100 Mile House: Love And Leave You

Theres a poignant double meaning behind the new album Love and Leave You by the Edmonton Canada based folk duo 100 mile house. As on their award-winning previous work Peter Stone and Denise MacKay seem naturally attuned to lifes impermanence the reality that we must cherish what we have while knowing we must eventually let it go. Made with a host of guests ranging from JUNO nominee Chloe Albert to a heart-swelling string section Love and Leave You builds on the themes of longing and love of 2016s Hiraeth which earned 100 mile house a Western Canadian Music Award and a Canadian Folk Music Award nomination. On Love and Leave You they have emerged-stronger wiser and more honest than ever before. Denise explains Our writing has evolved from songs about Peter moving to Canada from England and the two of us meeting each other to songs about the struggles of starting a family the loss of loved ones and how the visions you had for your life inevitably change. We believe our songs have grown in the same way our relationship has as weve matured. From a sonic perspective Peter adds For Love and Leave You we decided to strip everything back and even though theres a fair bit of instrumentation on it Id say its our most bare bones recording to date. I wanted to take this approach to give the album its own character but also to force the songwriting and lyrics to the forefront. As they approach two decades since their first chance meeting both Stone and MacKays lives and the music they make have become inseparable. Its palpable the moment you hear them sing together and cuts even deeper as the stories they tell unfold. 100 mile house make timeless music in the truest sense by opening themselves up in ways many of us wish we could. And on Love and Leave You with Stones deft production bringing the songwriting and lyrics to the fore we share that connection and for that reason alone it is their best work to date.

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