Shaina Hayes: Take The Case Of A Rose LP Vinyl

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Pre-order · out November 13, 2026Order now and we'll ship it, or have it ready for pick-up at Queen St. W or the Danforth, as soon as it arrives

Why you'll love it

Orange vinyl, and the LP carries the three-part "SANCTUM" suite you won't find on the digital album. Shaina Hayes writes folk and country songs about holding on and letting go from her farm in Shigawake, Quebec, and Trev Elkin at God Is In The TV calls her affection "honest and direct, almost startlingly so."

This edition

Orange vinyl
Includes "SANCTUM: I. Gray", "II. Midnight" and "III. Gold", exclusive to the LP and CD

About the album

Shaina Hayes grew up in Shigawake on the Gaspé coast, and she still runs a vegetable farm there, which goes some way to explaining why her songs keep circling back to seasons, weather and patience. After To Coax A Waltz in 2022 and Kindergarten Heart in 2024, Take The Case Of A Rose is her third album for Montreal's Bonsound, written through a stretch of personal change and moving between English and French.

The arrangements are close harmonies, acoustic guitar, piano and very little else, with longtime collaborators Francis Ledoux and David Marchand of zouz helping shape them and Cédric Dind-Lavoie producing "Make You New". "Acid Rain" opens the record, "Tempest" and "Steady" went out as singles, and Arielle Soucy's flute lifts "Say What You Mean". It's a record for Joni Mitchell people and anyone who's ever been told to slow down and actually listened.