Toronto singer-songwriter Andy Shauf has shared a charming new double single today featuring the tracks “Satan” and “Jacob Rose”. Each telling a unique story, “Satan” has been released with a new video directed by Canadian independent filmmaker Ryan Steel and was shot deep in prairie winter outside of Winnipeg. Watch it and listen to both tracks

“When I was young, there were a few years where I wasn’t allowed to celebrate Hallowe’en,” Shauf said of his inspirations for “Satan”. “The church that I grew up in was saying that Hallowe’en was ‘The Devil’s Day’ and that it had its roots in satanic rituals. After a few years of this, my parents realized it was a bit silly to deny us our free candy and let us resume. The Christianity that I was brought up in said that believers went to heaven and non-believers went to hell. A sort of cartoon-like simplification of ancient texts. So with the lyrics of this song, I was trying to take this cartoon-like simplification of life (and death) and pair it with a cartoon-like version of this Christian hell. Where after you complete a long and disciplined life, you find yourself holding a bite-sized chocolate bar stapled to an invitation to a Hallowe’en pool party with Satan himself.”

“Satan” / “Jacob Rose” will also be available as a 7″ via a limited-edition pressing of 100 on clear translucent vinyl, lathe cut by Robyn Raymond (Red Spade Records). All copies will be signed by Andy and $20 from each sale will be donated to the Parkdale Food Centre in Toronto. Anticipated ship date is May 1, pre-order it here.

Shauf will tour throughout North America and Europe this spring with fellow ANTI- Records artist Yves Jarvis as well as select dates with Haley Hendrickx, Helena Deland and Cassandra Jenkins. All upcoming dates are listed below.

TOUR DATES
February 17 – Sheffield, MA – Race Brook Lodge *
February 18 – Woodstock, NY – Colony Cafe * SOLD OUT
February 19 – Hamden, CT – Space Ballroom *
February 20 – Charlottesville, VA – The Southern Music Hall *
February 22 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle *
February 23 – Asheville, NC – The Grey Eagle *
February 24 – Birmingham, AL – Saturn *
February 25 – Atlanta, GA – Terminal West *
February 26 – Orlando, FL – The Social *
February 27 – Tallahassee, FL – The Moon *
March 1 – Houston, TX – Heights Theater *
March 3 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger *
March 4 – Ft Worth, TX – Tulip’s *
March 5 – Oklahoma City, OK – Tower Theatre *
March 7  – Santa Fe, NM – Meow Wolf *
March 8 – Tucson, AZ – 191 Toole *
March 9 – Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up Tavern *
March 11 – Los Angeles, CA – Walt Disney Concert Hall ^
March 13 – San Francisco, CA – Bimbo’s 365 #
March 15 – Seattle, WA – Neptune Theater #
March 16 – Portland, OR – Aladdin Theater #
March 18 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge ~
March 19 – Denver, CO – Gothic Theater ~
March 21 – Lawrence, KS – Bottleneck ~
March 22 – Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room ~
March 24 – Chicago, IL – The  Vic Theater ~
March 25 – St. Louis, MO – Blueberry Hill Duck Room #
March 26 – Louisville, KY – Zanzabar #
March 27 – Knoxville, TN  – Big Ears Festival
March 29 – Richmond, VA – Richmond Music Hall #
March 30 – Washington, DC – Black Cat #
March 31 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer #
April 1 – New York, NY – Webster Hall  ~
April 2 – Waverly, RI – The United Theatre ~
April 3 – Boston, MA – Paradise Rock Club ~

April 18  – Düdingen, CH – Bad Bonn #
April 19 – Lyon, FR – Epicerie Moderne #
April 20 – Bordeaux, FR – Krakatoa #
April 21 – Paris, FR – Trianon #
April 22  – Rouen, FR – Le 106 #
April 23  – Luxembourg, LU – Kulturfabrik  #
April 24  – Utrecht, NL – Tivoli Vredenburg #
April 25  – Rotterdam, NL – Rotown #
April 26  – Nijmegen, NL – Doornroosje #
April 28  – Copenhagen, DK – Loppen #
April 29 – Oslo, NO – Ingensteds #
April 30 – Stockholm, SE – Nalen Klubb #
May 2 – Hamburg, DE – Knust #
May 3  – Berlin, DE – Silent Green #
May 5  – Bruxelles, BE – Les Nuits Botanique Festival #
May 6  – Cologne, DE – Luxor #
May 7 – Genk, BE – Little Waves Festival #
May 9  – Birmingham, UK – The Castle & Falcon #
May 10  – Edinburgh, UK – Summerhall #
May 11  – Glasgow, UK – Drygate #
May 12  – Manchester, UK – Gorilla #
May 13  – Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club #
May 14  – Bristol, UK – Fiddlers #
May 15 – Brighton, UK – Chalk #
May 16 – London, UK – Shepherd’s Bush Empire #
May 18  – Belfast, UK – Empire #
May 19  – Dublin, IE – Button Factory #

* with Yves Jarvis
^ with Haley Heyndrickx
# with Helena Deland
~ with Cassandra Jenkins