Blending authentic songwriting with modern indie flare, Braden Lam is forging the path to a new 21st century folk-pop. The young ECMA-nominated artist from Halifax, NS writes music for driving and singing along to, for late night heart-to-hearts and Sunday morning papers, for growing up and letting go.
His latest release “Silence (feat. Wolf Castle)” is a thoughtful, socially charged collaboration with Wolf Castle, AKA Tristan Grant, from Pabineau First Nation in New Brunswick. The pair, alongside producer Colin Buchanan, offers an unlikely spin on the rap feature song with this near-ballad. Though it began as an isolation-era observation of personal relationships, thanks to the artists’ collaboration the song’s scope expanded into a reflection of the larger state of the world, its current social justice movements, the noise made by the internet machine, and the perspectives each songwriter holds and what they can—and are expected to—do with them.
Braden Lam and Wolf Castle create a sobering yet hopeful melody for the future, knowing that they’re stronger for using their voices together. “Braden is sick of being silent about the issues going on in the world, as an observer,” says Grant. “And I’m not going to be silent about what I go through anymore. We’re meeting in the middle to get the message out.”
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