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Only The End by Ashley Shadow on Felte Records (the album artwork is a colourful collage of images including hands and a skull against a moonlit ocean; the artist name and album title are hand-written across the top of the sleeve on either side of the moon)
Blue and orange vinyl edition of Only The End by Ashley Shadow on Felte Records (the album artwork is a colourful collage of images including hands and a skull against a moonlit ocean; the artist name and album title are hand-written across the top of the sleeve on either side of the moon)
Colour photograph of Ashely Shadow looking out from a balcony of a building wearing a denim jacket

Ashley Shadow - Only The End

FELTE RECORDS

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It’s easy to fall under the spell of Ashley’s haunting voice. The Vancouver, BC based songwriter's eponymous 2016 debut album saw her take centre stage after more than a decade of gracing friends’ projects in a supporting role. The move to the front was a cautious one. “First record was, can I do a solo album? This time, I know what I’m doing. It’s way more clear.” 

Her second album, Only the End, maintains the moody introspection that is ingrained in Pacific Northwest life, but now comes armed with a palpable hope complementing her signature melancholy. Ashley explains, “I wanted to make a more upbeat album, something you could play with some friends over. Some of the songs I wrote were initially bummers, but when we went to record them, we lightened them up.” 

Balancing a couple of jobs and navigating life and love in increasingly unstable times, the album was written over two years by Ashley at her apartment. Her confident vibrato above lightly, distorted guitars mirrors the album’s theme of resilience, if not triumph, over adversity. There is comfort in these warm songs that endorse the realism of contented acceptance, rather than the naïve search for non-existent utopias. 

While the songs were conceived in contemplative solitude, Ashley invited some very capable collaborators for their journey into the studio. 'Don’t Slow Me Down" reunites Ashley with Bonnie “Prince” Billy for the first time on record when she sang vocals on Bonnie's Lie Down In Light album in 2018. The album also includes contributions from Paul Rigby (Neko Case), Colin Cowan (Elastic Stars), Joshua Wells (Black Mountain, Lightning Dust) and Ryan Beattie (Himalayan Bear). 

 

TRACKLIST: 
  1. Gone Too Long 
  2. For Love 
  3. Don’t Slow Me Down (feat. Bonnie "Prince" Billy) 
  4. Grey 
  5. From You 
  6. I Will Remember 
  7. Unspoken 
  8. Nothing 
  9. Catlin 
  10. Bury 

 

  • Limited-edition LP first-pressing on blue & orange swirl coloured vinyl includes printed inner-sleeve 
  • CD housed in a jewel case with a clear tray includes 6-panel booklet 

 

 

 

 

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