We a have fantastic free track to give away from Cam Penner, ‘This Could Be Your Anthem‘ is taken from his new album To Build a Fire which he is currently promoting on tour in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany with musical collaborator and close friend Jon Wood who had this to say about the album:
“It was late august. Summer’s still hanging around but you can sense the change in the air. I made my way from the coast to the mountains with a carload of gear; guitars, amps, wires, mics, etc. to record a new Cam Penner album- our third together. A new record, always an exciting experience, even better for me when you don’t know exactly what will happen. All I knew was that we planned to capture the spirit of all of the life we had experienced, worked on and learned in the past five years of touring and playing together; the interaction, the dynamics, the sound. With verses still to be written and arrangements still unknown we began by putting up a mic and stomping on the floorboards. Eight days in a cabin in the woods.”
“To Build a Fire is an album of leaving and new beginnings- not because anything is so bad perhaps but because things can always be better. If there is a chance, you have to look. This theme literally surrounded us as we began working as Cam had recently escaped the city to live in his new dwelling in the mountains with his sweetheart and new daughter- new start, new challenges. So what I thought was going to be a chance to capture where we had come, quickly turned into an opportunity to search for where we were going. Ideas were trusted and built upon quickly, the unfamiliar was used as confidently as the familiar, pushing the conventions of what can still be called folk music back to where it should be- immediate and honest.”
Tour Dates
Wed Nov 21: CC de Breughel Bree, BE
Fri Nov 23: cultureel cafe ‘de Amer’ Amer, NL Kroller Muller Museum Otterlo, NL
Sat Nov 24: De Slotplaats Bakkaveen, NL
Sun Nov 25: café De Stad Utrecht, UT, NL