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KILLBEAT MUSIC
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The award winning, multi JUNO nominated and Polaris Music Prize shortlisted Great Lake Swimmers will be bringing their acclaimed new album The Waves, The Wake, to Guelph on Nov. 22 at Royal City Church as part of a two-month North American tour.
Recorded in the 145-year-old Bishop Cronyn Memorial Church and produced by Chris Stringer (Union Sound), lead singer-songwriter Tony Dekker decided to challenge himself by writing new music without any acoustic guitar, which has always been his instrumental mainstay.
He further digressed from previous songwriting patterns by looking at each track individually and then tailoring the instrumentation to bring each song to life in its own distinctive way.
“Tony Dekker threw out his rule book and came up with his best record in years. Those are deep waters, those Great Lakes, perpetual providers of inspiration and sustenance. Dive in.” The Record
“an inspired, richly textured set of songs.” Exclaim!
“the overall beauty of The Waves further illuminates its charms.” Paste Magazine
“a band experimenting with orchestral sounds in a novel ways, and to significant artistic effect." Culture Collide
“slow-burn indie-folk that is both haunting and gloriously beautiful.” The Sydney Morning Herald
The Waves, The Wake was preceded by a six track EP titled Side Effects that was released on April 13 and features new songs “The Talking Wind”, “Falling Apart”, and “Side Effects”, as well as fan favourites “Your Rocky Spine”, “Quiet Your Mind”, and “I Became Awake”. 2018 the marks the 15th anniversary the JUNO Award nominated, Polaris Music Prize shortlisted group.
The Toronto band has been on the road throughout North America in support of their new long player beginning for the last month and returns home for a performance on Nov. 23 at the Danforth Music Hall.
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