Katie Tupper has fully arrived with her debut LP, Greyhound. This Saskatchewan-born, Toronto-based artist delivers eleven tracks of smoky-voiced soul that floats between prairie folk and alternative R&B like a fever dream at golden hour. Her work on past EPs like Towards The End (2022) and Where To Find Me (2023) always drew me in, but this LP is easily her most accomplished work in terms of songwriting and genuine bops.
The album’s built around this brilliant metaphor—greyhounds chasing mechanical rabbits they’ll never catch—exploring how we chase what we can’t have while making ourselves impossible to hold. Heady concept, but Tupper makes it feel effortless with this R&B odes.
Working with producers Justice Der and Felix Fox, she’s created something that genuinely moves. Analog synths wash over steel pedal guitar, drum and bass rhythms pulse beneath folk melodies, and her layered vocals drift through it all like smoke. “Right Hand Man” is my favourite, bringing this infectious breakbeat groove that just locks you in. “Disappear,” featuring Jordan Rakei and Rachel Bobbitt (another amazing artist), melts into pure atmosphere. “Cowboy Lullaby” closes with strings and campfire warmth that somehow feels both grounding and otherworldly in an Old West twang.
The whole record has this quality of constant motion, of things shifting just out of focus. It’s the kind of album that you can really sink into its textures and let it carry or float you. Move over, Olivia Dean, Canada’s got Katie Tupper.
