Louise Burns

Louise Burns is a singer/songwriter/musician-type living in Vancouver, British Columbia, who has been in the biz for almost two decades (for better or worse). She performs as a solo artist and has two records, as well as playing with Gold & Youth. An occasional guest host on CBC Radio 3, as well as a blogger and creative writing student,  she spends her free time watching YouTube documentaries on Mary J. Blige. You can follow her on Twitter here.

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Bio

Louise Burns is a musician from Cranbrook, British Columbia. Burns is known for playing bass on pop band Lillix until 2006. Her debut album "Mellow Drama" was released on April 5th, 2011 by Light Organ Records. The first single "What Do You Wanna Do" was released on February 1st, 2011. Her second album, The Midnight Mass, was released July 9, 2013. The album was produced by Colin Stewart of The Hive and Sune Rose Wagner (Raveonettes). Her song "Emeralds Shatter" was nominated for the SOCAN Songwriting Prize in 2014. Burns released her third album Young Mopes on February 3, 2017. It was produced by Burns, Colin Stewart (Ladyhawk, Black Mountain) and Damian Taylor (Bjork, Braids, Austra). It was long listed for the Polaris Music Prize in 2017. She received positive critical reception from The New York Times, Stereogum and CBC Music. Burns produced the debut EP by Vancouver's FIONN, titled Sad Pagans and released on April 25, 2018. Burns was also a guest host and writer for CBC Radio 3 from 2011 to 2017. Her latest full-length release Portraits was released November 9, 2019. The album received positive reviews from Exclaim and The Vancouver Sun, Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

Talks

Louise Burns Talks Flunking Out of Pop Star Boot Camp

By Louise Burns | December 27, 2014

Louise Burns Talks Flunking Out of Pop Star Boot Camp

The former Lillix singer invited a devil onto her shoulder. It’s been there ever since. But at least she got to meet Madonna.

Louise Burns (Gold & Youth, Lillix) Talks Robyn and Röyksopp’s Do It Again

By Louise Burns | June 6, 2014

Louise Burns (Gold & Youth, Lillix) Talks Robyn and Röyksopp’s Do It Again

I've always seen Robyn as the gateway drug into pop music. She's the kind of singer who can make an anti-pop punk appreciate a melody, or a lo-fi...

Louise Burns (Gold & Youth, Lillix) Talks Current 93’s I Am the Last of All the Field That Fell: A Channel

By Louise Burns | March 12, 2014

Louise Burns (Gold & Youth, Lillix) Talks Current 93’s I Am the Last of All the Field That Fell: A Channel

Picture yourself in a world ruled hand-in-hand by Aleister Crowley and Jesus Christ. Every moment feels like you're on the edge of the apocalypse...

Louise Burns (Gold & Youth, Lillix) Talks Life with Synesthesia

By Louise Burns | January 25, 2014

Louise Burns (Gold & Youth, Lillix) Talks Life with Synesthesia

My first musical memory dates from when I was two or three, lying on the couch in my parent's living room and listening to Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.

Louise Burns Talks Kate Nash’s Have Faith with Kate Nash This Christmas

By Louise Burns | December 6, 2013

Louise Burns Talks Kate Nash’s Have Faith with Kate Nash This Christmas

This is an essay about Kate Nash's Christmas EP Have Faith with Kate Nash This Christmas, but let me first take a moment to tell you about...