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開始介紹十一月從eMusic下載的6,7張CD(近700元),第一張是Great Lake Swimmers的首張同名專輯!




Great Lake Swimmers

self-titled debut CD


"Dekker squares the circle between Nick Drake, early Neil Young and Will Oldham" **** Uncut

Beautiful bittersweet, drifting, late summer melancholia" **** Mojo

Stark, yet appealing. This is a truly special record" ***** Classic Rock

Voted Favourite Folk/Roots Artist at the 2004 Canadian Independent Music Awards, Great Lake Swimmers make wonderfully understated, heart-wrenching music. Led by songwriter-vocalist Tony Dekker, their haunting sound finds its roots in vintage folk and alt-country colourings, shaped by accordion and piano, lap steel and acoustic guitar, with a voice that seems to come from the walls. Their self-titled debut album, engineered by Victor Szabo, was recorded over several months in an abandoned grain silo in Southern Ontario. Its echoes of rural and urban landscapes include the ambient sounds of crickets and the Toronto subway. The record was issued by weewerk in March 2003, in Europe by Fargo Records in March 2004, and will be released by Misra in the USA in April 2005. For live shows, the Toronto-based band expands to include banjo, Wurlitzer piano, lap steel, drums, and bass.