Resist the urge to laugh at Skinny Dyck - the playful performing artistic alias of western Canadian artist Ryan Dyck (or don’t, that’s kind of the idea). Victory Pool Records is thrilled to announce Easygoing, the new full-length album from Skinny Dyck, following hot on the heels of 2022's Palace Waiting, which “distilled the spirit of wide-cut country,” (Exclaim!).

Marinating in the success of his off-brand twang is a new batch of material that sees the celebrated songwriter stepping further away from a genre defined by its traditions. It’s a sound underwritten by the richness of time that’s been unmoored by a wandering eye of creative expression. A sort of Mac Demarco meets Merle Haggard mishmash, like a second mezcal negroni before dinner. Following steady Canadian and European touring, Easygoing sees Dyck moving a few steps further away from the country music environs he once wholly inhabited, but fear not, twang fans: rather than replacing that sound wholesale, he and his studio collaborators have instead created their own hybrid approaches.