Jonah Yano and Clairo have collaborated on new single “Snowpath.” Having toured together and worked together several times over the past few years, the track is of Yanno’s forthcoming album Jonah Yano & The Heavy Loop, out October 4th via via Innovative Leisure. The song details the warmth of time spent with friends, at a snowed-in studio in rural Ontario with two sets of fresh footprints in the snow.

Jonah Yano & The Heavy Loop, came together with intimate collaboration in mind, as a departure from his previous two albums – both of which were intimate portraits of his personal and family life. His third album, is one open to improvisation and melding the collective visions of each member of his band, which has been years in the making: Christopher Edmonson, Benjamin Maclean, Leighton Harrell, Felix Fox-Pappas and Raiden Louis. Jonah remains at the helm as the record’s conductor and central figure, but draws on the strengths and inspirations of each member of the band to craft an album that still dives into personal experience through its tender lyrics, but evolves musically as the band feeds off of one another in the fruitful exchange of ideas in the studio and lively bouts of improvisation.

Tomorrow, Jonah will be hosting a 24-hour improvised live performance with his band that will be live streamed at jonahyano.com beginning at 12PM Eastern and will be open to the public at Toronto’s Top Top Studios beginning at 7PM Eastern. The performance, which will be fully improvised by Jonah and his band, will also include special guests and serves as a celebration ahead of the release of his new album. This live performance precedes a set of live dates for Jonah in Canada in November and December.

Jonah Yano has made songwriting contributions to fellow Canadians Charlotte Day Wilson’s Cyan Blue and Mustafa’s forthcoming album Dunya. In 2023, Jonah released his sophomore album portrait of a dog, co-produced alongside BADBADNOTGOOD. He was twice-nominated for the SOCAN Songwriting Prize, drawing the attention of Gilles Peterson, Benji B and the late Virgil Abloh. He’s played the Montreal International jazz Festival, the EFG London Jazz Festival and toured Japan for ten solo shows in 2023. Earlier this year, he released the little italy demos, a three-song collaborative tape with his neighbor in Montreal, Le Ren.

Jonah Yano
Jonah Yano & The Heavy Loop
Innovative Leisure

1. Devotion
2. Concentrate
3. No Petty Magic (feat. Helena Deland, Ouri)
4. Romance ESL
5. Snowpath (feat. Clairo)
6. The Language of Coincidence
7. Someone Asked Me How I’ve Been
8. The Heavy Loop

Jonah Yano 2024 Tour Dates

11/13 – Victoria, BC @ Capital Ballroom
11/14 – Vancouver, BC @ Fortune Sound Club
11/16 – Calgary, AB @ Commonwealth
11/17 – Edmonton, AB @ Temple
11/19 – Winnipeg, MB @ Sidestage
12/3 – Ottawa, ON @ Club Saw
12/4 – Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa
12/6 – Toronto, ON @ The Garrison

order Jonah Yano & The Heavy Loop HERE