BRAIDS and ISOL-AID
announce
WWWorld Tour #2

This Thursday 29th October, 9PM AEDT
Australian show streaming via Isol-Aid

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Praise for SHADOW OFFERING

“Shadow Offering is the start of a new chapter, one robust enough to hold the intense emotions in their lyrics.” – Pitchfork, 7.2

“The music – lush electronic textures, delicate piano melodies and driving rhythms – is cinematic in scope, offering Armageddon and salvation in turn.” ★★★★ Uncut

“…[Shadow Offering] feels like the culmination of what Braids have been building towards over the last 10 years. It’s glimmering and assured, an album that’s constantly refining and one-upping itself. The Canadian band’s songs have always been massive, bursting at the seams with ideas, but they’ve never sounded as good or as crystallized as they do on Shadow Offering.”  – ★★★★Stereogum (50 best albums of 2020 so far)

“‘Shadow Offering,’ is beautiful and heart wrenching, pulling on listeners’ heartstrings. The album offers a sanctuary by easing anxiety and fueling hope, acting as a sort of security blanket for these unnerving times.”  ★★★★ Clash Magazine

“a gloriously intricate fourth outing […] Braids have refined themselves, ready to offer mature, emotional soundscapes of understanding.” ★★★★ ½ The Line of Best Fit

“Braids are incisive, and conjure up a kind of confiding emotional warmth; Death Cab For Cutie’s Chris Walla’s rich production is the ideal match.” – NME

“Raphaelle Standell-Preston sings with openhearted earnestness.” – The New York Times

“The whole thing builds to a frantic final third in which the chaos and confusion is palpable.” – The Fader (About “Snow Angel”)

 “a bouncy good time; in the tug-of-war between mind and matter, these pulsing synths are clearly on the side of the body.” – Consequence of Sound (About “Young Buck”)

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Isol-Aid Festival are thrilled to announce Canadian act Braids will embark on their second 24HR WWWORLD TOUR on October 29th, live streaming from their studio in Montreal, playing six concerts in six different time zones in one day.

Braids will kick off the festival at 9pm AEDT on Thursday 29th October via Isol-Aid’s Instagram and website.

“This is our second marathon whirlwind livestream from our studio,” explains the band. “Safe to say all three of us are eagerly awaiting what’s become a rare treasure in music – to connect, to engage, to have a conversation, listener to maker, maker to listener. We love playing live. It’s a deep part of our band DNA, and to us as much a part of breathing life into songs as making records is. It’s also a moment for us to ham it up in front of the camera, from dawn till dusk. This time we’ll be polishing off a few old gems from the Braids catalogue, alongside some reworks and songs from our latest record. Human connection is a thing of beauty, we’re excited to play some tunes, and to shoot the shit with your digital selves.”

Braids’ critically acclaimed brand new album Shadow Offering co-produced by Chris Walla, is out now via Secret City Records / Remote Control. A luscious and expansive release, Shadow Offering leads us through a sonic tapestry of narrative. With heartbreaking honesty and precision, listeners traverse a nuanced and complicated world: one full of beautiful contradictions.

The album finds the band at their most personal, unabashedly flexing a new sense of confidence through songs that reach a higher level of artistry and collaboration. Although the album directs itself at the failures of people to love and be loved, it also seeks to restore justice and attain blissful union. It’s arc crests through the dark towards the light and learns how to dance with the dizzying rhythms of the heart. The songs bubble, sustain, dissolve, expand, and retract.

Purchase / Stream Shadow Offering: HERE

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BRAIDS
24HR WWWORLD TOUR #2 

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29th

9pm AEDT (Melbourne) – 6am EST (presented by Isol-Aid)

9pm HKT (Osaka) – 8am EST 

9pm CET (Paris) – 3pm EST 

9pm GMT+1 (Manchester) – 4pm EST (presented by The Line of Best Fit) 

9pm EST (Montreal) – 9pm EST (presented by YouTube) 

9pm PST (Seattle) – 12am EST

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Braids
Shadow Offering

1. Here 4 U
2. Young Buck
3. Eclipse (Ashley)
4. Just Let Me
5. Upheaval ii
6. Fear Of Men
7. Snow Angel
8. Ocean
9. Note To Self

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AMNPLIFY – DB