About

Toronto artist Laurent Bourque released his debut album ‘Pieces of Your Past” in
2014 and quickly became an important force in the canadian folk/pop scene.
The album won him Canada’s “Stingray Rising Star Award” and led him to multiple
tours around the world. Lead singles from the album were featured on CBC stations
across the country and on many MTV and E Network programs.
After touring for nearly 3 years, Laurent decided to put the brakes on and rethink his
approach to songwriting. During a lengthy creative ennui, Laurent was introduced to
the idea of co-writing. Collaboration would be the creative key to the material in his
new album, ‘Blue hour’. “When you write with other people, you can bounce
things off each other and the best idea always wins,” he says. “Which always makes
for better art.”
In 2018 after surpassing a personal goal to write 100 new songs, Laurent teamed up
with producer Dan Ledwell (Jenn Grant, Fortunate Ones) and longtime collaborator
and drummer Jamie Kronick to record the album. Together, they took their time and
created an album full of self-analytical characterizations rooted in swaying grooves
and melancholic yet sanguine memories.
‘Blue hour’ invites you into an exploration of loss and new beginnings through
pensive, chic piano-driven pop. It is twilight’s shining moment of natural, unwrinkled
radiance. A mellow and vibrant hue that casts itself atop of landscapes, skylines and
people going about their lives. As portrayed in Laurent’s words and melodies, ‘Blue
hour’ is an uninhibited reminder to stop and take in what’s beautiful as it happens.