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Released just five months after their acclaimed self-titled debut, the Canadian indie folk collective's sophomore release treads the same cold waters as before, but with a batch of songs that are as confident as they are heartbroken. Listeners who felt drawn to singer/songwriter Tony Dekker and fellow Swimmers tales of northern woe the first time around will likely find the more band-oriented Bodies and Minds to be an improvement. Like the Cowboy Junkies before them, the tracks were recorded in a church (the previous release found the group crammed into a silo), resulting in an intimacy that feels both peaceful and urgent. Dekker's vocals are less shaky this time around, and his glorious falsetto, which salutes Thom Yorke and Neil Young without ever coming off as derivative, bounces off of the cathedral walls with such quiet grandiosity that one barely notices the subtle banjo, electric guitar, and brushed snare drum that propel it. Granted, the Swimmers songs and overall style are by no means ground-breaking ("Let's Trade Skins" and "Various Stages" echo the Scud Mountain Boys with their deep Wurlitzer underbelly, while "Song for the Angels" sounds like a Red House Painters song circa 1993), but they're well on their way to cementing them with both feet into the "wet as a highway during mayfly season" sadcore genre.
© James Christopher Monger /TiVo
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Great Lake Swimmers, MainArtist - Weewerk, MusicPublisher - Anthony Dekker / Great Lake Swimmers, Composer
(C) 2005 Weewerk (P) 2006 Weewerk
Great Lake Swimmers, MainArtist - Weewerk, MusicPublisher - Anthony Dekker / Great Lake Swimmers, Composer
(C) 2005 Weewerk (P) 2006 Weewerk
Great Lake Swimmers, MainArtist - Weewerk, MusicPublisher - Anthony Dekker / Great Lake Swimmers, Composer
(C) 2005 Weewerk (P) 2006 Weewerk
Great Lake Swimmers, MainArtist - Weewerk, MusicPublisher - Anthony Dekker / Great Lake Swimmers, Composer
(C) 2005 Weewerk (P) 2006 Weewerk
Great Lake Swimmers, MainArtist - Weewerk, MusicPublisher - Anthony Dekker / Great Lake Swimmers, Composer
(C) 2005 Weewerk (P) 2006 Weewerk
Great Lake Swimmers, MainArtist - Weewerk, MusicPublisher - Anthony Dekker / Great Lake Swimmers, Composer
(C) 2005 Weewerk (P) 2006 Weewerk
Great Lake Swimmers, MainArtist - Weewerk, MusicPublisher - Anthony Dekker / Great Lake Swimmers, Composer
(C) 2005 Weewerk (P) 2006 Weewerk
Great Lake Swimmers, MainArtist - Weewerk, MusicPublisher - Anthony Dekker / Great Lake Swimmers, Composer
(C) 2005 Weewerk (P) 2006 Weewerk
Great Lake Swimmers, MainArtist - Weewerk, MusicPublisher - Anthony Dekker / Great Lake Swimmers, Composer
(C) 2005 Weewerk (P) 2006 Weewerk
Great Lake Swimmers, MainArtist - Weewerk, MusicPublisher - Anthony Dekker / Great Lake Swimmers, Composer
(C) 2005 Weewerk (P) 2006 Weewerk
Great Lake Swimmers, MainArtist - Weewerk, MusicPublisher - Anthony Dekker / Great Lake Swimmers, Composer
(C) 2005 Weewerk (P) 2006 Weewerk
Album review
Released just five months after their acclaimed self-titled debut, the Canadian indie folk collective's sophomore release treads the same cold waters as before, but with a batch of songs that are as confident as they are heartbroken. Listeners who felt drawn to singer/songwriter Tony Dekker and fellow Swimmers tales of northern woe the first time around will likely find the more band-oriented Bodies and Minds to be an improvement. Like the Cowboy Junkies before them, the tracks were recorded in a church (the previous release found the group crammed into a silo), resulting in an intimacy that feels both peaceful and urgent. Dekker's vocals are less shaky this time around, and his glorious falsetto, which salutes Thom Yorke and Neil Young without ever coming off as derivative, bounces off of the cathedral walls with such quiet grandiosity that one barely notices the subtle banjo, electric guitar, and brushed snare drum that propel it. Granted, the Swimmers songs and overall style are by no means ground-breaking ("Let's Trade Skins" and "Various Stages" echo the Scud Mountain Boys with their deep Wurlitzer underbelly, while "Song for the Angels" sounds like a Red House Painters song circa 1993), but they're well on their way to cementing them with both feet into the "wet as a highway during mayfly season" sadcore genre.
© James Christopher Monger /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 00:46:36
- Main artists: Great Lake Swimmers
- Composer: Anthony Dekker / Great Lake Swimmers
- Label: Weewerk
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Folk
(C) 2005 Weewerk (P) 2006 Weewerk
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