THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “Cold Spaghetti offers a new vantage point on Andre Ethier’s deeply personal approach to songcraft. In fully digesting and ultimately breaking down the separation between “mundane” and “artistic” life, he’s discovered new evocative channels.
There’s a sense of nostalgia for the lost freedom of making art that permeates Cold Spaghetti, but Ethier’s writing also indicates an awareness of how one’s stubborn desire to create can impact the people closest to them. These more inward tendencies are tempered by the inescapable freshness ushered in by the unorthodox methods in which Andre conceived the songs. This quality imbues the album with a certain intangible feeling of hope.
Since his days as the frontman of The Deadly Snakes, Ethier has cultivated an entirely different artistic practice as an acclaimed contemporary painter. At the same time, he has quietly slipped out a spellbinding body of work as a solo musician, with this album trifecta showcasing his skills as one of Canada’s most vastly underrated songwriters and storytellers. Ethier’s songs are casually played but carefully orchestrated, allowing each element to appear in sharp focus.”
