Singer-Songwriter Billie Zizi of Edmonton Shares 'Levitate' LP featuring Earnest and Uplifting Rocker, "Midnight Sun"
• LISTEN TO + SHARE LEVITATE FEAT. “MIDNIGHT SUN” HERE •
• WATCH THE OFFICIAL VIDEO FOR “MIDNIGHT SUN” HERE •
Singer-songwriter Billie Zizi of Edmonton, Alberta, is unveiling her long awaited new record, Levitate. The collection of dreamy songs, which range from earnest folk rock to eerie singer-songwriter, capture the artist’s experience of navigating life through her tight knit hometown community.
Listen to Levitate HERE. Watch the official music video for “Midnight Sun,” the album’s invigorating and tenderhearted focus track, HERE.
From the gas station love affairs of pitbull-walking, rhinestone adorned Edmontonians to the spiritual levity of transcendence, this album is a glimpse into my strange mind and the life I’ve lived. Loss, radiant love, transience, delirium and indefatigable hope are some of the themes. I dreamed this record into being over many years. It's a love letter to Edmonton, to delighting in the simple things like hot dogs and friendship and the prairie sky and the absurdity of it all. To all the Dirt City angels, the big dreamers, the lovers, and the dancers, this is for you: I hope you like it. – Billie Zizi
“Midnight Sun” was born out of a writing prompt to reference a natural phenomenon. Zizi ran with the concept of the midnight sun, one where we are “soaked in the luminous 24 hour sun,” and in turn, the “gardens of our love would proliferate wildly and we would be intoxicated by the honeyed light.” Yet inevitably, the winter would come and with it the love would wither and die.
Co-produced with album collaborator Austin Parachoniak, “Midnight Sun” has an inherent groove to it with an arrangement meant to translate perfectly to a live setting, gradually deepening in intensity and heart as Zizi’s vocals and guitar lines grow around each other.
I bet you didn’t know
You’re everything to me
Effusive and thoughtful, without pretense yet still above board, Billie Zizi carves a distinct path marked by sonic abandon and a wild spirit. Now on her third studio album, she continues to prove herself as an exciting emergent voice in modern music. The album dances gently through illusions of kaleidoscopic colour with Zizi’s masterful vocal prowess in full bloom.
Fans of musical alchemists akin to Khruangbin or Glass Animals can expect melodic charms rife throughout the ten track run time. Listeners are treated to decorative and unpredictable
cadences, poetic prowess and tasty mid-tempo rockers, creating an airy atmosphere that feels ethereal and whimsical.
BILLIE ZIZI CANADIAN TOUR DATES:
Friday November 1st @ La Cité Francophone – Edmonton, AB (TICKETS)
Saturday November 2nd @ Royal Canadian Legion Branch 43 – Prince George, BC (TICKETS)
Monday November 4th @ Guilt & Co – Vancouver, BC (TICKETS)
Thursday November 7th @ Red Bird Brewing – Kelowna, BC (TICKETS)
Friday November 8th @ The Royal – Nelson, BC (TICKETS)
Saturday November 9th @ The Palomino Smokehouse and Social Club – Calgary, AB (TICKETS)
Sunday November 10th @ Ye Olde Jar Bar – Medicine Hat, AB (TICKETS)
Monday November 11th @ House Concert – Red Deer, AB
Thursday November 14th @ The Bassment – Saskatoon, SK (TICKETS)
Friday November 15th @ Artesian – Regina, SK (TICKETS)
Saturday November 16th @ The Handsome Daughter – Winnipeg, MB
Tuesday November 19th @ Mills Hardware – Hamilton, ON (TICKETS)
Thursday November 21st @ The Toucan – Kingston, ON
Friday November 22nd @ Horseshoe Tavern – Toronto, ON (TICKETS)
Saturday November 23rd @ The Mill Restaurant and Inn – Tillsonburg, ON (TICKETS)
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