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Safe as Houses - Lucky Lucky Deluxe
SAFE AS HOUSES - LUCKY LUCKY DELUXE

Armed with a collection of youth-driven anthems, this kinetic quintet has amassed a cult following, spiraling out from their hometown of Kitchener, ON, where Safe As Houses’ bandmates Elliot Anton (guitar, vocals) and Bensen Carter (cello, bass, vocals), along with brothers Andrew Laughton (guitar, vocals) and Thomas Laughton (drums, vocals), and Lauren Taylor (violin, vocals) laid the band's monumental foundation.

**=Recommended Songs

1. Those Days (3:36) recounts all the summer days that the band has spent playing music together, and generally attempts to capture our feelings of joy and gratefulness for having such experiences.

2. **Alive (3:55) is a song that explores the ubiquity of impermanence and how this concept. persists in our lives.

3. **Lucky Lucky (4:05) emphasizes the effect, and therefore importance, that single “snapshot” moments have in our lives. This narrative is told through the analogy of photography seeing photographs as the moments that define our life-story and self-concepts.

4. **Birds on Display (3:45) is a song that touches on the role that social support systems play when working through mental health issues.

5.Coney Island (3:08) compares love and relationships to a theme park ride at Coney Island.

6. **Threnody (3:12) tells the story of an avaricious king who questions his life while on his deathbed. In his contemplation, he begins to regret his lifestyle and understands that he is unlikely to receive a threnody, or funerary song, upon his death as a result.

7. Ghost (4:00) is about how pervasive addictive or habitual tendencies are in our everyday lives, like a ghost that exists within us.

8. Kid in a Castle (4:25) is about the pitfalls of spending one’s life pursuing wealth and fame with the belief that this will make them happy-hypothesizing that it ultimately doesn’t.

9. Hey Little (2:34) takes a calm stepback, putting the seemingly complex and overwhelming topic of life into a wider perspective.

10. Just A Dream (2:53) explores having surreal feelings towards life, especially when pondering emotionally-laden topics.

11. **Alive (Acoustic (4:04) emphasizes the effect, and therefore importance, that single “snapshot” moments have in our lives. This narrative is told through the analogy of photography seeing photographs as the moments that define our life-story and self-concepts.

12. **Heat in Our Lungs (Acoustic (3:43) is a song that explores the ubiquity of impermanence and how this concept exists in our lives.

13. **Lucky Lucky (Acoustic (4:12) is about how the childhood emotions of wonder and excitement that we used to experience around Christmas have greatly decreased as we have grown older.

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SHORT BIO - Safe As Houses

Armed with a collection of youth-driven anthems, this kinetic quintet has amassed a cult following, spiralling out from their hometown of Kitchener, ON, where Safe As Houses’ bandmates Elliot Anton (guitar, vocals) and Bensen Carter (cello, bass, vocals), along with brothersAndrew Laughton (guitar, vocals) andThomas Laughton (drums, vocals), and Lauren Taylor (violin, vocals) laid the band's monumental foundation.

Full BIO - Safe As Houses

Fresh off the release of their critically acclaimed 3rd studio album, Lucky Lucky, Safe As Houses continues to push boundaries in the folk world with their genre-splicing alternative-folk sound, infused with flecks of pop and rock. Armed with a collection of youth driven anthems, this kinetic quintet has amassed a cult following, spiralling out from their hometown of Kitchener, ON, where bandmates Elliot Anton (guitar, vocals) and Bensen Carter (cello, bass, vocals), along with brothers Andrew Laughton (guitar, vocals) and Thomas Laughton (drums, vocals), laid the band's monumental foundation.

Chasing a more expansive sound, Safe As Houses enlisted Lauren Taylor (violin, vocals) to round out their signature string-centric arrangements and soften the edges of their soul-stirring harmonies.
Since their debut on the music scene in 2014 with their freshman album,The Fall of a Sparrow, and further fuelled by their follow-up releases, Hurricane (2016), and Lucky Lucky (2018), audiences and critics alike have celebrated their undeniable musical aptitude, praising their tight performances and likening them to legendary artists: "Their music follows in the footsteps of Mumford & Sons with orchestral arrangements and big builds... will leave you with goosebumps" - BAM Productions.

On the heels of their most recent release, Safe As Houses inspires a new
generation of listeners with their fresh, energetic take on the genre, while
dabbling in whimsy and nostalgia to satisfy even the most seasoned of folk
enthusiasts - "If ever there was a record that could reach several generations of roots fans all at once, this might be it" -Roots Music Canada.
With the world at their feet, 2019 promises to be a definitive year for the young band with the release of their upcoming album, Lucky Lucky Deluxe.

Press Quotes

Roots Music Canada May 10, 2018
“This young band from the Kitchener/Waterloo area brings some gorgeous harmonies to its unique and beguiling modern folk-crossover sound.”

Roots Music Canada May 10, 2018
“The arrangements are cinematic and ethereal, carefully walking the line between jangly pop-rock electric guitar riffs and sweet violin licks and banjo parts.”

Roots Music Canada May 10, 2018
“If ever there was a record that could reach several generations of roots fans all at once, this might be it.”

ACCOLADES

2014 CBC Search light Regional Finalists
2015 #13 song The Sun and the Storm in the Top50 most played Canadian songs on CBC Sonica this year
2015 Battle for Koi Runnerup