The Waves, The Wake Great Lake Swimmers

• 1 The Talking Wind 04:22
• 2 In a Certain Light 03:23
• 3 Alone but Not Alone 03:17
• 4 Falling Apart 04:36
• 5 Side Effects 03:37
• 6 The Real Work 04:51
• 7 Root Systems 03:20
• 8 Unmaking the Bed 03:57
• 9 Visions of a Different World 02:31
• 10 Holding Nothing Back 03:51
• 11 Mouth of Flames 04:09
• 12 The Open Sea 06:23
• Total Runtime 48:17

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Dieses Jahr markiert den 15. Jahrestag der Great Lake Swimmers. Die für den JUNO nominierte, mit dem Polaris-Preis ausgezeichnete Band aus Toronto wird von Singer-Songwriter Tony Dekker geleitet. Das Album wurden von Chris Stringer (Union Sound) koproduziert, und die üppige Akustik der historischen 144 Jahre alten Bishop Cronyn Memorial Church in London, Ontario, verleiht dem Werk eine stimmungsvolle Kulisse.

Diese neuen Werke schrieb Dekker komplett ohne sein instrumentales Standbein, die Akustikgitarre, stattdessen werden neue Klänge wie Harfe, Laute, Pfeifenorgel, Holzbläser, Congas und Marimbas genutzt, außerdem die gängigeren Sounds von Banjo, Klavier und 12-saitiger E-Gitarre.

"Lieder wie der verträumte Opener ›The Talking Wind‹, das lustig hüpfende ›Unmaking The Bed‹ und das a-cappella (auch das ein Band-Novum!) vorgetragene ›Visions Of A Different World‹ gehören zu den stärksten im bisherigen Lake-Swimmers-Oeuvre. Ebenso wie ›Mouth Of The Flames‹, mit dem sie gegen Ende dann doch noch eine richtige Gitarren-Folk-Pop-Nummer raushauen. Ein ganz großes Album!" (Good Times)

"Ein charmantes und überzeugendes Album, musikalisch wie klanglich." (stereoplay)

Great Lake Swimmers

Great Lake Swimmers
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.

Ongiara 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. For 2015's A Forest of Arms, the group recorded in studios, small music venues, and a variety of unconventional spaces, including Tyendinaga Cavern and Caves, the oldest natural cavern in Ontario.

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