Homeshake Feels “Like Mariah” on First Single off New Album

Homeshake, the weirdo-pop project of Montreal songwriter Peter Sagar, has released “Like Mariah,” the first single off his forthcoming album Helium, out Feb. 15, 2019, through Sinderlyn.

The single builds on Homeshake’s 2017 album Fresh Air by providing a continuation of the style that has come to define Sagar’s work as Homeshake: dreamy, floating falsettos, punchy synth bass lines and a general feeling of weightlessness. Helium may be the most apt title yet for a Homeshake release, even with such gems as Midnight Snack and In The Shower.

More than any individual instrumental trademark, “Like Mariah” captures that most ineffable quality of Sagar’s songwriting, which is the ability to provide shape and texture. His songs are weightless, yes, but they bump and wiggle in all the right ways. It’s like walking through a room that’s intermittently colored with flashes of neon light—briefly, brilliantly colorful, then right back to the subdued slink.

Listen to “Like Mariah” below. Homeshake will be touring in support of his album in February. Find a full list of those dates, along with the Helium art and tracklist, further down.

Helium Album Art:

Helium Tracklist:
01. Early
02. Anything At All
03. Like Mariah
04. Heartburn
05. All Night Long
06. Trudi And Lou
07. Just Like My
08. Nothing Could Be Better
09. Other Than
10. Salu Says Hi
11. Another Thing
12. Couch Cushion
13. (Secret Track)

Homeshake Tour Dates:

February
20 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Pumpehuset
21 – Aarhus, Denmark @ Tape
22 – Hamburg, Germany @ Molotow
23 – Berlin, Germany @ Festsaal Kreuzberg
24 – Cologne, Germany @ Artheater
26 – Paris, France @ La Maroquinerie
27 – Roubaix, France @ La Cave aux Poetes
28 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso Noord

March
01 – Brussels, Belgium @ Orangerie
03 – Brighton, U.K. @ Concorde 2
04 – Manchester, U.K. @ Manchester Academy 2
05 – London, U.K. @ Kentish Town Forum
22 – Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Brooklyn Steel