TIM BAKER
Announces New Album
‘Forever Overhead’
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TIM BAKER, Hey Rosetta! frontman and principle songwriter, will be releasing his debut solo album ‘Forever Overhead’ on the 19th April 2019! The first words we hear Tim sing on the lead single ‘Dance’, is like that of a toast; “here’s to the other side, lifted high”.
What follows are eleven songs that centre on kinship, connectivity (and disconnection) and shows that Baker’s blindsiding, raw and observational song-writing; that which was at the heart of the 12-year journey with his previous band, Hey Rosetta! and their multi-award winning and nominated career; is still as affecting as ever.
The video by TIM BAKER’s long-time friend and director Jordan Canning, speaks to the disconnections we carry daily from people and from nature. Shot in the Natural History Museum in Ottawa, nature is frozen in time; enclosed behind protective glass and two solitary characters exist in their work and in isolation from each other, until a beautiful moment.
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“For me this has always been a song sung from someone held apart – convalescing maybe,” notes Tim, “from someone dreaming of being alive and close to love and something important.”
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‘Dance’ features soft and buoyant piano chords, 70s pop style instrumentation and a piercing guitar riff. Like ‘Forever Overhead’ as a whole, Baker brings beauty and hope into listeners’ lives.
When crafting the album, Baker drew from ‘70s songwriters like Jackson Browne and Randy Newman; whose music filled his childhood home and from his contemporaries (Feist, Leif Vollebekk, The Barr Brothers). Produced by Marcus Paquin (The National, Local Natives), ‘Forever Overhead’ blends piano ballads with ebullient folk-rock tracks featuring Liam O’Neill (Suuns); Ben Whiteley (The Weather Station); as well as Mishka Stein & Joe Grass (Patrick Watson).
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In February of 2018, Tim travelled across Canada solo to play a handful of intimate solo shows; which were immediate sell-out gigs in some of the oddest venues; a book store, living rooms, a ski lodge, the rink bar during a curling tournament and a hotel room Tim lived in for a week; all with the same intention; the purest songs road-tested in the most challenging circumstances – silent, small, attentive audiences. All delivered from the heart and either by piano or guitar and most of which will comprise a 5 song live video EP/doc style mini series entitled ‘The Side Door Sessions’. He opened a succession of shows for Bahamas last autumn.
‘Forever Overhead’ is set for release on April 19 via AWAL and is available for pre-order HERE!
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