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a r t i s t :: Chris Garneau
t i t l e :: Winter Games
d a t e :: 2014-00-00
l a b e l :: Clouds Hill
g e n r e :: Indie
s o u r c e :: CD
b i t r a t e :: 224 kbps avg
e n c o d e r :: LAME 3.98.4 -V 0
t r a c k s :: 10
p l a y t i m e :: 40:20
s i z e :: 64.82MB
tracklist
1 Our Man 4:52
2 Oh God 3:27
3 Winter Song 1 3:50
4 Winter Song 2 6:14
5 Danny 3:54
6 The Whore In Yourself 4:03
7 Reindeer 3:06
8 Pas Grave 4:50
9 Catherine 3:22
10 Switzerland 2:42
releasenotes
'This record isn't about trivial sh*t,' explains Garneau. 'It's about why love
doesn't happen right, about the heartache of having your father leave you,
your cousin sexually abuse you, your family reject you.' And yet Winter Games
isn't a downer. In its own twisted way, it's triumphant, bursting at the seams
with Garneau's barebones melodies and the richly woven arrangements of CJ
Camerieri and Rob Moose-perfectly paced orchestrations that parallel their
work on Bon Iver's
GRAMMY-winning debut as a full-blooded group.
'It's magical really,' explains Garneau, referring to the pair's collaborative
process. 'They don't write anything down; I direct things to a certain degree,
then they take over and get this big sound from only the two of them.' In many
ways, Winter Games is the music Garneau's been trying to make since he was a
lonesome kid who competed in Parisian piano competitions and
happened to be on a last name basis with Beethoven, Debussy and Brahms.
Garneau had to endure years of personal and creative growth first, however, as
he found his voice as a songwriter and expanded his record collection well
past the familiar environs of classical and jazz. That includes everything
from the otherworldly pop songs of Tori Amos and the alien harmonies of the
Cocteau Twins to the devastating confessionals of Cat Power, Nick Drake and
Elliott Smith. Not to mention one of Garneau's biggest influences, Nina
Simone, whose music he fondly remembers figure skating to-in his socks, mind
you-around the family living room.
www.chrisgarneau.com
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