Toronto-based
singer/songwriter/producer Young Clancy
has released his much-anticipated Vol. II EP. To celebrate the release
of his latest body of work, Young Clancy
has also revealed the music video for his new single, ‘Up With The Birds’.
‘Up With The Birds’ showcases Young
Clancy’s laid-back, poetic sound. The
accompanying music video is the concluding segment of the three-part short film
surrounding the EP. Directed by Fuego Toronto, the visual project for Vol.
II is built around three overlapping music videos; each exists
individually but can also be viewed in succession as one synchronous and
complete visual work. The music videos for Clancy’s
previous releases ‘Take Me 2’ and ‘Level’ are the first and second parts
of the trilogy of clips.
As
a whole, Vol. II is an exploration of a modern and fractured masculine
perspective, with each of the individual songs reaching for love and hope over
emptiness. When speaking about the EP, Young
Clancy says, “Many
of the songs are dubious (though endearing) reaches for love and hope over
emptiness. Though the subject matter of these songs can be a bit bleak, they
come from a place of love.” Vol. II
alsofeatures brand new tracks, ‘Baby Boy’, ‘Pookie’ and the ‘Wall-E’
inspired, ‘Clown’. Young Clancy will perform tracks off of
his EP to a hometown crowd at his release party at The Drake Underground in Toronto on 6th October.
As
a high school student in Toronto, Young
Clancy played in a handful of bands, but nothing stuck. He studied creative
writing at university while quietly dabbling in songwriting. As a graduate, Clancy found himself somewhat
stagnated, bartending full-time at a sleazy steakhouse in Toronto’s financial
district. Unsure of what was next, he began taking vocal lessons and teaching
himself production on Ableton, gradually making the music he truly wanted to
hear: thoughtful, lyrical songs with gritty, inventive production. This
culminated in an EP that finally saw the light in 2017 titled Yung
Prince of the Basement.
A
polished array of tracks, Vol. II EP represents a new and
exciting chapter in the story of Young
Clancy.
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