08-04-2012, 14:05
online listen
about time
never heard of them, yet five albums
SteveO must be keeping these Canadians for himself
very nice country flavor to these mostly laid back tunes
can't really call it country, but a little banjo and the violin gives it that touch
this one goes to the top of my list
1.9 from me and a converted 1.8 from the pros at allmusic
from the album - Easy Come Easy Go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SlnLhjGzVw&ob=av2e
released Apr 3rd, 2012
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Bio - from allmusic
Featuring a blend of acoustic instruments, rural soundscapes, and wistful vocals, Great Lake Swimmers are an indie
folk group led by songwriter/vocalist Tony Dekker. The group first appeared in 2003 with a haunting, self-titled
debut that was recorded in a grain silo and released by Weewerk Records, a small label based in the band's native
Toronto. Misra Records picked up the record and released it stateside in April 2005. Recording sessions for Great
Lake Swimmers' second album began that same year, with the band taking up residence in an old church in rural
southern Ontario. The finished product, Bodies and Minds, was released toward the end of 2006, featuring another
blend of homespun folk and lush, intimate Americana.
Although already popular in Canada, the band began building a wider audience in 2007 by signing to a new label,
Nettwerk, and releasing the well-received Ongiara. The album's first track, "Your Rocky Spine," topped the Canadian
indie charts and appeared on the soundtrack to Showtime's Weeds. Such increased attention kept Great Lake Swimmers
on tour for the better part of two years, but they still managed to take some time off to record a fourth album.
Traveling between multiple locations in the Thousand Islands region and elsewhere in northern New York state, the
group hit a creative high peak with Lost Channels, which was released in 2009. The Legion Sessions, an EP featuring
live versions of several Lost Channels tunes, also appeared that year. In 2012 Great Lake Swimmers released New
Wild Everywhere, their first album to be recorded in a traditional studio.
Album Review
Canada's Great Lake Swimmers may not engender the endless praise ascribed to critical darlings like Fleet Foxes or
Bon Iver, but what the Toronto quintet lacks in dazzle, it more than makes up for with authenticity. New Wild
Everywhere, the group's fifth full-length outing, offers up another solid, if predictable batch of warm,
contemplative, country-folk pop that seamlessly blends the rootsy, sunset melancholy of Gram Parsons, the smoky,
Adirondack sheen of Joe Pernice's Scud Mountain Boys and the earthy grace of the Cowboy Junkies. Understated, yet
undeniably lush (the band chose to record in a proper studio, rather than employ their usual field recording
method), stand-out cuts like the languid "Cornflower Blue" and "On the Water," and the rolling, Automatic for the
People-era R.E.M.-infused title track feel homey and safe, like flames licking the walls of a fireplace. New Wild
Everywhere may not bring anything new to the table, but what It does bring, as is the case with the best comfort
food, has been honed to perfection.
Track Listing
1. Think That You Might Be Wrong
2. New Wild Everywhere
3. The Great Exhale
4. The Knife
5. Changes With the Wind
6. Cornflower Blue
7. Easy Come Easy Go
8. Fields of Progeny
9. Ballad of a Fisherman's Wife
10. Quiet Your Mind
11. Parkdale Blues
12. On the Water
13. Les Champs de Progeniture
about time
never heard of them, yet five albums
SteveO must be keeping these Canadians for himself
very nice country flavor to these mostly laid back tunes
can't really call it country, but a little banjo and the violin gives it that touch
this one goes to the top of my list
1.9 from me and a converted 1.8 from the pros at allmusic
from the album - Easy Come Easy Go
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SlnLhjGzVw&ob=av2e
released Apr 3rd, 2012
Bio - from allmusic
Featuring a blend of acoustic instruments, rural soundscapes, and wistful vocals, Great Lake Swimmers are an indie
folk group led by songwriter/vocalist Tony Dekker. The group first appeared in 2003 with a haunting, self-titled
debut that was recorded in a grain silo and released by Weewerk Records, a small label based in the band's native
Toronto. Misra Records picked up the record and released it stateside in April 2005. Recording sessions for Great
Lake Swimmers' second album began that same year, with the band taking up residence in an old church in rural
southern Ontario. The finished product, Bodies and Minds, was released toward the end of 2006, featuring another
blend of homespun folk and lush, intimate Americana.
Although already popular in Canada, the band began building a wider audience in 2007 by signing to a new label,
Nettwerk, and releasing the well-received Ongiara. The album's first track, "Your Rocky Spine," topped the Canadian
indie charts and appeared on the soundtrack to Showtime's Weeds. Such increased attention kept Great Lake Swimmers
on tour for the better part of two years, but they still managed to take some time off to record a fourth album.
Traveling between multiple locations in the Thousand Islands region and elsewhere in northern New York state, the
group hit a creative high peak with Lost Channels, which was released in 2009. The Legion Sessions, an EP featuring
live versions of several Lost Channels tunes, also appeared that year. In 2012 Great Lake Swimmers released New
Wild Everywhere, their first album to be recorded in a traditional studio.
Album Review
Canada's Great Lake Swimmers may not engender the endless praise ascribed to critical darlings like Fleet Foxes or
Bon Iver, but what the Toronto quintet lacks in dazzle, it more than makes up for with authenticity. New Wild
Everywhere, the group's fifth full-length outing, offers up another solid, if predictable batch of warm,
contemplative, country-folk pop that seamlessly blends the rootsy, sunset melancholy of Gram Parsons, the smoky,
Adirondack sheen of Joe Pernice's Scud Mountain Boys and the earthy grace of the Cowboy Junkies. Understated, yet
undeniably lush (the band chose to record in a proper studio, rather than employ their usual field recording
method), stand-out cuts like the languid "Cornflower Blue" and "On the Water," and the rolling, Automatic for the
People-era R.E.M.-infused title track feel homey and safe, like flames licking the walls of a fireplace. New Wild
Everywhere may not bring anything new to the table, but what It does bring, as is the case with the best comfort
food, has been honed to perfection.
Track Listing
1. Think That You Might Be Wrong
2. New Wild Everywhere
3. The Great Exhale
4. The Knife
5. Changes With the Wind
6. Cornflower Blue
7. Easy Come Easy Go
8. Fields of Progeny
9. Ballad of a Fisherman's Wife
10. Quiet Your Mind
11. Parkdale Blues
12. On the Water
13. Les Champs de Progeniture
