BRE MCDANIEL

Biography

Bre McDaniel’s mother quit high school to become a country singer. She sang her way across North America before her daughter arrived, and Bre can’t remember a single youthful day without her mother’s vocal twang calling out through the house. Just like her mother, Bre sings with a passion grounded in the desire to be out in the world, to be interested and to be amazed, and to express that amazement with others. You can hear it in her voice. You can hear it in the intimate curiosity and barely restrained joy beneath her lyrics. You can hear it in her easy collaborations with other musicians. Listen close and you’ll catch the same contagious wonder and engagement that she has.

Born in Vancouver, Bre released her first EP with the completion of her Fine Arts degree at Emily Carr University. She handed in one of her final papers with a song she had recorded of similar theme, and like her drawings and paintings, she often shapes her music from serendipitous research or a local story that provokes her. Touring in support of her previous releases, she has been found gracing the stages of The Vancouver Writers Festival, Khatsahlano Festival, odd cafes and living room carpets from here to PEI. She is also a founding member of Open Book Art Collective.

Her past recordings have been described as having “an ethereal but intimate dream-folk sound,” (The Georgia Straight) and her debut full length album, Howl, is out October 26, 2018. It features collaborations with producer Elisa Pangsaeng, as well as musicians Kathryn Calder, Coco Culbertson, Jen Foster and Jenny Banai.

Howl is Bre’s first full-length album, and the first release of Orphan Girl Records.