ARTiST: The Wheat Pool
ALBUM: Township
BiTRATE: 181kbps avg
QUALiTY: EAC Secure Mode / LAME 3.97 Final / -V2 --vbr-new / 44.100Khz
LABEL: Shameless Records
GENRE: Rock
SiZE: 71.28 megs
PLAYTiME: 0h 51min 52sec total
RiP DATE: 2007-11-17
STORE DATE: 2007-10-16
Track List:
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01. Preamble 1:28
02. Geographic Centre of Canada 4:15
03. Evergreen 4:34
04. Between You and Me 5:44
05. Peniel SK 3:43
06. Neil Young 5:56
07. Emily Carr 6:07
08. FBD 4:39
09. A Trace of You 4:16
10. Whyte Ave. 4:34
11. Phone Book 6:36
Release Notes:
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In the dying days of 2004, the Canadian prairies slept beneath a blanket
of fresh snow. Meanwhile, on a cold winter's night in Edmonton, four young
men gathered in a warm, fire-lit pub on Whyte Avenue with an idea to form a
musical co-operative. This initiative was to give voice to their rural
obsessions and fierce penchant for dark county-rock. The result of that
night was The Wheat Pool, whose influences draw from fellow Edmontonians
Old Reliable, WinnipegÆs The Weakerthans, Steve Earle, Neil Young, Blue
Rodeo, early Wilco and Whiskeytown. The songs themselves stem from two
brothers, who pen dark, driving country-rock songs that deal with timeless
themes of death and good old-fashioned longing. These are songs that are
best appreciated in your car, on a dirt road, late at night, chasing trains
in the dark.
The Wheat Pool have spent the last 2 years building their performance resume
around Alberta and have enjoyed the successes of sharing the stage at festivals
and in clubs with touring acts such as Amy Millan (of STARS), Leeroy Stagger,
Elliot Brood, Carolyn Mark, Painting Daisies, Nathan, Captain Tractor, Tim
Hus, Romi Mayes and Ridley Bent to name a few. "Township" is their first full
length release. (Fall 2007 on Shameless Records Canada)