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Loomer
Songs of the Wild West Island
Genre: Country

Track Listings (12) - Disc #1
1. Bang the Nails
2. Anasatasia
3. Caramel Heart
4. Only Lover
5. Old Grey Ford
6. Burden of Proof
7. Dirt Angel
8. Turnbuckle
9. Pull Me In
10. Sunday Driver Down
11. Paper Doll
12. Endless Holiday

CD Details

All Artists: Loomer
Title: Songs of the Wild West Island
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Newtone Records
Release Date: 11/25/2006
Genre: Country
Style: Americana
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPCs: 032861000226, 0712136182924, 071213618292

Synopsis

Product Description

Born out of the ashes of Toronto alt country stalwarts The Saddletramps, and built around the idiosyncratic song writing skills of Scott Loomer, Loomer released their internationally acclaimed debut album Love is a Dull Instrument in the summer of 2004. Several 'Best of 2004' lists later, and upon completing a successful tour of the UK in the summer of 2005, Loomer got down to the task of recording their second album, the highly anticipated Songs of the Wild West Island, 12 songs of hope, despair, resurrection, disaster and a two-headed calf, including the haunting new duet Only Lovers featuring Sarah Harmer. That's Loomer's story so far but there's much more to come. "We play because we love making music. It's not like we want our own action figures or anything. Although, that would be nice" Scott Loomer

CD Reviews

An album for the Heart

James T. Sorensen | 06/07/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Scott Loomer, leader of this Canadian band, is a songwriter of unqualified vision. Like Jay Farrar, Jeff Tweedy and Blue Rodeo's Greg Keelor, Loomer is capable of encapsulating raw feeling and humor by way of cryptic lyrics and detailed musical arrangements. Songs of the Wild West Island, the band's second effort (don't miss their first!), is a consistently challenging and poetically lovely work, full of literary allusions and just the right amount of alt-country swagger.

"You say your name is Paul/I think you think it's Jesus," sings Loomer on "Bang the Nails," one of several cuts with underlying (however obscure) religious imagery. Elsewhere, Loomer's concerns turn to matters of the heart with equally metaphorical results. "I am just some old ice cream, all cold and hard and grainy/Hiding underneath the bread at the bottom of your freezer," Loomer sings on "Caramel Heart" as the band (especially keyboardist Mike Taylor) plays understatedly behind him. The guitars on this cut drive the song and are outstanding.

Songs of the Wild West Island is a heady and heartening display of emotion and quiet intensity. Rarely settling for the norm, Loomer makes music of a distinct quality, songs that assess the past, present and future with equal apprehension.

Highly recommended. Carmel Heart alone is worth the price of this CD.

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