Over the last seven years, Vancouver-born, Toronto-based singer-songwriter Alex Southey has quietly established himself as one of Canada’s most prolific and consistently compelling independent artists. Known for a songwriting practice that rarely slows down, Southey has built a catalogue spanning multiple albums, EPs, and singles, often arriving on stage with new material in tow. His 2021 album …And the Country Stirred spent several weeks in the Top 20 of Canadian college radio charts and earned support from CBC, while 2022’s shoegaze-tinged Common Fantasies EP further expanded his reach, with the title track appearing in the CTV/CW series Sight Unseen. In 2024, he returned with the art-rock-infused Entertainers Bring May Flowers Collection EP, whose standout single “God’s Green Earth” received airplay on SiriusXM’s North Americana. Across releases championed by CBC, SiriusXM, Exclaim!, Billboard Canada, and other outlets, Southey has become known for crafting songs that are dreamy, melancholic, and instantly memorable.
Now, Southey returns with “Green Sunday,” a standalone single that balances wit, vulnerability, and offbeat charm. The song began as what he describes as “a joke about New Order’s ‘Blue Monday‘ and ended as a joke about New Order’s ‘Blue Monday,'” but evolved into a deeper reflection on self-worth and the tendency to continually give in to outside pressures. That same blend of humour and introspection carries into the accompanying video, filmed over several Sundays throughout Toronto’s Wallace-Emerson neighbourhood. Inspired by Southey’s habit of collecting discarded objects left outside homes, the video follows a series of found treasures, including a surprisingly scene-stealing stuffed monkey that emerges as an unlikely co-star. Recorded at Make It Fit Studio alongside engineer and longtime collaborator Jason Pilling, “Green Sunday” grew from rough voice-note demos into a fully realized band recording over the course of several focused sessions. Southey contributed vocals, guitars, Mellotron, tambourine, field recordings, and even a custom-built “banj-uitar,” while Pilling handled bass, drums, engineering, and production support. Though released as a standalone single, “Green Sunday” offers a glimpse into Southey’s next creative chapter, with a heavier, more rock-oriented EP or full-length project already taking shape for release in late 2026 or early 2027.
