Bodies & Minds

Great Lake Swimmers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 11, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Misra Records
• ASIN: B000BCKFNY
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #230,148 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Great Lake Swimmers return with a warm second album, Bodies and Minds, filled with songs of heartbreak, rural nostalgia, and the search for spiritual transcendence. The album picks up where Great Lake Swimmers' critically-acclaimed 2003 debut left off, featuring gentle, thoughtful compositions and understated instrumentation, while also moving fluidly into alt-country pop territory with sweet harmonies, light orchestration, and even a few up-tempo numbers. (Think Mark Kozelek playing Neil Young, or the delicate Nick Drake delivered with the heart of Gram Parsons.) Bodies and Minds was recorded in a lakeside church in rural southern Ontario, continuing the emphasis on atmosphere from the debut album (which was recorded in an abandoned grain silo). Engineered by Andy Magoffin (Constantines, Royal City) and mixed at his celebrated House of Miracles, the record has a sparkle and shimmer that is due in part to the cavernous surroundings in which it was captured. Outside Music. 2005. * No US releases scheduled until August 2005. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Epically Modest, January 31, 2007

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CEL - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bodies & Minds (Audio CD)

Bodies and Minds is like a long walk through a foggy, wet valley.
It's beautiful, refreshing, seemingly endless... and at certain times, flat. If you choose to purchase the album, which I highly recommend, don't expect much in the way of diversity.
It is, at times, painstakingly simple.
What you have to keep in mind is: simplicity can be beautiful.

The high points for me on this album are the moments filled with reverberating, modest vocals. However, if you don't have a taste for simple, emotive, vocals / guitar / folk /indie music- then I would suggest proceeding with caution. If you're interested in bands like Bright Eyes, Calexico, and Jose Gonzalez- then I would definitely recommend Bodies and Minds.

It's a beautiful glimpse into what GLS is capable of. I can't wait to see how their songwriting continues to develop.

Best moments: I Could Be Nothing, Song for the Angels

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Loving this so far, December 12, 2006

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D. Fair (Cape Town) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bodies & Minds (Audio CD)

Beautiful, dreamy music - ideal for headphones during insomnia. This guys voice is really something too. What is with these Canadians - seems like all the great indie music is coming from up north!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Album is Great!!!, August 11, 2006

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Noam Uziel (Tel Aviv, Israel) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bodies & Minds (Audio CD)

I discovered this album few days ago and fell in love with it. Beautiful songs, with catchy melodies over lovely folky background and soft banjo playing.
The vocals are airy, sensitive and touching.
One of the best albums I've recently heard.