Last year, I really sought to bring diverse artists to this annual celebration of Canadian music. I went out of my way to find music I had never heard before.
I started that on March 2nd with an artist from Montreal named Ruby Mckinnon - stage name Flower Face. That song, "Sugar Water", ended up being my most listened to song on Spotify in 2023 - and it wasn't close. It's got a head start on 2024 as well - but I'm trying to be more wholistic in 2024.
You see, her 2022 album, The Shark In Your Water, is arguably the best of that year, and in my top 3 or 4 for this decade so far. The whole album is so well written and performed. Every song on there is incredible.
This song is where the album gets its title - it is a song that starts simple and gets louder and scarier. It's beautiful AND beautifully constructed.
Oh, by the way, a spriacle is an opening on some fish, like a shark, that pulls water over the gills. It is part of the respiratory system - and are literally used to force water in while swimming quickly.
Live, the song features a full band and.... well, you can see the emotion.
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