By the time you read this, the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter
\nOlympics will be over. It’ll have been a damn fine time, too; not
\njust because the US cleaned up in the medal count, but because
\nthere were some great, great stories, from Simon “Harry Potter On
\nSkis” Amman to the Canadian women’s “We Don’t Lose. Ever.” hockey
\nteam. Maybe the biggest story will be that in many cases, being the
\nbest in your event was a death knell; from Michelle Kwan to Johnny
\nMoseley to the Canadian women’s curling team, it was a rough couple
\nof weeks for the favorites.<\/p>\n
Speaking of things Canadian, however, it’s no big secret for
\nregular readers of “The Daily Vault” that one of my favorites is
\nNewfoundland Celt-rock band Great Big Sea; and while the music’s
\nstill echoing from the last national anthem, the boys from St John
\nhave a new CD,
\nSea Of No Cares<\/i>. So it begs the question; did the favorites
\nfail or do they take home the gold?<\/p>\n
Cue up “O Canada,” boys; they nailed it again.<\/p>\n
\nSea Of No Cares<\/i> is an early candidate for 2002’s Album of
\nthe Year. Great Big Sea just keeps getting better and better.
\nHowever, be aware; Sea is a bit of a departure for GBS in some
\nplaces, and it may not be quite what you expect.<\/p>\n
First and foremost, there’s more production to it. GBS has in
\nthe past used a stripped-down sound without too many effects on the
\nmusic; they stick with that on the traditional tracks, but on
\ntracks like “Sea Of No Cares” and “Own True Way” there’s more
\nexperimentation. Drum loops and subtle samples create a more
\ntextured sound that takes a moment to get used to, but in the end
\nworks really well. For the first time, GBS has taken a relatively
\nlong time to record an album — almost a year — and it shows.
\nOther new ventures include a duet with vocalist Liz Pickard on the
\ntraditional Newfoundland ballad “Barque In The Harbor” and a
\nrollicking, funny version of the traditional “Scolding Wife”.<\/p>\n
But as always with GBS, the highlights are the original tunes.
\n“Sea Of No Cares” is a breezy, funny, and brilliant look at the
\nearly gloss on a love affair. :”Clearest Indication” is bright and
\npowerful. The highlight, however, has to be “French Perfume”, the
\ndark and demonic story of a smuggler haunting the rocks the
\nMounties drove him onto. The fiddle line, in particular, shudders
\nand wails like a banshee protesting an Olympic judging; if at one
\npoint the Devil went down to Georgia, I think he’s back north of
\nthe border now.<\/p>\n
I hate to repeat myself, but I will; Great Big Sea is one of the
\ngreatest bands currently recording, and once again they have nailed
\nthe jump, nailed the landing, and walked away with gold. Don’t miss
\nthis one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":26116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"artist":[6007],"rating":[5646],"class_list":["post-37331","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-great-big-sea","rating-rating-a"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/37331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/37331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37331"},{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=37331"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=37331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}