We recently had the distinct honor of checking out Toronto artist Alex Exists and his absolutely stunning debut album “Everybody’s Famous via The Confidence Emperors.

You can listen to “Everybody’s Famous” on Spotify Here and on Apple Music Here

We are not going beat around the bush with this review, Everybody’s Famous “ from the extremely talented Alex Exists is as much of an album as it is a total musical experience.

The album] is a unique set of stories about the complex and often absurd nature of human behaviour, and the need to express our truth and full potential,” says Alex. It’s the tension between these themes that fuel Everybody’s Famous and blends the rebellious, grungy, glammy, punky, and psychedelic sounds into an eight-track punch.

Believe The Hype is a cautionary tale about blindly believing what is popular and trendy and lyrically it takes no prisoners. Satirical poetry set the track apart from its pop kin while Alex and Sam’s vocals work beautifully together. The track’s crowning moment is its catchy and memorable chorus.

The video depicts Alex struggling to escape as twin female assassins kidnap him and throw him into the back of their car. Alex performs the song as multiple shape-shifting demonic hands cling onto him, dragging him into the underworld and clawing to reap their end of the bargain, and he tries to escape the toxic seductive pull. What happens next? Watch to find out…

This is a song for anyone that feels crestfallen during the holiday season,” explains Alex. “Love it or hate it, the holidays bring out a lot of different and often complicated emotions in us all. This is a sentimental song that bites back and evokes a bit of sass towards all those hurtful moments in life. If you’re feeling lonely, like I used to during these times, you might resonate with this song. No matter how tragic life gets for you, there is always an extra seat at our table.”

Drunk dialing your ex — or, worse, that person with whom you were just in a situationship — is never ever a good idea. And while Toronto pop songstress Sam Casey knows that, first she’s going to wrestle with it for a while (like we all do) in her soulful and starkly honest new single, “New Company” – already available but now has a new remix, courtesy of Alex Exists.

The DNA of all your favorite post-punk offbeat-pop singles from the likes of Adam and the Ants, Murray Head, Shakin’ Stevens, and, perhaps, the weirdly addictive Taco can be traced back to the Glam movement of the early to mid-1970s. A seminal era when jukebox heroes such as Gary Glitter and Alvin Stardust were making sounds that would influence a slew of future artists. And there’s an album from that timeframe that may not get all the adulation from newer generations it deserves. David Essex’s 1973 masterclass, “Rock On”. But you already knew all this.