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The Weakerthans
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Stephen Carroll – Guitars, Vocals, Pedal Steel, Keyboards
John K. Samson – Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards
Greg Smith – Bass, Vocals, Keyboards
Jason Tait – Drums, Percussion, Vibes, Glockenspiel, Keyboards, Banjo, Loops
The Weakerthans recorded their fourth album, Reunion Tour, in March 2007, in a recording studio built above a factory on the outskirts of Winnipeg, the cold prairie city where the band was born 10 years ago.
The factory produces cases for machines and computers and musical instruments, but only in the daytime; for a week and a half in the middle of winter, after the casemakers departed each afternoon at 4:30, the musicmakers, led by producer Ian Blurton, would arrive and play all night, crafting new sounds and new songs on the factory floor and then driving back to the city through the frigid Manitoba pre-dawn.
The result is lush and energetic,...
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