Great Lake Swimmers
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AMG Review of Lost Channels
James Christopher Monger
All Music GuideToronto's Great Lake Swimmers have been quietly honing their signature wet and lonesome, echo-laden brand of mellow folk-pop since 2005, while like-minded bands such as Fleet Foxes, Band of Horses and Shearwater get all of the press. On their fourth album, Tony Dekker and his revolving cast of co-conspirators walk a little taller than on previous releases, employing a larger, more band-oriented sound that lovingly elevates (and amplifies) Dekker's simple, refined melodies into something both peaceful and majestic. Recorded in castles, churches, and community centers in and around the Saint Lawrence River's Thousand Islands, which straddle the U.S.-Canada border, Lost Channels is filled with sepia-tone postcard images of dusty boots following the treads on seasonal roads, and pastoral woodcuts of stoic, blue-collar heartache and wide-eyed innocence. From the old-school country-folk of "The Chorus in the Underground" and "Unison Falling into Harmony" to the straight-up indie folk-rock of "Pulling on a Line" and "Palmistry" -- the latter, as beautiful as it is owes more than just an instrumentation nod to R.E.M.'s "Losing My Religion" -- Great Lake Swimmers have proven once again that Canada, as rich as it is in arty indie rock like Destroyer, Plants and Animals, and Wolf Parade, is also the country that gave the world Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot, and Joni Mitchell.
Album Review: Great Lake Swimmers - Lost Channels
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For years now, Great Lake Swimmers have been writing beautifully melodic and poetic folk ballads up in their northern home of Ontario, Canada. While they have a couple of songs that may be classified as rock, rarely does their music rise beyond an aroused hush. Consistency has always been one of the band's strong suits. Since the band's inception they haven't had a misstep; each album being as...
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Interview with Tony Dekker of Great Lake Swimmers
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Got an interview with Great Lake Swimmers' Tony Dekker. We talk about the new album, tour, and swimming in the Great Lakes.Read it here.
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Album Review: Great Lake Swimmers - Lost Channels
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For years now, Great Lake Swimmers have been writing beautifully melodic and poetic folk ballads up in their northern home of Ontario, Canada. While they have a couple of songs that may be classified as rock, rarely does their music rise beyond an aroused hush. Consistency has always been one of the band's strong suits. Since the band's inception they haven't had a misstep; each album being as...
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Great Lake Swimmers: Still video
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Great Lake Swimmers released a video for Still, from Lost Channels. The music video was filmed on February 28, 2009 in Toronto, Canada, while the band performs in a room full of friends. The video opens with a relaxed and casual setting; background chatter gives way to the band performing at a house show.If you [...]
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NxEW Spotlight: Great Lake Swimmers
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The (Weekly) Artist Spotlight is a new thing at NxEW and there was considerable debate over who should go first. Ultimately the Great Lake Swimmers had the most support. It seems kind of a strange choice - most people already know and therefore love the Great Lake Swimmers. However, maybe that assumption is wrong. The Great Lake Swimmers have had a huge year very quietly. Their album Lost Chann...
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Pulling On A Line - Great Lake Swimmers / YSIRead Our WORD 100 Album Review Here...
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interview with great lake swimmers and signed cd
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Hot off the release of their latest record, Lost Channels, we recently had a chance to sit down with Tony Dekker, the introspective front-man of Canadian indie-folk band, Great Lake Swimmers. On the eve of their performance at Bowery Ballroom in New York City, De ...
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