Apples & Honey, the debut album from Montreal singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Vincent Yelle, is an intimate, haunting meditation on loss, family, and memory. Written, recorded, and produced entirely by Yelle, the album traces the emotional landscape that followed the passing of his father—capturing grief not as an endpoint, but as a living thread that binds generations together.
The record is steeped in personal history: field recordings of birds captured by Yelle’s late father, snippets of family conversations, and the voices of his mother and sister all blur into the music’s textured layers. Each song feels like a memory preserved in amber—delicate, luminous, and deeply human. What emerges is a tender strain of memory-folk, where emotion takes precedence over perfection, and vulnerability becomes an act of quiet resilience.
After more than a decade shaping the sound of Quebec’s indie scene as a bassist for artists including Pelch, Jeffrey Piton, Pataugeoire, and Simon Daniel, Yelle steps confidently into his own creative space. His solo work expands the language of modern folk, marrying intimacy with sonic experimentation. Apples & Honey is less a collection of songs than an emotional document—one that captures the ache and beauty of remembering.
The album features contributions from Claire Morrison, Florence Lefebvre-Gagnon, Josée Desranleau, Paul Émile Yelle, Antoine Loiselle, and Olivier Guertin, with mixing by Christian-Adam Gilbert and mastering by Jean-Philippe Villemure.
