
Being an unabashed Great Lake Swimmers fan, I had been anxiously awaiting the release of Lost Channels since I first learned of its release . Having already heard a few cuts live, like "Concrete Heart" and "Palmistry", I was a little bit aware of what I was in store for song-wise with this album, but what really threw me for a loop when I first heard it was the overall production on this record. The immediacy and the intimacy of Tony Dekker 's past recordings (his self-titled debut being famously recorded live in an [...]