Aysanabee
Aysanabee is an Oji-Cree singer-songwriter from Canada, whose debut album W… Read Full Bio ↴Aysanabee is an Oji-Cree singer-songwriter from Canada, whose debut album Watin was released in 2022. A member of the Sandy Lake First Nation, he was born Evan Pang, with a non-inherited surname his mother chose in an attempt to protect him from anti-indigenous racism by portraying him to the community as Asian instead of indigenous, and raised in Kaministiquia, Ontario, outside of Thunder Bay. He reclaimed his grandfather's surname, Aysanabee, as an adult.
Watin was released November 4, 2022. Named for his grandfather's first name, the album features several recordings of his grandfather, recorded in phone conversations during the pandemic, as spoken interludes. The album was preceded by the single "Nomads", which reached #1 on the CBC Music Top 20 and charted on the Canadian rock radio airplay charts, reaching #1 on the Alternative Rock chart in March 2023 and becoming the first indigenous Canadian artist ever to top that chart.
CBC Music named Watin as one of the 22 best Canadian albums of 2022, and "Nomads" as one of the ten best Canadian songs of the year. Aysanabee was a Juno Award nominee for Contemporary Indigenous Artist of the Year for Watin at the Juno Awards of 2023. Watin was shortlisted for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize.
Watin was released November 4, 2022. Named for his grandfather's first name, the album features several recordings of his grandfather, recorded in phone conversations during the pandemic, as spoken interludes. The album was preceded by the single "Nomads", which reached #1 on the CBC Music Top 20 and charted on the Canadian rock radio airplay charts, reaching #1 on the Alternative Rock chart in March 2023 and becoming the first indigenous Canadian artist ever to top that chart.
CBC Music named Watin as one of the 22 best Canadian albums of 2022, and "Nomads" as one of the ten best Canadian songs of the year. Aysanabee was a Juno Award nominee for Contemporary Indigenous Artist of the Year for Watin at the Juno Awards of 2023. Watin was shortlisted for the 2023 Polaris Music Prize.
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Aysanabee Lyrics
Alone Never fought so hard for a losing battle All this blood,…
Bones Can I be changed I just turned my back For a…
Bringing the Fire Oh I see you praying Tell me, what is he saying? I…
Ego Death (Ooooh-aaaaah-aaaah-aaaah) (Ooooh-aaaaah-aaaah-aaaah) (Ooooh…
Here I am Here I am Working for the man that put me Here I…
Howling I used to hunger like the wolf Eyes on the prize,…
Interlude 1 Ya I was eight years old when I went to…
Interlude 3 I was already eight years old at that time We were…
interlude 4 We used to rest for an hour in class Got to…
interlude 6 Sister would tell us laugh at him, laugh at him They…
Long Gone They came and took us from our beds I didn′t know…
Nomads Where do we go from here? Where do we go from…
Ocean Breath Take me somewhere slow Where the time don't go Take me somew…
River Take what you need Leave what you can Words she told me Then…
Seeseepano They took me from you father With a fist full of…
war cry He was just a boy When the world was thrust upon…
We Were Here They say that we can reconcile this Put it in the…