Blog: Parasites & Sycophants

Toronto's Great Lake Swimmers released their new album, Lost Channels , last week on Nettwerk. The record features twelve tracks of melodic folk from the mindscapes of songwriter/frontman Tony Dekker done in rich grey tones with overcast backdrop. Played at the right time (contemplation, meditation, reflection, whatever you call it), Lost Channels , is an exquisite piece seen through a big clean spacious recording. These beautiful episodes are done up with rustic banjo tinges adding searing texture, seen most prominently on the finely sculpted piece, "The Chorus In The Underground," which stands the closest GLS get to mountain [...]