New EP: Tanaya Harper - ‘Montreal’

Perth indie darling Tanaya Harper releases new EP Montreal, celebrating with a hometown launch at Lyric's Underground.

Nostalgic power pop conjurer, Tanaya Harper is excited to reveal her new EP, Montreal out today via MGM. Featuring the punchy 2020 single ‘Emma’ and woozy follow up, ‘Bad Faith’, Montreal also offers a B-side of live reimagined tracks from Harper's performance at last year’s Tender is the Night backyard concert.

EP opener and first lifted single, ‘Emma’ is a lush dose of danceable catharsis, while ‘Bad Faith’ presents a shift in mentality, serving hazy bedroom introspection. The title track is a wandering ballad that begs the question ‘where now?’ and ‘Slow Motion Breakup (Part 2)’ offers a short and sweet postscript to its former half, finding closure as Tanaya repeats the mantra ‘I don’t want to see you anymore’.

Tanaya’s live recording of her favourite tracks 'Slow Motion Breakup', 'Don’t Go Outside', 'The Well', 'Dissociate', 'The Dark I Love' and 'Graceless' make up the Tender is the Night B-side, originally offered as a stand-alone digital release last year, with Harper donating 100% of proceeds from the Bandcamp sales to assist Perth Bushfire victims.

The acclaimed local treasure is gearing up to launch Montreal at Perth institution Lyric’s Underground on Saturday 2 October with support from Grace Sanders and Julia Wallace. Tickets are on sale here, and are destined to sell out so don’t sleep on it.