Morning Report (Deluxe) Arkells

• 1Drake's Dad04:03
• 2Knocking At The Door03:40
• 3Private School03:37
• 4My Heart's Always Yours04:13
• 5Savannah03:52
• 6Passenger Seat03:44
• 7Making Due03:44
• 8Round And Round04:05
• 9Hung Up03:15
• 10Come Back Home04:48
• 11A Little Rain (A Song For Pete)03:59
• 12And Then Some03:47
• 13Hangs The Moon02:44
• 14My Heart's Always Yours (Unplugged Version)04:29
• 15And Then Some (Unplugged Version)03:58
• 16Knocking At The Door (Unplugged Version)03:56
• Total Runtime01:01:54

Info for Morning Report (Deluxe)

This deluxe edition of the Arkells' Morning Report Includes the #1 hit song “Knocking At The Door,” along with new acoustic recordings of "Knocking At The Door," "My Heart’s Always Yours," and "And Then Some”.

Hamilton’s hardest-working musical heroes Arkells return with their fourth studio album, Morning Report. Following two years to the day from the issuing of their gold-selling High Noon, Morning Report will be released August 5 via Universal Music Canada, the country’s leading music company. Today the band also reveals the school-swaggering first single, “Private School”, with a video premiere at The FADER. As the most-played band on Canadian Alt-Rock radio in 2015, Arkells have travelled extensively coast to coast via air, replicating same on the ground with near-ceaseless touring. Their reputation for passionate, high-energy Rock’n’Soul is firmly established; Morning Report will illuminate an even more irreverent, adventurous ethos that reflects lead singer-guitarist-chief songwriter Max Kerman’s present musical preoccupations. “It’s a weird time to be a rock band right now,” observes Kerman. “Tony Hoffer (Beck, m83) once told us ‘Rock music has actually become the most conservative genre.’ Those words really struck me because he’s right. Sonically it hasn’t evolved much and lyrically it’s easy to get away without saying much either. In writing these songs we didn’t want to feel beholden to any expectations from the ‘rock godz’. If it didn’t feel fresh and exciting, it didn’t make the cut. We have no interest in making the same record twice. The most exciting part about making something new is trying different shit and exploring spaces we haven’t been to yet.” It follows that Morning Report is comprised of click-tracked rhythms, subliminal samples, and electronic pulses – threaded together with horns and strings into a richly-textured mix which more readily recalls montage and collage approaches of Hip-Hop beatmakers than the direct plug-in-and-play attack of a live rock band. Lyrically, however, Kerman’s songwriting hits even closer to home on this album. “Many of the songs are inspired by friends and family: I have a lot of interesting characters in my life and take a lot of joy in being able to write about them,” Kerman admits. “A lot of songs start from what happened the night before that’s where the title comes from: friends who text the next day and demand ‘Give me the morning report!’”

Arkells

Arkells
Hailed by The Globe and Mail as “the right kind of band for this decade,” Arkells are widely considered one of the most passionate, exuberant and in-demand live bands working today. As radio mainstays, sports-sync shoe-ins and curious students of culture, Arkells have remained ever present – building awareness and personal community experiences around their live shows and new music at every turn. The most emblematic example of this being The Rally, Arkells’ hometown concert that was hailed as one of the biggest headline shows in the country, and is slated to return in 2022. On the heels of three #1 singles, Arkells continue to unleash new music and tour dates as the band and their fans return to live in-person festivities. Their hotly anticipated new album BLINK ONCE is out now.

This album contains no booklet.