tess roby

In February 2017 we set out to California to film the video for Catalyst. We rented a car for two weeks, took a boat to Catalina island, drove deep into the desert. It was a magical experience, and I feel that this video is the first artistic vision I have ever seen realized. Here are some behind the scenes photographs, stills and memories from the amazing adventure that happened as we filmed this

The Beacon exists in Lancashire, England, not far from where my father was born and where I spent summers as a child. I have been returning to it my whole life. The photograph above is featured on the gatefold of the LP. It’s me as a child, walking up to beacon, somehow so telling of the future. -- Tess Roby

Montreal's Tess Roby shares the dreamy opening track from her beautiful new album Beacon, out tomorrow on "marble cloud" vinyl via Italians Do It Better. Listen below + check back here tomorrow as Tess takes over GvsB all day:

Montreal based musician + photographer Tess Roby follows up last year's beautiful "Ballad 5" with another dreamy and poignant new synth-pop gem from her stellar debut LP Beacon, a "spiritual homage" to her late father, inspired by the Beacon's magical pull...

Psyched to premiere this absolutely lovely new one from young Montreal musician and photographer Tess Roby, taken from her new 12", out today on Italians Do It Better, and streaming below. The pensive, dreamily swaying "Ballad 5" will also appear on Roby's new record, coming later this year on Italians...