Confetti

from Make A Scene by Sweet Alibi

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    With their dazzling fourth album Make A Scene, Winnipeg combo Sweet Alibi masterfully deliver soulful roots-pop elevated by the luminous vocal harmonies of Jess Rae Ayre, Amber Nielsen, and Michelle Anderson. Produced by Matt Peters and Matt Schellenberg (a.k.a. members of indie-pop squad Royal Canoe who produce under the Deadmen moniker), Make A Scene weds rich lyrical themes to wildly accessible songs such as the propulsive “Confetti,” which occupied the Top 20 of CBC Radio 2’s national chart for an impressive eight weeks, building on previous airplay Sweet Alibi enjoyed on satellite and terrestrial radio. Bassist Alasdair Dunlop and drummer Sandy Fernandez round out the acclaimed Western Canadian Music Award winners, whose We’ve Got To album scored 2014’s Roots Duo/Group Recording of the Year. Watch for Sweet Alibi on tour in 2022 and beyond.

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Years ago while driving with a friend we were listening to CBC radio, and between songs Rich Terfry amusingly read a headline. It was about Austrian woman who cut up her 1.1 million of life savings just before she passed away. A collection of shredded money was found strewn across her bed in her retirement home. I turned to my friend and said, “it would be like confetti made of money”. He chuckled, “Confetti at her funeral”. I wrote it down in my notes, and forgot about it. Three years later, my grandmother was diagnosed with cancer, and given a fleeting amount of time to live. In the last three months of her life, a lot of my family started acting appallingly greedy, by trying to get her to rewrite her will, and cut out half of the family from receiving any inheritance. My grandma was pretty disappointed with the silliness of everyone’s behaviour. It took me back to the story of the woman from Austria, and sympathized with how she was likely fed up with how her offspring put money before family. Seeing first hand how weird things can get around death and money, the song pretty much wrote itself.

lyrics

I knew a sweet little lady
Some called crazy
And her bank was full



She had this one idea
To teach her money grubbing children
That stuff is temporary
And you just Can't take it with you when you go



There'll be confetti at her funeral
Made of money it will be fun for all
And the greedy they'll be throwing fits
And she'll be laughing down in deep six


The day came where her friends shared stories
They said her favourite saying was “So it goes”
The money blew up in a flurry
The perfect grand finale
That stuff is temporary and you just can’t take it with you when you go



There'll be confetti at her funeral
Made of money it will be fun for all
And the greedy they'll be throwing fits
And she'll be laughing down in deep six



Ooooo



There'll be confetti at her funeral
Made of money it will be fun for all
And the greedy they'll be throwing fits
And she'll be laughing down in deep six.

credits

from Make A Scene, released January 28, 2022
Electric Guitar/ Lead Vocals: Jess Rae Ayre
Acoustic Guitar/ Vocals: Amber Rose Nielsen
Electric Guitar/Vocals: Michelle Anderson
Bass: Alasdair Dunlop
Drums: Sandy Fernandez
Baritone Sax: Kyle Wedlake
Trumpet: Matt Walden
Trombone: Joel Green
Keys: Matt Peters and Matt Shellenberg

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Sweet Alibi Winnipeg, Manitoba

There is more than a touch of magic in the luminous vocal harmonies powering the soulful roots pop of Winnipeg combo Sweet Alibi.
The voices of Jess , Amber and Michelle are tightly braided together, as they are in the super-sticky title track of their dazzling fourth album, Make A Scene, or are ornamenting Ayre’s lead on the gorgeously propulsive and contemplative “Slow Down,” ... more

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