Montréal synth project No release album ‘Escaping Heaven’
Montréal synth and post-punk project No release the 12-track album “Escaping Heaven” on 8 June 2026, a co-release from Tonn Recordings and Kernkrach Records.
The Montréal solo project No has released the album “Escaping Heaven”, a 12-track record issued on 8 June 2026 as a co-release between Tonn Recordings and Kernkrach Records. No builds the album from cold synth lines and driving beats, topped with dark, minimal vocals rooted in early synth and post-punk.
No maps synth and post-punk on ‘Escaping Heaven’
“Escaping Heaven” runs 12 tracks, opening with “Waste My Time” and closing with “Cold Red Moons”. It gathers the advance singles “Make-Up”, released in April 2026, and “Escaping Heaven (This Is a Love Song)”, released in June 2026, alongside tracks such as “Kill All the Lights”, “The Damage Is Done” and “Fallen Angels”. The record was mastered by Dea Hydra at Les Jardins de Verre, with design by Nieuw NDG and cover image by Eugene Schlumberger.
The album is available on Bandcamp through Tonn Recordings and Kernkrach Records.
About No
No is the solo project of a Montréal-based musician who pairs synth and drum-machine arrangements with dark, driving vocals. The project cites early synth and post-punk as its main reference points, naming Fad Gadget, Public Image Ltd and The Cure among its influences.
No has released five albums on cassette, vinyl and digital through Tonn Recordings, along with a collaborative EP with Ana Gartner issued as NO+ANA and several self-released singles. The project has also appeared on compilations from labels including Young and Cold Records and Cold Transmission. Recent singles run from “Desire Kills Desire” in January 2025 and “Ghost In Dreams” in November 2025 through to the two 2026 tracks that lead into “Escaping Heaven”, the project’s latest full-length.
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