Erin Passmore - Downtown

Erin Passmore, the co-founding, song-writing multi-instrumentalist member of fine Canadian indie band Rah Rah takes a solo turn with Downtown, an eight-song EP of adventurous alt-pop arriving April 28 via Hidden Pony. With producer Matt Lederman (Holy Fuck, The Besnard Lakes) at the helm and musicians from the Montreal community, Passmore fleshed out her collection of stripped naked demos, veering from melodic Feist-ian songcraft ("Monster") to pensive acoustic reflections ("Captain") to sharply barbed tracks that bristle with just the right touches of rock-riffed dynamics (the title track, "Fall"). But our favorite is the opener "Into the Woods", an inspired stunner that manages to sound both intimate and epic at the same time, Passmore's upfront and center voice a warm, impassioned complement to the grand instrumentation building, then crashing around her.

Erin Passmore - "Into the Woods" (from Downtown)

Erin Passmore - "Downtown" (from Downtown) Stream the full EP here...