Andy Shauf will play London's O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire on 16 May. Where after you complete a long and disciplined life, you find yourself holding a bite-sized chocolate bar stapled to an invitation to a Halloween pool party with Satan himself." "Satan" annd "Jacob Rose" are both out now. Tickets to Andy Shauf on Wednesday 7th April, Button Factory are EU20. ![]() Recorded in his basement in Regina, Saskatchewan over the course of two years and written over four. So with the lyrics of this song, I was trying to take this cartoon-like simplification of life (and death) and pair it with a cartoon-like version of this Christian hell. Canadian musician Andy Shauf pens songs that explore universal truths through picaresque vignettes, from the colorful people-watching observations of 2016s The. Like the long, cold prairie winters during which it was recorded, Andy Shaufs sophomore LP, The Bearer of Bad News, is both grim and beautiful, bearing the kind of weary warmth of a bedroom lamp lit after a five p.m. A sort of cartoon-like simplification of ancient texts. The Christianity that I was brought up in said that believers went to heaven and non-believers went to hell. Still a relatively unknown singer-songwriter & multi-instrumentalist, Andy Shauf performed his song flawlessly and charismatically. After a few years of this, my parents realized it was a bit silly to deny us our free candy and let us resume. The church that I grew up in was saying that Halloween was ‘The Devil's Day’ and that it had its roots in satanic rituals. Shauf said of "Satan", "When I was young, there were a few years where I wasn’t allowed to celebrate Halloween. ![]() Septem All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen shares his favorite new tunes of the week, including a profoundly moving reflection on. ![]() It provided the perfect distraction from the world outside and inside, a story to get lost in. New Mix: Andy Shauf, 79rs Gang, Opium Moon, More. Last year, just days after lockdown in my adopted Spain hit, an album landed in my letterbox completely unexpectedly. "Satan" and "Jacob Rose" are Shauf's first new releases since his Wilds album arrived in September last year. Andy Shauf follows up last year’s Neon Skyline with an album of extras and extended scenes recorded at the same time.
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