Thursday, August 28, 2008

land of talk


You remember how a few days ago I mentioned that Elizabeth Powell was a great asset to Broken Social Scene's performance. Well her band Land of Talk just released the first single from their upcoming album Some Are Lakes on Saddle Creek Records. The album is due out October 7th and it seems the same pop-rock sound is going to translate from their first EP, Applause Cheer Boo Hiss, into their debut record. Saddle Creek writes of the album "It’s simply a continuation of the internal conversation Powell has been holding with herself since she began this musical lark, more than a decade ago, with a 14 year-old’s creaky-voiced acuteness, spouting the uncomfortable truths of a woman thrice her years and many times more guarded."

“It started at a summer lake / a sentence and a name / If only for a moment’s sake/ We called it and it came...”

Land of Talk - Some Are Lakes
Land of Talk - Young Bridges (acoustic)

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