Everett LaRoi: Morning Stars Mournings Hush

Stalwart Edmonton musician Everett LaRoi has returned for his first solo album in 25 years. The singer-songwriter has made his name holding down guitar and vocal duties for local bands such as the jangly Idyl Tea in the ’80s, crunchy folk-rockers Manraygun in the early 2000s, to the more recent atmospheric, electronics-infused Goldtop. With his new release, Morning Stars Mournings Hush, LaRoi casts the spotlight solely on his sturdy songwriting chops alongside musical help from friends.

A heavy sense of mortality hangs over the album’s 10 songs, which LaRoi describes in a press release as “stories of loss, memory, and renewal based on my own lived experience over this past several years.” The album’s title song sets the mood, with mournful guit

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