- Release Info -------------------------------------------------------------- -
Artist: Jason Collett
Album: Rat A Tat Tat
Label: Arts & Crafts / EMI
Playtime: 38:14 min
Genre: Indie
URL: http://www.myspace.com/jason
Rip date: 2010-03-05
Street date: 2010-03-09
Size: 55.97 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 194 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
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Rat A Tat Tat took shape in a dilapitated garage in Toronto's East End (owned
by Carlin Nicholson of Zeus) during the summer of 2009. In this comfy hole in
the wall, surrounded by clutter of vintage instruments and recording gear
held together with shoe laces, gaffer tape and indefatigable optimism,
Collett worked with the duo of Carlin Nicholson and Michael O'Brien. The pair
comprise one half of Collett's labelmates, Zeus, whose members have performed
as Collett's backing band since the 2005 release of his acclaimed Idols of
Exile album. Nicholson and O'Brien recorded and produced Rat A Tat Tat, and
the album was mixed by Robbie Lackritz (Feist, Jamie Lidell). Rat A Tat Tat
is Collett's follow up to his widely praised 2008 release, Here's To Being
Here. The album attributes to, and trumpets the energy, of an exciting and
burgeoning creative arts scene Toronto, in which Jason Collett - highly
regarded as a prolific songwriter and performer - finds himself at the very
centre. Rat A Tat Tat shows Collett using the Canadian backdrop to further
explore his roots as a national storyteller ("Lake Superior," "Winnipeg
Winds," "High Summer"), and shows his knack for articulating the subtleties
of human interactions and experiences ("Cold Blue Halo," "The Slowest
Dance"). As well, he dives headfirst into the passions and struggles of
relationships ("Rave On Sad Songs," "Love Is A Chain"). Rat A Tat Tat is a
remarkable and honest example of a storyteller documenting and soundtracking
his experiences and surroundings with distinct and precise ability.
Check him out on tour from now until the end of April, and buy this CD
Tuesday.
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01. Rave On Sad Songs ( 3:47)
02. Lake Superior ( 3:10)
03. Love Is A Dirty Word ( 2:41)
04. Bitch City ( 3:30)
05. High Summer ( 3:11)
06. Cold Blue Halo ( 3:23)
07. Love Is A Chain ( 3:57)
08. Long May You Love ( 4:03)
09. The Slowest Dance ( 2:54)
10. Winnipeg Winds ( 2:41)
11. Vanderpool Vanderpool ( 4:57)
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