At the start of January, Bory announced his sophomore LP Never Turns To Night, which will be released on the new Toronto label Bleak Enterprise on March 6th. The project of Portland-based songwriter Brenden Ramirez, the album is the follow up to his 2023 debut LP Who’s A Good Boy, which earned comparisons to Elliott Smith, Big Star, The Shins and Tony Molina from outlets like Stereogum, Uproxx, and Pitchfork, who said that the album “surges with quiet confidence and an open heart.”
Bory has shared two singles from the record so far, “We’ll Burn That Bridge When We Get To It” and “By The Lake” which have seen praise from outlets like Pitchfork, Paste, Line of Best Fit, Stereogum and BrooklynVegan, and today they are sharing a new track called “Living Proof.”
“Living Proof” captures Bory’s rare ability to deliver emotional heft in the context of bright, mile-a-minute songwriting. A song about feeling inspired by a friend’s resilience in a difficult situation, “Living Proof” elevates its sentiment with a barrage of ear worms that never obscure its emotive impact. There’s never a dull moment in this arresting track, yet it conjures a feeling that lingers.
Ramirez says of the track:
This song is about a couple of really strong and resilient people in my life who were really going through it. It made me grapple with the side of me that immediately wants to be like “Why am I complaining? My problems are insignificant compared to them,” and instead just try to appreciate and be inspired by them, rather than find yet another way to put myself down.
PREORDER NEVER TURNS TO NIGHT HERE
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