OMBIIGIZI (mem. ZOON) Share "City Trials" Single via Under The Radar | 'SHAME' LP Due November 1st

OMBIIGIZI (mem. ZOON) Share "City Trials" Single  via Under The Radar SHAME LP Due November 1st via Arts & Crafts

PRE-SAVE/PRE-ORDER: OMBIIGIZI - SHAME LP Pre-save | Pre-order LISTEN & SHARE: OMBIIGIZI - "City Trials" Stream | YouTube LISTEN & SHARE: OMBIIGIZI - "Laminate The Sky" Stream | YouTube LISTEN & SHARE: OMBIIGIZI - "Ziibi" Stream | YouTube LISTEN/WATCH & SHARE: OMBIIGIZI - "Connecting" Stream | YouTube Today, OMBIIGIZI, the Anishinaabe-Canadian band led by Daniel Monkman (aka Zoon) and Adam Sturgeon (aka Status/Non-Status), share "City Trials," the final single before the release of their sophomore album, SHAME. “‘City Trials’ is a dedication and a repetitive reminder that you can change,” says OMBIIGIZI. "You’re not what you have done/You're not what you’ve become," they sing over a deliberate rhythm that builds to harmonic cacophony. Through the lens of its impact on the Indigenous community, the Anishinaabe duo confront the widespread issue of addiction, and the powerful corporate forces responsible for its wildfire spread. With layered guitars and the tension of its melodies in the balance – working again with producer Kevin Drew of Broken Social Scene – OMBIIGIZI finds resolve in the struggle, and dreams of a world where drug companies are held responsible for their damage to humanity.  "We recorded "City Trials" after seeing what the opioid epidemic did to the Indigenous community, looking back after tens of years. I fantasized about holding the pharmaceutical companies accountable and the city would put them on trial for their crimes against the planet,” says Monkman.  Following the recent singles "Laminate The Sky," "Connecting," and "Ziibi," OMBIIGIZI is set to embark  on the starkly honest yet richly uplifting new work entitled SHAME, out November 1 via Arts & Crafts.  "Shame is a thing we all share," the band says of the album's title and core theme. "While the last album [2022’s debut Sewn Back Together] focused a lot on the positive force of healing despite odds, SHAME let’s things slide - it shares the things we don’t always say, it calls to others to heal and reminds them it’s OK - to feel, to be angry or sad, and that the world we experience can set the drag on high. But always it calls you in and forward."  Through its irrepressible storytelling and captivating sonics, again recorded with Nyles Spencer with Drew at The Tragically Hip's Bathouse Studio in Kingston, Ontario – promising better tone, wider strident-to-bliss dynamics, more of what this collusion of creative souls does best – OMBIIGIZI (pronounced om-BEE-ga-ZAY, meaning this is noisy) conjure a future from the remnants of the stolen past.   “Ultimately, the main point of the songs is that within each of us is an ability to love oneself and to heal.” OMBIIGIZI's sophomore album, SHAME, is due for release on November 1st via Arts & Crafts. OMBIIGIZI - "City Trials" SHAME - Tracklisting Laminate The Sky Street Names and Land Claims Connecting What Was Said Hands Are Up City Trials Photograph Ziibi Oil Spills Shame OMBIIGIZI Bio: The Anishinaabe revival is accelerating. Our artists are becoming more resurgent in all realms: telling the stories, singing the songs, and creating the imagery to further solidify our everlasting presence on this land. The soundtrack to this movement is diverse, profound, and beautiful. The Anishinaabe sonic revolution is richly layered and wide-reaching, inspiring and influencing all generations to gather, sing, and speak, as we’ve always done. And at the core of this renewal are artists like Ombiigizi. Adam Sturgeon (aka Status / Non Status) and Daniel Monkman (aka Zoon) have come together in the spirit of making noise in a good way for our people. They have documented this moment in time while paying homage to the ancestors who kept our language and stories alive. There is embedded in it a deep respect and love for Anishinaabe sounds and voices. They proudly tell family and community stories, and they exquisitely conjure a hopeful future that will result from our current collective efforts to share our realities with each other and the world. - Waubgeshig Rice OMBIIGIZI LINKS Instagram | Facebook | Website