Matt Patershuk Announces 'Dog.Tiger.Horses.' Out Sep 19th | Shares "Samson & Delilah (Circa 2003) to announce new album

Toronto, ON – June 27th 2025- Today La Glace, Alberta based artist Matt Patershuk announces his sixth studio album, DOG. TIGER. HORSES. and shares the opening track “Samson & Delilah (Circa 2003).” DOG. TIGER. HORSES. is set for release on September 19th via Black Hen Music.

Listen/Share: Matt Patershuk “Samson & Delilah (Circa 2003)”

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DOG. TIGER. HORSES. marks his first release since the critically acclaimed 2021 An Honest Effort, which earned him a songwriter of the year nomination at The Canadian Folk Music Awards and continues the music dialogue between Patershuk and Steve Dawson, the Juno winning, Nashville based guitarist and producer who’s been riding shotgun with him since the beginning of his recording career.

The album’s opening track “Samson & Delilah (Circa 2003)”, sees Patershuk rather unexpectedly cite Kelis’ chart topping 2003 hit “Milkshake’” as an inspiration. “I took the well-worn Bible story of Samson & Delilah and brought it forward to 2003 when Kelis’ song was eating up the airwaves,” explains Patershuk. ”Though I’m not a religious person, I love Bible stories for the same reason that I love old folk songs. The have been polished to near perfection over a long time, and the good ones distill some important element of the human experience for us to consider. This song is told from Samson’s point of view. Betrayal, deserved or not, is a large, dusty, dry pill to swallow. “

The ten songs on DOG.TIGER.HORSES. bubble with an organic energy that comes from recording spontaneously and mostly live off the floor during their sessions in Nashville. Like Matt, Steve and the top notch musicians that he gathered for the session favour an approach that relies on feel and authenticity, rather than perfection. The core band features Jeremy Holmes (bass), along with Matt and Steve (acoustic/electric guitars, pedal steel) who were joined by Jay Bellerose (drums and percussion), who dropped in during a break in the Robert Plant/Allison Krauss tour, and Tim O’Brien (fiddle, mandolin) - a legend in the bluegrass world who has a knack for bringing traditional sounds into the 21st century. Together they play with an ease and confidence that makes the listener feel like they’ve been playing these songs for their whole lives rather than creating the music as it unfolded in the studio. Along the way, Fats Kaplin (fiddle, mandolin), Dave Jacques, Mike Bub (bass) and Justin Amaral (drums) dropped in to create some tasty understated rhythms on a few tracks, while Ruth Moody and Ana Egge added background vocals.

Patershuk’s music lives in a world that’s passed by. His songs come out of a place where time has slowed way down, where there’s always an opportunity to smell the roses, kick the tires before buying, and use an old screwdriver instead of a power tool to fix what’s broken.

Operating completely outside of time and fashion - with no algorithms in sight - DOG. TIGER. HORSES. are songs that were built with humans in mind. They are priceless snapshots reflecting the small moments we all share. Brought to life by one of Canada’s unsung musical heroes, they will not discolour or fade as the years go by.

DOG. TIGER. HORSES. is set for release on September 19th 2025 via Black Hen Music.