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Freedom

by Monique Barry

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When a musical project is described as a work in progress, the assumption is that it’s too soon for audience presentation. But singer-songwriter Monique Barry has always charted her own maps and methods for creating and introducing new music to her listeners.

Monique is presenting her new album, HAAK, to the public as a series of singles, each released upon completion.

Sure to be a high point in the coming album, is a song with a mystery in its soul: the nature of freedom itself and how we see it. Addressing the struggle we have with others and ourselves, the song raises questions on the themes of liberation and love. Are we asking to be embraced? Or held hostage? Do we choose freedom this time or discard it for something safe and imprisoning?

Monique’s musical technique continues to spark, startle, and, best of all, intrigue. As the single progresses, her vocals take on extra colour, reach, and energy, as well as a searching sense that is one of her signature qualities. Ominous drum beats provide a ritualistic pull as her chanting and emoting combine rock dramatics with torch song vulnerability. The chorus of ascending and descending repetitions of the word freedom might be suggesting that independence is a boundless necessity…or perhaps a drop into one’s personal abyss? Bringing a fine, rough glint to the mix, the metallic gauziness of the guitars creates a hybrid of folk rock and punk while the accompanying bass surge suggests the isolation and longing that puts freedom and abandonment in the same emotional territory.

As well as providing Monique with a new musical drama to explore and vocalize, Freedom features the participation and inspiration of Marc Meriläinen (guitar), Alisdair Jones (bass), Emma Campbell (vocals), and Michael Wojewoda (mixing/drums).

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released October 6, 2016
Monique Barry - vocals
Michael Wojewoda - drums, mixing
Alisdair Jones - bass
Marc Merilainen - guitar
Emma Campbell - vocals

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Monique Barry Toronto, Ontario

Monique writes and performs without imitation, striking musical and emotional notes from the past, present, and future while staying defiantly in the now. She has forged a style that marries the everyday to the otherworldly, resulting in musical dreamscapes teeming with innovations, oddities, emotional echoes, and the many stops and starts along the human journey. ... more

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