Propulsive and synth forward, darkly lyrical and vocally huge, ‘Surrender’ is a catchy, rhythmic banger about the haunting anger of grief. Written at a time of loss in Bower’s life, and fully realized with collaborators Derek Durant (Ombiigizi, Status/Non-Status) and Will Kidman (Julia Jacklin, Steve Gunn), ‘Surrender’ is a thunderous inner call to yielding—coming to terms with the caveats of creation and accepting the mortal bargain of loss on the flip side of love.
“As a songwriter and a storyteller, Bower is a singular solo talent in the making.” -Andrea Warner, CBC
“Bower and her supporting cast craft densely emotional stories that linger long after you put this collection back on the shelf.” -Laura Stanley, Exclaim!
“Hauntingly beautiful.” -Canadian Music Blog
“Misha Bower is fluent in many languages: love, longing, joy; tempo, tone, form… Trying to Have it All reads like a dark, moody novella. -Jim Di Gioia, DOMINIONATED
“…a beautiful debut solo effort that's flown under just about everyone's radar. Bower's vocals remain haunting and lush, and I expect the slow-burning Trying to Have It All to have a long rotation here.”
-Adam White, Best of 2019, PUNKNEWS.ORG
“The nostalgic new music video for the title track from Misha Bower's debut album, Trying to Have it All [by Travis Welowszky] perfectly captures a summer-night staple: wandering the midway at the carnival, lights flickering, balloons popping, stuffed animals flopping against the legs of tired little kids, constant flashes of sound and colour interrupting the darkness.” -Andrea Warner
Misha got her musical start with former Toronto-based ensemble, Bruce Peninsula. During her deeply formative membership with BP, Misha developed her voice and guested on a number of albums by fellow Canadian artists including Jenny Berkel, The Weather Station, Daniel Romano, City and Colour, Timber Timbre, Snowblink & more.
One of the great honours of Misha’s musical career is having her song Starless Nights covered by the phenomenal iskwē & Tom Wilson. Songs by Misha have also appeared in feature film Body & Bones (Oates, 2019) & TV show Kim’s Convenience.