Toronto’s sweetheart, folk-pop singer, songwriter and actress Melanie Peterson launches the title track from her upcoming album, ‘We Got This’ (produced by Mitch Girio), and declares the official release date for the album is Friday, November 13, 2020.
The video features a calming view of our beloved Lake Ontario (Toronto east-end Beaches area, near when Peterson lives).
“We Got This” pursues Peterson’s continual songwriting theme of love, with a positive message and hopeful state of mind (which means so much right now).
“We Got This” (the single) – available to purchase on all online channels on May 22, 2020 – was produced and mixed by Toronto producer/musician Mitch Girio (Susan Cadogan, Fraz Milne, Emma Cook, David Newland). The single features Peterson on lead vocals and acoustic guitar, along with Mitch Girio on guitar, Peter Collins on bass and backing vocals, Alex McMaster on cello, Jill Daley on violin and Amanda Penner on viola. Strings were recorded at Revolution Recording; engineer Luke Schindler and assistant engineer Cohen Hammond. The song was mastered by Joao Carvalho atJoao Carvalho Mastering.
ARTIST QUOTE: Melanie Peterson states, “I wrote this song in a hotel room in Edmonton on a cold winter day. I was touring to Vancouver, thanks to Via Rail’s Artists on Board program, and had stopped over to play a show at the charming Blackbird Cafe. After the show, I had two days before the train came through again, so I decided to write a song and debut it in Vancouver. These three words ‘We Got This’ came to me, and the words and music began to flow. It’s a song about hope and knowing that in the midst of emotional struggle, which I feel is appropriate as we all patiently hope for the best during the COVID-19 pandemic, we look forward to the day we can say – we got this!”
ABOUT:
Blessed with a voice reminiscent of an early Joni Mitchell, and an ability to imbue her vocals with palpable and authentic emotion, Saskatoon born, Toronto based singer-songwriter and actress Melanie Peterson has nimbly become one of the brightest lights on the Toronto music scene. Previously, she has released a five-song EP called ‘After the Fall’ (2010), her first full-length album ‘Unbreakable’ (2013), a six-song cover EP titled ‘Read It On The Radio’ (2014), her second full-length album ‘Anywhere From Here’ (2016), a two-song EP called ‘Two’ (2017), original Christmas singles “Santa’s Sleigh” (2016), “When You Were Here” (2017) and “Christmas Breaks My Heart” in 2019 (a finalist in The Great American Songwriting Contest) and a three-song digital EP titled “What You’re Selling” (2018).
