NEW ALBUM, HEAD FULL OF WONDER, OUT NOVEMBER 4, 2022 VIA ARTS & CRAFTS
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On the eve of the release of Head Full Of Wonder, the charming seventh album from Jason Collett that will be released on Arts & Crafts tomorrow, Collett is sharing animated video for the album track "Everyday Sunflower" created by the visual artist Anne Douris. A tale of comeuppance that follows the plight of a modern day sunflower in a classic hand-painted animation, "Everyday Sunflower" reflects both the simplicity and the depth of storytelling that Collett set out to explore on Head Full Of Wonder.
Inspired in part by Allen Ginsberg's poem Sunflower Sutra, the song is a simple reflection on everyday beauty and the best example of trying to say more with less on the record. Jason's elegant lyrics inspire the album's bright hue – produced by Marcus Paquin, featuring Liam O'Neill of SUUNS (drums), Mike O'Brien of Zeus (bass), Joe Grass (pedal steel, nylon guitar), Gavin Gardner (triangle), and Neil Quin, Carleigh Aikins, Meg Contini (background vocals) – to which Douris pays tribute with a sunswept and sardonic bow to resilience and the late-hanging summer. "Anne's work is a marvel. I love the twisted sense of humour she brings to it," Collett says. "She's taken a little song and turned it into a biblical tale."
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“Everyday Sunflower” Video Still
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A distillation of the five years since his Song And Dance Man, these eleven new songs hone in on the fine craft of songwriting, offering a direct and simple collection of elegant indie folk, some of the finest creations and poignant of Collett's storied career.
"In absorbing the tumult of the times, there's a lot of shit to write through, (that Bruce Cockburn line comes to mind, "you've got to kick at the darkness until it bleeds daylight") and the challenge is to get to the other side with something positive to contribute," he says. "I let go of some swagger and embraced intimacy and joy and wonder. I hear this in the record and it makes me very happy to have made it.
LISTEN / SHARE “DARK TIMES” HERE
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HEAD FULL OF WONDER TRACKLIST
1. Dark Times
2. Everyday Summer
3. Milk and Honey
4. Just Before the Rain
5. Hot Mess
6. Have Some Fun
7. Silver Dollar Moon
8. Right On Woman
9. Closer to the Truth
10. Come on Sun
11. Up the River
12. Sweet Water Sea
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