Fog Lake

Sid The Cat Presents

Fog Lake

W/ Foxes In Fiction

10/11/2024 at Scribble

Fog Lake is the solo project of Newfoundland, Canada artist Aaron Powell. Over the last ten years, his lo-fi recordings, described as “harrowing nostalgia,” have explored the dark valleys where everything has settled and must be understood. On his new album, Tragedy Reel, he reflects on small-town alienation and loss spanning his years living in rural Newfoundland.

Lost friends, lost love, addiction and vignettes of high school disillusionment are interwoven in Powell’s somber yet hopeful melodies, which combine the soaring highs of nostalgia with the sinking feelings of disappointment and regret. The album was recorded in the summer of 2020 during a 3-month stint in his hometown (population: about 2,000.) Powell combines downtrodden acoustic guitars with muffled pianos, and enveloping synth work by Warren Hildebrand of Foxes in Fiction, who also mixed the record. Across these songs, Powell uses music as a vehicle for healing, repentance and forgiveness in order to craft something deeply personal and therapeutic for himself, and hopefully in turn for others.

Single and album highlight “Dakota” evokes an American landscape, alluding to Powell’s experiences constantly moving back and forth from the city to his hometown on the island of Newfoundland. Swirling pianos, banjos and guitars create the bed of the track, along with the inclusion of string work provided by Molly Germer, who has previously worked with Alex G, Whitney, and Tomberlin. Powell describes the clashing feelings of homesickness and the never-ending battle between wanting to stay and try to make things work or begin again somewhere else. “I wouldn’t wanna stay here with you / But I don’t wanna leave here without you.”

This is an All Ages event. 

SID THE CAT

Ontario Gothic

Foxes in Fiction

Gigs

Los Angeles

Scribble

This Event is General Admission - Standing Room Only

Doors open at 7pm

Event starts at 8pm

Fog Lake is the solo project of Newfoundland, Canada artist Aaron Powell. Over the last ten years, his lo-fi recordings, described as “harrowing nostalgia,” have explored the dark valleys where everything has settled and must be understood. On his new album, Tragedy Reel, he reflects on small-town alienation and loss spanning his years living in rural Newfoundland.

Lost friends, lost love, addiction and vignettes of high school disillusionment are interwoven in Powell’s somber yet hopeful melodies, which combine the soaring highs of nostalgia with the sinking feelings of disappointment and regret. The album was recorded in the summer of 2020 during a 3-month stint in his hometown (population: about 2,000.) Powell combines downtrodden acoustic guitars with muffled pianos, and enveloping synth work by Warren Hildebrand of Foxes in Fiction, who also mixed the record. Across these songs, Powell uses music as a vehicle for healing, repentance and forgiveness in order to craft something deeply personal and therapeutic for himself, and hopefully in turn for others.

This is an all ages event

Third Man Events

Fog Lake 

Nashville

The Blue Room

Eulogy Presents: **Fog Lake**

with **Foxes In Fiction**

Sunday, October 20th, 2024

Eulogy - 10 Buxton Ave. Asheville, NC 28801

Doors 7PM || Show 8PM

**Fog Lake**

Aaron Powell (Born 1993) is better known by his lo-fi singer songwriter moniker Fog Lake where he creates music that’s been described as "a complex collage of nebulous angst and heartfelt nostalgia". Born and raised on the island province of Newfoundland, Canada in the small rural town of Glovertown. Powell began recording drone music in his high school years before moving onto to more pop-oriented structures.

**Foxes In Fiction**

The solo project of Toronto musician and Orchid Tapes founder Warren Hildebrand, Foxes in Fiction was born as an an outlet for their dreamy sound collages and grew into a far more musical vision of ambient pop. Along with frequent limited-release cassettes and free songs posted online, Foxes in Fiction's sound grew richer and more refined on releases like 2014's Ontario Gothic.

Toronto-born musician Hildebrand formed Foxes in Fiction in 2005 during their second year in high school. The project initially showcased their trippy sound collages and ambient soundscapes. Early recordings like 2010 debut full-length Swung from the Branches tended more toward this style. In the earliest days of the project, Hildebrand recorded and released new music prolifically, churning out EPs, cassette releases, 7" singles, and a wealth of songs fans could download for free. Foxes in Fiction developed at the same time Hildebrand's label Orchid Tapes was becoming a home for trend-setting artists like Elvis Depressedly, Ricky Eat Acid, and Alex G. The second Foxes in Fiction album, Ontario Gothic, arrived in 2014. More song-oriented than some of their earlier ambient collage material, the seven-track album drew on themes of loss and musically veered toward lo-fi production and intimate shoegaze textures. By this time, Hildebrand had relocated from Toronto to New York, and that transition, along with the self-destructive impulses it wrought, provided the inspiration for third album Trillium Killer. The release was recorded between 2017 and 2019 in Hildebrand's home studio and proved their most versatile and shifting effort yet, incorporating elements of glowing dream pop, ambient atmospheres, loungey pop, and vocal manipulations representing different characters within the tiny universe the songs created. Trillium Killer was released in October of 2019 on Orchid Tapes. ~ Fred Thomas, Rovi

All ages

Burial Music Hall

Asheville

Eulogy

Aaron Powell (Born 1993) is better known by his lo-fi singer songwriter moniker Fog Lake where he creates music that’s been described as "a complex collage of nebulous angst and heartfelt nostalgia". Born and raised on the island province of Newfoundland, Canada in the small rural town of Glovertown. Powell began recording drone music in his high school years before moving onto to more pop-oriented structures.

Songbyrd

Washington D.C.

Tickets for our October 24th show with Fog Lake and Foxes in Fiction at Ukie Club.

Venue is not wheelchair accessible.

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