Song Premiere: LeBarons "Brand New Sound"

Hailing from Toronto, LeBarons - Chris MacDonald, Megan Tilston, John Dinsmore, Casey Irvin, Evan Levy, and Po Karim - are prepping their debut full-length, Summer Of Death, on November 2nd. Taking an unhurried approach to recording, the band began work on the record in January 2017 which allowed the band to imbue each song with its own unique character resulting in a rich, complex record that reveals itself further with each listen.

Today, TDC is excited to premiere one of the album's cuts, "Brand New Sound."  A driving, robust track "Brand New Sound" combines elements of rock with a bit of punk attitude and a welcome burst of ebullient horns ultimately delivering a hopeful tune that exudes a sense of promise and pure joy.

​Chris MacDonald shares the story behind the song and recording process,
"I wanted to write a song that captured what I remember it feeling like to leave home as a teenager. I had discovered punk rock and was searching for something new, something other then the familiar suburban sprawl of where I lived. I wanted excitement and independence. The Humber River runs through the ravine behind my dad's house and flows in the direction that I was walking on the day I left home. I say walking, but in reality I was running from all of the turmoil in my life. The song explores the hope I felt of one day having a place of my own to write, the hope of playing in a rad band, and the hope of finding a nice girl to hang out with. The song’s about how this great unknown that I was walking into was my new home.

John Dinsmore produced the track at his studio, Lincoln County Social. The recording process was really fun for me on this one. John had me playing guitar and singing while we were laying down the beds. We ended up using my scratch vocal track as the actual take because he spotted some raw energy and attitude about it that lent itself to what he was hearing in the song. John listens very intently and has a poetic sense about his producing. I really love where he takes things.

Evan wrote the bridge section of the song which ultimately helped to drive the excitement of the song. Garage Rock can often look to Motown, and it was in this space that I definitely turned to for
inspiration. Evan sensed this and wrote a great bridge. He really wanted to hear some horns accompany the underlying feel, so we brought in the professionals and put the horn section in. Ultimately we are pretty stoked with the outcome. It’s a scrappy track for all the rogues. It felt nice to be collaborative for sure.

Everyone will take home something different when listening to a song. But my hope with this one is that it makes everyone’s pre-drinking playlist, and that they listen to it before they head out to meet good friends. I hope it gets them stoked, cause things are going to okay."

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