A small town story of poverty and addiction
For many years in my town of Quyon, Québec, there was a giant wooden Elvis mounted on the side of an old barn, the outdoor bandstand for a summer music festival.
Quyon has deep roots in music and the Elvis was a landmark for this small riverside town in the Pontiac. Eventually it rotted and in 2020 the municipality tore it down, marking the end of an era. Good riddance.
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“Painted Elvis,” which appears on my brand new album out today, Lonely Cinema II, immortalises this rotten landmark through a small town story of poverty and addiction.
Lonely Cinema II is the third instalment of a trilogy of records released from 2020-21. I produced, recorded and mixed the records in my studio which resides in a 168yr old church.
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The Lonely Cinema trilogy tells a story about having our lives reduced down to a little piece of real estate rented or owned, together with the curated and controlled virtual spaces that the system provides.
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