Biography

Featuring a blend of acoustic instruments, rural soundscapes, and wistful vocals, Great Lake Swimmers are an indie folk group led by songwriter/vocalist Tony Dekker. The group first appeared in 2003 with a haunting, self-titled debut that was recorded in a grain silo and released by Weewerk Records, a small label based in the band's native Toronto. Misra Records picked up the record and released it stateside in April 2005. Recording sessions for Great Lake Swimmers' second album began that same year, with the band taking up residence in an old church in rural southern Ontario. The finished product, Bodies and Minds, was released toward the end of 2006, featuring another blend of homespun folk and lush, intimate Americana.. Featuring a blend of acoustic instruments, rural soundscapes, and wistful vocals, Great Lake Swimmers are an indie folk group led by songwriter/vocalist Tony Dekker. The group first appeared in 2003 with a haunting, self-titled debut that was recorded in a grain silo and released by Weewerk Records, a small label based in the band's native Toronto. Misra Records picked up the record and released it stateside in April 2005. Recording sessions for Great Lake Swimmers' second album began that same year, with the band taking up residence in an old church in rural southern Ontario. The finished product, Bodies and Minds, was released toward the end of 2006, featuring another blend of homespun folk and lush, intimate Americana.

Although already popular in Canada, the band began building a wider audience in 2007 by signing to a new label, Nettwerk, and releasing the well-received Ongiara. The album's first track, "Your Rocky Spine," topped the Canadian indie charts and appeared on the soundtrack to Showtime's Weeds. Such increased attention kept Great Lake Swimmers on tour for the better part of two years, but they still managed to take some time off to record a fourth album. Traveling between multiple locations in the Thousand Islands region and elsewhere in northern New York state, the group hit a creative high peak with Lost Channels, which was released in 2009. The Legion Sessions, an EP featuring live versions of several Lost Channels tunes, also appeared that year. In 2012 Great Lake Swimmers released New Wild Everywhere, their first album to be recorded in a traditional studio.

Top Albums
1. Ongiara	2. New Wild Eve..	3. Lost Channel..	4. Great Lake S..	5. Hands In Dir..
6. Lost Channel..	7. Song Sung Bl..	8. Bodies and M..	9. New Wild Eve..	10. Great Lake S..
11. iTunes Sessi..	12. The Legion S..	13. New Wild Eve..	14. Easy Come Ea..	15. Pulling On a..
16. Pulling On a..

Top Songs
	Name	Album	Time	Price
1.	Your Rocky Spine	Ongiara	3:36	$1.29
2.	Various Stages	Bodies and Minds	4:12	$0.99
3.	Pulling On a Line	Pulling On a Line - Single	3:19	$0.99
4.	Hang a String of Lights	Isn't This World Enough..	2:54	$1.29
5.	Imaginary Bars	Bodies and Minds	2:23	$1.29
6.	Moving Pictures Silent Films	Great Lake Swimmers	5:31	$1.29
7.	River's Edge	Lost Channels	4:21	$1.29
8.	Les champs de progéniture (Bonus Tr..	New Wild Everywhere (Bonus ..	3:09	$1.29
9.	On the Water	New Wild Everywhere (Bonus ..	5:33	$1.29
10.	Parkdale Blues	New Wild Everywhere (Bonus ..	3:55	$1.29
11.	Quiet Your Mind	New Wild Everywhere (Bonus ..	4:51	$1.29
12.	Ballad of a Fisherman's Wife	New Wild Everywhere (Bonus ..	3:18	$1.29
13.	Fields of Progeny	New Wild Everywhere (Bonus ..	2:56	$1.29
14.	Easy Come Easy Go	New Wild Everywhere (Bonus ..	4:24	$1.29
15.	Cornflower Blue	New Wild Everywhere (Bonus ..	4:07	$1.29
16.	Changes With the Wind	New Wild Everywhere (Bonus ..	4:24	$1.29
17.	Knife	New Wild Everywhere (Bonus ..	4:22	$1.29
18.	Great Exhale	New Wild Everywhere (Bonus ..	4:38	$1.29
19.	New Wild Everywhere	New Wild Everywhere (Bonus ..	3:47	$1.29
20.	Think That You Might Be Wrong	New Wild Everywhere (Bonus ..	4:14	$1.29
21.	New Wild Everywhere	New Wild Everywhere - Singl..	3:47	$1.29
22.	What Was Going Through My Head (Grap..	Have Not Been the Same - Vo..	3:13	$0.99
23.	Easy Come Easy Go (Radio Edit)	New Wild Everywhere (Deluxe..	4:16	$1.29
24.	What Was Going Through My Head (Bonu..	New Wild Everywhere (Deluxe..	3:10	$1.29
25.	Something Heavy (Bonus Track)	New Wild Everywhere (Deluxe..	3:34	$1.29

Top Music Videos
1. Pulling On a ...	2. Palmistry	3. Still (The Le...	4. Your Rocky Sp...	5. Stealing Tomo...
6. Pulling On a ...	7. Stealing Tomo...	8. New Light (Th...	9. She Comes to ...	10. Easy Come Eas...
11. River's Edge	12. Pulling On a ...	13. The Chorus In...	14. She Comes to ...	15. Still
16. River's Edge ...	17. Everything Is...	18. Still	19. Concrete Hear...	20. Stealing Tomo...

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