CG Tears x Lauren Dillen @ High Line Brewing - Aug 14

CG Tears (Clinton St. John + Morgan Greenwood + CVG) and Lauren Dillen (of Burs - Toronto ON) razzle dazzle you on a beautiful summer evening!

$20 at the door or w/advance tickets.

Doors 7pm

Lauren Dillen 8pm

CG Tears 9pm

CG Tears - A collaboration between cryptic folk-influenced songwriter Clinton St. John (The Cape May, Pale Air Singers, Florida BC), producer and multi-instrumentalist Morgan Greenwood (Baths), and acclaimed solo artist, animator and illustrator Chad Van Gaalen, CG Tears is the result of a trio of veteran musicians embracing mutual admiration and shared inspiration. Greenwood provides the musical foundations, echo-laden synths and intricate rhythms that could sit comfortably in a late-‘90s Warp Records compilation. St. John conjures up impressionistic lyrics while indulging a previously unseen pop streak in his lead vocals. The finishing touches come from Van Gaalen, adding instrumental flourishes, otherworldly backing vocals, and offbeat arrangements. Unexpected, elliptical, but always accessible, it’s the sound of three singular artists discovering just how well their eccentricities work together.

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​​Lauren Dillen is a Toronto-based tattoo artist and musician. As a member of the band Burs, Dillen is one of four musicians cultivating an ecosystem of expansive psych-folk and rock. When it comes to her solo music, Dillen’s approach is simpler. She distills the weighty chaos of being alive into quiet moments using the soft vibrations of an acoustic guitar and her warmly affecting voice. This is the sound of a sunset after a storm.

Today, she shares the new single “One More Time for the Road”, which poses a seemingly simple nonetheless unshakable question: "Can the circle ever be broken?" It’s a song for those who will spend their lives longing for someone, unable to keep themselves from turning over the past like river stones. ‘One more time with the wheel, we drive in circles 'cause that's how it feels,’ she sings, her subtly stirring voice carrying the ache of nostalgia for something that almost was. Recorded in Calgary at the National Music Centre with Burs bandmate Ray Goudy while on tour and done live off the floor in a single take, the song’s raw emotion flowing unfiltered.  

A Trojan horse of a song, “One More Time for the Road” sneaks its weighty emotional core into something deceptively simple. Echoes of artists like Big Thief, Laura Marling, and Haley Heynderickx ripple through her work, but Dillen’s voice remains entirely her own, a thread of light unfurling like tangled vines, reaching for the light.

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