Wisecrack is the prestigious Polaris Music Prize Long Listed album from Vancouver-based singer-songwriter Haley Blais. Conceived as a conceptual record about the formation of new families amidst the dissolution of her parents’ relationship, Wisecrack is textured and wryly poetic, oscillating somewhere between cherished childhood memories and the creation of a new self. The existential, everyday worries we all contain but rarely share are laid bare across eleven songs deftly performed with grace, profundity, and humour.

Haley Blais is a Vancouver-based singer-songwriter and musician whose defiant scream-into-your-pillow pop anthems have amassed 20 million streams worldwide as an unsigned artist. Called “Canada’s nostalgia pop queen” by i-D Magazine, Blais’ 2020 debut album, Below The Salt, was produced by indie pop favourites Tennis and received glowing coverage from NPR, FLOOD, Consequence, and American Songwriter. Blais supported her debut by joining Peach Pit on tour across North America. Before diving into music full time, Blais, a born entertainer with natural charisma and humour, was a YouTuber who garnered 18 million views and 170k followers on the platform. Now signed to Arts & Crafts, Blais releases her captivating sophomore album Wisecrack, a collection of songs processing grief, loss, and the dissolution of family.