Музыка и песни 100 mile house / 100 mile house

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Attuned to life's impermanence, 100 mile house cherishes what we have, yet accepts that eventually it will all be gone.

There's a poignant double meaning behind the new album Love and Leave You by the Edmonton, Canada, based folk duo 100 mile house. As on their award-winning previous work, Peter Stone and Denise MacKay seem naturally attuned to life's impermanence; the reality that we must cherish what we have, while knowing we must eventually let it go.

Made with a host of guests ranging from JUNO nominee Chloe Albert to a heart-swelling string section, Love and Leave You builds on the themes of longing and love of 2016's Hiraeth, which earned 100 mile house a Western Canadian Music Award, and a Canadian Folk Music Award nomination. On Love and Leave You they have emerged--stronger, wiser, and more honest than ever before.

Denise explains, ''Our writing has evolved from songs about Peter moving to Canada from England and the two of us meeting each other, to songs about the struggles of starting a family, the loss of loved ones and how the visions you had for your life inevitably change. We believe our songs have grown in the same way our relationship has as we've matured.''

From a sonic perspective, Peter adds, ''For Love and Leave You, we decided to strip everything back, and even though there's a fair bit of instrumentation on it, I'd say it's our most bare bones recording to date. I wanted to take this approach to give the album its own character, but also to force the songwriting and lyrics to the forefront.''

As they approach two decades since their first chance meeting, both Stone and MacKay's lives and the music they make have become inseparable. It's palpable the moment you hear them sing together, and cuts even deeper as the stories they tell unfold. 100 mile house make timeless music in the truest sense; by opening themselves up in ways many of us wish we could. And on Love and Leave You, with Stone's deft production br

Struggling to start a family, Peter Stone and Denise MacKay, the husband and wife folk duo better known as 100 mile house, share their anguish and grief on their fourth album Hiraeth.

Hiraeth, a Welsh word meaning a nostalgic longing for something that may never have been, encapsulates the emotions pulled apart throughout the releases thirteen tracks. Despite the subject's pain, the couple lean on each other's love more than ever as the fragile songs shiver the spine.

Stone is known for his honest, heartfelt lyrics and on this release he lets us into the deepest corners of his soul. At times the songs are like wedding vows, reiterating love, finding comfort in the companionship (''Hiraeth'', ''Go Take Me''). He reveals his love for his new homeland of Canada, having moved from the UK (''Pick Up Our Boots''). We share a tear, as their relationship risks crashing on the rocks off ''Brighton Beach.''

Throughout, the vulnerability of the lyrics and the delicate instrumentation, with flourishes of violin, cello, bass, steel (played by Steve Dawson) and piano, create an album to cherish. Light breaks through on ''All We Have'', ''Old Haunts'' and ''Seeds'' where you're left holding on to the line ''An open heart is hard to find,'' and the realization that in Hiraeth, you've found one.

WCMA winner. Canadian Folk Music Award Nominated.