: ' .. .:.... . ' ' ______________ : ________ : ' \ / .. .:. .. \ / : : \ /_________ \ / . .. ... .. . : .\ / /___ /\ \ / ______________ ___ _. : \ / / \ / \ \/ / \ \ \ \ \ . ...:..\ / _______/ \/ \ ___/__ / / / / / : /\ / / \ \/ \ / / / . sH! ' / \/ / / / \ / / . ... .:.... .. . :/ _______/ / / / _______/__ ___ __ .\ / / / / / / / / / / / \ / / / / / / / / / / / . . \ /\______/ / / / / \___ / / : \/ ____ \ / / / / / : \ / \ /\____/\ / / : : ________\/ \ / \ / / : ' \ / \/ \ /\ / : . ..:.. . \ / \/ \ / \ / \ / . ' : \/ F A N G \ / : ' ____ \ / . . .. .. .:.. . \ / presents \ / . . \/ \/ : : . ..:.. , : Artist......: Boniface : Album.......: Boniface : : Label.......: Transgressive .. .:.. . Genre.......: Indie : Catnr.......: TRANS436CD . ' Source......: CD , ; Rip.date....: 2020-02-14 Str.date....: 2020-02-14 Quality.....: 264kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :.. .:. Url.........: http://www.redlightmanagement.com/artists/boniface ' ' , ________ ________ \ / \ / \ / \ / \ / # title time \ / \/ \/ 1. Waking Up In Suburbia 2:00 2. I Will Not Return As A Tourist 4:12 3. Keeping Up 3:33 4. Dear Megan 3:14 5. Oh My God 3:29 6. Fumbling 3:37 7. Your List 3:27 8. Ghosts 3:49 9. Wake Me Back Up 3:07 10. ItÆs A Joke 3:31 11. Stay Home 4:14 12. Making Peace With Suburbia 5:31 ______ \ / ________ Runtime 43:44 ,\ /... . . .... .... \ / ' Size 87.21 ______ :\/ ', \ / , \ / ' '... ..\ /.. .. .....:. .. .... .. . ..\ /. : Release Notes: \/ , \/ , ' ' ,: The cover art is evocative and perfectly fitting. Micah Visser, :, : the Winnipeg-bred singer-songwriter known as Boniface (who uses : :' they/them pronouns), leans against a Pontiac Fiero, their ': ,: smartly cut suit and fashionably shorn hair seemingly at odds :, : with the desolate dirt road behind them. Meanwhile, the word : :' "Boniface" is emblazoned across the top in bold red cursive. In ': ,: many ways, this meticulously crafted debut album harks back to :, : the 1980s, particularly in terms of the spotless keyboards and : :' occasionally relentless dance beats. But the lyrical content is ': ,: cathartic, timeless, and deeply personal. :, : : :' With this album, Visser has created what can easily be defined ': ,: as a concept album, with song lyrics almost like diary entries. :, : There's pain, there's heartbreak, and there's also a sense of : :' soul-searching and growth. Visser describes the album as "a ': ,: collection of stories about coming of age in a small town. An :, : intimate series of vignettes from my your that only came to be : :' through collaboration with a handful of the kindest, most ': ,: talented people I've ever met." :, : : :' Recorded between Winnipeg and London by Visser and producer ': ,: Neil Comber (Charli XCX, Glass Animals, M.I.A.), the songs run :, : the gamut from soulful piano ballads to dancefloor thumpers and : :' everything in between. Despite the sometimes sweeping, epic ': ,: musical arrangements, Visser is determined to keep the subject :, : matter grounded. The theme of breaking out of the small-town : :' life û despite the friends they would leave behind û is a ': ,: recurring one. In the breathless stomper "Dear Megan", Visser :, : apologizes to the titular character, and sings "I know I'm : :' always saying that, but this time I mean it / I'm leaving for ': ,: Los Angeles today." They include plenty of precious details: "I :, : remember your hallway / The way the tile chipped and the way : :' that you held me." ': ,: :, : In the single "Keeping Up", Visser embraces the friendships that : :' keep him going. "How can I help you when we're running from the ': ,: same damn thing?" they sing. "Or keep your head above the water :, : when my stomach sinks?" For Visser, they're all in it together, : :' and the "ride or die" attitude is refreshing, honest, and shows ': ,: a vulnerability lacking in a lot of modern pop music. In "Oh My :, : God", the musical approach is a bit more low-key (despite the : :' chorus, which is typically soaring), with the deadpan vocal ': ,: falling somewhere between Lou Reed and Ian McCullough while :, : maintaining the theme of friendship and honestly conveying one's : :' feelings. "Oh my god / You're the watch that fell off someone ': ,: else's wrist," they sing. "You're the film nobody saw / They :, : like it now, the hypocrites." : :' ': ,: The music maintains a gleaming pop sensibility but charges hard :, : and rocks mightily when necessary. "Wake Me Back Up" employs : :' relentless drumming high in the mix alongside air-guitar-worthy ': ,: riffs. The slow build-up of "I Will Not Return as a Tourist" is :, : a delirious experience that sounds like Bernard Sumner if he : :' combined the best parts of New Order and Electronic. But for ': ,: the most part, Visser is happy maintaining the kid of pulsing :, : beats that can fill a dancefloor in seconds flat, but with the : :' caveat that you should also pay attention to the words. Rarely ': ,: has music this danceable had so many revealing, heart-stopping :, : lyrical moments. "Ain't it kind of funny how we still don't like : :' the bed we're sleeping in or the town where we reside?" Visser ': ,: sings in "Ghosts." They continue: "We're 21, you know / If we :, : wanted it, we would have control." : :' ': ,: As if to drive home the "concept album" theme, Boniface is :, : bookended by two odes to suburban youth. Opening track "Waking : :' Up in Suburbia" is a gentle piano ballad that allows the ': ,: listener to ease into the album gently. On the closing song, :, : "Making Peace with Suburbia", Visser seems exhausted from the : :' emotional weight of the 11 previous songs, but he soldiers on ': ,: with one final episode. "I'm crying on a queen-size bed," they :, : sing. "You called, but I'd already passed out / I woke up to : :' your text, it was a picture of your breasts / It said 'I hope ': ,: you come around.'" Then, almost as an afterthought: "I guess I :, : never did." Like the first song, it's framed primarily by piano, : :' giving the song an epic, gospel feel as the tension slowly ': ,: builds. The home recordings in Winnipeg give the songs a :, : disarming intimacy, but it's the transporting of the recordings : :' over to London that complete the circuit, creating a deeply ': ,: personal work that also contains a great deal of musical :, : sophistication. : :' ': ,: What Lana Del Rey did last year for the 1970s singer-songwriter :, : genre on Norman Fucking Rockwell, Boniface has managed to do for : :' 1980s pop on this stunning, multifaceted debut album: embrace a ': ,: genre while effortlessly elevating it. :, : : :' ': : ' '.. ..' .. . :........... . . . . ............: . . ______________ ______________ \ / \ / \ / Shout out to all our homies from: \ / \ / \ / \ / iPC BOSS HiT2000 1way UKi i8 RNS \ / \ / RAGEMP3 MANDY DV8 pLAN9 BUTT \ / \ / \ / \/ ____ ____ \/ \ / F A N G \ / \/ 2 0 2 0 \/