Wheat Pool - Township

In the “vinyl” days the music would sometimes vary in style or speed from one side of the record to the other. This CD could have been one of those. The first part of the CD consists of tunes more on the “rock” side of the fence, while that latter (and largest) part of the CD consists more of tunes that show more country influence. Of the songs on “side 1” I liked “Geographic Center of Canada,” a lively rocker that comes at you with a wall of guitar sound . The tune laments “the ridiculous size of this country…about driving ridiculous distances just to be in the same room as the people you care about.” “Side 2” starts with the tune “Neil Young,” which appropriately starts with harmonica, but is actually about a breakup. Pedal steel is added to give even more of a country feel to “Emily Carr,” a great tune inspired by a trip to Vancouver. Emily Carr was a writer and artist who lived in this area of Canada early in late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Another standout is “Whyte Avenue” that Mike Angus wrote in 2003 following a devastating fire on Whyte Avenue in Edmonton. This area is the night-life and counterculture center of Edmonton, and hearing of the fire in his old stomping ground while living in Calgary inspired this ode to his hometown.
Township is a nice collection of tunes from a promising young band. They have been touring excessively to hone their skills playing live, so give them a listen if they come to a club near you.
Don Zelazny is a music lover who plays dentist by day.  He ‘listens’ with his two young children, and wife Michelle in Michigan.

 

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