Fresh Air

Born in the bleak isolation of the secluded prairie city of Edmonton, Canada, Homeshake's Peter Sagar worked with friends in a number of local bands before picking up and moving to Montreal in 2011 to begin recording under the Homeshake moniker. Following two self-released cassettes (The Homeshake Tapes and Dynamic Meditation) and two acclaimed full lengths (In The Shower and Midnight Snack), Sagar cracks a window open with his third album for Sinderlyn – Fresh Air. Started immediately following the recording of Midnight Snack, Fresh Air continues Sagar’s exploration of dreamy, downtempo bedroom R&B and draws inspiration from such disparate artists like Sade, The Band, Broadcast, Prince, and Angelo Badalamenti. As the title Fresh Air suggests, Sagar’s songs were created to clear his listeners’ minds of negativity. Full of smokey, laid back love songs and airy productions, Sagar’s decidedly stoned sound is a breath of fresh air.

Peter Sagar is a former guitarist for Mac DeMarco, and his charms are not dissimilar from DeMarco’s own. Here, he incorporates yacht rock and R&B tropes for a thrift store synth-pop sound.

Following the stripped-down, melancholy electro-R&B of his 2015 album Midnight Snack, Homeshake's Peter Sagar expands on this sound with the less weird, more refined Fresh Air.

Homeshake keeps it spicy with album number three, Fresh Air, his follow-up to Midnight Snack and In the Shower. With synths, electric drums,...

We've heard that Peter Sagar is Mac DeMarco's touring guitarist. We know he must be good then.

One of the most compelling moments on Homeshake’s highly anticipated third release isn’t a melody or verse, but a question. “Hey hey hey

'Fresh Air' by Homeshake, album review by Josh Gabert-Doyon. The full-length comes out on February 3rd via Siderlyn. Homeshake, play 2/21 in New York City.