4-5 weeks ago, out of (seemingly) nowhere, I received The Great Outdoors new album Food, Booze & Entertainment. Apparently Songs:Illinois did as well (and was similarly impressed). Released early spring via the Canadian label DDG Records, the album/book combo has been an unexpected treat over the past month. This is rugged folk I plan on listening to a lot more before the summer ends, but will sound even better framing the coming Fall even more so.
Here is the label’s take on the eclectic, Canadian folk collective: “The Great Outdoors is Adam Nation’s project involving many players in the Vancouver music scene. Adam plays banjo, ukulele, tenor, flamenco and steel string guitars. He has a collection of instruments and songs for each one. Adam is one – fifth of and the main songwriter in counterrevolutionaries, a Vancouver rock band that has released two records on DDG and tours Canada regularly.”
Download:
MP3: The Great Outdoors :: 1983… (A Merman I Should Turn To Be) (Hendrix cover)
MP3: The Great Outdoors :: Land of My Deceased
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Purchase: The Great Outdoors - Food, Booze & Entertainment
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Oh man, such a great record. They are opening up for another great Vancouver band in a few weeks - The Mohawk Lodge. Also worth checking out.
1 | ack July 19th, 2007 at 7:57 pmLove this, man. Love it.
2 | Youngling #2 July 19th, 2007 at 9:58 pmHis voice sound really great at times. I kind of wish there was more content/substance in each song. You know, maybe throw in a B section in the format (A B A, etc)
3 | B July 23rd, 2007 at 9:53 amLove Adam’s songwriting. And love his Neil Young-esque guitar work with DDG’s Kingsway, too. This man could be our neighbors to the north’s best kept secret…
4 | Steve Gravy July 24th, 2007 at 12:33 pmIs this the same “great outdoors” as from the Hal Hartley soundtracks?
Or was that only and specifically “hub moore and the great outdoors”?
I ask because you seem to like soundtracks as much as I do.
5 | milovoo August 10th, 2007 at 5:34 pmThis is great stuff. The horn in Land of My Deceased is beautiful. But I don’t see the album for sale on the label’s site.
6 | Greg August 14th, 2007 at 9:29 am