A video project in which we had people send us “dancing” videos. They arrived from all over the globe and what joy it was to watch them all. Ottawa Singer/Videographer Jeremy Fisher has put them all together and added some other footage from various trips I have recently been on. When Jim Bryson heard that Kathleen Edwards proclaimed his song “Breathe” the best he’s ever written. There are so many gems on this record I’m surprised Edwards could make such a claim. For this record, Jim Bryson recruited Charles Spearin from Broken Social Scene to record with him, resulting in songs that have complex and compelling arrangements, interesting layers and beautiful poetry. There’s something new revealed in every listen. My favourite lyric is from the sunny “Changing Scenery” where Bryson sings, “It became you against me instead of you and me against the world,” which has lingered in my mind. Other standouts include the dichotomous “The Depression Dance” and an ode to a province “Ontario.”
The Fat Angel Sings 