Ultra Far
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SHEEP EP
Emerging from the ashes of Canadian band Property (2016-2021), Ultra Far is the new alternative project of St. John’s & Montreal-based Sarah Harris. Ultra Far is an experimentation of sound and genre: simultaneously electronic and organic; optimistic and wistful. This debut album, For Music is Alive and Well, builds on the spirit of Property’s signature pop/rock/folk sound while carving out a distinctive identity and capturing the fresh energy of this new chapter. Constructed from forgotten demos dating back to 2017, this album represents a collection of lasting ideas and the urge to create music. For Music is Alive and Well is a calling card for the era of genre-curious music fans.
With confessional lyrics, off-kilter rhythms, and a collision of post-punk, new wave, and electronic, St. John’s/Montreal based Ultra Far turns the familiar into something slightly strange. Since emerging in 2025 with the anthological genre spanning release For Music is Alive and Well Ultra Far has toured in Canada, the UK and Europe, balancing raw four-piece energy with wiry DI’d guitars, samples, auto-tune vocals and a willingness to let the songs come apart at the seams. The 4 track follow up, Sheep EP releases November 12 via Not So Gifted Records.
SHEEP (EP)
Releases November 13, 2026
Lyrically grounded in Harris’ hometown and part-time base of St. John’s, Newfoundland, the songs ponder watching your city change from when you were a kid, curiosity about new age spirituality, and trying to figure out how to lead a life where you actually get to do the things you say you want to. On “Ashtray,” Harris grapples with existential questions and observations that come with being at the end of your 20s, and not having a clear lifepath. There is a reluctance to accept the world we inherit, but a hopefulness that there is something worth salvaging: “and if they break the world wide open/we will survive the culture death/ after much initiation/think I can pick up from what’s left.” The titular track SHEEP plays out the idea of counting sheep with time passing while you’re paralyzed by anxiety and afraid to do anything off the beaten path. Luckily, this powerlessness is solved at the end of “Armchair Preacher” where a purpose is established in the urge to make music: “found my fountain/in a dimly lit basement/ now I'm doing just the same thing/ trying to find meaning.”
The EP was recorded, performed, and produced by Harris between her studio in Montreal and LV studios in St. John’s, with live drums performed and recorded by Rhys Climenhage at Domaine des Lignes in Woburn, QC, while the two were there working on another record. Harris’ sole collaborator on the record, Rhys Climenhage did the mixing, while Harris did the masters. The artwork was created by Halfcase, a St. John’s based design duo.
I like my music Ultra Far.
For Music Is Alive and Well
Released April 10, 2025
Created out of demos spanning from 2019-2024 with one outlier from 2017, For Music and Alive and Well is less of a cohesive record and more of a collection of ideas, of songs, and the result of an urge to create music. The final versions of the songs were produced by Harris over the course of 2024 and feature performances from longtime collaborators between St. John’s and Montreal at various studios, living rooms, and basements, with a couple guitar solos recorded at a project studio in Los Angeles on a summer holiday.
To bring the songs together under one roof, Harris employed the services of Montreal via Edmonton producer Renny Wilson who works out of his private studio “Value Sound” in the north of Montreal. Following the tracking, Wilson mixed the record and prepared the final masters.
This release is Ultra Far’s debut album, and the first release of Harris’s record label Not So Gifted Records.
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