canal recently won the Rising Star award at the prestigious Ivor Novellos, which celebrates the craft of songwriters, composers and creators, and was the recipient of an Attitude Pride Icon Award last month. She was also named BBC Radio 1âs Future Artist for June, and has been out on tour supporting Hozier on his UK and Europe tour.Â
VICTORIA CANAL – UK LIVE DATES
5 September – The Lower Third – London, UK
6 September – Deaf Institute, The Lodge – Manchester, UK
7 September – Sunflower Lounge – Birmingham, UK
8 September – The Louisiana – Bristol, UKÂ
9 September – Webster Theatre – Glasgow, UK
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