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Formed in 2008, Toronto-based pop-rock quartet Jane's Party - comprised of Devon Richardson, Tom Ionescu, Jeff Giles, and Zach Sutton - are preparing for their fourth, highly anticipated full-length, “Casual Island”, slated for a February 2019 release.

“Casual Island” began as a set of home studio demos inspired by Jane's Party's experience supporting Tom Odell's No Bad Days tour across Europe in 2016. After returning home the band immediately called up producer Derek Hoffman (The Trews, Arkells, Elwins, Willa), and set up what would become the “Casual Island” sessions. Bassist/singer Devon Richardson says, "Derek is absolutely brilliant at taking what's initially unique and captivating about a musical idea and amplifying it a million times over". "So much of what made the final recordings came right from the original demos [not far removed from Tom Odell's own recording process]", says guitarist/singer Tom Ionescu. "This album feels very personal to us, like we're sharing that initial intimate experience when you're first coming up with the song and recording it in your bedroom", says keyboardist/singer Jeff Giles.

As of April of 2018, the band has steadily been releasing singles from the upcoming full-length, leading with indie-rocker "You're The Light" (with airplay on Indie88 and CBC2) and followed by introspective-swooner, "Acknowledgements". Each single has been accompanied by a B-Side, "Right Down The Line" featuring DJ Skratch Bastid, and "Surfing On A Sinewave" (Pop Matters) featuring and produced by Leland Whitty (BADBADNOTGOOD), and “Drive” featuring Kirty (Fast Romantics). Drummer Zach Sutton says, "for the four of us, writing and recording music has always been a collaborative process. Bringing in Skratch, Leland and Kirty is our way of expanding the family and getting fresh creative juices into the mix. Every collaboration has been a huge source of inspiration that challenges the way we approach music making". 

With each single, it is becoming clear that ‘Casual Island’ stands to be Jane’s Party’s most mature effort to date, touching on relationships, politics, the pervasiveness of technology, the intractability of human nature, all carried by the breezy riffs and lush vocal harmonies that have become the band’s hallmark.  

For over a decade, Jane’s party has brought their irreverent, genre-bending sound to live audiences around the world; in buzzing clubs and famed concert halls in North America, in stadiums across Canada, and in historic venues throughout Europe, opening for and playing alongside artists like The Arkells, LIGHTS, Blue Rodeo, Stars, Sam Roberts Band, Lowest of The Low, The Sadies, Tom Odell, Manic Street Preachers, and Lord Huron.

Discography

Albums
Tunnel reVisions (2017)
Tunnel Visions (2016)
Hot Noise (2013)
Jane’s Party EP (2011)
The Garage Sessions (2009)

Singles
Wait For You (Nov 2018)
Acknowledgements (2018)
You're The Light (2018)
Last Train Home This Christmas (2017)
Guns + Ammunition (2017)
Coming on Strong [Hemingway Remix] (2017)

Featured Playlist

Tunnel reVisions (EP) | 2017

1. Prologue (0:25)

2. Ciggy Buzz (3:44)

3. San Fran (4:27)

4. WIBM (4:21)

5. Keep Waiting (4:09)

6. Homesick Singalong (5:14)

Tunnel Visions (LP) | 2016

1. Old Friends (4:08)

2. San Francisco (3:47)

3. Coming On Strong (3:07)

4. What I've Been Missing (4:08)

5. Tunnels (3:58)

6. Busted Jeans (4:37)

7. Daydream (3:00)

8. Cigarette Buzz (3:15)

9. So Long (3:16)

10. Time Remembered (3:47)

Hot Noise (LP) | 2013

1. Palm Reading (3:52)

2. Meet Me Halfway (2:51)

3. 'Til You Got Yours (4:19)

4. Hot Noise Pt. 1 (3:30)

5. Loose Ends (3:19)

6. Hideaway (4:01)

7. Dutch Blue Sky (3:50)

8. Hot Noise Pt. 2 (4:32)

9. Miles Away (2:34)

10. Anytime Now (3:10)

11. Reds And Blues (3:03)

12. Seasons (3:53)

Jane's Party (EP) | 2011

1. Alone Together (2:44)

2. 1999 (3:16)

3. What You Wish For (Doesn't Always Come True) (4:10)

4. What You Believe In (3:41)

5. Bringing Me Down (4:00)

You're The Light

Coming On Strong

Coming On Strong (Lyric Video)

Old Friends (Live)

Guns + Ammunition

acknowledgements (Live)

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Booking

Jack Ross
(APA Agency)
jross@apa-agency.com

Stef Purificati
(APA Agency)
spurificati@apa-agency.com

Publicity

Cristina Fernandes
(Listen Harder)
cristina@listenharder.com

The Band

janespartyband@gmail.com