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16 October 2026 – Andy Shauf Celebrates Ten Years of The Party With Nine Previously Unreleased Recordings
By Editorial Team - October 16, 2026
Summary
Canadian indie-folk songwriter Andy Shauf marks the tenth anniversary of conceptual masterpiece The Party on Anti- Records with nine previously unreleased tracks.
Key Facts
- Tenth-anniversary deluxe edition of landmark 2016 narrative folk album released via Anti- Records.
- Expands the original tracklist with nine previously unreleased studio demos and outtakes.
- Includes newly unearthed compositions 'Angela the Traveller' and 'The Interrupter'.
- Entities: Andy Shauf, The Party, Anti- Records, The Magician, Early to the Party, Quite Like You, Martha Sways, Angela the Traveller, The Interrupter
- Tags: andy-shauf, the-party, anti-records, indie-folk, chamber-pop, singer-songwriter
Canadian singer-songwriter Andy Shauf has released an expanded tenth-anniversary edition of his landmark conceptual album The Party through Anti- Records. Originally arriving in 2016, the album established Shauf as one of modern indie music's premier narrative songwriters, capturing the awkward vignettes and quiet heartbreaks of guests at an imaginary house party.
The reissue enriches classics like "The Magician", "Early to the Party", "Quite Like You", and "Martha Sways" with nine previously unreleased recordings, including studio outtakes "Angela the Traveller" and "The Interrupter", alongside alternate versions and early home demos.
Reflecting on the album a decade on, Shauf has opened up about the personal turbulence that fueled the sessions, giving renewed emotional resonance to his intricate arrangements of clarinets, strings, and acoustic guitars.
This definitive edition reaffirms The Party as an enduring masterpiece of chamber folk storytelling. Discover more songwriter features across our folk section.