OFM New Music: March

Check out this month’s must-catch new music releases from the artists you already love and the musicians you need to know.

Wallows

Tell Me That It’s Over

Ever-evolving band Wallows announce their highly anticipated sophomore album, Tell Me That It’s Over, produced by the multi-GRAMMY-Award-Winning Ariel Rechtshaid (Vampire Weekend, Haim, Adele). It contains 10 tracks informed by everything from lo-fi post-punk to indie-folk to early-90s dance-pop psychedelia. TMTIO is a thrilling continuation of the sonic exploration first began on Wallows’ 2019 album, Nothing Happens.

Releases March 25, 2022.

Luna Li

Duality

Korean-Canadian multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, composer, and producer Luna Li drops her intricate debut album, Duality. Wrestling otherworldly ambitions to the ground, Li embraces the notions of vulnerability and identity in order to better understand the collective. Capable of both detonating an incendiary riff or slipping into the splendor of celestial strings, the album’s power lies in its most delicate moments. By honing her intuition as an artist capable of taking risks and refining the contours of a melody to best serve the song, Luna Li invites enough space for her ideas to breathe. 

Releases March 4, 2022.

Maia Friedman

Under the New Light

Playing like a fulfilled journey, Under the New Light may be Maia Friedman’s debut solo album, but it is an entirely flushed out vision. Friedman’s voice lends a unique quality of warm comfort that permeates the air, and her role is that of the wounded healer, one who has gained wisdom through darkness and grief. Yet, rather than share the details of her own struggles, she builds a cloud of safety for those who might have pain of their own. 

Releases March 11, 2022.

Baird

Birdsongs, Vol. 3

The final installment in his trilogy of debut albums: BIRDSONGS VOL. 3 contains warmth in song that runs the gamut of emotions, such as the encapsulation of joy felt specifically when anxiety of a new crush leaves way to pure elation. Leisurely, yet not downtempo, these tracks are lighthearted but not lacking substance. It’s a prime example of Baird’s ability to exhibit breadth while staying in line with his own brand of genre-bending, sometimes R&B-inspired, other times Bossa Nova-tinged indie rock. 

Releases March 11, 2022 .

Kee Avil

Crease

Montreal-based artist Kee Avil combines guitar, voice, and electronic production into songs that teeter on the edge of collapse while trudging along as through sticky wax. In her debut, full-length LP, she takes her sound in a new direction as she weaves in elements of improvisation while leaning into her noisy, avant-pop resonance she is familiar with.

Releases March 11, 2022.

Shane Parish

Liverpool

There’s a way in which long-standing musical traditions get idealized and then fossilized and Liverpool stands in total opposition to that with its emotional and unpredictable versions of these old melodies. The entire record consists of reinterpretations of old sea shanties, but the music never feels academic. Initially arranged for acoustic guitar, the electric arrangements emerged at the eleventh hour and Parish brings a roughened sorrow to the songs. 

Releases March 4, 2022.