Ivan Hartle - A Place to Stay (2023)

Canadian singer/songwriter Ivan Hartle releases his highly anticipated debut album A Place to Stay. The Vancouver-based artist expertly weaves retro soul, jazz, and blues elements to create a vintage sonic aesthetic with modern sensibilities.

His debut album A Place to Stay exemplifies this sound, the 10-track offering delves into themes of personal relationships, love, hardships, and the connection to others. An introspective album at heart, Hartle draws inspiration from his own experiences and the world around him. The result is a collection of tracks that offers the listener a rich sonic tapestry of diverse sounds and subject matters that Ivan painstakingly crafted over the course of a few years.

Speaking on the album Ivan Hartle states:

“Obviously life is very nuanced and circumstantial, but sometimes the act of looking deeply within yourself can reveal an answer to a problem. For example, in the song “Set Me Free” I write about feeling lost or looking to someone or something for help, but a line that I really connected with suggests “maybe it’s there in my reverie… maybe I’m unaware that it’s all in me.”