Rolf Klausener, Jeff Debutte, Keiko Devaux, T. Jeffrey Malecki, Howie Tsui, Shaun Weadick
Influences
genetics, high-school bullies, love, the periodic table, Oedipal complexes, sibling rivalry, prep school, hopes and dreams for the future, crippling dread, engrams, that first and special kiss, the inexorable march of time, the urge to reproduce with others of our own species, that toxic cesspool out behind the Acorn childhood home and Karloff, the avuncluar and opinionated (though apparently hallucinated) swamp-toad who lived therein.
Sounds Like
The splishsplashsplosh of aminotics sluicing through a rusty sewer grate onto the scalp of a morbidly content and sewer-dwelling Sigmund Freud...
followed by...
a chorus of centaur hoof-stomps and whinnies lured by smell to the gleaming pate of said subterranean psychoanalyst, the creatures' first meal in days...
followed by...
the gutteral eructation and dulcet digestion, contrapuntally configured, from the mythological intestine.
or something like that....
US Release - MARCH 4, 2008
release date September 25, 2007
Part biographical narrative, part surreal fairy tale, Glory Hope Mountain is the story of Gloria Esperanza Montoya. Based on interviews recorded in early 2006 by her son, Acorn songwriter Rolf Klausener, the album is a sonic retelling of the stories from her early life in Honduras to her eventual immigration to Montreal in 1972.
$12.00 CAD
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Tin Fist
released December 2, 2006
"To live in the music of the Acorn on this criminally-short EP is be surrounded by those who care for music and want it to thrive under any circumstances."- Exclaim!
$10.00 CAD
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Blankets
released November 26, 2005
CBC Bandwidth's album of the year for 2005.
Intricate acoustic arrangements and euphoric melodies document the Acorn's transformation from one-person bedroom IDM to full-band concern. A post card for lost souls in lost cities.
$8.00 CAD
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The Pink Ghosts (reissue)
released April 24th, 2007
originally released
July 30, 2004
The Acorn's debut full-length, a dreamy, electro-acoustic tribute to the Ottawa Valley, now in lovely digipak format with five
bonus tracks, including covers of Ottawa artists Chris Page,
Fiftymen and Snailhouse!
If I move to Canada will I be able to write as pretty of music as you? I was thinking of it earlier this week because I broke my collarbone and my gosh, free healthcare sounds lovely.
had a blast watching you guys at the folk fest. hope you'll grace us grateful winnipeggers with your presence again soon. p.s. great workshop hosting Rolf!
sappy and hillside both (just noticed you folks'll be there too!). amazing festivals with wicked vibes and great swimming (which is key in this heat). A bientot!
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