The Future Happens Anyway

by NQ Arbuckle

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1.	Back To Earth 03:25	buy track
2.	Red Wine 03:34	buy track
3.	Hospitals 03:32	buy track
4.	Art O'Leary 03:51	buy track
5.	Death 03:05	buy track
6.	Eternal Father Strong To Save 00:39	buy track
7.	Life Boat (Song For Carolyn Mark) 04:20	buy track
8.	I Wish That My Sadness Would Make You Change 05:11	buy track
9.	Panic Pure 03:22	buy track
10.	Rotary Phone 03:31	buy track
11.	Hot Shot 05:05	buy track
12.	The Civil War Is Over 03:47	buy track
13.	Sleepy Wife 03:52	buy track

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Drunk dudes from Huntsville or Lethbridge or St. John’s or wherever hang on every word. Everyone sings, mostly louder than the band. The word motherfucker is a compliment. Every show is an uprising, a groundswell.

Don’t let the self-deprecation or inebriation imply that NQ Arbuckle isn’t serious about the music. This band has earned multiple Juno nominations, considerable critical praise (Pitchfork, Globe and Mail, Toronto Star etc.), and a legion of rabid fans.

There’s a sober reverence and deep romance to NQ Arbuckle’s songcraft. Everything boils down to life and death, and how to face both with humour and humanity. With The Future Happens Anyway, NQ Arbuckle should rightfully move beyond their reputation as scruffy, unassuming roots rockers. Years in the making, the album is a masterful, yet wholly unpretentious, collection of songs that illustrates NQ’s finesse, subtlety and heart.

NQ’s albums always include a scholar’s selection of writing and references and The Future Happens Anyway is no exception. From 17th century English hymnist William Whiting to Vic Chestnutt’s artful wretchedness, NQ Arbuckle draws from history’s tragic and transcendent moments and connects the dots with the everyday.

NQ Arbuckle has consistently created impressive, treasured albums for more than a decade. But NQ Arbuckle has never made a record like this before.

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released April 29, 2014

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NQ Arbuckle Toronto, Ontario

Reassuringly familiar, if a little bit flashier, the longsuffering but thankful NQ Arbuckle wins another battle against the urge to cut and run with "Love Songs For The Long Game," his first new music in six years.

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