Taylor Janzen

Taylor Janzen, a Canadian artist, channels restlessness and introspection through her songwriting, evoking the raw openness of peers including Phoebe Bridgers, Daughter, and Julien Baker. Her introduction to a label came via the 2018 solo EP Interpersonal, after which she expanded her arrangements with a full backing band on the following year’s Shouting Matches. The more polished full-length I Live in Patterns reached listeners in 2023.

Saint Boniface, Winnipeg, is where Janzen grew up and first began shaping acoustic-guitar pieces during high school that explored tensions around religion, relationships, and mental health. Those early efforts surfaced online in 2017 as the acoustic EP Fear & Faith. 2MM Records then released her next project, Interpersonal, still just Janzen and guitar, with mastering handled by Greg Calbi (Big Thief, Julien Baker); the recordings drew broader notice across music blogs.

Janzen moved beyond her initial D.I.Y. methods for Shouting Matches, tracking the third EP with a band and producer Mike Mogis (First Aid Kit, Justin Townes Earle, Cursive) at a studio in Omaha, Nebraska. The set appeared on 2MM in mid-2019, after which Glassnote, an elite indie imprint, signed her before year’s end. “What I Do…” arrived on the new label that December. Additional standalone tracks followed, among them 2020’s “I Feel a Darkness” and “Devotion,” along with renditions of songs by Halsey and Phoenix, before previews of her debut album surfaced.

I Live in Patterns, featuring further streamlined production, a collaboration with singer/songwriter Alix Page, and a tear-stained cover, was issued jointly by Glassnote and Arts & Crafts in March 2023.