Brave Face: Behind the Song

by Lauren Mann

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	1.	Brave Face (Instrumental Voice Memo, The Vanguard Room, May 2013) 00:29
	2.	Brave Face (Voice Memo, The Vanguard Room, May 2013) 00:37
	3.	Brave Face (Cabin Sessions #1, Brooks AB, Aug 2013) 03:19
	4.	Brave Face (Cabin Sessions #2, Brooks AB, Sept 2013) 03:38
	5.	Brave Face (Demo, Menagerie Studio, March 2015) 04:10
	6.	Brave Face (Alternate Chorus, OCL Studios, July 2015) 00:35
	7.	Brave Face (Acoustic Live, Wildwood, January 2017) 04:03

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For this Exclusive, we're taking you deep into the process of writing and recording the first single from Dearestly: Brave Face. The EP includes voice memos and demos of the song from its early inception, and you can also watch an acoustic video of the song and a short interview about what inspired Brave Face here: youtu.be/8-eRMRWp3kk.

Lauren has also written a blog about the writing process and what inspired the song. You can find that here: laurenmann.wordpress.com.

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released January 30, 2017

Recorded at The Vanguard Room (Lakeland, FL), The Cabin (Brooks, AB), Menagerie Studio (Vancouver, BC), OCL Studios (Calgary, AB), and Wildwood (Pender Island, BC).

Drums on Track 2 - Jay Christman
Drums on Track 5 - Kurt Dahle
Guitars on Track 5 - Howard Redekopp

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Lauren Mann Pender Island, British Columbia

Memory & Desire was born out of uncertainty, and came from epiphanies of hope between the questions. Recorded at Lauren’s home in the Gulf Islands, it is an intimate marker of the passage of time, holding space between who she was and who she will be. With deeper honesty and a renewed effervescence, Lauren Mann is taking herself and her music back to her roots and creating authentic art. ... more

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