Article Contributed by Pitch Perfect PR
Published on 2026-10-24
Fog Lake—the project of Montreal-based, Newfoundland-raised musician Aaron Powell—presents the new singles, “Gamut” and “Styrofoam,” from his forthcoming album, Hollowbody, out November 13th. Hollowbody represents a step up in Powell’s songwriting acumen, with its ten songs weaving travelogue-style lyricism, diaristic accounts of people and characters and a handle on pop songwriting that feels both new and distinctly Fog Lake, exemplified by today’s singles. “Gamut,” which Powell considers his “evil ‘Wonderwall,’” is about making the most of a bad hand, while “Styrofoam” is about the vestiges of a lost friendship. “Styrofoam” is an exercise in economy, written in only five minutes, with the accompanying video shot by Powell on a $20 digicam with $5 puppets.
Listen to “Gamut” & “Styrofoam”
Written over the course of three weeks in Powell’s native Newfoundland, Hollowbody—Powell’s seventh album as Fog Lake—came to be in part due to a creative revitalization that he owes to a 40-year-old piece of gear that has only ever been available for sale in Japan. “I bought this Tascam amp simulator from the 80s off of eBay which has a quick and easy 'analog' recording button — it really shaped the sound and feel of the songs I was writing,” Powell recalls.
Powell’s recording setup freed him up to focus on writing the songs themselves instead of worrying about the sound and fidelity of the recordings, which happened quickly and eventually resulted in a more polished and hi-fi set of recordings than anything he’d produced in the past. Hollowbody was co-produced, mixed and mastered by longtime collaborator Warren Hildebrand of Foxes in Fiction who helped push the record to an even more refined and crystalline sonic territory. “I’m really thankful I had Warren of Foxes in Fiction on board,” Powell reflects. “He totally understood the assignment and really was able to pin down a ‘sound’ for the record I really jived with, one that was clean but still had the sensibilities of the older Fog Lake records.”
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