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A Forest of Arms

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Artist
  
Great Lake Swimmers

Label
  
NETTWERK

Release date
  
21 April 2015

Genre
  
Indie rock

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Released
  
April 21, 2015 (Canada)

Similar
  
Great Lake Swimmers albums, Indie rock albums

A Forest of Arms is the sixth studio album by Canadian folk rock band Great Lake Swimmers, released April 21, 2015 on Nettwerk.

Contents

The album was recorded in a variety of locations, including the Tyendinaga Caves in Ontario's Hastings County. The songs were inspired in part by bandleader and songwriter Tony Dekker's experiences working with the World Wildlife Fund on environmental projects.

Guest musicians on the album include Kevin Kane of The Grapes of Wrath.

The track "Zero in the City" was released in February as a streaming preview.

Great lake swimmers zero in the city audio


Track listing

All songs written by Tony Dekker.

  1. "Something Like a Storm"
  2. "Zero in the City"
  3. "Shaking All Over"
  4. "Don't Leave Me Hanging"
  5. "One More Charge at the Red Cape"
  6. "I Was a Wayward Pastel Bay"
  7. "A Bird Flew Inside the House"
  8. "A Jukebox in a Desert of Snow"
  9. "I Must Have Someone Else's Blues"
  10. "The Great Bear"
  11. "With Every Departure"
  12. "Expecting You"

Songs

1Something Like a Storm3:14
2Zero in the City3:05
3Shaking All Over3:50

References

A Forest of Arms Wikipedia
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