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Chris Mason
Ryan Boldt
Lucas Goetz
Geoff Hilhorst
Clayton Linthicum The Deep Dark Woods with the Sumner Brothers presented by The Geomatic Attic and sponsored by the Lethbridge College Students Assoc.
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Leave your map and lose your bearings in the swirling sonic forest of
The Deep Dark Woods. The band returns from the wilderness with Jubilee, a
celebration of community, camaraderie and feverish cabin creativity.
With Jubilee, The Deep Dark Woods revel in the jangly, freewheeling days
of psychedelic and electric folk while keeping their compass aligned
with the magnetic, hypnotic north.
Made in
a cabin in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains near Bragg Creek, Alberta,
Jubilee journeys through folk and rock history, from California to the
UK, from the 1970s to the present day. The album nods to genre pioneers
such as The Byrds and Fairport Convention before heading into altogether
new territory of soundscapes that bend and fluctuate underfoot. Jubilee
moves the yardstick with its rolling layers of specialized keys, organs
and analog rarities (e.g., novachord, celesta, vibraphone, and more)
first used in the early days of psychedelic synth experimentation, and
the results sound at once in and out of modern time. Jubilee was
produced by Laurel Canyon-based folk revivalist Jonathan Wilson.
The tight-knit members of The Deep Dark Woods are old friends and
trusted collaborators. Lead singer Ryan Boldt writes most of the lyrics,
but songwriting credits on Jubilee are also shared with Chris Mason,
Lucas Goetz, former bandmate Burke Barlow and new addition Clayton
Linthicum. The band recorded Jubilee mostly live to tape, which allowed
for a collective and often spontaneous approach to songcraft. Lyrically,
Jubilee shows artistic growth and finesse, and the new album features
some of band’s finest songs yet.
Fond of and adept at
improvisation and experimentation on stage, The Deep Dark Woods have
cultivated a moveable scene of like-minded artists. The desire to
translate the intuitive aspects of their live performances to a record
led them to producer Jonathan Wilson. As patron saint of the present-day
Laurel Canyon folk revival, which breathes new life into California’s
richly experimental musical history, Wilson is a going concern in the
woozy world of neopsychedelic breakout acts, most notably as producer of
Father John Misty’s 2012 success Fear Fun. “His involvement with some
musicians who have had an influence on us also tipped us off that maybe
this was the right guy. They had a vast knowledge of the equipment and
techniques that were used to make some of our favourite records,” Goetz
says of the choice to work with Wilson and engineer Bryce Gonzales, who
both joined the band during the two-week cabin recording experience.
The Deep Dark Woods have appeared at numerous high-profile festivals
and stages, including Newport Folk Fest, Bonnaroo, Austin City Limits,
and at Terrapin Crossroads in San Francisco, where they were joined by
jam-band legend Phil Lesh. The band has made a fan of influential BBC
roots guru Bob Harris, and recently made their silver screen debut in
“Save Haven,” the newest Nicholas Sparks blockbuster.
