The Royal Foundry 5 Quick Questions [New Album Wakeup Wakeup]

Edmonton’s The Royal Foundry has a new album dropping on Friday, WAKEUP WAKEUP. I’ve had a taste, and I want more.

On September 6th the band dropped their first single and video, the title track, WAKEUP WAKEUP. It’s beautiful, visually, harmonically, and lyrically.

I love their sound and energy.

“We find it a bit hard to stick to one lane in a musical sense. With this new album, we wanted to explore a few different genres and sub-genres, but we also dialled back some of the pop sensibilities from the first record. But we see WAKEUP WAKEUP as a rather natural shift in our sound. Some bands have a formula to rehash the same kind of song and sound with each new record, but we’re more interested in somewhat reinventing ourselves with each release.” – Jared Salte

We were lucky enough to get Bethany and Jared of The Royal Foundry to sit down ahead of the release this Friday to do a round of 5 Quick Questions. They were at Reeperbahn Festival, in Germany! And I’m going to let you know that when asked who we should be paying more attention to, they said Nathan Ball. Make sure you check him out. Watch the video to find out why.

5 Quick Questions with The Royal Foundry

The Royal Foundry is headed across Canada to promote the album, and you can see them at the following locations and dates.

• Oct 3rd: Rossland, BC – The Flying Steamshovel
• Oct 4th: Vancouver, BC – Lanalou’s
• Oct 5th: Kelowna, BC – Fernando’s Pub
• Oct 6th: Jasper, AB – The Royal Canadian Legion
• Oct 16th: Lethbridge, AB – The Slice
• Oct 17th: Red Deer, AB – Bo’s Bar & Stage
• Oct 18th: Sherwood Park, AB – Festival Place
• Oct 19th: Calgary, AB – The Gateway
• Oct 20th: Saskatoon, SK – Amigo’s
• Oct 23rd: Winnipeg, MB – The Handsome Daughter
• Oct 24th: Thunder Bay, ON – The Foundry
• Oct 25th: Sudbury, ON – The Asylum
• Oct 26th: Stittsville, ON – The Rainmaker (Sold Out)
• Oct 27th: Montreal, QC – La Vitrola
• Oct 30th: Guelph, ON – EBar
• Oct 31st: Hamilton, ON – Mills Hardware
• Nov 1st: Toronto, ON – The Dakota Tavern
• Nov 2nd: Ottawa, ON – LIVE! on Elgin

The Royal Foundry WAKEUP WAKEUP Track Listing

1. OLIVEJUICE
2. I NEED YA
3. OKAY?
4. 4AM
5. WAKEUP WAKEUP
6. DRAMA
7. YOU GOT EVERYTHING
8. BUT NOT ME
9. 10
10. DON’T HURT THE PEOPLE THAT YOU LOVE
11. HOPEFULLY
12. SKIN IS THICKER
13. ILY

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