| Heavy Sun | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | ||||
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | March 19, 2021 | |||
| Length | 41:52 | |||
| Label | Maker Series | |||
| Daniel Lanois chronology | ||||
| ||||
Heavy Sun is the seventh studio album by Canadian songwriter and producer Daniel Lanois. It was released on March 19, 2021, through Lanois' own label Maker Series. [1] [2]
The album was recorded in Los Angeles, USA and Toronto, Canada in March 2020 prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] [4] The album was recorded and mixed by Daniel Lanois and Wayne Lorenz and mastered by Noah Mintz
On October 29, 2020, Lanois revealed he was releasing his next solo studio album, following from his 2016 release Goodbye to Language. [3] Lanois said of the album: "We want to lift people's spirits with this music. It's so easy to feel isolated right now, but we want everyone to feel included in what we're doing. Our goal was to be a force for good with these songs. We wanted to remind people not to let the world steal their joy, to remind them that even during a global pandemic, it's our responsibility to protect our spirits and find ways to keep on dancing, keep on singing, keep on teaching, keep on loving." [5] The album features guitarist Rocco DeLuca, organist Johnny Shepherd and bassist Jim Wilson. [2]
"Under the Heavy Sun" was the first single to be released by Lanois on October 29, 2020. [3]
The second single "Power" was released on January 15, 2021. Lanois said of the single: "I didn't think there was much to say about a song with such a simple message. But just yesterday I got a message from Brian Eno asking me to sign a petition about injustices in Uganda. Apparently, a dictatorship operating under the guise of democracy. The clouds broke and the gods of reason spoke, 'No Time To Rest,' by Uganda or otherwise." [6] Jazz musician Brian Blade and bassist Chris Thomas feature on the single. [2]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Exclaim! | 7/10 [7] |
| Mojo |   [8] |
Writing for Exclaim! , Kerry Mullin wrote: "Beautiful as these less lo-fi tracks are, they're better suited for a different, effects-driven project. What instead makes Heavy Sun memorable are Lanois' exercises in restraint, like the pretty harmonies with his bandmates and the space ceded to Shepherd's vocal-organ one-two-punch. Regardless, this album reveals that Lanois is as gifted a collaborator and curator of talent as he is a creator of atmospheric productions for megastars." [7] At Mojo , James McNair said: "Heavy Sun is a salve against pandemic blues; a joyous gospel record largely built on the Hammond of Johnny Shepherd, sometime organist at Zion Baptist in Shreveport, Louisiana. Lanois' nuanced production brings gospel to other, sometimes dubbier realms." [8] John Amen, writing for No Depression, wrote: "Heavy Sun is a broad-brush celebration of existence and art; it’s also a testimony to a career spent crafting subtleties, how a project’s details can make all the difference." [9]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dance On" | 4:28 |
| 2. | "Power" | 3:18 |
| 3. | "Every Nation" | 4:01 |
| 4. | "Way Down" | 3:45 |
| 5. | "Please Don't Try" | 4:11 |
| 6. | "Tree of Tule" | 4:20 |
| 7. | "Tumbling Stone" | 3:32 |
| 8. | "Angels Watching" | 4:09 |
| 9. | "(Under the) Heavy Sun" | 3:27 |
| 10. | "Mother's Eyes" | 2:55 |
| 11. | "Out of Sight" | 3:46 |
Daniel Roland Lanois is a Canadian record producer, guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter.
Martha and the Muffins are a Canadian rock band, active from 1977 to the present. Although they only had one major international hit single "Echo Beach" under their original band name, they had a number of hits in their native Canada, and the core members of the band also charted in Canada and internationally as M + M.
"I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" is a song by Irish rock band U2. It is the second track from their 1987 album The Joshua Tree and was released as the album's second single in May 1987. The song was a hit, becoming the band's second consecutive number-one single on the US Billboard Hot 100 while peaking at number six on the UK Singles Chart.
Mark Stein is an American keyboardist, composer and arranger, who is a member of the Psychedelic rock group Vanilla Fudge. Stein also worked in the Tommy Bolin band and Alice Cooper's band during 1978 and 1979.
Rocco DeLuca is a California-based indie rock musician who came to prominence as the lead singer of the four-piece band Rocco DeLuca and the Burden. Since 2009, DeLuca has toured and recorded as a solo artist.
No Line on the Horizon is the twelfth studio album by Irish rock band U2. It was produced by Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, and Steve Lillywhite, and was released on 27 February 2009. It was the band's first record since How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (2004), marking the longest gap between studio albums of their career to that point. The band originally intended to release the songs as two EPs, but later combined the material into a single record. Photographer Anton Corbijn shot a companion film, Linear, which was released alongside the album and included with several special editions.
Fuck Buttons was an electronic music duo formed in Bristol in 2004 by Andrew Hung and Benjamin John Power.
"Magnificent" is a song by U2. It is the second track on the band's 2009 album No Line on the Horizon and was released as the album's second single. The song was originally titled "French Disco", but was renamed later in the recording sessions. It is played before the start of every New York Rangers home game at Madison Square Garden.
"Moment of Surrender" is a song by rock band U2 and the third track on their 2009 album No Line on the Horizon. During the initial recording sessions for the album in 2007 in Fez, Morocco, the band wrote the song with producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois within a few hours. Together, they recorded the song in a single take; Eno called the song's recording "the most amazing studio experience [he's] ever had". According to him and Lanois, the track is the closest the band came to realising their original concept for the album of writing "future hymns". The seven-minute song features gospel-like vocals in the chorus, along with a predominantly organ- and piano-based musical accompaniment. Lyrically, the song is about a drug addict who is undergoing a crisis of faith.
Feel the Misery is the 12th studio album by British doom metal band My Dying Bride. It was released on 18 September 2015 on Peaceville Records.
Venetian Snares x Daniel Lanois is a collaborative album by breakcore musician Aaron Funk and guitarist–producer Daniel Lanois released on May 4, 2018, by Timesig.
Haviah Mighty is a Canadian rapper from Brampton, Ontario. She rose to prominence in 2016 as a member of the hip hop group the Sorority, before releasing several EPs on her own, most notably Flower City, in 2017. Her first album, 13th Floor, was released in 2019 and won the Polaris Music Prize. After her debut, XXL named her one of the "15 Toronto rappers you should know" and CBC Music called her one of the "New Faces of Canadian Hip Hop".
20/20 Vision is the twelfth studio album by American punk rock band Anti-Flag from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was released on January 17, 2020, via Spinefarm Records. Recording sessions took place at Dog House Studios and at MDDN Studio from July to August 2019. Production was handled by Matt Good.
The following musical events and releases that happened in 2020 in Canada.
Earth to Dora is the thirteenth studio album by American indie rock band Eels, released on E Works/PIAS Recordings on October 30, 2020. It has received favorable reviews from critics.
Heaven is the second and final studio album by Canadian alternative rock band Dilly Dally. It was released on September 14, 2018, by Partisan Records in the United States nd United Kingdom, and by Dine Alone Records in Canada.
Open Door Policy is the eighth studio album by the American rock band The Hold Steady, released on February 19, 2021, through the band's own label Positive Jams. The album was produced by Josh Kaufman, who has previously worked with the band on their seventh studio album, Thrashing Thru the Passion (2019), and was preceded by the singles "Family Farm", "Heavy Covenant" and "Spices".
The following musical events and releases are expected to happen in 2021 in Canada.
Phoenix is the debut album by Canadian pop singer Charlotte Cardin, released on April 23, 2021, through Cult Nation.
Nicholas Krgovich, also sometimes credited as Nick Krgovich, is a Canadian musician from Vancouver, British Columbia. He is most noted for the 2020 album Philadelphia, a collaboration with Joseph Shabason and Chris Harris which was a longlisted nominee for the 2021 Polaris Music Prize.
{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)