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Tariq - When The Lights Go Up

from Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada XI by Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada

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This year saw the release of Tariq’s fifth solo album, Telegrams, his first solo release in 6 years. With a stellar backing band in the including Sam Davidson (his bandmate in Brasstronaut), JP Carter (Destroyer/ Fond Of Tigers) and Jesse Zubot (Tanya Tagaq), the album breezes by on light, but intricate arrangements. Inspired by short stories, the record is a series of little vignettes into life and the characters you meet along the way. There’s an easy going warmth and a classic sound to the record, with Tariq’s writing picking up on the little things in the same way that The Weakerthans’ John K Samson or Jim Bryson do. Delicate, warm and welcoming, we can only hope we don’t have to wait so long for the next one.

As for his track for the compilation, Tariq explains “I love the Christmas season, like fully love it, starting the day after Halloween when there's Christmas songs playing in the mall. But it can be a tough time of year when you're not feeling celebratory for whatever reason or because of challenges in your life and everyone else is going for it. Parties, decorations, gift exchanges, brunches. Even city busses have the words "Happy Holidays" scrolling in bright digital letters across the front. And then there are the festive lights everywhere. We flock to the city parks just to gaze at all those lights. My favourite Christmas lights are still the old-fashioned, multi-coloured ones I remember as a kid, the ones you can follow with your eyes along the edges of your neighbour's roofs. Green, yellow, red in repeating patterns. Beautiful, mesmerizing, and perhaps paralyzing at the same time. This song is about examining your festive spirit when the lights go up.”

Listen to Tariq here: tariqmusiq.bandcamp.com

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from Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada XI, released December 16, 2019

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Ho! Ho! Ho! Canada is a series of seasonal records by Canadian artists curated by Ro Cemm for The Line Of Best Fit

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