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Vancouver’s SUNDAY MORNING Honor Love and Loss on “Carry the Sky,” Their Most Immediate and Cinematic Work to Date

SUNDAY MORNING – Interview: “Carry the Sky”
1. Inspiration & Emotional Core – How did writing this song help you
process their loss?

Writing Carry the Sky gave me a way to sit with the loss rather than avoid it. I didn’t write it
all at once — the chorus came after my close friend Christian died, and the verses came later
after my sister Juliet passed. The song became a place where those two experiences could
coexist, where grief wasn’t something to escape but something to acknowledge. In that
sense it helped me accept that loss doesn’t resolve — it integrates.

2. How did you balance sorrow with celebration?
That balance was the entire challenge of the song. I didn’t want it to be trapped inside my
grief or feel heavy for the sake of heaviness. Both Christian and Juliet brought so much love,
compassion and wisdom into my life and I wanted that to be present in the music. The
celebration comes through in the lift of the chorus and the sense of forward motion — it’s
grief but with breath and light in it.

3. Did you write with an audience in mind?
Initially, no — it was a very private exercise. But as the song took shape I was aware that
the experience itself was universal. Everyone carries people they’ve lost. Once I realized
that I focused on being emotionally direct rather than overly poetic so listeners could find
their own stories inside it.

4. How did you achieve the cinematic sense of space?
We approached the arrangement by leaving room for the vocal to lead emotionally. The
piano, guitars and harmonies were all placed to feel like atmosphere rather than
ornamentation. We were careful not to crowd the song — space and restraint were just as
important as the notes themselves. The goal was to make it feel widescreen without losing
intimacy. Jamie Koch did an outstanding job of mixing this song and I can’t take too much
credit.

7. How did recording at The Warehouse Studio affect the song?
The Warehouse has an incredible sense of history and gravity and that absolutely seeps into
performances. Being in a room where so many meaningful records have been made
encourages you to really listen. There was a focus in the studio that suited the emotional
weight of the song. It felt like the right place to give the song the respect it needed.

11. How do you hope listeners relate to the song?
I hope people feel seen by it. While the song is very specific to my experience, the weight of
loss is something everyone understands. If listeners can connect their own memories and
relationships to the song, then it’s done its job. It’s meant to be a shared space, not a closed
diary.

12. Spirituality seems woven into the track. How does your belief system
influence the music and the stories you tell?
I wouldn’t describe myself as traditionally religious but I do have a personal spiritual
framework and practice that gives me a sense of continuity beyond physical absence. It
allows me to maintain an inner dialogue with people I’ve lost rather than feeling they’re
completely gone. That perspective naturally finds its way into the music — not as doctrine
but as presence. In Carry the Sky spirituality shows up as connection rather than answers.
As a way of holding love and memory without needing to resolve them.
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13. How does Carry the Sky fit into your broader journey?
Sunday Morning has always been personal but often filtered through allegory and
abstraction. Carry the Sky is more emotionally immediate than earlier work. It feels like a
culmination of everything I’ve learned — musically and personally — about restraint,
clarity and ultimately honesty. In that way it’s both a continuation and a quiet turning point.
19. Was accessibility something you consciously aimed for?
Yes, but not at the expense of emotional depth. I wanted the song to be inviting rather than
opaque. If someone can connect on a first listen without needing context that’s a strength.
Accessibility doesn’t mean simplicity — it means openness.

24. Looking at your career as a whole, from Tankhog to Sunday Morning, what
personal growth do you see reflected in this single?
Carry the Sky reflects a shift from survival to presence. In the Tankhog years the music
came from chaos and urgency — it was about pushing outward with fists clenched. Sunday
Morning has been about turning inward and learning how to sit with experience rather than
outrun it. This song, in particular, shows a level of emotional clarity I didn’t have earlier in
my life. It feels less like reacting or attacking and more like listening.

25. If listeners take one feeling away, what do you hope it is?
A sense of connection. That even in grief, love remains active and present. The weight never
disappears but it doesn’t have to crush you either.

27. What’s next for Sunday Morning?
I’m interested in continuing to explore that balance between intimacy and scale —
emotional directness with cinematic ambition. There’s more music coming that builds on
this both sonically and lyrically. Carry the Sky feels like a foundation for where Sunday
Morning is heading next.

Track Info: Carry the Sky 5:08 (No Explicit Language / MAPL)

Genre Tags: Indie-Pop, Indie Rock, Alternative, Brit-Pop

RIYL: Spiritualized, The Verve, Blur, David Bowie, Nick Cave, Iggy Pop

Vancouver’s Sunday Morning return with their most radio ready and emotionally resonant single to date, “Carry the Sky,” a sweeping tribute to love, loss, and the weight of memory that never fully lifts. The project, led by frontman Bruce Wilson, has long navigated a space between poetic storytelling and cathartic art rock, drawing comparisons to David Bowie, Nick Cave, and Iggy Pop, yet this track brings a newfound immediacy and accessibility to Wilson’s singular voice. “Sunday Morning has always been a very personal project and the subject matter of the songs come from my direct experiences though they’re often masked in allegory and poetic license,” says Wilson. “‘Carry the Sky’ differs from previous songs because it is, at its essence, a tribute to two beautiful people I loved dearly who died and left intangible chasms in my life that will never be filled.” He wrote the soaring chorus after losing his close friend Christian, and the verses after the death of his sister Juliet soon after. The result is a song that faces grief honestly while refusing to drown in it. “I didn’t want this song to be stuck in my grief but to have a sense of celebration for these two lives who brought so much love, compassion and wisdom into my life.”

Sunday Morning is the brainchild of Vancouver music scene stalwart Bruce Wilson. His prolific art and music career took shape in New York and Detroit after his drug and alcohol fueled grunge punk band Tankhog imploded in Vancouver in the late 90s. Years of addiction, lost time, and eventual recovery would reshape his entire creative voice. Returning to Vancouver, Wilson cloistered himself away in a tiny room at the historic Waldorf Hotel to rebuild through writing, an effort that evolved into Sunday Morning’s acclaimed 2016 debut.

Produced and mixed by Jamey Koch (The Tragically Hip, Copyright) at The Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, with additional production by Felix Fung, “Carry the Sky” boasts a remarkable lineup of players: Kevin Rose on guitars, Chris Gestrin on piano and keyboards, Koch handling bass, additional guitars, and backing vocals, with Share Dada on drums and Lone Willow adding ghostly harmonies. The chemistry is both intimate and cinematic, elevating Wilson’s trademark vocal presence into something widescreen and deeply affecting. “Jamey also knew Christian well and had himself experienced recent familial loss,” Wilson adds. “He had an innate and intimate knowledge of exactly how to present this song and did such a beautiful job.” The Warehouse Studio itself carries legendary weight. Built into the oldest brick building in Vancouver’s Gastown district, it was rescued and restored by Canadian rock icon Bryan Adams and painstakingly converted into a world class recording space. Over the past few decades, it has hosted an astonishing roster of major artists across genres, earning a reputation as one of the country’s most prestigious and creatively charged studios. Sunday Morning’s choice to record here places “Carry the Sky” firmly within the tradition of ambitious, high impact Canadian recordings.

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This latest release extends Sunday Morning’s ongoing creative renaissance. Launched in 2016 with their self-titled debut, named the best Vancouver album of the year by The Georgia Straight, the project has consistently drawn praise for its shape shifting sound and fearless emotional depth. The band’s evolution has been guided by top tier collaborators including Stephen Hamm (Slow), producer Felix Fung (Girlfriends and Boyfriends), and Chris Birkett (Sinead O’Connor), with recent singles featuring contributions from Dave Genn (54 40) and mixes from Howard Redekopp (Mother Mother). Each chapter has expanded the band’s sonic terrain without compromising its core: Wilson’s compelling, vulnerable songwriting. Critics have taken notice. Vancouver Guardian praised the music as “layered and complex, both musically and lyrically… adapting and translating influences like Iggy Pop and David Bowie into something wholly new and enthralling.” Louder Than War described Sunday Morning’s emotional delivery as “an outtake from a Nick Cave album.” And as The Georgia Straight wrote, “No one is supposed to take an extended lost years hiatus from the music industry, and then return almost unannounced, with a record this brilliant.”

At its heart, “Carry the Sky” is a message sent beyond reach, an act of remembrance through shared sound. “The crushing weight of loss is a universal inescapable gravity and yet trying to express it is so difficult,” Wilson reflects. “I have certain spiritual beliefs that allow me to talk to Juliet and Christian often and I hope they like this song as they carry the sky.” It is a moment of catharsis not only for Wilson, but for listeners seeking beauty in the spaces where love and grief meet, a song built to stay with you long after it fades.

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