| “truly stunning and ambitious” – Tiny Mix Tapes “spellbinding” – self-titled magazine “virtuostic” – WNYC New Sounds “brilliant” – Pop Matters The mere range of sounds Sarah Pagé is able to pull out of the harp while remaining tethered to its essence is astounding. Though what really makes the record so spellbinding is its rootedness in performativity. The entire LP consists of one unaltered performance, presenting the full range of the artist and instrument, imbuing the album with a visceral vitality. Dose Curves arrives in album format after eight years of intensive practice, playing, touring, collaborating and recording. During this period (which included her regular duties with The Barr Brothers, close collaborations with the late Mexican-American mysterion Lhasa de Sela, and appearances on recordings by Leif Vollebekk, Jerusalem In My Heart, Nadah El Shazly, among many others), Pagé would test these solo works on live audiences as opportunity permitted. |
| Sarah Pagé – Dose Curves listen // order LP/CD/DIG // watch ‘Lithium Taper’ // watch ‘Stasis’ “grippingly beautiful” – Cast the Dice “blissed-out” – Canuckistan “a dream that drifts” –The Autumn Roses |
– read Pagé’s interview with 15 Questions – Across many explorations, versions, dialogues and fine-tunings, the pieces materialize here as vibrant as ever. Rather than presenting as a deadened product of a disconnected process, the tracks on Dose Curves are wildly alive, charged with organic iteration and intent. “Sarah Pagé’s Dose Curves is not sleep-inducing; it’s consciousness-heightening.” –Dominionated “unlike anything else you’ll hear this year” – Various Small Flames “pushes the harp in completely unexpected directions” – Exclaim! (8/10) “a perfect soundtrack to some arthouse sci-fi thriller” – Vancouver Sun October 11 – Toronto, ON: Burdock * // tickets October 12 – Hamilton, ON: Christ Church Cathedral * October 13 – Guelph, ON: Silence Sounds * October 25 – Montreal, QC: Église St-Édouard * October 26 – Quebec, QC: Libraire St Jean-Baptiste * October 27 – St. Hyacinthe, QC: Le Zaricot * November 3 – Drummondville, QC: Maison des arts Desjardins # // tickets November 5 – Joliette, QC: Centre culturel Desjardins # // tickets * w/ Joni Void // # w/ Patrick Watson |
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