Toronto supertrio Sauna today share the title track from their forthcoming debut album Dose Yourself which is set for release on May 20^th.  Sauna comprises Michael le Riche (Fake Palms), Zach Bines (Weaves) and Braeden Craig (Greys).  Sauna have just announced an album release show in Toronto on May 28^th at The Monarch Tavern. The band will also play Lawnya Vawnya Festival this June.

Dose Yourself takes its title from a trip to the woods. At the time that guitarist and singer Michael le Riche went to a rented cabin with friends, he was at a personal low point, which kept him locked in a state of uncertainty. When his friends decided to trip, le Riche hesitated. A friend stepped in and said bluntly, “Do it or don’t.”

Those four words took root and bloomed into a new ethic that throbs and courses through the record, wound around their motorik new wave, modern disco, bright-eyed post-punk, and peppy retro synth-rock. It’s a far-cry from the asymmetrical post-punk churn of le Riche’s band Fake Palms; ditto drummer Braeden Craig’s driving, noisy punk with Greys, and bassist Zach Bines’ work with Toronto alt-darling Weaves. 

Compared to the record’s general goal of experimenting in classicism and pop forms, le Riche calls the title track a “total failure,” yet precisely for that reason it serves as the album’s thematic and structural centrepiece. “It’s one of my favourite moments on the record,” says le Riche.

Photo Courtesy: Colin Medley