Charles Called It Anthemic

by Graven

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1.	Burnout 04:00	buy track
2.	Beautiful Cycle 03:25	buy track
3.	Nowhere Is Too Far 05:00	buy track
4.	Lost Manifests 04:44	buy track
5.	Left Open (free) 04:53	download
6.	Wildfire Starshower 06:51	buy track
7.	Ode To Eric (Slowburn) 04:35	buy track
8.	Bullets From Heaven 02:06	buy track
9.	Petalfall 02:47	buy track
10.	Collideascope 02:53	buy track
11.	Pictures Of Alberta 05:05	buy track
12.	Chase The Sundown 03:48	buy track
13.	Morningdove 03:12	buy track
14.	Between The Back 03:34	buy track
15.	Ice Swans And You 03:05	buy track

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For any artist, it's important to show progression. Work. Movement. Arc. Even though I didn't know it, 'Charles Called It...Anthemic' was the beginning of that for me. Even though some tracks sound like they were recorded inside a toilet bowl, the guts of the songs are there. Melodic. Stark. Anthemic. It was originally supposed to a 3 or 4 song EP that turned into a kitchen sink of lost tracks, forgotten ballads and filed-away feelings. The impetus for the record came on the heels of a Halifax trip that I took with my good friend and longtime drummer Rehuel Ernest. Having been though some of the worst stress, anxiety and general downer-times in my life, Reh and I rented a car, drove out east and recorded four or five songs with my inspirational friend, producer and engineer, Charles Austin. Without Charles' steady influence, I can honestly say that Graven would have died in a basement ages ago.

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released January 1, 2006

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Graven Ottawa, Ontario

Graven (Matty McKechnie) is a Nepean, Ontario, Canada-born indie folk musician and songwriter who used to make bedroom rap casettes in his teens under the name “Man Of Steel”. His newest album Simple Complex was mixed by Joel Plaskett and made in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. ... more

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The Horseshoe Tavern

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