Character Traits

PEI singer-songwriter Logan Richard released his new album Character Traits on May 23. This marks his first release with Outside Music—and his most personal and polished work to date. He is celebrating with an all-ages hometown album release show, featuring special guest Daniel James MacFadyen, on June 21 at 8 pm at the PEI Brewing Company in Charlottetown.

There’s a depth to this record that sneaks up on the listener. Richard’s songwriting is dialed in, and his guitar work is smooth, expressive, and quietly virtuosic.

He says it best: “Each song is its own character trait, telling its own story—from falling in love, to falling out of it, to figuring myself out in adulthood.”

Throughout Character Traits, Richard navigates the trials and tribulations of youth with clear eyes and an uncommonly honeyed voice. The album highlights Richard’s talents as he explores slick pop, spacey R&B, and soulful folk. As the thesis song and title track attests, he’s a 21st-century renaissance man in both skill and style. 

Produced by friends and fellow artists David Myles and Joshua Van Tassel, Character Traits is the inevitable result of commitment to craft—a collection of considered and close-to-the-heart songs that provide a detailed picture of a songwriter who’s hitting his stride.