Over the course of three albums, Share has shuffled through styles as diverse as bossa nova to country folk. From Ukulele Tragic’s weary ruminations on rural life to Pedestrian’s genre collaging atlas pop, the band has acted to document Andrew Sisk’s departure from his hometown of Chipman, New Brunswick and subsequent travels.
With this in mind, it’s hard not to see Slumping in Your Murals as a return of sorts. No longer rooted in experiment and character study, the album echoes a slow settling reality. Starting with the strong foundation of “Date & Time” and “Broader,” it’s not long before the haunted warnings of “Horse & Rider” and “Awake at Dawn” claim its’ core. While the elegant strokes of “Penmanship” paint a warmer picture, under the surface lies a tale of distrust and hard choices. Sisk elegantly broaches such topics with a poetic grace, never wallowing, but interpreting and transposing.
While Slumping in Your Murals was shaped throughout 2008 in locations as diverse as an old farmhouse and the House of Miracles studio, the core of the album was recorded over two weeks in the summer of 2008. During this time, the band made up of Sisk (vocals, guitar), Nick Cobham (guitar, vocals), Kyle Cunjak (bass, vocals), Dennis Goodwin (synth, guitar) and Zach Atkinson (drums), retreated to a cabin in the backwoods of PEI with producer, Daniel Ledwell (In-Flight Safety).
“We wanted to make an album that captured Share as a band,” claims Sisk. “It was the first time that Share was a band rather than a recording project so it was an entirely different process.”
Setting the site up as a makeshift studio, the band lost themselves in their work. Recording to all hours of the night, they experimented with new sounds and approaches to capture this diverse set of songs. Cohesive in mood and tone, Share has produced a document of the first troubled steps on the morning after the return.
Oh yes. It's a good thing you guys have a lot of trees over there because trees make paper and we need toilet paper because we are literally shitting ourselves in excitement. Plus we're getting excited in that other way that will require toilet paper too. Anyway, hope to see you in Halifax.
Please tune in TODAY 4:30- 6pm CST to hear SHARE on THIS GREAT WHITE NORTH – an ALL CANADIAN music show on 91.7 KOOP FM in Austin Texas. Online at KOOP.ORG
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As a member of the Association of Music Podcasting (http://musicpodcasting.org) I get to choose a standout song from my program and have it played on the association's weekly best-of program called AMPed New Music Weekly. "Penmanship" is featured this week. Find the podcast at http://amped.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=507867
Blessings, Paul the music lover Indie Music Sampler
Just a reminder to listen to NEW MUSIC FROM SHARE on THIS GREAT WHITE NORTH. It's an ALL CANADIAN music show FRIDAYS 4:30-6pm CST on 91.7 KOOP FM in Austin, Texas. You can listen online at www.KOOP.org.
hey guys, we all really truly loved your set the other night, hope all your touring goes well! hopefully we'll meet up in Canada some day! peace... Liam & Spokes
we loved you guys also...your music made me smile......as soon as I have money to buy an album it's coming your way. :) Until then I'll be frequenting your myspace page daily for some audio delights. peace,
wir sind wieder auf tour – vom 9. bis 22. märz spielen wir uns durch
deutschland und die schöne schweiz. mit dabei ist unser im letzten
herbst veröffentlichtes album „all the monsters are small and soft
and scared“ auf cd, lp und mc. wenn du lust hast auf ein konzert zu
kommen, dann schau gerne mal auf unserer seite, ob wir in deiner
stadt oder in deiner nähe spielen! wir freuen uns über deinen besuch.
