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New single - Lucky

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  Lucky is the latest in a collection of new material that will all become the next release for us. The song is a positive look at life, an appreciation of being alive and our ability to celebrate together.  Last year Isabelle and I were in Calgary visiting my brother in the ICU only a week before he died. While we were there I gave him headphones and had him listen to our upcoming album "Amnesia."  I watched as he absorbed the music, and noted that his face was pulling a frown by about halfway through. After listening to it all his first words were, "You need a happy song to balance this album out, it's too dark!" I was a little surprised at his take as I thought the album was quite lovely. However given his circumstance, hooked up to machines and being given pain killers hourly, (plus a song about a friend who'd lost her husband) I guess the music did offer a heavy psychic punch.  Fast forward to the spring of 2026 and an old email my brother Ryan had sen...

Evolution of Sound: Smooth Sailing

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 We put out our summer single " Smooth Sailing " on July 1st, and have been blessed with many radio plays around Canada, but especially here at home in Vancouver. Thanks to CFRO and CBC for the love!    Smooth Sailing is definitive Combine the Victorious sound. Blending Fleetwood Mac with Sade over a Sting inspired chord progression but somehow ends up sounding even more like us. Daniel Clement  (guitarist) and I became friends in Junior High in White Rock, BC.  Back in 1981 we started rehearsing our band Idle Minx in his family's garage. We know each other quite well and musically even better. The old records we shared as teenagers are the shorthand between us that has become the modern sound of Combine the Victorious.  And with this song, as with so many of our songs, this one was born from another Isabelle Dunlop chorus hook. As soon as she sang that we all knew we had a good song on the line.  Dan's guitar work on this one is lovely. The chorus gu...

Amnesia CD release paty tonight!

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  We are really excited about tonight at The Fox Cabaret. We hit the stage at &:45 sharp and perform all the songs from our brand new album Amnesia.  It's been a good year for us creatively and we are all quite proud of the new music. If you're in Vancouver please join us for a great night of music with our friend Skaboom closing the evening with a set of classic ska tunes to make us all dance!  Amnesia is also out today on most other streaming sites (excepting Spotify which is the one site I find to be unethical). So look us up on Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube, or pretty much anywhere that doesn't rip off the artists that upload onto their streaming platforms! You can also get the CD directly from us by emailing combinethevictorious@gmail.com. I'll be happy to put one in the post for you! 

Avro-Insomniac Combine the Victorious Remix

 

Without Confliction - animated video

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  We are pleased to share our latest song Without Confliction from our new Amnesia album. This video was created by our bandmate Daniel Clement, his first foray into the world on animation.  The song is likely the most romantic song Combine the V has ever done, a story about a conflicted assassin who falls in love with his target. It has proven to be quite an epic! 

Amnesia on Bandcamp

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  Amnesia is now available on our bandcamp site for listening and buying and you can order the cd from that site as well. So the options are slowing opening up to check out our new album. It is streaming on Tidal now and available for download from the iTunes music store as well.  On December 19th, the night of our Cd release party the album will become available on most streaming site, excluding Spotify, and of course be available for sale at our show the the Fox ! 

Dec 19 Amnesia release Party at The Fox

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  We are excited to announce our CD Release party on Friday December 19th at the one and only Fox Cabaret with our pals Skaboom closing the night.  Early show, doors at 7PM, Combine the Victorious will begin at 7:45 sharp and Skaboom with follow starting at 8:45 until 10. Tickets available here