GRAVEN - Geographics

GRAVEN - Geographics

From Backstage Pass by Douglas McLean | Canoe FM

March 23, 2026 · 46 min · Season 4 · Episode 88

About this episode

This episode features Graven discussing his new album 'Geographics' and the creative process behind it.

GRAVEN - Geographics Releasing two singles a week throughout February 2026 on Bandcamp, Graven has finally released his newest stellar album. Thoughtful and inventive, as always, Graven captures the mood of the times with this exception set of songs. ‘Geographics’ was sonically birthed in 6 days in Halifax, NS at Ocean Floor Recording with Matty McKechnie (Graven), Melissa Payne, Charles Austin, Jamie Kronick, Jordan Murphy and Franc Lopes. The album has a real travel theme to it, and spans across many real geographic locations, but it's also sort of a statement on the world at large today and a bit of a map of Matty's sometimes chaotic mind. It was an album that congealed quickly but it took a ton of time to form the cinematic shape and colour of these songs in the editing room. I've never had another vocalist on any Graven material so to see Melissa step up to the plate and hit melodic homers almost every time was a beautiful thing. She added so much to this record and I'm forever grateful. GRAVEN (Matty McKechnie) is an independent folk-rock singer-songwriter from Ottawa, Canada. An innovative Nepean-born songmaker with a key focus on cultivating joy and wonder in Canadian…

People in this episode

Host: Douglas McLean

Guest: Graven

Topics covered

  • music
  • album release
  • folk-rock
  • Canadian geography
  • songwriting
  • collaboration

Keywords

  • Graven
  • Geographics
  • album
  • music
  • Halifax
  • folk-rock
  • Melissa Payne
  • songwriting

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Geographics

Places: Halifax, NS, Canada

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