Aidan Baker with Kevin Micka

Our review
Customer reviews
Press release
Soundclips

3...according to our Business Lady on Wed 28 Sep, 2011.

It's been a while since Aidan Baker graced the Norman offices with a new record. It must have been like, atleast two or three weeks. OH! Just a little joke there for you regular Norman lads. Anyhows, Toronto's favoured guitar hero returns with a live album of a performance from November 28, 2009 at Casa del Popolo in Montreal. Recorded by Eric Quach (aka Thisquietarmy) this document sees Baker teamed up with Kevin Micka (a.k.a Animal Hospital) who adds consciously subtle drums to Aidan's already subtle compositions taking them from the territory of ethereal drone into more post-rock oriented territory...sort of. It's obvious that these two artists share a rapport for the understated and tasteful side of composition so it will come as no surprise to you kids that this works really well, and with three songs performed in just over thirty minutes they're in no rush either. Warm, mumbly stuff.

To play these clips you need to either update your browser (Norman Records recommends Google Chrome) or update your Flash plugin.

Aidan Baker and Kevin Micka (aka Animal Hospital) first met when they played together in Berlin (Baker’s current city of residence) in the spring of 2009 at a modest venue to an audience of perhaps five people…Despite these conditions, they recognized kindred audio spirits in each other and talked about playing and working together again. They got together again in November of 2009 for three shows: Boston (Micka’s hometown), Montreal, and Toronto (Baker’s hometown). In addition to an Animal Hospital set, Micka also played drums on some of Baker’s more song-oriented material, tunes from “Figures” and “Green & Cold.” The performance on November 28, 2009 at Casa del Popolo in Montreal, recorded by Eric Quach (aka Thisquietarmy), resulted in this album.
The addition of Kevin’s discreet drums to Aidan’s songs gives them a new and unique dimension, leaving the ethereal drone for a subtle (post-)rock. This is a new experience for Aidan’s audience.

Be the first to review this record. Best reviewer each month gets £10 off their next order!