Haley Blais: Wisecrack [ARTS & CRAFTS]

Why you'll love it

Haley Blais' second album, on Toronto's Arts & Crafts, eleven songs of wry, warm confessional pop. "Soft Spot For Monarchs", "Concrete" and "Beginner's Guide To Birdwatching" are all on it.

This edition

• Second full-length album
• Eleven tracks across two sides, from "Soft Spot For Monarchs" to "Beginner's Guide To Birdwatching"

About the album

Haley Blais grew up in Kelowna, B.C., trained as an opera singer and toured with an opera troupe as a teenager, then moved to Vancouver and started posting songs and vlogs on YouTube. "Small Foreign Faction" took off in 2018, tours with Peach Pit and The Beaches followed, and her 2020 debut, Below The Salt, won her a loyal crowd.

Wisecrack, her second album, came out on Arts & Crafts in 2023 and leans into what she does best: songs that sound breezy until you listen to the words. "Survivor's Guilt", "Concrete" and "Winner" mix nostalgia-pop melodies with very funny, very honest lyrics, and that trained voice makes even the throwaway lines land. It's a record for anyone who copes with things by making a joke first and crying later. We recognise the method.

Tracklist

Listen

Out September 15, 2023 on Arts & Crafts (cat# AC234LP).