Jonah Yano will release his new album Jonah Yano & The Heavy Loop on October 4th via Innovative Leisure (Ben Marc, Tijuana Panthers). Along with the album news, the Montreal multi- artist has shared two new songs, the previously-unheard “Romance ESL” and “The Heavy Loop” on DSPs, which was previously only available as a 31-minute visual collaboration with experimental animator and director Nik Arthur.

Having emigrated to Vancouver from Hiroshima at the age of four, much of Yano’s approach to music is influenced by his own fractured identity as a member of the Japanese-Canadian diaspora, as well as his larger interest in memory, family histories, and the nuances of interpersonal relationships. Yano’s band – composed of Raiden Louie (Drums), Chris Edmondson (Saxophone, Clarinet, Synthesizer), Benja (Guitar), Leighton Harrell (Bass) and Felix Fox-Pappas (Piano, Rhodes) — first came together to record his 2023 single “concentrate” with Clairo. Now, Yano sits front and center playing the role of conductor as he guides the gentle haze of his musical soundscape into a new ever-evolving world with a steady hand.

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’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
October 4, 2024
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

order “Romance ESL” / “The Heavy Loop” HERE