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Highway Dancer was the latest addition to Calvin Love's catalog of cerebrally-crafted, atmospheric indie pop, before his B-side and rarities album Night Song came out via Taxi Gauche Records in 2020 (TAXI 011LP). The album stems from the same period of songwriting as his 2017 EP, Ecdysis, and encapsulates the observations and inspiration from Love's life on the road. Highway Dancer is now reissued on vinyl. Calvin Love on the record: "The songs you hear on this album were compiled from a larger collection over the past three years. Many of the songs are the subconscious soundtrack to my life and travels before my mind had a chance to conceive them. Inspiration came from everything that attracted my inner soul to the external forces and beauty this world has to offer." For fans of: Weyes Blood, Father John Misty, Cut Worms, Sam Cohen. Marble color vinyl; edition of 200.
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There is a palpable mood at the heart of Canadian perennial Calvin Love's work. Only once in a blue moon comes an artist that seems so familiar yet out of space. Love arrives as an enigma, a crooning, haunted voice. With nods in comparison to Roy Orbison and Bryan Ferry, Love has certainly drawn subtle inspiration from the classic singers of the '60s, '70s, and '80s. But Love's work reflects on the modern journey. Songs for the introverts, songs for lonely and hopeful, and songs to soundtrack our lives through the quiet hours, and all the places our minds drift to as we head toward the uncertain future of the 21st century. Emerging from the same vibrant Canadian scene as contemporaries Andy Shauf, Mac Demarco, and Sean Nicholas Savage, Love has established himself as a rare caliber of singer by blending obsession with the beauty of artifice and the inner systems of real and natural things. It is this infallible match that makes Love's work so strange and inviting. Active since 2011, Love has toured relentlessly throughout Canada, USA, Europe, and Asia. He has also worked with producers Richard Swift (The Shins, The Black Keys) and Gus Seyffert (Beck, Roger Waters), as well as opened on support tours for Jonathan Wilson, Weyes Blood, and Of Montreal. Love released his 2012 debut album New Radar on Aquarium Drunkard imprint, Autumn Tone, followed by 2015 sophomore album Super Future on Arts & Crafts as well as numerous cover albums, singles, and EPs and the 2018 release of Highway Dancer. Limited vinyl-only release.
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