February 10 street date. A comprehensive celebration of Marc Almond's song-writing partnership with super-producer Chris Braide. A hit-studded joint concert that took place at the iconic Royal Festival Hall on February 10, 2020 - the first time the stellar songwriting partnership had performed live together since their collaboration began with the 2015 Marc Almond album. ‘The Velvet Trail’. This mammoth 36 song set includes some of Braide's best known compositions - ‘Unstoppable’ (Sia) and ‘Kill And Run’ (from the film "The Great Gatsby"); plus an emotive stripped back piano and voice suite of cult songs from Almond's own songbook and a tribute to Marc Almond and Chris Braide's unifying love of Marc Bolan in deft cover versions of ‘Children Of The Revolution’ and ‘Change’. Limited edition triple vinyl album set with colour printed inner sleeves.
Aug. 16 street date. What more can be said about BRAID? Even while Braid kept its name on the tip of peoples' tongues, the prospect of hearing brand new music from the band remained elusive - until now! It took only a few practices to write three new tracks and arrange a cover (of Jeff Hanson's "You Are the Reason"), all of which the band then recorded with engineer J. Robbins (Jawbreaker, The Promise Ring, Jets to Brazil, Frame and Canvas).
April 7 street date. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Braid's iconic 1998 album "Frame & Canvas", Polyvinyl and the band are thrilled to announce a new version of the album, completely remixed, remastered, and repackaged for 2023. Originally recorded and mixed in the span of just 5 days with producer J. Robbins (The Promise Ring, Against Me!) at Inner Ear Studios in Arlington, VA, "Frame & Canvas" would eventually become a genre-defining staple and essential listening for indie/emo fans. Since its release, the album has received praise from outlets such as Stereogum and Rolling Stone, who ranked it at #5 on their "Top 40 Emo Albums of All Time" list. The band would go on to play hundreds of shows across the globe in support of "Frame & Canvas" from 1998-99 before disbanding roughly a year after the album's release. Braid's influence on the numerous bands and DIY scenes that arose in their wake is vast and undeniable. The 25th anniversary edition has also been repackaged for a deluxe vinyl release, featuring expanded artwork and additional liner notes written by each band member.
May 27 street date. Chris Braide is an award winning British singer, songwriter and record producer based in Los Angeles and recipient of the Ivor Novelo award as well as ASCAP and Billboard awards. Chris Braide has written and produced songs for a wide range of artists including David Guetta, Britney Spears, Lana del Rey, Sia Furler, Christina Aguilera, Beyonce and Yuna. He was formerly a member of Producers with Trevor Horn and is one half of the experimental pop duo DBA with Geoff Downes. Fifty Dollar Planets is Chris’ third solo album and was heavily influenced stylistically by Marc Bolan & T.Rex, most notably on the opening and closing songs. The album contains the digital single ‘Let Me Love You’ which was co-written with Semisonic’s Dan Wilson. Produced by Chris Braide.
Available now. hapter One was Chris Braide's debut album. The songs were written when he was 16 years old. Simply Red star Mick Hucknall was so impressed with the demo tape that he took a break from his solo artist career to produce the album. Though he is now one of the most successful songwriters and producers in the world, this album shows that Chris has massive appeal as a performer in his own right. 250 copies, pressed on heavyweight vinyl and presented in a gatefold cover
Available now. This was Chris Braide’s second solo album. On the liner notes of the reissued limited edition vinyl David A. Stewarts writes: "I met Chris Braide in London when he was only 24 years old, yet he was so mature as a songwriter and a consummate musician. Chris could sing and play any of his songs effortlessly on piano or guitar and he and I spent many days and weeks at Church Studios experimenting amongst the vortex of creative chaos that tends to surround me and I could see that Chris was soaking up everything and enjoying being amongst lots of other crazy artists. Chris could sing like a bird and he also could attract a lot of birds too! He had the whole package..amazing musician, great songwriter, fantastic voice and if that wasn’t enough he looked like a young Marc Bolan! So after a while I marched him off to Greenwich village in NYC where I bought him a silver glitter guitar and we spent time in the Jimi Hendrix Studio Electric Lady where in the early hours of the morning we staggered out with a great album. I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed making it!" Dave Stewart, Los Angeles, 2012. 250 copies, in a gatefold cover and pressed on transparent red heavyweight vinyl.
June 18 street date. Limited 10th anniversary edition of the album that put them on the map, Braids'’ debut LP "Native Speaker". Original designer Marc Rimmer re-worked the LP packaging with a high gloss record cover and a brand new lyric sleeve complemented by eye-popping coloured vinyl. An astonishingly accomplished debut from a young band, "Native Speaker" laid out some of Braids' core interests, including a meticulous attention to sonic detail and a rhythmic curiosity. As their later discography would reveal, this debut also set the course for a great deal of growth, change, and an ever-evolving sonic identity. Meticulously produced by the band, Native Speaker emerges as an extremely potent concoction of playful, lavishly orchestrated, and deeply cinematic pieces - all without a sample in sight. The album oscillates between textural density and heavenly spaciousness to construct an unforgettable pop tune.
April 28 street date. Over the past decade, Montreal's Braids - musicians Taylor Smith, Raphaelle Standell-Preston, and Austin Tufts - have devoted themselves to exploring their art, together, making for one of the more daring and fluid catalogues in contemporary experimental pop. JUNO Award winners and twice-shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize, Braids see their story as a series of actions and reactions, a collective expression that swings like a pendulum between process-driven precision and open-hearted freeness. For their fifth full-length, "Euphoric Recall", the band embraced the latter, intuitively pursuing the playful joy and spontaneity they'd been craving in the absence of live performances - the "kinetic and exciting" (The New York Times) energy that's become their superpower across over 500 shows played worldwide. Organic and electronic elements weave in and out, shading a rich universe without crowding it. Self-produced and for the first time composing and arranging string parts, the band welcomed the guiding flourishes of an ensemble on cello, viola, and violins. The sound is lush and sprawling yet captured with in-the-room clarity; it grooves viscerally, freer, and wholly anew.
April 28 street date. Over the past decade, Montreal's Braids - musicians Taylor Smith, Raphaelle Standell-Preston, and Austin Tufts - have devoted themselves to exploring their art, together, making for one of the more daring and fluid catalogues in contemporary experimental pop. JUNO Award winners and twice-shortlisted for the Polaris Music Prize, Braids see their story as a series of actions and reactions, a collective expression that swings like a pendulum between process-driven precision and open-hearted freeness. For their fifth full-length, "Euphoric Recall", the band embraced the latter, intuitively pursuing the playful joy and spontaneity they'd been craving in the absence of live performances - the "kinetic and exciting" (The New York Times) energy that's become their superpower across over 500 shows played worldwide. Organic and electronic elements weave in and out, shading a rich universe without crowding it. Self-produced and for the first time composing and arranging string parts, the band welcomed the guiding flourishes of an ensemble on cello, viola, and violins. The sound is lush and sprawling yet captured with in-the-room clarity; it grooves viscerally, freer, and wholly anew.
February 5 street date. Fourth studio album from the well-known writing partnership that is Geoff Downes and Chris Braide. The songs on "Halcyon Hymns" reflect a bucolic halcyon summer. The artwork has been painted by the legendary Roger Dean, who also creates for Yes and Asia, to name but a few. The painting sessions are included on the DVD, which also includes three lyric music videos.
March 26 street date. Fourth studio album from the well-known writing partnership that is Geoff Downes and Chris Braide. The songs on "Halcyon Hymns" reflect a bucolic halcyon summer. The artwork has been painted by the legendary Roger Dean, who also creates for Yes and Asia, to name but a few.
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