With the release of his sixth full length album, No Safe Home , Hamilton's Wax Mannequin further solidifies his status as one of Canada's best kept folk secrets. Unlike the vast majority of folk artists, Wax Mannequin never bores. The record kicks off with the rustic, almost fireside folk of "Black Bells" (later revisiting in an instrumental form). On that song he creates a feeling of loneliness, but a loneliness that is warm and cozy. That's in stark opposition to the desolate, wintry "Other Part". Continue [...]
Wax Mannequin has released five previous albums over a period of more than decade, and the Canadian songwriter also known as Chris Adeney will keep on keeping on by releasing his sixth LP, No Safe Home, on August 5. Before then, you can stream the entire ten-track record below. Read more »
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by teepoo If you're a Dan Mangan fan maybe you'd dig Wax Mannequin too. The Hamiltonian has a raw but lovely sounding folk style. In Don't Want To Go his ethereal vocals are decorated by a goosebump ringing violin. On August 5th, 2012 he will be releasing his 6th album No Safe Home . Wax Mannequin- Don't Want to Go
I never thought the unstoppable force that is Wax Mannequin would ever conjure moments of Kings of Convenience , but twenty seconds into "Black Bells" - the opening track from Wax's new record, No Safe Home - that's the exact sonic touch point I was hearing. Obviously, Wax's baritone vocals are far more masculine than Erlend Øye's more sensitive coo, but the tender delivery is equally as soothing and the gentle acoustic notes provide the same cushion to offset a heavy collision. The stark presentation of sound is a big change for Wax, [...]
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Hamilton indie folk musician Wax Mannequin has announced the details of his new studio album. No Safe Home will come out on August 5th. Listen to the track "Don't Want To Go" here: Wax Mannequin plays The Piston in Toronto on Septemer 6th.
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Stories told, songs sung. It's simple this history of ours. Tales of murder, pain, love and loss are written daily and forgotten instantly, but the best are passed from generation to generation like currency, land or genes. In a time where the public is more consumed by those that find and hoard to fuel their own greed or sickness, folklorist Henry Svec - last heard around here under the anonymity of The CFL Sessions - spends his time unearthing stories and documenting melodies for the community. Folk Songs of Canada Now [...]
With the exception of sex and drugs, there are few things more satisfying than a well executed key-change. Doin' , from Canadian Chris Adeney's indie/folk/progressive-rock project Wax Mannequin , features one such key-change; unless completely dead inside, listeners should experience a moment of head-bobbing. The song can be found on Wax Mannequin's fifth-full length effort "Saxon", released by Canadian indie-label Zunior on August 4th of 2009. The album follows-up on Adeney's 2007 "Orchard and Ire", and the 2004 release "The Price"; The Price features the song Message from the Queen which, if one has [...]
"A Bend In The Road" by Bend Sinister It's been a rough weekend and I'm super exhausted, but I just wanted to give a quick Monday morning shout out to this excellent looking documentary on touring Canada by Vancouver's Bend Sinister . Let's hope it comes out soon. In other Bend Sinister news, the band recently made the finals for the lucrative 100.5 FM Peak Performance competition in Vancouver, BC, which means they've got at least 50K (CDN) coming to them after their January 22, [...]
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I'm pretty confident I've seen the Wooden Sky open for someone, at somepoint, but needless to say they weren't overwhelming (or memorable). Their new album, If I Don't Come Home You'll Know I'm Gone , to be released August 25th, I think is going to be a different story. And, if the song "Something Hiding For Us In The Night" is any indication - which it is, I've heard the album - I'm not going to be not remembering tWS again. The song, like the album, (more on the album later, I expect) is [...]
When one first listens to Saxon, the forthcoming album from Wax Mannequin, one is immediately struck by the darkness of the music. The Hamiltonian's raw brand of folk just screams sinister.The album, out August 4th, opens with "Broken Friends", a track that sees Wax Mannequin deliver vocals with a timbre so eerily these could make Nick Cave's skin crawl. Combine that with equally evil lyrics
I know I’ve talked about Wax Mannequin before , but the Hammer from the Hammer (I just made up that nickname) is such a unique artist that he deserves as much press as we can give him. His baritone often tells heartbreaking, powerful tales with just the support of his nylon string guitar, but for his new LP – Saxon (on Zunior records) – he’s backed by Black Blood . The support of bass and percussion allows Wax Mannequin to play with a bigger range of emotions and sounds, and the result [...]
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Hamilton's Wax Mannequin is hard at work on his fifth album Saxon. The album should be out later this summer.In the meantime you can get a sample with this compact fluorescent MP3:"Somethin' To Hide"- MP3Wax Mannequin plays Toronto on June 21st at Sneaky Dee's and June 27th at Tranzac.Wax Mannequin's Myspace
Whale Tooth - self/titled EP Sometimes when the summer hits and the sun starts beating down on you, infectious boy/girl pop becomes as much of a necessity as patios and water. Thankfully, Toronto’s Whale Tooth is heading to Halifax to give us that refreshing chill. Their self-titled EP is a nice slice of jazzy pop, built on the terrific vocals of Elise LeGrow . Her voice is powerful, but never overpowering and the chemistry she and Norm Maschke have jump starts the lighthearted riffs. From the opening moments [...]
I'm pleased to announce that Wax Mannequin , WHK favourite and all around awesome character, has a new album in the can. It's called Saxon and will be released on the Zunior Label at some point in July of this year. I've had the pleasure to see a lot of these new songs live over the last year or so and I don't mind saying I think it's his strongest stuff yet. Don't want to take my word for it? Fine, be that way. Zunior is offering up a free 2 song [...]
I'm jealous of quite a few people. My friend Luther , for instance, is a talented multi-instrumentalist who actually gets paid to play and write about music, my dad can build or understand just about anything and there's a guy down the street who owns his own toy store. Everywhere I look there's someone to envy and last week that list got a little longer with the birth of Jenny Omnichord 's baby boy, Otis. You see, on the day of his birth little baby Otis was greeted by an entire album of duets made in [...]
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