The Destroyer, by The Northern Arm

The Destroyer

by The Northern Arm

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	1.	yr halo 11:34
	2.	the waiter 06:20
	3.	classic tracksuit pessimist 07:46
	4.	burning up 07:16
	5.	the anteroom 12:35
	6.	loose jack 05:37
	7.	lotion rotor 06:32
	8.	lipstick on cig'rette 03:53
	9.	corn moon 04:35

about

record #8
the destroyer
this record is dedicated to the people we lost and almost lost in 2021

In early 2020, we were in the process of mixing a follow-up album to our 2019 release, mercury. We recorded over two days at the Oddfellows Temple in St. Catharines during the dying days of summer 2019. The first session was aimed at capturing songs from our live set, and the second session saw us take an improvised approach--something we had not tried before in a studio. We were in the process of working through the live bed tracks from those sessions and layering in additional sounds from various artists in our musical community when COVID-19 hit. As was the case for most artists, across many disciplines, our project ground to a halt.

About five months later, after a lot of idle time and a few outdoor jams in a good friend’s backyard outside the city, we set up at the Oddfellows again. With no new material prepared but an intractable desire to create again, we kept the lineup pared down, for obvious reasons, to just five of us (3 guitars, bass and drums) and decided to take a purely improvisational approach to the session. These songs are single takes of the band playing live, with editing and mixing done later on. After sifting through those recordings, we eventually chiselled out 9 tracks that would become a record called The Destroyer.

credits

released May 7, 2021

produced by joe lapinski and the northern arm.
recorded and mixed by joe at wow! recording studio.
recorded at the oddfellows temple
st. catharines, fall 2020.

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The Northern Arm Ontario

this is an instrumental group. started in toronto, 2004. assembled at various outdoor locations to compose and record. over time, became more ambient, dreamy, huge sound, multiple drummers, guitars, violin. the music is emphasized by visuals, video projections, 16 mm film, art installations. this is music at home in a gallery. ... more

discography

Lima Romeo

Feb 2023
Morningstar

Sep 2022
Field

Jan 2022
The Destroyer

May 2021
Charlottetown

Aug 2019
Mercury

Jul 2019
Harvester

Nov 2014
Husker

Feb 2009
other story of the black water

Nov 2007
wintemute

Nov 2006
the winter music project

Nov 2005

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