Bernice Cruisin'

With Cruisin’, their second album for Telephone Explosion, Toronto’s Bernice distils their playful sense of composition resulting in the most affecting collection of their young career. Across fifteen tracks, a special kind of contemporary, jazz-inflected pop unfolds, miraculous for being both fun and musically adventurous, all in the name of emotional resonance. Each groove in the bassbin is matched by a little scratch at the listener’s heartstrings. The album was recorded at home with Phil Melanson (Sam Gendel, Andy Shauf) and Thom Gill (Beverly Glenn-Copeland, Joseph Shabason), led by songwriter and vocalist Robin Dann (Martha Wainwright) and producer Matthew Pencer, with additional contributions from longtime members Dan Fortin and Felicity Williams (Bahamas) being captured remotely. 1. Entrance Music 2. Second Judy 3. Underneath My Toe 4. Little Miss Timme (ft Panteen) 5. Barbara, It’s Your Tree 6. Begin Again 7. Always a Lover 8. To Live On Carrots 9. I am Brave 10. Dog Needs Love 11. Yoohoo 12. Are You Breathing 13. No Effort To Exist 14. Little Guy 15. 7