Tall Tall Shadow is a Folk album by Basia Bulat, originally released in 2013. On Gatefold: 3 pressings tracked.
About
Basia Bulat’s smartest move was enlisting the help of Tim Kingsbury of Arcade Fire and Mark Lawson, the GRAMMY-winning engineer of the Fire’s album <i>The Suburbs</i>. By locking in two people further out from her usual folk style, she ensured herself an album that would be like no other in her catalog. If purists turn their noses up at the upbeat pop frills of “Promise Not to Think About Love,” it’s unfortunate, since like many of the songs here, the additional backup choruses and bouncy grooves make that track practically irresistible. Besides, she’s shown her quirky side all along (2007’s “La-Da-Da” anyone?), and she did let her former producer, Howard Bilerman, alternate mixes with Lawson. She still communes with her autoharp on the soaring, birdlike “It Can’t Be You.” And the strength lurking in the honest and vulnerable “Paris or Amsterdam” is a work of palpable grace under pressure.
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Tracklist
- 1Tall Tall Shadow4:03
- 2Five, Four3:59
- 3Promise Not to Think About Love2:23
- 4It Can't Be You3:58
- 5Wires3:31
- 6The City with No Rivers3:23
- 7Someone3:15
- 8Paris or Amsterdam3:05
- 9Never Let Me Go4:14
- 10From Now On2:24
Sound DNA
- Folk
- Contemporary Indie Folk
- jangly
- yearning
- pastoral
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Recorded at Beaches Legion no 1 in Toronto, La Petite Église in Farnham, The Pines in Montreal and Sonovox in Montreal except
Track 1 recorded at Hotel2Tango in Montreal
Track 8 recorded in Guelph and Toronto
Track 10 recorded at 6 Nassau in Toronto.
Mixed in Montreal.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Allison StewartVIOLA
- Anissa HartCELLO
- Basia BulatVOCALS, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, SYNTHESIZER, PERCUSSION, PIANO VOCALS, AUTOHARP, ELECTRIC GUITAR, PIANO VOCALS, AUTOHARP, ELECTRIC GUITAR, ZITHER
- Ben HarrisVOCALS
- Ben WhiteleyBASS GUITAR BASS GUITAR, DOUBLE BASS ORGAN
- Bobby BulatDRUMS, PERCUSSION PERCUSSION
- Eric DémoréVOCALS
- Holly CoishVIOLIN VOCALS VOCALS, ORGAN
- Katie SaunorisVOCALS
- Ken WhiteleyORGAN
- Madisyn WhajneVOCALS
- Mark LawsonDRUM PROGRAMMING
- Mika PosenVIOLIN
- Shaun BrodieTRUMPET VOCALS
- Timothy KingsburyACOUSTIC GUITAR ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR, BASS GUITAR ELECTRIC GUITAR
3 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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