Trampoline Sophomore Album Release Party with Lana Winterhalt

TRAMPOLINE

Trampoline is a dynamic, anti-rock outfit. At the band’s helm is the idiosyncratic and ambitious songwriting of Michelle Lecnik (guitarist and vocalist) and the whip-smart interplay between Steve Martens (drums, vocals) and Joey Penner (bass, vocals). The musical arrangements are cinematic and percussive, blending styles of punk, indie rock and prog, with a touch of folk and 90s rock nostalgia. Charged by the whims of satire, playfulness and deeply heartfelt emotion, Trampoline explores the highs and lows while making you bounce through it all.

In february of 2019, Trampoline released their debut full length album entitled ‘Happy Crimes’- a rock musical enterprise that explores the imagination and feelings of a man anticipating the apocalypse amidst the tensions of his nightmares, political preoccupations and personal traumas. The album’s contents drew largely from Michelle’s life as inspiration. They recorded the album at Private Ear Studio with John Paul Peters and celebrated the release at the West End Cultural centre. Happy Crimes charted at #1 for multiple weeks on radio stations CKUW and UMFM in Winnipeg as well as Edmonton’s CJSR 88.5. Happy Crimes has reached #26 on the National top 50 Ear Shot chart and was ranked #74 for 2019.

In October of 2021, Trampoline released their sophomore album entitled All the People in This House which they recorded with John Paul Peters over the course of 2020. The 11-track album explores themes of tyranny, the degradation of nature and the collapse of western civilization in the wake of an emerging new paradigm of unconditional love and interdependence. The album plays with the perspectives of powerful figures from Thoth to Socrates to Erin Brockovitch to Ted Kaczynski to Doris Lessing to Judas Iscariot to comedian Jessa Reed.

LANA WINTERHALT

Multi-instrumentalist, producer, and indie-pop artist Lana Winterhalt delivers enigmatic and layered compositions inspired by junky breakups, insomnia, and true love, all in an attempt to leave you feeling sparkly and weightless. Whether it be her vocals that float effortlessly with warm restraint or playful pop melodies featured on her debut full-length album If & When (2018), Winterhalt is experimental and bold yet warm and familiar. After releasing 3 unique projects over the course of the pandemic, signing with High Priestess Publishing, and participating in the Women in the Studio National Accelerator 2021, Lana is ready to bring her perfected sound of grandiose harmonies and dusty guitars to fresh ears all across Canada and beyond. From heartbreak to pure bliss and quiet ambience to exploding soundscapes, Lana Winterhalt’s artistry is the kind that sinks deep into your soul, and intends to stay there.