Mo Kenney ngumumake LP fith, 'From Nowhere', lan ngasilake single utama 'Evening Dream'. On From Nowhere, diprodhuksi dening kolaborator jangka panjang Joel Plaskett, Kenney njaluk sisi apik lan kaku saka perhitungan karo sobriety, hal-hal sing ndeleng lan hal-hal sing ora.  

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Lagu iki babagan romance sing ora dimaksudake kanggo dadi. Ngrembungake babagan dheweke lan nyenengake well. Ngrembungake babagan hal-hal sing wis kutha lan ngolah kabeh. Proses pahit saka ngurangi cinta, nanging ngerti lan njaluk yen iku kanggo best. - Mo Kenney.

Ing album studio kelima, From Nowhere, Mo Kenney njupuk tekstur ambiguity lan kabutuhan kaya kang, gagal, lan dadi. Nalika padha ngalih liwat pengaturan lumayan sing nyenengake ing folk dreamy, ranté alt-country, lan panas, kabutuhan-out lo-fi pop, kabeh iku kanggo interpretasi lan ora ana fixed. Ing lyrics, Kenney milih kanggo ngwenehake definisi, nyedhiyakake ruang kanggo perasaan non-linear lan fragmentary sing ngwenehake perasaan dhewe babagan pertumbuhan pribadi, njaluk sifat glide lan bayang-bayang ing ing ing ing memori, lan ngembangake lagu cinta sing conjure ikatan persahabatan uga kaya ngandhut ing romance.</pfseg>

Mereka njaluk gampang saka awal ing korus glowing saka buka track "Bad Times," admitting, liwat piano sing langka lan ngandhut empat taun sobriety: "I ngerti iku ora salah, nanging aku mungke wektu bad kadang-kadang."

"I sort of thought that getting sober was going to fix all my problems with relationships, and then I would just be fine," Kenney laughs. "Drinking was causing all the issues I was having, but it was just the tip of the iceberg; quitting made all my problems more clear but didn't resolve any of them."

Kenney's subsequent investigations into the root causes of their interpersonal dramas obscured nearly as much as they revealed, encouraging acceptance but also emphasizing the frequently frustrating uncertainty and temporality of things. From Nowhere occupies that liminal and trepidatious time when one is compelled to move but unsure where they might be headed. The driving "Evening Dream" has all the hallmarks of a post-summer come-down as Kenney reminisces about the nebulous feelings of flings: "Bathing in the pale green light, no thought of what goes on outside," they sing. "No thought of what it all might mean, it doesn’t have to meet a thing." On the darker sounding "Signs of Life," they address an unbearable and obscure fissure; with the title track, they recall a loss of innocence in idyllic rural Nova Scotia, mixing sun-kissed organ with cryptic, unsettling choruses.

With the stark and devastating pairing of "Honey Come Home" and "Self Doubt," Kenney makes it clear that there's no glory or revelation in sitting with your feelings. While the former distills the loneliness and alienation of a partner's absence, the latter finds Kenney struggling with the crippling second-guessing that can accompany certain acute kinds of clarity as they barely raise their voice above a whisper in what sounds like the saddest honky-tonk on Earth. Through the hazy atmospheres of "That's Not Me," they conjure a slow motion crawl through a dim club and question their identity. And the similarly unhurried "With You" delivers a crushing post-mortem about a relationship that, despite its sweetness, just didn't work.

From Nowhere's intimate subject matter was handled with deft hands by some of Keney's nearest and dearest collaborators—Joel Plaskett, Rose Cousins, Victoria Cameron, Siobhan Martin, and Jordan Murphy—and recorded, mixed, and engineered by Thomas Stajcer at Plaskett's Fang Studios in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.

In contrast to its heavy predecessors, the airy "Love You Better" offers a featherweight finale to From Nowhere; in earthy reverie, Kenney acknowledges their past failures and that they're not always going to get it right, but resolves to do the only thing they can: keep trying. "Staring at the ceiling, trying to find the meaning," they sing over eddying acoustic guitar. "Put it all together; I will love you better."  

Mo Kenney Tour Dates:

Jun 28th-30th – Ingonish Beach, NS, INGO Pride 2024 Keltic Lodge at the Highlands - Tickets

July 9th – Corner Brook, NL, Rotary Arts Centre - tickets

July 10th - Gander, NL, The Shed

July 11th - Trinity, NL, English Harbour Arts Centre - tickets

July 12-14th - St.John's, NL, NL Folk Festival - tickets

July 19-21st - Yellowknife, NT, Folk On The Rocks - tickets

September 6th - Halifax, NS, Seahorse Tavern - tickets

September 14th - Saint John, NB, Haven Music Hall - tickets

September 16th - Montreal, QC, Casa Del Popolo - tickets

September 17th - Toronto, ON, The Baby G - tickets

September 18th - London, ON, The Aeolian Hall

September 19th - Ottawa, ON, NAC - tickets

September 20th - St. Catharines, ON, Warehouse -  tickets

September 21th - Kingston, ON, The Broom Factory - tickets‍

‍Oktober 9th - London, Inggeris, The Green Note - tickets