Summer Salt - Happy Camper - VINYL LP

Current member of The Barenaked Ladies and former member of the Rheostatics, Kevin Hearn is a veteran of the Canadian Music pantheon. Now he has returned with the of a solo collection of alternative/ experimental masterpieces. Whether it's an audible deep dive into the creative mind of a Canadian music great, or a melodic commentary on the current environmental and political state of affairs in his home of Southern Ontario, this record offers a lot to digest and cordially invites you to do so.

Campanita, the new record from trop-pop duo Summer Salt out May 19 on Wax Bodega, is a breezy, blissful, and intimate monument to love, family, and everything in between. It's 12 tracks meander through sun-soaked and rose-tinted memories, deep rooted relationships and loss. The album drifts across a palette of dreamy jazz, bedroom pop, beachy bossa nova, and desert-night indie rock. There are guitars, keys, and gorgeous, cloud-light harmonies, but there are strings, synths, horns, and harmonicas, too.

Black Vinyl. On their fourth LP, RESIDE, Summer Salt continue the push and pull between where they've been and where they're going, honoring the sun-soaked charm that won them their devoted fanbase while exploring new creative terrain. Reside is an album that lives between stations - comfort and curiosity, ease and experimentation - and reflects a band not just willing to reimagine their identity without losing their essence, but feeling profoundly moved to do so. Even after it's final notes fade, Reside lingers, the sort of feelings that stick with you after the sun has set, the summer has slipped away, and the golden haze of memory begins to clear. In those quiet, reflective moments, Summer Salt's music hums familiar and full of feeling. It's a gentle reminder of the past and a nudge toward the future, but also the stillness of the now. You'll get where you're going eventually. Until then, be where you are.