Toronto cyborg-funk/post punk artist Lee Paradise has dropped his new single "Not Practical" featuring the additional vocals of New Chance's Victoria Cheong.
The song is taken from his upcoming new album 'Lee Paradise & Co.', which will be out on October 28 via Telephone Explosion Records. Pre-order your copy here.
This new LP finds Lee flipping the shadowy nihilism of the project’s previous releases upward into a sort of cybernetic universality. This is Dan Lee in producer mode, veering away from the pursuit of a singular musical direction rooted in personal vision, towards of a process rich in collaboration, emotional expansion and tonal exploration.
Starting off as a set of mood-focused instrumental sketches drafted by Dan on his own, the compositions began coloring themselves in after he started sending the tracks out to collaborators, asking them to contribute without much in the way of direction or intention. With help from an ensemble cast of artists including Carlyn Bezic (Jane Inc.), Jonathan Pappo (Scott Hardware, No Frills, Ducks Ltd), Scott Hardware, Isla Craig, Victoria Cheong (New Chance), Jay Anderson, Charise Aragoza & Lukas Cheung (Mother Tongues) and Daniel Woodhead (Moon King), nearly every aspect of this album’s creation eventually became open to collaboration, from musical performances, lyric writing, and vocals all the way through to mixing and mastering.
"Not Practical" is another splendid example of this direction finding Dan tapping into some of his most synth-pop adjacent work to date, buoyed by Cheong's stunning vocals which are laced throughout. Echoed sounds whizz and whip around at the beginning of the track before clicking into chunky percussion, sci-fi synth and programmed beats flanked by repeated calls of "my love is unpractical".
Stream it below.
Tags: Lee Paradise
