“Tore myself apart, killed myself for my art,” Skye Wallace sings on the lead track to her new album,Or is this a singer-guitarist howling against the wind in a public confession of vulnerability? Pop music believes in that too, now more than ever. Selena Gomez, for example, released the emotional mental-health singlethis month.
Linking to audiences, of course, is what the music industry is all about. Here’s how Wallace and her new record label are making those connections., were released independently. In 2019, she signed with Toronto’s Six Shooter Records, a thriving boutique label that is home to Whitehorse, William Prince, Tanya Tagaq, July Talk, Amelia Curran and Rheostatics.
A very tough business. Any help should be welcomed.