Tuesday September 15th Ghostly Kisses w/ Rosie Carney \*\*\* Ghostly Kisses is the ethereal indie dream-pop project of Margaux Sauvé and Louis-Étienne Santais, a Quebec City–based duo known for crafting intimate, evocative, and cinematic songs that blur the line between the personal and the universal. After Darkroom (2024) — an album born from anonymous letters shared by fans around the world — Ghostly Kisses turns inward, embracing a more reflective and introspective chapter. Rooted in dream-pop, their sound is shaped by cinematic minimalism and intimate, poetic songwriting. It lives in the quiet spaces — where vulnerability meets atmosphere, and emotion lingers long after the last note. Written over years of travel and performances across continents, their recent work explores the many forms of distance — physical, emotional, and existential. It reflects on what separates us: from the people we love, from who we once were, and from the versions of ourselves we imagined becoming. Their music navigates estrangement and longing, the fragile passage of time, and the tension between our desire for permanence and the reality of impermanence. As their world expands through movement and encounters, a contrasting intimacy emerges — the desire to build a home, to create life, and the vulnerability that comes with it. Their work embraces life in all its contradictions: ordinary and extraordinary, fleeting yet profound. Through delicate melodies, understated electronics, orchestral textures, and deeply human storytelling, Ghostly Kisses invites listeners into a space where simple gestures carry immense weight — and where, even across distance, connection endures. \*\*\* Rosie Carney has always made music as a way of understanding the world, both the one around her and the one within. Raised between England and the remote, windswept landscapes of Donegal, Ireland, her artistry is deeply rooted in place, emotion, and endurance. Across more than a decade in the music industry, Carney has carved out a voice that is unmistakably her own: soft yet unflinching, fragile yet resilient. Her lyrical worldbuilding is defined by three constants: her connection to nature, her commitment to vulnerability, and her perseverance in the face of an often unforgiving industry. Her latest album, doomsday (night tapes), is a testament to her journey. Delicate yet unwavering, it showcases her ability to create music that is both understated and emotionally expansive. It follows sister album Doomsday…Don’t Leave Me Here, a brave and expansive foray into indie pop, produced deftly by Ross MacDonald of The 1975. On night tapes, Carney takes on that role, sitting in the soundbooth (her childhood bedroom in Donegal) herself. The stripped album’s subtler dynamics draw listeners into an intimate world that resists spectacle in favour of sincerity, proving that quiet music can carry immense weight. It challenges lingering assumptions about young female artists, that they are merely voices, not visionaries. Carney’s work makes it clear that she is in complete control of her artistic identity. Presented by Songbyrd All ages