UPCOMING PERFORMANCES IN TORONTO, OTTAWA & MONTREAL
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“This new single and video (“Thinking of you“) reaffirm Bourque as a talent to be watched. It shows off his gently mellow vocal style, and the sound has a soft rock/folk feel suggestive of Bahamas.” – FYIMusicNews
“Thinking of you” (along with lead single “Matador”) is a lush re-introduction to Laurent’s warmth as both a vocalist and a songwriter” – The Music Mermaid
Toronto, ON – September 27, 2019 – Fresh off the plane from his performances at Reeperbahn and London, Toronto based singer-songwriter Laurent Bourque releases his sophomore album Blue hour in North America. Teaming up with award-winning producer Dan Ledwell, the new album is a collection of 11 songs, including the title track “Blue hour“, and the CBC Music Top 20 charting “Matador“. “I took my time with this one. I was writing all the time and wrote over 150 songs over the course of two years. I also decided I wanted to explore a new instrument – the piano;” shares Laurent. “This album was a massive exercise in exploration. Writing with different writers, learning a new instrument all rooting the coming of age story I wanted to tell.”
The album has garnered playlisting love with adds to Spotify’s “New Music Friday”, “Fresh Finds”, “Indie All Stars”, “Fresh Finds: Index”, “Fresh Finds: Poptronix”, Amazon’s “Introducing”, “Brand New Music”, featured on GlamGlare, adds to Stingray, SiriusXM “North Americana”, CBC Music Top 20 chart, and national spins across CBC Radio One. Laurent continues his tour with dates in Toronto on October 16th, Ottawa on October 18th, and Montreal on October 26th. More dates to be announced soon at http://laurentbourque.com/.
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What’s The Story About Laurent Bourque?
Blue hour by Laurent Bourque invites you into an exploration of loss and new beginnings through pensive, chic piano-driven pop. The Toronto singer-songwriter presents 11 titles drenched in poetic expression anchored by shining piano melodies, sweeping synthesizers, and blissful orchestral arrangements.
After touring his 2014 debut album, Pieces of Your Past, which won him Canada’s Stingray Rising Star Award, Laurent decided to put the brakes on and rethink his approach to songwriting. During a lengthy creative ennui, Laurent was introduced to the idea of co-writing.
Collaboration would be the creative key to the material in Blue Hour. “When you write with other people, you can bounce things off each other and the best idea always wins,” he says. “Which always makes for better art.”
In 2018 after surpassing a personal goal to write 100 new songs, Laurent teamed up with producer Dan Ledwell (Jenn Grant, Fortunate Ones) and longtime collaborator and drummer Jamie Kronick to record the album. Together, they took their time and created an album full of self-analytical characterizations rooted in swaying grooves and melancholic yet sanguine memories.
Blue hour is twilight’s shining moment of natural, unwrinkled radiance. A mellow and vibrant hue that casts itself atop of landscapes, skylines and people going about their lives. As portrayed in Laurent’s words and melodies, Blue hour is an uninhibited reminder to stop and take in what’s beautiful as it happens.
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