The ‘Red River Dialect’ became the English name / For the lilting Mantitoba Métis speech / Heard around the Saulteaux plain. / Like the Michif language, Cree don’t say he or she,’ / But I know that white man’s hunger ate / The speech of the Métis.
Red River Dialect’s beautiful new album Broken Stay Open Sky is out today. Order from PoB or find these February fruits wherever fine music is sold, downloaded, or streamed. The band is currently finishing up a tour of the UK with The Weather Station.
Many thanks to Uncut and Stephen Deusner for their feature review of Red River Dialect’s Broken Stay Open Sky: “Gentle, thoughtful compositions that mix straightforward observation with naturalistic imagery and philosophical inquiry.” MOJO gives it 4 stars and calls it “thrillingly combustible.” Grip a copy for the full review and Q&A with David Morris, and pre-order “Broken Stay Open Sky” today (all orders include 3 free album downloads).
Red River Dialect will release their third album, Broken Stay Open Sky, on February 2nd. After presenting the “rhapsodic” (NPR Music) lead single “Kukkuripa,” the band now shares “Gull Rock,” described by Uproxx as “frenzied and fantastic.” The band will tour the UK to celebrate the release of the album, including several dates with The Weather Station.
The Weather Station ended 2017 on a high note receiving year-end accolades from the likes of Uncut, New Yorker, SPIN, NPR Music, Uproxx, Stereogum and beyond for her self-titled album. While on tour last fall, Lindeman (guitar, vocals) and band—Ben Whiteley (bass), Ian Kehoe (drums), and William Kidman (guitar)—stopped by NPR Music for an excellent Tiny Desk Concert performance. Here she performed album singles “Thirty” and “You and I (On The Other Side Of The World),” alongside standout track “Free.”
Happy news: Red River Dialect is heading out on a UK tour this winter to celebrate the release of their forthcoming album Broken Stay Open Sky, including many shows with The Weather Station. Don’t miss this incredible pairing.
The London-based band (with Cornish roots) brings a windswept energy and daylight to a contemplative, gorgeously rendered suite of songs about inhabiting the landscape, and our bodies, in joy and pain alike. This is the band’s most ambitious and emotionally affecting work to date: atmospheric but deeply rooted, equally concerned with investigating the concrete and the cosmic, both quiet details of the everyday and looming matters of faith.
The London-based band (with Cornish roots) brings a windswept energy and daylight to a contemplative, gorgeously rendered suite of songs about inhabiting the landscape, and our bodies, in joy and pain alike. This is the band’s most ambitious and emotionally affecting work to date: atmospheric but deeply rooted, equally concerned with investigating the concrete and the cosmic, both quiet details of the everyday and looming matters of faith.
