Joe Lapinski Confronts Addiction, Trauma, and the Struggle to Let Love In on Powerful New Album, 'New Day,' Featuring Focus Track "Set Free"
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• WATCH/SHARE OFFICIAL “SET FREE” VIDEO HERE •
Canadian indie artist Joe Lapinski unveils his bold and deeply personal new album, New Day, a genre-blurring exploration of identity, community, trauma, and healing. At the heart of the album is its theatrical and liberating focus track, “Set Free,” a passionate plea to break cycles of addiction and self-sabotage in the name of love.
Produced in close collaboration with longtime creative partner Dave Clark (Rheostatics, Gord Downie’s Country of Miracles), New Day is Lapinski’s most sonically adventurous and emotionally resonant release to date. Across its tracks, Lapinski channels life-altering transitions – opening a studio, becoming a father – into songs that wrestle with what it means to surrender to growth.
“Set Free” stands as a powerful centerpiece, blending indie rock punch with glam-era theatricality, calling to mind early Bowie and Bahamas in its fearless emotional range. It plays like a duet between two people desperate to connect, but haunted by inner baggage – a raw, slow-burn anthem made for anyone who’s ever felt like their past keeps them from the love they want.
Listen to New Day HERE. Watch the official video for “Set Free” HERE.
“Set Free” is a passionate scream – a cry to be free from your baggage, your addictions, your fear so you can finally let love in. It’s about pushing past what’s holding you back, not just for yourself, but for someone you care about. A thread that runs through New Day is “letting go.” If we let love rule, we’ll find a deeper happiness, as well as a deeper connection to the people around us, and our community. – Joe Lapinski
And all the love I cherish
Will be forever set free
A fixture of the Canadian independent music scene, Joe Lapinski is a songwriter, performer, producer, and sound designer based in St. Catharines, Ontario. He collaborates widely (Minuscule, The Woodshed Orchestra, Rita & The Daydreamers) and founded WOW! Recording Studio & Creative Music Space.
New Day, co-produced with Dave Clark, features performances by Laurel Minnes, Jillian Rene Smith, Ian de Souza, and more. The album weaves Lapinski’s signature blend of lyrical vulnerability and musical experimentation through themes of letting go, leaning in, and trusting love over fear.
We pushed the envelope on this one, and it paid off. There were tears of joy and laughter throughout the process. In the end, the album’s narrative turned out to be both deeply personal and universal. I love it. – Dave Clark
With singles like “Hurt A Bird,” “I Know This,” and now “Set Free,” New Day cements Lapinski’s place as a powerful voice in contemporary indie rock – one unafraid to go deep and dance through the fire at the same time.
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