![]() The North America leg of his tour includes 13 Canadian dates, one of which is at Saskatoon’s TCU Place on March 16. ![]() Now that we’re back out on the road, it’s an adjustment again.”Īlthough he learned to appreciate the consistency of home life, Shauf is again finding his stride amid the chaos of the road. I just started to use the opportunity at home to get into some better habits and get into better routines and stuff. I was drinking a little too much and I ended up quitting that. “It was an opportunity for me to lose a lot of bad habits that I had maybe picked up in the decade of touring. “It was kind of the first time that I had slowed down like that and had that much time at home,” he said. The fruits of his labour were finally unveiled last month when the new album dropped. ![]() It really takes a toll on you.”ĭuring the COVID lockdown, Shauf spent a lot of time writing music in his Toronto studio. I’m glad it’s starting to come back because those two years, 20, those shows were a lot of work. I didn’t realize how long it would take to get that feeling back of comfort onstage. “Back in the day, it was like 10 years straight of touring. “I thought it would take a few weeks or maybe a few months but really it did take a couple years to get back into it and get that confidence back,” said Shauf, who was born in Estevan and moved to Regina in high school. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. His first show back in late 2021 was “very shaky - literally shaking for most of the show.” “I’ve done a little bit of work to try to get out of my head and back to the realization that people want to be at these shows and people are excited.”Īlthough he has been performing for many years, Shauf admits that he felt “a little shaky” after so much time off. “Those years that we were stuck at home really seeded a bit of doubt in me, specifically where I kind of just didn’t feel like I was totally in my element when I was onstage anymore. “I finally feel comfortable onstage again,” said the multi-time Juno nominee, who was a headliner at the 2022 Regina Folk Festival. That’s especially true for Shauf, who initially struggled to find his rhythm. It’s like we’re getting back into the swing of it.” ![]() “We’ve done quite a bit of touring since things allowed us to get back out on the road, but this will probably be the first tour where it’s almost feeling like things are back to normal. “It’s a lot to take in … and there’s a giant mountain ahead of us,” Shauf said via telephone during a recent stop in Fort Worth, TX. Activate your Online Access Now Article content If you are a Home delivery print subscriber, unlimited online access is included in your subscription. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.You can watch the video for “Catch Your Eye,” along with our 2020 Paste Studio session, and find Andy Shauf’s upcoming tour dates below.Ģ0 – Fredericton, NB Shivering Songs (Solo)Ģ1 – Halifax, NS Light House Arts Centre (Solo)Ģ6 – Oklahoma City, OK Beer City Music Hall *ģ – San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall *ġ2 – Kelowna, BC Kelowna Community Theatre *ġ5 – Calgary, AB Jack Singer Concert Hall *ġ7 – Winnipeg, MB Burton Cummings Theatre *ġ8 – Minneapolis, MN Cedar Cultural Center *ģ – St. “Wasted On You,” the first release from the LP, carried a lighter sound than most Shauf material, with a flourishing bounce to it grounded by opening line, “What happens when they die?” In a collection of small moments, the artist intends to leave us with a lot to think about, with even seemingly simple lyrics lingering in one’s mind for hours. The singles released off Norm create a confusing logistics puzzle as we are handed pieces of a concept album, left to figure out the clues preemptively. There is innate patience to the way Shauf writes, holding room for both his own conclusions and those of the listener. The soft pull of piano, guitar strums and synth floating on top make the song a slow moving body of water, in no rush to make its point. The song turns around the story of a grocery store missed connection, the whole thing shivering with an air of melancholy undeniably covering everything as Shauf repeats, “I need to meet you / I need to catch your eye.” In his soft writing, the moments of everyday are transformed to hold weight and power, as he hands us a microscope so that we might never make the mistake of overlooking things again. 10 via ANTI-), his vocals pull everything together so carefully that you can just imagine him nervously hovering, bated breath setting the atmosphere for the track. Andy Shauf threads the needle with his typical gentleness, subtle as he treads over trepidation on the newest single from his forthcoming album. ![]()
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