Mer Bleue by Wood Lake

Wood Lake has gotten back to basics and is once again writing music about the northern wilderness. Mer Bleue is very acoustic and delicate in nature, and takes a lot of inspiration from genres such as Neofolk and Ambient music. The entire album is laced with field recordings from different places the band has been during the production of this album.

An autumn album to it's very core, Mer Bleue is warm in colour but cold in production. The album is lofi in nature, with almost everything being recorded on SM57s except for the cymbals and field recordings, giving it a darker sound compared to past releases.

Mer Bleue is the first full length album to be recorded by the original Wood Lake lineup since 2016's Hell, and also features heavy input and performances from pianist/double bassist Paige Genest.

Tracklist

1.	A Brief Respite	4:55

2.	Escape to the Woods	5:01

3.	It's Not What It Was	5:02

4.	Almonte (Rest I)	1:40

5.	Perish (Rest II)	7:05

6.	Lost Meaning	5:12

7.	No One Lives Here	4:22

8.	Some Things Are Worth Saving	3:20

9.	Mer Bleue	5:27

Credits

released September 25, 2020

Produced by Harry McGuire
Engineered by Harry McGuire, Colin Boudreault and Paige Genest
Mixed by Wood Lake
Mastered by Timothy Stollenwerk at Stereophonic Mastering
Album Art by Karolina Ratajczyk

Recorded in Colin's basement, Harry's apartment, and Paige's house.

Performance Credits:

Harry McGuire:
-Guitar on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9
-Lead Vocals on tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9
-Backing Vocals on tracks 1, 5, 7
-Synths on all tracks
-Drum Programming on track 2
-Field Recordings on all tracks
-Piano on track 3

Colin Boudreault:
-Bass on tracks 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9
-Guitar on tracks 4, 5, 7, 8
-Lead vocals on track 5
-Backing vocals on track 8
-Drums on tracks 8, 9
-Bucket on track 5
-Synths on tracks 8, 9

Paige Genest:
-Piano on tracks 3, 5, 6, 8
-Synths on tracks 2, 6, 7, 9
-Double Bass on tracks 3, 6, 7, 8

Rhian Meaney:
-Drums on tracks 1, 3, 5, 6
-Synths on track 9

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