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Donating all the proceeds to LGBTQ+ suicide prevention charity The Trevor Project, beloved singer-songwriter Rachael Sage and her longtime band The Sequins have released their powerful new single “Nexus” from their upcoming studio album Canopy via MPress Records.
PRESS HERE to listen to “Nexus,” an uplifting, utopian folk-pop manifesto and Sage’s sobering response to the tragic story of Nex Benedict, who passed away after being beaten by their school peers for being nonbinary.
“I wrote ‘Nexus’almost immediately after reading about nonbinary student Nex Benedict, and the tragic story of their death after being violently beaten by their school peers,” shares Sage on the inspiration for the song. “The horror of learning about the cruelty and violence to which they were subjected – and how the local community and their school did nothing to stop it from happening, even when they had the opportunity – struck a profound and personal chord as my first bandmate took his own life rather than come out to his parents. All I could think of when this song fell out was the unimaginable suffering of Nex’s family, long after the headlines faded. The song recounts something very tragic, but I also felt it was crucial to draw some hope out of how we can come together. Fear and silence are best combated by standing together and doing our best to show solidarity. By raising our voices collectively against hate, we can shift the cultural tide for the better. This song is about mourning, survival and transformation – and how in dark times we need and must be there to lift each other up, all the more.”
Currently on the North American leg of her Joy = Resistance Tour, Sage has been bringing the inclusive musical message of her upcoming album Canopy to major cities across the country. Featuring recently released single “Belong To You” as well as fan favorites “Canopy,” “Just Enough,” “The Best Version,” and “Live It Up,” Canopy is a much-needed musical reprieve from our current cultural upheaval that confidently spans Americana, pop, and neo-folk. Equal parts emotional exhale and invitation to a more compassionate future, as well as a balm to all the divisiveness in the world that brings our collective humanity back into focus, Canopy is a masterclass in radical self-acceptance and a statement of self, recorded by Sage with the people that have made her who she is as a person and artist to continue her ongoing journey of storytelling to create a community in which everyone feels safe and embraced for exactly who they are. PRESS HERE to pre-save Canopy, which was produced by Rachael and GRAMMY-nominated engineer Mikhail Pivovarov before being mixed by GRAMMY-winning producer Andy Zulla (Kelly Clarkson, Rod Stewart, Diana Ross).
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