Left and Leaving
by The Weakerthans
- Type: Album
- Released: 25 July 2000
- Label: G7 Welcoming Committee
- Country: Canada
- Length: 51:44
- Community rating: 4.08/5 from 5 ratings
Artists on this release: Julie Penner, Ian Blurton
Album Notes & Community Reviews
John K. Samson firmly steps out from the shadow of his former punk band Propagandhi, delivering an incredibly articulate, heart-on-sleeve masterpiece of Canadian indie rock. The songwriting vividly captures the melancholic beauty and isolation of Winnipeg, blending scrappy punk energy with wistful alt-country twang and profound literary detail.
Genres
Descriptors: literate, storytelling, plainspoken, witty, wry
Tracklist
- Everything Must Go! (04:35)
- Aside (03:21)
- Watermark (02:38)
- Pamphleteer (05:16)
- This Is A Fire Door Never Leave Open (05:07)
- Without Mythologies (03:12)
- Left And Leaving (04:45)
- Elegy For Elsabet (06:20)
- History To The Defeated (03:55)
- Exiles Among You (05:11)
- My Favourite Chords (04:27)
- Slips And Tangles (02:57)
Credits
- Julie Penner - violin
- The Weakerthans - primary artist, producer
- Lloyd Peterson - engineer
- Rudy Rempel - engineer [additional]
- Joao Carvalho - mastered by
- Daryl Smith - mixed by
- Ian Blurton - producer
- June Blurton - producer [assistant]
- Steven Carroll - guitar, background vocals vocal
- John K. Samson - guitar, lead vocals vocal
- John P. Sutton - bass piano synthesizer, background vocals vocal
- Jason Tait - glockenspiel membranophone percussion Rhodes piano