After many years of waiting in anticipation I shall wait with bated breath a while longer. An independent artist from Kitchener-Waterloo by the name of Paul MacLeod will be releasing a second studio album later this month in late October mid-November tentatively titled The Poet Of Sweetgrass. I stumbled across this news as I was seeking photos to use as album art for a concert bootleg I recorded in 2004 at The Bombshelter Pub. Paul has begun to make use of MySpace, having posted 4 new songs for our listening pleasure. The pleasant surprise is a studio version of Annalisa — a biting love song that recounts the efforts to dissuade in the face of ignorance. The 4 tracks posted retain his singer/songwriter roots (i.e. not overproduced rockers like some tracks from his band outing Hibakusha) and are welcome additions to his cataloge of solo material.
Busted Flat Records will be releasing the new album as well as reissuing his first two releases Close and Play and Tell the Band to Go Home. I look forward to seeing Paul play his solo material live again — it’s been far to long.
Please enjoy the following two tracks. Ghosts is the lead off rocker from Paul’s first album Close and Play, while Holland is a live track from a performance in Guelph, Ontario.
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