Damhnait Doyle - Liquor Store Flowers (2019)

Without question Damhnait Doyle is one of Canada’s most visionary vocalists.
Beginning her musical career at 17, Doyle has spent the better part of the last two decades
finding her true voice as an artist. Today the award-winning songstress has unleashed her most inner-self with the announcement of her long-awaited U.S. debut, Liquor Store Flowers.

Produced by John Dinsmore (with three tracks co-produced by Damhnait herself),
Liquor Store Flowers tells the stories from a lifetime of heartbreaks and heartwarming experiences.
Together they form an 11-track cathartic confessional that has broken through all the
emotional shackles that had long held Doyle back from expressing her deeper artistry.

At its base, the album is a lesson in honesty and strength,
speaking directly to the importance Doyle places on staying true to herself.

“This new music found me collaborating with some of my best friends,” explained Doyle.
My intimacy with them allowed for songwriting that was more representative
of what I felt inside. It feels liberating to know that every song is 100 percent my own vision,
saying what I needed to say without fear of what others might think.”

Bringing the album to life is its first single “That’s What You Get.”
Recently announced as an International Songwriting Competition finalist
in the Americana category, the track is available today on all streaming platforms.
As the upcoming album’s lead single it delivers a pointed message to all recovering people
pleasers (like Doyle herself) — ‘When you ask for nothing/That’s what you get.”

“For as long as I can remember, I have always intuitively looked around the room
to make sure everyone else was comfortable,” said Doyle. “‘That’s What You Get’ is my realization
that when you’re always taking care of someone else’s emotional needs, yours go to the wayside. It was one of the first songs destined for the record, and the rest follow that pattern.”