New Weakerthans - Oct 19th

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Wed Sep 22, 2010 10:32 pm

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The Weakerthans Hello!
We are pleased to finally announce the release of the Jim Bryson and The Weakerthans album: The Falcon Lake Incident.
The album is being released on October 19, 2010 by Maple Music Recordings Kelp Records will release the 180G LP version (complete with download coaster!).

Recorded on Falcon Lake in Manitoba over six days in January 2010, The Falcon Lake Incident brings Bryson, one of Canada's truly under appreciated and engaging voices, together with Canadian indie rock heroes The Weakerthans. Guest appearances include Jill Barber, Gord Sinclair, Peter von Althen and Dave Draves.

"It was such a great place to be and make music. Jason was cooking, Stephen went on ski excursions and I generally talked to the wildlife. There seemed to be an real calming effect to recording so far away from rest of the world. I think when we left, we all thought 'how did we just do that'"?

Mixed by Darryl Neudorf and Dave Draves back in Ontario, the result is a compelling and engaging folk rock record that is both familiar and unexpected.

Jim Bryson and The Weakerthans Band will celebrate the release of The Falcon Lake Incident at the Horseshoe Tavern on October 19, 2010 in Toronto, ON.

International release dates to follow.

Finally!

bort · **Posted:** Wed Sep 22, 2010 11:01 pm

Cool. Pretty much love everything the Weakerthans have done.

Donovan · **Posted:** Thu Sep 23, 2010 1:09 am

Nice. I look forward to it.

This reminds me that the new John K. Samson EP came out this week. Anyone get it?

Ramenamen · **Posted:** Thu Sep 23, 2010 3:04 am

Fuck yes, although I wish it was all John K. Samson.
Edit: songwriting wise. Metal Girls doesn't really feel like a true Weakerthans song to me though.

mutty · **Posted:** Thu Sep 23, 2010 8:39 am

i hope it's better than the last one

Timis · **Posted:** Thu Sep 23, 2010 9:36 am

cannot wait for this! thanks for the update!

andyfest · **Posted:** Thu Sep 23, 2010 10:10 am

mutty Wrote:

i hope it's better than the last one

I'm excited for sure but agree the last one was a step down. I may just be getting sick of the dude's voice, though. The song writing was still top-notch.

Nonetheless, this news is a pleasant surprise.

wenchlette · **Posted:** Thu Sep 23, 2010 10:42 am

I saw them... last year, I think and it put me in Weakerthans mode for a while after that. This is good news.

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Thu Sep 23, 2010 1:10 pm

I liked their last album, just not as much as "Reconstruction Site".

mutty · **Posted:** Thu Sep 23, 2010 5:45 pm

I should give the last one another chance - I only spun it maybe twice before I put it away.

Lrr · **Posted:** Thu Sep 23, 2010 9:10 pm

Hopefully it still sounds like Weakerthans--that's a lot of guest musicians.

Donovan · **Posted:** Tue Nov 02, 2010 11:51 pm

I hope it isn't already in the 2010 thread, but I've uploaded my rip.

Code:

http://bit.ly/a70NAM

FT · **Posted:** Wed Nov 03, 2010 10:16 am

is it goog?

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Wed Nov 03, 2010 11:26 am

FT Wrote:

is it goog?

Not sure if you can really classify this as a Weakerthans album. It's Jim Bryson backed up by the Weakerthans - and the correct response to that is "whothefuckisJimBryson?"

Semi-literate, somewhat precious, indiefolktweejangle.

Short answer: no.

andyfest · **Posted:** Wed Nov 03, 2010 12:18 pm

Radcliffe Wrote:

FT Wrote:

is it goog?

Not sure if you can really classify this as a Weakerthans album. It's Jim Bryson backed up by the Weakerthans - and the correct response to that is "whothefuckisJimBryson?"

Semi-literate, somewhat precious, indiefolktweejangle.

Short answer: no.

This is very disappointing news.

timmyjoe42 · **Posted:** Wed Nov 03, 2010 12:45 pm

It's simple enough music. RIYL - Rhett Miller's music with a Pete Yorn (and at times John Mayer) feel.

I like the Weakerthans and think the Jim Bryson experiment works well.

Donovan · **Posted:** Wed Nov 03, 2010 7:13 pm

I would've liked more of the Weakerthans sound, but I like Jim Bryson's style so I'm enjoying the collaboration.

bort · **Posted:** Sat Nov 06, 2010 11:14 am

Yeah the sound is exactly what you'd expect, and that's not a bad thing. I love the Weakerthans just as much for the sound/execution as for John's songwriting/lyrics.

Some stuff is indie-Canadian-pop that's just... there. Other stuff jumps out as great tunes in need to multiple plays.

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