- “Beside You” is a Poignant Reflection on Love and Home from Canada’s Robert Thomas and the sessionmen - February 20, 2025
- Toronto’s Keegan Powell & The Jetpacks Deliver a Blazing Mix of Shoegaze and Indie Rock with “Beginning of Life” / “My Maker” - February 19, 2025
- Toronto’s Jordan Venn and the Slizneys Deliver Hard-Hitting New Single, “♡WWI>SPQR♡,” from ‘M@GIC W*RDS’ - February 18, 2025
Canadian band Leahy’s brand new album, Good Water, brings the five women of the group – Leahy sisters Julie, Erin, Maria, Siobheann, and Denise – freshly to the fore, in singing and especially songwriting, along with brother Frank on drums, and introduces the newest addition to the band, Xavier, son of Frank, on accordion.
As the songs on Good Water took shape, a new edge to the band’s sound began to emerge with the addition of electric guitars which spurred them on to explore the outer edges of their traditional/Celtic/folk/roots musical origins, pushing well beyond that footing.
The record’s latest single, “Tears,” is another colour and sensibility in Leahy’s music journey. It reflects the fact that the band members are influenced by so many different genres and this comes out in different ways. Here is a nod to a rock style – with a very heartfelt deep lyric. It’s a beautiful contrast that is not soft and not hard – it’s grounded which is consistent with their sound over the years.
