Tony Dekker: Prayer of the Woods (CD on Nettwerk Music Group)

Band: Tony Dekker
Label: Nettwerk Music Group
Title: Prayer of the Woods

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Band:Tony Dekker
Title:Prayer of the Woods
Reviewed By:Mark Rowland
Date Published:18/12/2013

Label:Nettwerk Music Group
Format:CD
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Tony Dekker, primary songwriter and front man of Canada’s Great Lake Swimmers, is taking a break from his main band, going solo with ‘Prayer of the Woods’, an album recorded over two sessions in the historic St Brendan’s Church in Rockport, Ontario, with Dekker playing all the instruments himself.

The result is a record that owes a little to the sun-kissed 70’s California folk scene, though considering a number of that scene’s key players were Canadian ex-pats, the sound is quite fitting. The church’s vaguely spiritual stamp is also felt on the album, its excellent acoustics bathing the songs in a distinct, natural reverb.

Despite the sunny Sunday vibe, Dekker does not shy away from big questions and themes in his songs. ‘Prayer of the Woods’ is laced with melancholy, a vague unease and insecurity in one’s place in the world.

Dekker’s lyrics touch on broad human obsessions such as nature, spirituality and mortality, delivered as an almost desperate plea for greater understanding of the human condition. “Won’t you think of me in a good light?” he sings on ‘Final Song’, which puts Dekker in the role of a man feeling his life drain away, his fear rising as he realises he doesn’t have long left. It all hangs together as a coherent musical story, whether Dekker intended it to or not.

Track Listing:

01) On My Way Back
02) Somewhere Near Thunder Bay
03) Final Song
04) Empty Arms
05) Prayer of the Woods
06) Hearing Voices
07) Under a Magician's Sky
08) Land of the Glass Pinecones
09) Talking In Your Sleep
10) Carefree Highway

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Melancholic and spiritual 70’s-Californian folk-influenced solo album, recorded in an Ontario church, by Canadian singer-songwriter and Great Lakes Swimmers front man, Tony Dekker

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Melancholic and spiritual 70’s-Californian folk-influenced solo album, recorded in an Ontario church, by Canadian singer-songwriter and Great Lakes Swimmers front man, Tony Dekker

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