EVANGELINE GENTLE’S NEW ALBUM, WHERE THE DIAMONDS ARE, OUT TODAY

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“Evangeline Gentle’s self-titled album is a triumph” – Exclaim!

“Gentle’s voice communicates an aching warmth that comes with knowing hardness and choosing softness instead… every time I listen to the record, I’m blown away anew by their songwriting and the space they’re carving out across multiple genres — indie pop, alt-folk, singer-songwriter — in a way that feels effortless” – CBC Music

“Gentle’s voice grabs you instantly with its purity and expressiveness” – FYI Music

Produced by Jim Bryson, mixed by Daniel Ledwell and mastered by Philip Shaw Bova, Evangeline Gentle’s Where The Diamonds Ares takes an energizing leap in the indie-pop direction. “These 10 songs have provided a container for my peak experiences of joy, resilience, shame, ancestral trauma-healing, grief, love and queerness,” says Gentle. “Each track is an expression of reverence for the resilience of women and femmes in its own way. From the writing process to the recording process, the experience of making Where The Diamonds Are has been an empowering one. My hope is that this album will be empowering for its listeners too, and I can’t wait to share in September.”

Of the new single “Fall Again” Evangeline says ”it is about teetering on the edge of falling in love again with someone you know you shouldn’t. It’s playful and cheeky, and doesn’t take its themes of learning self-restraint too seriously. ‘I’m like a full moon baby, I bring out the best and the worst in you’ is one of my favourite lyrics from Where The Diamonds Are. By the light of some relationships, we become saints, by the light of others, we become werewolves.”

LISTEN / SHARE “FALL AGAIN” HERE

Equally as unapologetic in its celebration of queer culture as opener “Bad Girls” is the track “Gay Bar”, which has us “dressed up and feeling like a shiny star”, and imagining the neon-lit dance floor of a utopian Gay Bar. Inspired by the words of Dolly Parton, “be a diamond in a rhinestone world”, Evangeline claims she’s “where the diamonds are” when in the company of “Radiant [drag] queens adorned in jewels” who provide respite from the “troubled world” outside. 

LISTEN / SHARE “WATERS” HERE
LISTEN / SHARE “BAD GIRLS” HERE

“Underdog” is the album’s leading feminist anthem  and is set to empower relating listeners with lyrics such as “calling me a crazy bitch won’t silence and degrade me, I speak my mind especially when men  underestimate me”. Ablaze with Venusian themes of feminine desire and  boasting the album’s most powerful vocal moments by both Evangeline and  backing vocalist Carleigh Aikins alike, “Waters” is a smouldering, defining track. “Sarah” is a break-up ballad for the still-in-love and features guest vocalist Stewart Legere, while “Bad Kids” is a love song for the tight-knit group of queer  youth Gentle spent her teen years with as troublemakers. “High Vibes” brings the spiritual realm of Evangeline’s creative process into sharper focus, its vulnerability opening the door for “He’ll Do It Again”, an attempt to convince a  domestic violence survivor to leave. The dark and dream-like sonic landscape of “Deceive Lie Cheat Steal” mimics the relevant emotional wooziness of guilt and remorse. Closing track “Fall Again” is a folk-pop mood-booster and memorable finale. 

LISTEN / SHARE “SARAH” HERE

WATCH / SHARE “GAY BAR” HERE
LISTEN TO EVANGELINE GENTLE TALK ABOUT “GAY BAR” ON CBC q HERE

PURCHASE “GAY BAR” VIA BANDCAMP HERE

Evangeline’s debut self-titled release earned appearances in Forbes, Under The  Radar, Exclaim!, radio play on BBC, CBC, and SiriusXM, She has supported acts such as Kathleen Edwards, Donovan Woods, Whitehorse, Tim Baker, Begonia, Terra Lightfoot, Basia Bulat, Craig Cardiff, and Sarah MacDougall. 

BUY / STREAM  WHERE THE DIAMONDS ARE HERE

LIVE PERFORMANCES
Oct 20 – Peterborough, ON – Sadleir House

Oct 22 – Toronto, ON – El Mocambo

Nov 8 – Toronto, ON  – The Rivoli * 

Nov 10 – Port Hope, ON – Sculthorpe Theatre
Nov 11 – Kitchener, ON – The Hub *

Nov 15 – Kingston, ON – The Grad Club *
Nov 19 – Ottawa, ON – Ottawa Bagelshop Music Fest

*supporting Mariel Buckley 

EVANGELINE GENTLE SHARES “WATERS” FROM UPCOMING LP, WHERE THE DIAMONDS ARE

EVANGELINE GENTLE’S NEW LP, WHERE THE DIAMONDS ARE, OUT SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

LISTEN / SHARE “WATERS” HERE

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Today, Evangeline Gentle is sharing a new track from her upcoming LP, Where The Diamonds Are. “Waters” is dedicated “to my dear friend Amara Hollow Bones who returned to earth in June 2022,” says Gentle. “Amara was a self-identified tenacious witch, an artist, and an incredible being, who came into my life like a guide when my inner relationship to femininity was undergoing a healing transformation. Their offerings of care during that season we spent together in the Mulmur Hills were profound and altered the course of my life in ways I will forever be grateful for. I always hear Amara in this Venusian song about worshiping the creative, erotic energy of the Divine Feminine, and I began performing it live with a pagan song added to the outro in their memory last summer that goes ‘We all come from the Goddess, and to her we shall return, like a drop of rain, flowing to the Ocean’. ‘Waters’ is for every woman and femme I’ve loved in the past and will in the future. It’s for the witches, healers, mystics, seers, and High Priestesses of the world. May we return to the wisdom of the Goddess together.”

LISTEN / SHARE “WATERS” HERE

BUY / STREAM “WATERS” HERE

MORE ABOUT EVANGELINE GENTLE & WHERE THE DIAMONDS ARE

Produced by Jim Bryson, mixed by Daniel Ledwell and mastered by Philip Shaw Bova, Where The Diamonds Ares takes an energizing leap in the indie-pop direction. “These 10 songs have provided a container for my peak experiences of joy, resilience, shame, ancestral trauma-healing, grief, love and queerness,” says Gentle. “Each track is an expression of reverence for the resilience of women and femmes in its own way. From the writing process to the recording process, the experience of making Where The Diamonds Are has been an empowering one. My hope is that this album will be empowering for its listeners too, and I can’t wait to share in September.”

Equally as unapologetic in its celebration of queer culture as opener “Bad Girls” is the track “Gay Bar”, which has us “dressed up and feeling like a shiny star”, and imagining the neon-lit dance floor of a utopian Gay Bar. Inspired by the words of Dolly Parton, “be a diamond in a rhinestone world”, Evangeline claims she’s “where the diamonds are” when in the company of “Radiant [drag] queens adorned in jewels” who provide respite from the “troubled world” outside. 

WATCH / SHARE “GAY BAR” HERE
LISTEN TO EVANGELINE GENTLE TALK ABOUT “GAY BAR” ON CBC q HERE

PURCHASE “GAY BAR” VIA BANDCAMP HERE

LISTEN / SHARE “BAD GIRLS” HERE
BUY / STREAM “BAD GIRLS” HERE

“Underdog” is the album’s leading feminist anthem  and is set to empower relating listeners with lyrics such as “calling me a crazy bitch won’t silence and degrade me, I speak my mind especially when men  underestimate me”. Ablaze with Venusian themes of feminine desire and  boasting the album’s most powerful vocal moments by both Evangeline and  backing vocalist Carleigh Aikins alike, “Waters” is a smouldering, defining track. “Sarah” is a break-up ballad for the still-in-love and features guest vocalist Stewart Legere, while “Bad Kids” is a love song for the tight-knit group of queer  youth Gentle spent her teen years with as troublemakers. “High Vibes” brings the spiritual realm of Evangeline’s creative process into sharper focus, its vulnerability opening the door for “He’ll Do It Again”, an attempt to convince a  domestic violence survivor to leave. The dark and dream-like sonic landscape of “Deceive Lie Cheat Steal” mimics the relevant emotional wooziness of guilt and remorse. Closing track “Fall Again” is a folk-pop mood-booster and memorable finale. 

LISTEN / SHARE “SARAH” HERE
BUY / STREAM “SARAH” HERE

Evangeline’s debut self-titled release earned appearances in Forbes, Under The  Radar, Exclaim!, radio play on BBC, CBC, and SiriusXM, She has supported acts such as Kathleen Edwards, Donovan Woods, Whitehorse, Tim Baker, Begonia, Terra Lightfoot, Basia Bulat, Craig Cardiff, and Sarah MacDougall. 

UPCOMING LIVE PERFORMANCES

 23.09         PETERBOROUGH, ON           PETERBOROUGH PRIDE

 20.10         PETERBOROUGH, ON           SADLEIR HOUSE

 22.10         TORONTO, ON                        UNPLUGGED NORTH, EL MOCAMBO 

 08.11         TORONTO, ON                        THE RIVOLI*

 10.11         PORT HOPE, ON                     SCULTHORPE THEATRE

 11.11         KITCHENER, ON                     THE HUB*

 15.11         KINGSTON, ON                       THE GRAD CLUB*

 19.11         OTTAWA, ON                           OTTAWA BAGELSHOP MUSICFEST

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WHERE THE DIAMONDS ARE TRACKLIST

01 Bad Girls

02 Gay Bar

03 Underdog

04 Waters
05 Sarah
06 Bad Kids

07 High Vibes
08 He’ll Do It Again
09 Deceive Lie Cheat Steal
10 Fall Again

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EVANGELINE GENTLE ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM, SHARES “BAD GIRLS”

EVANGELINE GENTLE’S NEW LP, WHERE THE DIAMONDS ARE, OUT SEPTEMBER 29

LISTEN / SHARE “BAD GIRLS” HERE
BUY / STREAM “BAD GIRLS” HERE

Photo Credit : Landon Marchen // DOWNLOAD HIGH-RES

This September, Evangeline Gentle will release her upcoming album, Where The Diamonds Are, produced by Jim Bryson, mixed by Daniel Ledwell and mastered by Philip Shaw Bova. While early Americana influences remain present in her work, Evangeline takes an energizing leap in the indie-pop direction with this fresh release. 

“These 10 songs have provided a container for my peak experiences of joy, resilience, shame, ancestral trauma-healing, grief, love and queerness,” says Gentle. “Each track is an expression of reverence for the resilience of women and femmes in its own way. From the writing process to the recording process, the experience of making Where The Diamonds Are has been an empowering one. My hope is that this album will be empowering for its listeners too, and I can’t wait to share in September.” 

Today, Gentle shares the album’s opening cut, “Bad Girls”. “While I don’t subscribe to any particular religion, I’m admittedly a huge theology nerd in my spare time and I’m particularly drawn to the work of feminist, Gnostic Christian scholars,” says Gentle. “There’s a sapphic reimagining of the biblical character Mary Magdalene present in ‘Bad Girls’, and she’s been a muse of mine ever since I read her gospel commentated by Jean-Yves Leloup for the first time. ‘The Magdalene,’ as she is often called, translates to ‘The Tower.’ This is a commanding title that embodies the disruptive, liberating potential of her narrative, a narrative which asks us to re-evaluate the widespread acceptance of male-centric, dualistic spirituality. Reimagining “The Magdalene” as the modern, archetypal ‘Bad Girl’ is my attempt to share what she represents to me: defiant, divine and powerful femininity. I also feel so grateful to be alive during the rise of openly queer pop music, when our voices, historically silenced for their own potential to disturb the status quo and usher in new ways of being, are now heard on large global stages. ‘Bad Girls’ is a sonic contribution to this age of unapologetic sapphic storytelling, and weaving Mary Magdalene into the lyrical content felt aligned.”

LISTEN / SHARE “BAD GIRLS” HERE
BUY / STREAM “BAD GIRLS” HERE

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Equally as unapologetic in its celebration of queer culture as opener “Bad Girls” is the track “Gay Bar”, which has us “dressed up and feeling like a shiny star”, and imagining the neon-lit dance floor of a utopian Gay Bar. Inspired by the words of Dolly Parton, “be a diamond in a rhinestone world”, Evangeline claims she’s “where the diamonds are” when in the company of “Radiant [drag] queens adorned in jewels” who provide respite from the “troubled world” outside. 

WATCH / SHARE “GAY BAR” HERE

PURCHASE “GAY BAR” VIA BANDCAMP HERE

“Underdog” is the album’s leading feminist anthem  and is set to empower relating listeners with lyrics such as “calling me a crazy bitch won’t silence and degrade me, I speak my mind especially when men  underestimate me”. Ablaze with Venusian themes of feminine desire and  boasting the album’s most powerful vocal moments by both Evangeline and  backing vocalist Carleigh Aikins alike, “Waters” is a smouldering, defining track. “Sarah” is a break-up ballad for the still-in-love and features guest vocalist Stewart Legere, while “Bad Kids” is a love song for the tight-knit group of queer  youth Gentle spent her teen years with as troublemakers. “High Vibes” brings the spiritual realm of Evangeline’s creative process into sharper focus, its vulnerability opening the door for “He’ll Do It Again”, an attempt to convince a  domestic violence survivor to leave. The dark and dream-like sonic landscape of “Deceive Lie Cheat Steal” mimics the relevant emotional wooziness of guilt and remorse. Closing track “Fall Again” is a folk-pop mood-booster and memorable finale. 

LISTEN / SHARE “SARAH” HERE
BUY / STREAM “SARAH” HERE

Evangeline’s debut self-titled release earned appearances in Forbes, Under The  Radar, Exclaim!, radio play on BBC, CBC, and SiriusXM, She has supported acts such as Kathleen Edwards, Donovan Woods, Whitehorse, Tim Baker, Begonia, Terra Lightfoot, Basia Bulat, Craig Cardiff, and Sarah MacDougall. 

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