Charlie Brown Christmas Tree released on December 1

 

I decided to make a holiday song thanks to a suggestion from a co-worker in late 2022. Last Christmas break I started creating the song and writing lyrics then continued to work on it throughout the year.

"Charlie Brown Christmas Tree" is a festive tribute to a small artificial tree from my first Christmas away from home. 

Poignant lyrics recall childhood memories as melancholic vocals blend with uplifting synths riffs, bells and piano to create a nostalgic soundscape. 

Some 25 years later, I still hold on to the ragged yet symbolic “Charlie Brown” Christmas tree, now embraced by my wife Joelle who sings soothing backing vocals.

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Watch for a music video coming soon!

Hope you enjoy my first holiday tune. Over the Christmas break I'll be tweaking a few demos for new singles coming in 2024. 

Boogeyman Trail music video release

"Boogeyman Trail” is the 3rd track on the Flashbacks album, a song celebrating the Halloween season that straddles the line between fun and fear in the forest.

I've always wanted to create a spooky song and horror video, thanks to John Carpenter scores, Stephen King novels, The Blair Witch and Stranger Things. 

The lyrics recall an activity we played in the woods during the late 70s/early 80s, which in this song ultimately devolves into fictional mayhem, with a twist at the end.  Best experienced on headphones, alone at night.

The music video for "Boogeyman Trail" is my second as a video producer, compiled using free video clips from Pexels.

Special thanks to Cottonbro Studio (Pexels) for the great clips of the kids.

Synths, vocals and lyrics: Larry Peach

Additional sound effects by Zapsplat

Song recorded and produced by Paul Morris aka The Music Box in Clare.

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Next up: Stay tuned for a holiday tune on December 1 and a second album in 2024.

Ambient streaming releases

This fall I decided to share my earliest instrumental songs made two years back in fall 2021 with my Casio workstation keyboard when I was transitioning from playing synth riffs from the 80s to creating original material. 

The first in my ambient series is called "Illumination", inspired by the beauty of sunrises and features a pan flute synth. 

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The second track called "Nocturnal Tableau" is about appreciating the solitude at night. 

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Hope you enjoy these short instrumental interludes that bridge the time between the release of my debut album and the next one, slated for release later in 2024. 

Synths: Larry Peach

The Dark Side (Doughboys)

 

“The Dark Side (Doughboys)” is the 5th track from the Flashbacks album, a song celebrating a hell-raising activity from my youth.

An inside joke for the club's alumni, our gang invented the pastime of "doughing" in the Southdale-North Woodside neighbourhoods of Dartmouth during the mid-80s.

At nightfall, clandestine dumpster diving at the Tim Horton's revealed a bounty of day-old doughnuts and timbits to used as biodegradable projectiles. 

Shenanigans transformed into suburban art as we glazed the streets, unsuspecting vehicles and unlucky pedestrians with a hodgepodge of pastries to create a veritable nocturnal tableau. 

Long before social media and mobile phones, the lack of photographic and videographic evidence of doughing may make you wonder if we made it all up. 

So this song is my little digital artifact to ensure the "Doughboys" legacy is immortalized and perhaps even inspire future teen generations to discover their own version of teenage tomfoolery. 

But for the safety and sanity of suburbia, let's hope that it doesn't.

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Peach on a beach (Larry Peach) is an emerging singer-songwriter and synth player creating nostalgic vibes. Influenced by 80s new wave and hip hop, 90s dance and comedy rock, Peach on a beach is recording several singles prior to the release of his upcoming album called Flashbacks.

Parcel Pickup

“Parcel Pickup” is the 6th track on the Flashbacks album, a tribute to my first job as a grocery store employee. 

I started working part-time at Sobeys during the summer of 1988 between my first and second year at SMU in Halifax.

Remember the big red bins and rollers that transported them to a loading area for pickup? Back when customer service was still a thing...

The lyrics recall the trials and tribulations of a typical shift of the never ending busyness of the front-end: hours full of price checks, spills, jar piles of carts and  ultimately bin screw ups.

 

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Peach on a beach (Larry Peach) is an emerging singer-songwriter and synth player creating nostalgic vibes. Influenced by 80s new wave and hip hop, 90s dance and comedy rock, Peach on a beach is recording several singles prior to the release of his upcoming album called Flashbacks.

New website launched: peachonabeach.ca

 

New Artist Website

Super pleased to share my new artist website!

Marc d'Entremont of Ghostjunk did a fab job creating a clean design! 😎🙏

Take a looksee.

Thanks to Music Nova Scotia for its financial contribution.

Also a reminder: You can order my new CD for $15 from the website. Free shipping anywhere in Canada.

Peach on a beach (Larry Peach) is an emerging artist creating nostalgic vibes. Influenced by 80s new wave and hip hop, 90s dance and comedy rock, Peach on a beach's debut album, Flashbacks, was released online on June 30, 2023. CD released on July 19, 2023.

Obligatory and shameless "How To Get a CD" post

How to Get a CD ?!

For anyone in Clare/SW Nova interested in a copy, the CD is yours for $15 cash or e-transfer (pls send a DM to coordinate a meet up).

Also available at these great retailers in Nova Scotia:

Clare: Chez Jean, Clarence's Shopping Mart, Maman Makes Gifts & More, Wissam's Pizza

Yarmouth: Seahags & Scallywags

Bedford/Dartmouth/Halifax: TAZ RECORDS

For everyone else:

I am offering FREE SHIPPING in August to anywhere in Canada for my loyal Facebook followers.

Simply DM your address and kindly send $15 via e-transfer to peachonabeachmusic@gmail.com and I will mail you the goods.

Thanks for the support!

Peach on a beach (Larry Peach) is an emerging artist creating nostalgic vibes. Influenced by 80s new wave and hip hop, 90s dance and comedy rock, Peach on a beach's debut album, Flashbacks, was released online on June 30, 2023. CD released on July 19, 2023.

Peach on a beach album Flashbacks now available in CD

The CDs arrived! 💿 

I’m a kid in a candy store this evening, checking off a bucket list item and test driving one in the car stereo 🤡 

Mom & Dad would have gotten a kick out of it. 

Stay tuned for how to get one, once I sort out some details and locations!

Peach on a beach (Larry Peach) is an emerging artist creating nostalgic vibes. Influenced by 80s new wave and hip hop, 90s dance and comedy rock, Peach on a beach's debut album, Flashbacks, was released online on June 30, 2023. CD released on July 19, 2023.

Anticipation Street music video release

The music video for "Anticipation Street" is my first as a video producer, compiled using free video clips from Pexels.

Special thanks to MART PRODUCTION (Pexels) for the amazing nightclub clips of the couple and club clips.

Additional thanks to Pexels contributors for various awesome clips of the city at night. In order of appearance: Pavel Danilyuk, Madam M.A (Akari P.), Jack Kazanjyan, Foster, Steve B, German Korb, Simon Croft, Stacey Koenitz R, Free Videos, Kelly Regan, StefWithAnF and WeStarMoney.

The song is a summer groove about the euphoria of heading out for a night on the town, celebrating that feeling of comradery, that something great could happen with your friends.

From feedback I've received on Distrokid, there are some musicians who envision a clip of the music could be used in a movie or TV series. In the meantime, I await the call and dream... 

Synths and lyrics: Larry Peach

Lead vocals: Joelle Peach 

Additional vocals: Larry Peach

Bass: Paul Morris

Additional sound effects by Zapsplat

Song recorded and produced by Paul Morris aka The Music Box in Clare.

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Peach on a beach (Larry Peach) is an emerging singer-songwriter and synth player creating nostalgic vibes. Influenced by 80s new wave and hip hop, 90s dance and comedy rock, Peach on a beach is recording several singles prior to the release of his upcoming album called Flashbacks.

Anticipation Street single release

"Anticipation Street" is the 4th single and 7th track on my debut album.

The track is an uplifting summer groove about the euphoria of heading out for a night on the town, celebrating that feeling of comradery, that something great could happen with your friends. 

Joelle nails the vocals while Paul’s bass line adds an organic element to the electro mix. 

One of the first demos I'd made, the track was originally called "Le Groove" and entirely instrumental. I am pleased that I sat on it and eventually added lyrics and Joelle's vocals. 

Bonus - the song has already been played on two stations new to me: PopCanRadio, based in Toronto, and CFRC-FM, the non-commercial campus radio station at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. 

The video release will be this Friday, and will be my first as a video producer. 

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Lyrics:

I feel it in the air

I’m feeling like I just don’t care

Fly away

Drive away 

Get away

(Saturday)

Find a way

Fly away

Drive away 

Get away

(Saturday)

Find a way

I feel it in the air

I’m feeling like I just don’t care

The light

So bright

Let’s fly

Tonight

I feel it in the air

I’m feeling like I just don’t care

(Don’t care)

Fly away

Drive away 

Get away

Find a way

Fly away

Drive away 

Get away

Gonna play

Play

Play 

Play

Peach on a beach (Larry Peach) is an emerging singer-songwriter and synth player creating nostalgic vibes. Influenced by 80s new wave and hip hop, 90s dance and comedy rock, Peach on a beach is recording several singles prior to the release of his upcoming album called Flashbacks.

Boogeyman Trail

“Boogeyman Trail” is the 3rd track on the Flashbacks album, straddling the line between fun and games and fear and tears in the forest. 

I've always wanted to create a moody horror riff, as well as record a spooky narration. 

The lyrics tell a story that is based on a real activity we used to play in the woods, which ultimately devolves into fictional mayhem with a twist at the end.

Influences include John Carpenter scores, Stephen King novels and The Blair Witch Project film.

Best experienced on headphones. At night. 

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Peach on a beach (Larry Peach) is an emerging singer-songwriter and synth player creating nostalgic vibes. Influenced by 80s new wave and hip hop, 90s dance and comedy rock, Peach on a beach is recording several singles prior to the release of his upcoming album called Flashbacks.

Ice Cream Karma

  

“Ice Cream Karma” is the 2nd track on the Flashbacks album, built on a trance riff. 

The lyrics recall the showboating trike riding antics of Kevin L. from the trailer park era, a veritable Dickie Dee legend. 

His mishap now immortalized, I hope one day he comes across it and has a good laugh like we all did. 

Ad lib vocals by my brother Darren, one of the few witnesses/beneficiaries of the accident. 

Car sample: The Music Box Recording Studio in Clare. 

A review of “Ice Cream Karma” can be found on Le Presidio blog, describing the track as "the dark underbelly of the greed of the 1980's".

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Peach on a beach (Larry Peach) is an emerging singer-songwriter and synth player creating nostalgic vibes. Influenced by 80s new wave and hip hop, 90s dance and comedy rock, Peach on a beach is recording several singles prior to the release of his upcoming album called Flashbacks.

Debut album Flashbacks released by Peach on a beach

 

My debut album Flashbacks under artist name Peach on a beach is now available online on all major streaming platforms.

Super pumped and proud to share my debut record with you, a whimsical tribute to growing up as a teen during the 80s in the suburbs of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. 

Album produced, recorded and mixed by music maven & mentor Paul Morris at Music Box Studio.

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The track list is as follows:

1. Beeping and Bleeping (debut single) 

2. Ice Cream Karma

3. Boogeyman Trail

4. Before Call Display (3rd single)

5. The Dark Side (Doughboys)

6. Parcel Pickup

7. Anticipation Street

8. Pizza Corner (2nd single)

I will post a little background info each song over the next few weeks and highlight the inspiration and the awesome collaborators. 

Hailing from Dartmouth and based in Clare, Peach on a beach (Larry Peach) is an emerging singer-songwriter and synth player creating nostalgic vibes. Influenced by 80s new wave and hip hop, 90s dance and comedy rock, Peach on a beach is recording several singles prior to the release of his upcoming album called Flashbacks.

"Before Call Display" single and video released by Peach on a beach

 

I invite you to listen to my third single "Before Call Display".

The song is inspired from an epic prank phone call session I orchestrated with my brother during our early teens circa 1984. One day after school while our mom was working, we called ~ 10 taxicabs, pizza shops, Chinese take-outs and a bottle exchange, then watched them all arrive across the street at the neighbour's house. Spotify Apple Music

Watch the official music video for "Before Call Display".

T’was a mega blast filming "Before Call Display". Huge shout-out to all the amazing actors to help make this memory from almost 40 years ago come alive!

Video created by Shawn Bourque, Greenlight Studios Video directed by Larry Peach Video filmed at my Mother-in-law's residence in Middle West Pubnico, NS (Merci, Betty D'Eon!) and Wissam's Pizza in Meteghan River (Clare) Song recorded and produced by Paul Morris aka The Music Box in Clare Lead vocals, music, and lyrics by Larry Peach Additional vocals by Marshall, Owen and Amy Paradis Additional sound effects: https://www.zapsplat.com Video actors: Brothers Marshall and Owen as teen versions of Larry and younger brother Darren Amy Paradis as Mom Josh Purdy as pizza delivery guy Travis Bullerwell as cab driver Wissam and Nadine as pizza shop staff, thanks for the yummy pepperoni pizza prop Larry Peach as old Mr. Sheeves, the neighbour.

Hope you enjoy!

Hailing from Dartmouth and based in Clare, Peach on a beach (Larry Peach) is an emerging singer-songwriter and synth player creating nostalgic vibes. Influenced by 80s new wave and hip hop, 90s dance and comedy rock, Peach on a beach is recording several singles prior to the release of his upcoming EP called Flashbacks.

Music video released for "Pizza Corner!

The official video for my second single "Pizza Corner" was released on Friday, February 24, 2023. The song is a hip-hop tribute to all the blurry late nights I spent at the iconic downtown Halifax landmark during the 1990s. 

Video created by Shawn Bourque, Greenlight Studios

Video filmed at Pizza Corner, Halifax, NS and Wissam's Pizza in Meteghan River (Clare), during the morning of the coldest day of the decade. Lead vocals, music, and lyrics by Larry Peach. Backing vocals by Joelle Peach. Additional ad lib vocals by Patrick Carr and Paul Morris. Liquor Dome Atrium clip of cover band (Mind over Matter) by Richard. For full video from 1991. Video actors: Bradley Gavel, as the sidekick, musician in Soon After Joelle Peach aka "the momager" Sherisse, for bringing the sass Wissam as himself, supreme maker of amazing donairs and pizza and Larry Peach, as a washed up version of himself.

Many thanks et mille merci!

"Pizza Corner" is also available on streaming platforms:

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The playful lyrics recall how we gravitated to “Pizza Corner” during the 1990s to grab a pepperoni slice or a super donair, to people watch, and compare notes after a night on the town. 

The intended market is primarily Gen Xers, but also other generations who spent copious amounts of time downtown during the heyday of Pizza Corner.

Thanks to The Music Box Recording Studio in Clare for the great mix and master!

Hailing from Dartmouth and based in Clare, Peach on a beach (Larry Peach) is an emerging singer-songwriter and synth player creating nostalgic vibes. Influenced by 80s new wave and hip hop, 90s dance and comedy rock, Peach on a beach is recording several singles prior to the release of his upcoming EP called Flashbacks.

"Beeping and Bleeping" reaches #1 on CIOE East Coast Top 30!

On January 14, 2023, "Beeping and Bleeping" was voted #1 song on the CIOE East Coast top 30 countdown!

So very grateful for all your support and votes from coast to coast these last 11 weeks. Reaching #1 is certainly a dream come true!

Huge shoutout to 97.5 Community Radio for playing ALL genres of Atlantic Canada music, especially the types that are hard to label

"Beeping and Bleeping" is available on streaming platforms:

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"Beeping and Bleeping” is a hip-hop track about my experience as a young teen playing arcade video games. The lyrics recall the iconic early 80s games, and the nostalgic vibe of the song naturally led to making a video.