Adrian Corker - Raise - VINYL LP

From his beginnings as a classical cellist in Vancouver, to playing in a cover band in Montreal, and then building his solo career in Toronto, Adrian Underhill has always embraced life's transitions. His latest effort, an album entitled InchAfter ThisInch, explores a life in a state of flux - where uncertainties like funerals, a layoff, a pandemic, and an eviction fuse with joys including the birth of his first child, new friendships formed and the validation of dependable love. InchI worked on this album over 3 years while juggling a lot of life transitionsInch says Adrian. InchIt was an intense period of time, but I found meaning and purpose in the musicInch. A balance of isolation and collaboration mark the new Adrian's new album with delightful tension-the synth infused, moody tracks express an untethered longing while upbeat numbers InchWhere To BeginInch and InchMe and YouInch transform anxiety into courage and a sense of grounded acceptance. A sparkle of pop influences - think Rex Orange County and Vampire Weekend - combine with Adrian's vulnerability on InchAfter ThisInch to speak to the disorienting personal growth that comes with major upheaval. InchAfter ThisInch sees Adrian moving through challenging and unexpected scenarios to discover hope and belonging. It stands as a beacon of hope for those among us that have temporarily lost our footing.1. Will It Get Better2. Be There for Me3. Where To Begin4. Better Side5. After This6. Forever and a Day7. Me and You8. Not Afraid To Change9. Someone's Waiting Now10. This Is Not the End

Vinyl LP pressing. Jack Waterson is the acid that Adrian never took as a kid. The result, as you'd expect, is both colorful and dark; full of sonic and musical surprises. The creative relationship they have questions the social order of the United States, yet theirs is a quintessentially American Story Kindred spirits. Punk rock and hip hop came from the same place, fueled by identical sentiments people taking the music back, reclaiming it, and finding a new audience. Waterson, primed from the mid-70s Punk scene, began his musical career in '79 as a founding member of Green on Red. They inspired artists as diverse as My Bloody Valentine, Wilco and Mazzy Star with their records and psychedelic palette. Years later, Waterson continued his influential journey by opening the revered musical instrument store, Future Music, a Los Angeles staple. In '99, an 18 year-old Younge realized that he wanted to create music that sounded like the records he was sampling. Unbeknownst to him, he serendipitously wandered into Future Music. It's there, he realized his dream was possible. During these years, Waterson schooled Younge on psych and art rock; Younge returned the favor by schooling him on Hip Hop, the origins of sampling, and it's source music. Together this unlikely duo manifested new revolutionary worlds with Waterson appearing on every Younge album within the last decade. Album Tracks 1. Smile (Instrumental) 2. Prepare for a Long Fall (Instrumental) 3. Fly Wallenda (Instrumental) 4. The Legend of Shortie George (Instrumental) 5. Religion of Death (Instrumental) 6. Flashback (Instrumental) 7. They Wont Help You (Instrumental) 8. Stay (Instrumental) 9. Larceny (Instrumental) 10. All Hail the Emperor (Instrumental)

Album Tracks 1. Black Noise Interlude (Instrumental) 2. The Night (Instrumental) 3. Fly Away (Instrumental) 4. Systems (Instrumental) 5. The Concept of Love (Instrumental) 6. Voltage Controlled Orgasms (Instrumental) 7. Linguistics (Instrumental) 8. Black Noise (Instrumental) 9. Patterns (Instrumental) 10. Suicidal Love (Instrumental)