Saskatchewan folk-rockers, Deep Dark Woods, will release their new album, “The Circle Remains”, on 3rd October 2025 via Victory Pool Records.
Deep Dark Woods’ music exists in a continuum of songwriting, but this is a band whose influences can be felt more than heard. The spirit of the ’60s and ’70s hovers around the perimeter at all times, but only in spirit. They strive to conjure the world-weary-but-hopeful sound that The Band’s made their trademark. That same rootsy organic sound is present on the nine tracks that make up “The Circle Remains”. This “out of time” aspect can be attributed to their influences, of course, but also to the analogue tape-heavy recording process the band and producer David Parry (Alice Phoebe Lou, Loving) favoured for this album.
Deep Dark Woods’ new album is described as an exercise in understatement, showcasing a band who clearly knows what they’re doing and simply keeps getting better at doing it, paradoxically making it seem more and more effortless with each release. It is said to sound like the band playing in a darkened, fireplace-lit wood cabin in the middle of the night, and you’re right there with them in a well-worn armchair.
You can pre-save / pre-order “The Circle Remains” at this link.
Deep Dark Woods have put out their latest single ‘Traded In Your Name’. It is a song that was “originally written during the Changing Faces sessions, but it never quite came together the way I wanted,” says frontman Ryan Boldt. “I remembered it during a day of recording for the new album—we ran through it once or twice, and that was it. Evan Cheadle added a beautiful harmony on the chorus—probably my favourite harmony ever recorded on one of my songs.”
