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"...it would be accurate indeed to describe her music as arresting. Words like original, interesting and innovative also come to mind." -- Penguin Eggs, 2010

“We’re talking six-, seven- and eight-part harmony. We’re talking a cappella harmony. And it’s gloriously uplifting.” – Now Magazine, 2010

released 02 February 2010
Leah Abramson – vox, guitar, ukulele, clarinet, chord organ on #7
Patrick Metzger – bass on #2, #6 and #9
Tyson Naylor – keyboards, organ, accordion, kalimba
Dan Gaucher – drums, percussion
David Sikula – bass, keyboard & guitar on #3, guitar on #9, bowls & phonebook on #2
Antoine Bédard – vox on #9 and #11, vibraphone on #2
Lucien Durey – vox on #1
J.P. Carter – trumpet on #8
Boy Gang on #9: Lucien Durey, Cory Price, Kori Miyanishi, Antoine Bédard, David Sikula, Patrick Metzger, Jonas Shandel.

All songs written and composed by L. Abramson © 2010, except #8 (words by Louis Riel, music by L. Abramson); #9 (words & music by Bob Wiseman, SOCAN); #10 (words by W.B. Yeats, music by L. Abramson, inspired by Ned Rorem); #11 (words & music by L. Abramson, arranged by Montag), all SOCAN.

Tracks 1, 3 (vox and guitar only), and 5 recorded by Brodie Smith & Andrea Orr at CDIS in Burnaby. Tracks 2, 3 (bass, guitar & drums), 6, 8, 9 recorded by David Sikula in basements, living rooms & studios in Vancouver. Tracks 4, 7 and 10 recorded by L. Abramson by a pond in Chilliwack & next door to a madman in Vancouver.

Mixed & Produced by David Sikula & Leah Abramson
Mastered by Graemme Brown at Zen Mastering
Art & Design by Berkley Brady

tags: americana experimental indie folk rock singer-songwriter Vancouver 

1. Take a Camera 01:58 
2. Fool's Gold 03:27 
3. Old Maids 02:59 
4. By the River 01:13 
5.Truckers' Prayer 02:53 
6. Call It Something Else 03:50 
7. Nemesis 01:33 
8. Un Jeune Malade 03:57 
9. You Don't Love Me 04:53 
10. Do Not Love Too Long 01:50 
11. Take Some Good Notes 01:12