Video Premiere: The Sylvia Platters - Blue Juniper (Live at Malibu Sound)

Written By Jeff MacCallum

Fresh off the release of their single "Norman 4" in November, The Sylvia Platters return with a live-in-studio performance video of "Blue Juniper" -- a standout track from their 2022 EP Youth Without Virtue.

The video, captured live at Malibu Sound Studios in Burnaby, BC by producer Kyle Schick and directors Daniel Sparrow and Brendan Taylor (Zone Pictures), captures the band's energetic dynamic and brotherly harmonies of vocalist Tim and Nick Ubels. Its analog tone conveys a nostalgic warmth undercut by the song's story of a doomed childhood friendship.

The video is the first release from an EP of live recordings available this Spring.

Jeff MacCallum

Jeff MacCallum is our founder. He created Cups N Cakes simply because he had a love of local music. Soon the platform grew beyond the confines of his scene in Edmonton to include all of Canada.

"I did it all very DIY. Everything you see was me learning on the fly. I'm a carpenter not a musician, or a journalist, or a publicist... I'm a carpenter and a weird crazy music fan that thought he could do something fun that might benefit something I care about"

Over the years, MacCallum's commitment to elevating Canadian music earned him a spot as a Polaris Prize Juror, a WCMA Juror, a consultant for music festival curation, and a dear friend to independent music in Canada.

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