John K. Samson - Winter Wheat (October 21, 2016) Album • Page 6

i'm pretty sure I've heard all of them at one point or another. just haven't stuck with me

 

To be honest I think I like this more than any Weakerthans release. And I've been a Weakerthans fan for a long time...

 

loving it this time around

 

Holy hell

 

Does that mean you agree or disagree?!

 

Disagree, I'm just surprised that you already like this the most haha

 

Well I mean it's obviously too early to know for sure but that's the feeling I get.

Every once and a while I get on a Weakerthans kick and listen to all their stuff repeatedly for a week or so but they never actually seem to make it into my regular rotation. Whereas I feel like this probably will be for a long time.

 

I doubt I'll prefer this to any one of the four but I do think I like it more than provincial. I'm definitely glad this one seems to be pretty unanimously loved tho

 

Pretty fantastic setlist from Toronto last night, damn. It's not what I expected but I'm a fan of it for sure. Wish he was playing all four Virtute songs though, not that I am seeing him any time soon.

John K. Samson Setlist at Virgin Mobile Mod Club, Toronto

 

amazing set, need a headliner. absolutely a must see for me, one of the artists/bands on my bucket list at this point

 

I'm not even sure I could come up with a better setlist for him. That's so awesome.

 

Thought a lot about this album today, and listened to it multiple times. These lines in particular really resonate right now.

"So take that laminate out of your wallet and read it
And recommit yourself to the healing of the world
And to the welfare of all creatures upon it
Pursue a practice that will strengthen your heart"

"This crop withstood the months of snow
Scavengers and blight
Tuned every year towards a tiny lengthening of light
Found a way to rise
We know this world is good enough because it has to be
Allow the hope that we will meet again out in the winter wheat"

And "Virtute At Rest" made me cry again.

 

Love those lines from the title track ^^^
I also adore the image these lines put in my head. such a beautiful picture painted in my mind from these words:

"Woke up in a parking lot, air-mattresses gone flat,
the sun selecting targets for the shadows to attack.
So make a visor with your hand and squint at where you’re from—
a lonely line of buildings you can block out with your thumb"


This is one of my favorite albums of the year

 

I still needa listen to all the Virtute the Cat songs back to back in order... Anyone done that yet?

 

One of the best in the business. Love The Weakerthans and Samson

 

i did last week - it made me feel just about how i expected it to.

 

The cold weather and snow on the ground makes this sound even better.

 

yeah listening to this while its snowing makes me feel so Canadian ha

 

Alberta right?

Edit: Edmonton. Now I remember... because I made a CFL joke once.... speaking of which, my RBs just beat the Eskimos

 

yes sir. go Oilers go! where you at again? i know weve talked about it before

 

haha yup. Check the edit ^

 

not a CFL fan in the slightest, sorry haha. always down for hockey though



as i get older i find i have this special connection to Canadian bands / artists that i love. its kind of like cheering for a sports team and having favorite players. when these artists / bands are putting out awesome material, it just makes me love my team (Canada) for some strange reason

 

I feel you.

But it's also kind of upsetting that even most Canadians don't know a lot of Canadian music. Even The Weakerthans or John K Samson aren't even close to being house hold names. Maybe in Winnipeg. But I guess that's also super subjective. I'm sure someone else knows some Canadian artists they feel should be on everyone's radar that I've never heard of.

 

This is probably the most under rated / under appreciated album of 2016

 

Im thinking of spinning this on the way home from where i spent new years eve. Its a good first album of the year haha
"We know this world is good enough because it has to be"