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Erika Lamon

 
 
“Spotify has good points when it introduces you to gorgeous music and gorgeous albums and gorgeous artists like this one. Her name is Erika Lamon… She’s released a new album called Hues and it is gorgeous. It is stunningly beautiful, honest, the lyrics are beautiful, the vocal is just beautiful, and she is definitely the spotlight artist of this week.”
— Voice of a Woman

Biography

 

Folk-rock songstress Erika Lamon has been charming crowds with a sound steeped in reverie ever since her music scene debut in 2013. In 2017, she released her self-titled debut EP to a packed house in Kingston, ON and would spend the next two years performing and touring from Toronto to Charlottetown. In 2020, Erika released her much-anticipated single, Omen, which received CBC radio airplay and was a semi-finalist in the international Unsigned Only Music Competition. Hues is her first full-length record, and was released on September 9th 2022 with support from the Kingston Arts Council, FACTOR, the Ontario Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts. She is currently based out of Montreal, Quebec.

“The moodiness of the piano and Lamon’s willingness to delve into complexity is reminiscent of some of the best of Tori Amos...”
— Canadian Beats
“A keen ear for melody, she has written songs such as Hit The Ground Running that could easily be confused for a top 40 cover… no one can predict the future but if I had to bet I would say there are stages and shows in this young lady’s future much bigger than the Kingston café she calls home now.”
— High On Live
“Erika Lamon wonders when you’re going to to Catch The Light of love on her charming folk-pop single — showcasing today on Tinnitist.”
— Tinnitist
“While the pandemic shut down many performances, one local singer-songwriter has made the most of it — in both official languages. Erika Lamon — librarian assistant by day and solo folk-rock songstress and other half of musical duo Les Soliloques by night — has used the pandemic to write and record a new solo album as well as get her music out to the Kingston community through the City of Kingston’s Kingston Sounds playlist.”
— The Kingston Whig Standard
“Erika Lamon is a wonderful singer/songwriter with one EP under her belt and the potential to be an artist with lasting appeal. She has an expressive voice capable of a wide range of styles and moods. Her songwriting is clear and emotional with hooks all day long... If you get the chance to catch this act live, clear your calendar and be there. This is an artist with her eye on the future.”
— Hugh Ambrose, Folk Everything (CFRC 101.9FM)
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Hues

by Erika Lamon

My first full-length record, Hues, is finally here. This album was created entirely during the pandemic, so I can't even begin to say how good it feels to be releasing it during a more "normal" time (whatever that is, right?). Hope you're well, and that this album brings you a little of what you're searching for. ♡ 

Now available on Bandcamp and your favourite streaming platform. CDs, vinyl copies and special merch coming soon online.

Credits:
Erika Lamon: Vocals, acoustic guitar, keys
Max Nolet: Electric guitars, acoustic guitars, back vocals, Rhodes on Now I Wait, bass on The Way to Go, snare choir
Alexander Tikhnenko: Bass guitar, snare choir
Justin André: Drums, percussions, snare choir
Martin Laforest: Drums on Hues and Catch the Light
Eric Liu: Rhodes, acoustic piano, trombone
Jeff Hamacher: Cello
Trevor Johns: Snare choir

Produced by Max Nolet 
Co-produced by Erika Lamon
Recorded at North of Princess Studio
Engineered by Dylan Lodge 
Drum tones & technical services by Trevor Johns
Additional recording by Max Nolet at “The Overhead Studio” 
Mixed by Aaron Holmberg at Full Frequency Productions 
Mastered by Phillip Shaw Bova 

“Over and Out”, “Bandits”, “Now I Wait”, “Willow”, “In My Head” co-written by Erika Lamon (SOCAN) and Max Nolet (SOCAN). All other songs written by Erika Lamon (SOCAN). 

Thank you to the following funding bodies for their generous support of this project: the Ontario Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, and FACTOR.