Three time Canadian Country Music Association Female Artist of the Year, Jess Moskaluke is back with a collection of seven songs on her third album, Past The Past.
The Saskatchewan native has already seen success with single releases of, Drive Me Away and Kill Your Love, and looks to continue that trajectory with the rest of the album.
Past The Past showcases a more grown up Jess Moskaluke, singing about relationships in a way leans to the saddest parts. This is a collection of songs that could very well find itself in high rotation for many post-breakup women (and men) over the next few years. Paired with red wine or whiskey and the lights down low, this album is the companion to heartbreak, and the moving on that comes next.
We were in Toronto with Moskaluke as she played some of the tracks from her new album at CBC Music's First Play Live, and the country singer told the small crowd and cameras that there is definitely a theme of breakups and moving on through this album.
BUT, that isn't to say that she's going through these things. In fact, Jess Moskaluke is quite content in her relationship, and very recently got engaged to her fiancé, Clay. Congratulations to the happy couple!
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Note: Drive Me Away (the lead single, and first track on the album) is an upbeat song that will you want to pack a bag and hit the road with your lover in all the best ways. Whether they're the one you've been with forever, or the one that just started giving you butterflies after leaving another, put it on and dance in the livingroom, or start the car.
When we were talking to Jess in Toronto she told us that she had a first time co-write with The Cadillac Three's Neil Mason as she worked on these new songs, and the result ended up being Right When Ya Left, the third song on Past The Past. The track isn't a downer like some other breakup songs, but does include the themes of second guessing and doubt - as well as the realization that you'll be alright, sometimes even right away.
While the themes and tone of the songs on this new album may be different from Kiss Me Quiet and Light Up The Night, one thing remains the same... Jess Moskaluke sings the hell out of the songs she's preparing to release to the world. The CCMA, country radio, and fans from coast-to-coast aren't wrong when they heap praise on the talent that Jess brings to the table. She's got it, and with releases like Past The Past, she's once again confirming that she belongs in the upper echelon of female country singers in Canada. Strike that, she belongs in the upper echelon of Canadian country music talent, period. No qualifiers required.
Jess Moskaluke knows what she's doing at this point, and as an artist, as she continues to evolve and find herself, we're sure we will continue to hear new songs, new sounds, and explore new themes with her along the way.
Past The Past drops on Friday, November 3, 2017 - with Jess Moskaluke planning a special YouTube Live album release event at 7:30pm EST. Find her online ( website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube) to learn more.
Be ready to put this album on repeat... even if you don't have a broken heart.