New full-length rock album a reflection of growing up Indigenous in urban Alberta

By Crystal St. Pierre, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Windspeaker.com Midnight Sparrows, a Vancouver-based hard rock group, has released full-length studio album Arrows, Arrows, Arrows. The release follows debut album Rock & Roll City (2020) and six-song EP Born in the City (2022). Blair Bellerose (Métis, Cree, Dene), lead singer, guitarist and songwriter, is a member of the Fort McKay First Nation in northern Alberta. He grew up though in St. Albert near Edmonton. “I would say it leans towards hard rock, reminiscent of music from the 70s, 80s and 90s,” said Bellerose of Arrows, Arrows, Arrows. “Songs range from tunes that lean almost country sounding to more of a heavier rock sound. There are 10 songs on the album and it’s fairly diverse.” Bellerose wrote the 10-tracks on Arrows, Arrows,…

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