A condemnation disguised as a benediction, Ensign Broderick’s BloodMyth speaks out against hate, pernicious nationalism and vainglorious self-destruction through characters that embody these, the very worst, ways of being. The album is an inverse/reverse/perverse excavation of 2018’s BloodCrush, a meditation on frailty and fallibility that edged ever closer to the brink.

Toxic lakes, wellness clinics and mud-caked bodies: the cardinal direction of Ensign Broderick’s BloodCrush is a saline fever dream, calibrated to the cultish wraith waste vibes of California’s Imperial Valley. Inspired by pilgrimage, anti-war protests, Decca-era Stones and Smetana, BloodCrush is the first new collection from an artist who announced himself earlier in 2018 with four archival albums of wildly ambitious, hyper-referential art pop, a fraction of his forty years’ of recordings.

Toxic lakes, wellness clinics and mud-caked bodies: the cardinal direction of Ensign Broderick’s BloodCrush is a saline fever dream, calibrated to the cultish wraith waste vibes of California’s Imperial Valley. Inspired by pilgrimage, anti-war protests, Decca-era Stones and Smetana, BloodCrush is the first new collection from an artist who announced himself earlier in 2018 with four archival albums of wildly ambitious, hyper-referential art pop, a fraction of his forty years’ of recordings.

Since Ensign Broderick made his solo debut with Feast of Panthers in March, the Toronto-based pianist/composer has released three additional full-length albums, including Beauty Nor Ashes, Ranger and Only Love Remains. Only Love Remains, out today, is the fourth and final archival album to be released before a new album arrives this fall.

Ensign Broderick released his latest companion piece to Feast of Panthers and Beauty Nor Ashes today. Stream, buy or download Ranger here. Join us on Tuesday, May 29 for the official Ensign Broderick Albums Release Party in Toronto.

On May 29, we’re throwing an Albums Release Party at Gallery 345 (345 Sorauren Ave). This special event will celebrate the release of Ensign Broderick’s mind-bogglingly expansive and intertwined first four new albums (with many more to come).

They say Variety is the spice of life…and right now, that life is all about the stories behind ACCIDENCE, the Ensign Broderick-scored short film collaboration with Winnipeg filmmakers Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson and Galen Johnson. It premiered last week in Berlin at Berlinale – Berlin International Film Festival.

Ensign Broderick’s latest release, TRIPTYCH:I Think We’re Good Now, is now available to stream or download here. Ensign Broderick is set to release his debut release with Six Shooter Records (Feast of Panthers) on March 9.

Ensign Broderick releases the TRIPYCH:Accidence today ahead of his Six Shooter Records debut “Feast of Panthers” (out March 9).

“Few artists release their debut album at age 59. But then again there are few artists in the world like Ensign Broderick. The dapper singer/songwriter from Toronto has been amassing a healthy collection of original material since the mid-’70s and waiting patiently for the moment to strike. That time has now come and Broderick will be unveiling his first full-length album—Feast Of Panthers—through Six Shooter Records this March.”

Enter Ensign Broderick’s dizzyingly expansive musical cosmos, where you can ping-pong across decades at lightning speed from Toronto’s Le Coq D’Or to the Metropolitan Opera, from The Blitz to the Louvre. A disciple of the ‘triumph of artifice’ of new wave, he is also a furtive, meticulous cataloguer of self and scene.