Alexandra Savior, Dark Tea
  • Alexandra Savior

    Alexandra Savior

     On Alexandra Savior’s new album, Beneath The Lilypad (RCA Records)—a collection crafted
    over the past five years—the singer, songwriter, and musician takes listeners on an ethereal
    journey. Woven together through 11 lushly orchestrated songs, the album follows the last half-
    decade of Alexandra’s life, a time during which her sense of self and artistic identity came into
    question, allowing for a creative freedom driven entirely by instinct and the desire to make music
    wholly for herself. Beneath The Lilypad does not tread a linear path—its arc does not follow an
    artist from difficult times to fully healed. “Because that’s not how life goes, and that’s certainly
    not been true of my journey,” she says with a laugh. “I wanted the tracking of this album to really
    reflect that: life is up and down. It wouldn’t have been true to who I am or where I am to have
    told this story any other way.”
  • Dark Tea

    Dark Tea

    Dark Tea, the solo project of LA-based Gary Canino, will release their new self-titled, full-length studio album on April 30, 2021, on Fire Talk Records. The 12-track collection expands the group’s sound from their previous LP (also called Dark Tea), further exploring Canino’s cinematic visions and twangy folk narratives.

    Born and raised in Huntington, NY, Gary’s quiet Long Island youth gave him access to all of the pleasures and distractions of New York City. After college at the University of Virginia, Canino made his way to Brooklyn in 2011. He played bass with post-punk revivalists Rips​, recording and touring their debut album with Austin Brown (Parquet Courts​), forming Dark Tea in 2016. Fire Talk, a label known for left-field rockers like Pure X​ and Dehd​, issued the first Dark Tea LP in 2019, mixed by Jarvis Taveniere of Woods​ and featuring memorable guitar work from Meg Duffy of Hand Habits​.

    The new Dark Tea album, recorded by Matt Barrick (The Walkmen​) and NYC punk veteran Sasha Stroud, is a document of deeply personal, interior reflections, contrasted with the wide open spaces of an idyllic American soundscape. Beyond the music, Gary channels his Cassavetes obsession by making videos for Dark Tea, Current Joys​, and The Berries​. It’s a continuation of the Dark Tea vision: creativity, commitment, nurturing a sense of wonder through the haze of nostalgia, while looking toward the future.