Bryce Jardine Joins Indie Week With Debut Roots Rock Record The Kids Are Gone

Toronto, ON (Top40 Charts/ Skylar Entertainment) Fresh off of participating in Skylar Entertainment's Filmmaker Music Series during the Toronto International Film Festival, prolific singer songwriter Bryce Jardine is set to perform at Indie Week in October. Jardine brings forth a stunning brand of roots/rock combining simple and beautiful melodies with dense lyrics full of imagery and story. His debut record, The Kids are Gone features members of The Beauties, City And Colour and Serena Ryder.

Produced by Derek Downham of The Beauties, The Kids are Gone, is moody, passionate and real, ranging from the quiet and reflective to full-blown joy. "I found him via the internet, and decided he would be the right man to produce the record," says Jardine. "He had a certain fire in his eyes, and in the studio he was the most intensely talented musician I'd ever met."

Downham also brought in his colleagues who made tremendous, valuable contributions. Juno Award Winner, Serena Ryder, lends her gorgeous voice to two songs and Aaron Goldstein (City and Colour) applied his amazing talents on pedal steel. Though Jardine tackles tough, often dark issues, we are left with a sense of optimism and resilience.

"I believe honesty and simplicity resonate within all of us. Like so many young men, I was pretending to be someone I wasn't - tough, knowledgeable, confident, wise in the ways of the world - while usually recovering from the last piss-up," reflects Jardine. "Unable to pretend any longer, unable to hold on… I let go. The tower of bravado and self-deception, built on a foundation of bullshit, came tumbling down. This album is the soundtrack of a young man wandering through the rubble of broken dreams in pursuit of something, anything real. These songs have given me a remarkable sense of hope."