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: Artist......: Slow Leaves
: Album.......: Meantime :
: Label.......: Birthday Cake Records .. .:.. .
Genre.......: Folk :
Catnr.......: BDA103CD .
' Source......: CD ,
; Rip.date....: 2023-09-19
Str.date....: 2023-06-30
Quality.....: 262kbps/44.1kHz/Joint Stereo . :..
.:. Url.........: http://slowleaves.com '
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1. American Band 3:44
2. Reason Why 3:37
3. Happy All The Time 3:15
4. Nothing Really Changes 2:37
5. Grand Marquis 4:03
6. Jenny 3:38
7. Goodbye Florida 2:35
8. Anyone Out There 3:02
9. Underneath This 4:24
10. Say Goodnight 3:08
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,: Slow Leaves latest album, Meantime, is about waiting for :,
: something momentous to occur in life, and how all the mundane :
:' stuff that happens during the wait actually constitutes what is ':
,: meaningful. If you blink, you miss it; if you think too much, :,
: you miss it. If you re lucky, in the meantime, there s love and :
:' there s death and not much less. Grant Davidson, the Winnipeg ':
,: based artist behind Slow Leaves says, I see this album as a :,
: love letter, a collection of messes that fit neatly within a :
:' regular life if there is such a thing. In that sense, I guess ':
,: these songs serve as a reminder for myself, since I m forgetful, :,
: that all moments are equal in that they pass through us once :
:' only in long stretches of boredom or by bursts of love and ':
,: death. In the meantime, I only hope not to let any more go by :,
: unnoticed. :
:' ':
,: The lead single, American Band , is a quaint and sweet :,
: toe-tapping track with a Tom Petty flair for roots-rock :
:' impressionism. Its taut, indie-rock groove lends the song a ':
,: contemporary feel, but its chorus s lush layers of airy vocals :,
: recalls prime 1960s folk-rock. The song speaks to the glittered :
:' mythology about being in a band on the road, and here ':
,: Davidson s words are scene-setting and heartfelt. He sings: I :,
: wanna see the ocean / Tell my baby I m coming back home :
:' instead/I don t feel good/I want my own sweet, own sweet, bed / ':
,: I don t feel so good no more / Roll the window down and turn it :,
: around . At some point on every tour, I feel the weight of an :
:' existential pressure to justify why I m not somewhere else ':
,: doing something more reasonable, Davidson says. I know reality :,
: is always grittier than the dream, but like most things worth :
:' doing, the allure is in moments that break you just enough to ':
,: feel saved. :,
: :
:' An elegant earthiness courses through Meantime which features a ':
,: collection of folk songs adorned with paisley 1960s and 70s :,
: touches. While there is a retro sensibility to music, it is :
:' offset by an immediacy to the lyrics, setting him firmly in ':
,: modern times. :,
: :
:' Nothing Really Changes is breezy country-folk that recalls ':
,: John Prine s mastery of making everyday moments feel magical. :,
: The song is impactfully essential, featuring a simple melody, a :
:' barebones structure, and richly expressive singing. One ':
,: standout stanza reads: Down the road one headlight blind / You :,
: reached right over by my side / And crossed over the broken line :
:' / Between the heart and the mind . Davidson shares: This is a ':
,: song about fleeting time and loneliness, about realizing you re :,
: not as strong as you wanted to be and that sometimes you need :
:' another set of hands to keep you held together. Davidson ':
,: beautifully bares his vulnerability when he sings: I bet the :,
: current underwater won t drag me any farther down/But just for :
:' show, reel me back in slowly, I m hanging from a thread right ':
,: now. :,
: :
:' The reverie of new love and open-window summer nights comes ':
,: alive on Grand Marquis . Here, against a waltz-like groove with :,
: chiming guitars and symphonic swells strings, Davidson s vocals :
:' have a breezy flow as he poetically details a fictional account ':
,: of physical entanglement. One stunning passage reads: The hair :,
: on your forearm afield / Light through the crown of a dandelion :
:' seed . Amidst twinkling guitars, ultra-hooky folk-rock, and ':
,: lushly layered vocals, Davidson waxes rhapsodic about nostalgic :,
: love on the fictionalized but emotionally resonant Jenny . :
:' With this song, I feel like I m tapping into a sentimental ':
,: look into the freedom and naivet of young love, he reveals. :,
: The album closes majestically with the lonesome fingerpicked :
:' ballad, Say Goodnight , an intimate rumination on love and ':
,: death. Say Goodnight features some of Davidson s most literate :,
: and heartfelt words. He sings: I had a nice time, I had a nice :
:' time / That s what you said when you let me go / Then I drifted ':
,: off far below / And I closed my eyes. :,
: :
:' Slow Leaves is a self-contained solo project with Davidson ':
,: curating every aspect of the music and its presentation, :,
: including being the multi-instrumentalist, producer, cover art :
:' designer, photographer, and videographer. He views the totality ':
,: of these various aspects as being essential parts of a larger :,
: project of self-understanding through artistic methods. His folk :
:' and psych-rock stylings recall older songwriters like Nick ':
,: Drake, Mickey Newbury, and Neil Young. But they also live in the :,
: world of modern classic writers like Andy Shauf, Bedouine, Big :
:' Thief, and Bill Callahan. His silky voice has been compared to ':
,: Roy Orbison or Bryan Ferry. :,
: :
:' Davidson began playing guitar at age 15, inspired after ':
,: discovering a Led Zeppelin II cassette tape in his older :,
: brother s room. It was a finger-picked guitar however that would :
:' eventually form the heart of his songs. After three shoe-string ':
,: budget albums under his own name, Davidson debuted as Slow :,
: Leaves in 2014 with Beauty Is So Common, followed by Enough :
:' About Me (2017), Shelf Life (2020), and Holiday (2021). ':
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