The Sound of Snow Falling, A Canadian Winter Interlude

by Melody Motel

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1.	Super Slider Snow Skates 07:28	buy track
2.	Best Nose Bleed Ever 02:31	buy track
3.	Blizzard of '77 (Part 1) 03:52	buy track
4.	Bumper Hitching and Tree Lot Blues 06:37	buy track
5.	Lying on the Snow 04:31	buy track
6.	Past to Present 03:21	buy track
7.	La Dee Da 01:12	buy track
8.	Public Skating 03:52	buy track
9.	Rice Krispie Box French 03:47	buy track
10.	Duck Hunt 03:31	buy track
11.	Glorious Kingdom 03:09	buy track
12.	Sunny Side Up (with Ketchup) 03:33	buy track
13.	Oranges for Christmas 04:07	buy track
14.	News to Dean Martin 05:29	buy track
15.	Fake Fire on the Tube 01:25	buy track
16.	Blizzard of '77 (Part 2) 06:08	buy track
17.	The Sound of Snow Falling (on Yoko Ono) 08:45	buy track

about

A November jam session (known in certain circles as, “The Sore Tooth Session”) by the Jesse Seguin Anxiety- Jason Newton, Ken Brennan, and Bobby Cross (Darren Clarke was out with a “sore,” cracked in half, tooth) was the inspiration for this album- The Sound of Snow Falling. Only the first song on this album was originally recorded during that session however the spirit of that night is a major part of the overall feel here. The bulk of the musical work for the album was done by Jason Newton and without Jason’s devotion to this project it simply wouldn’t have been completed.

The idea of this album was to musically try and capture the spirit of a winter walk- the magic, the melancholy, the intimacy, the nostalgia, the joy. Winter naturally evokes a wide variety of feeling so it’s only natural that the past comes up, that loneliness comes up, that love comes up, that Buffalo comes up.

We were very happy to enlist the the talents of Stephen Del Duca (aka Del Stephen) for this album, our favourite Cheerio stealing son of a gun, played a substantial role in two tracks and his Northern Lights synth flourish can be found ebbing and flowing throughout the album. Additionally, Wake Chiltons guitarist Mark Lane was kind enough to lend his particular brand of Juicy Fruit acoustic guitar to a couple tracks. Thank you to these fine folks as well as all the family and friends who shared their wit, their memories, their charm, with us.

credits

released January 17, 2015

The Jesse Seguin Anxiety is-

Jason Newton- Guitar (on all tracks but 7,11,15,16)
Ken Brennan- Guitar (track one, and was major part of jam session that lead to much of the album)
Bobby Cross- Piano (tracks 8 and 16)
Darren Clarke- Guitar (tracks 7, 11, 15, and 16) synth/piano (track 14), harmonica (track 16), vocals (tracks 7 and 15)

Guest Musical Appearances- Stephen Del Duca (aka Del Stephen) synth/piano (tracks 1, 5, 6,16, 17), and Mark Lane (rhythm guitar on tracks 11 and 16).

Voice Over-

Track 1- Bobby Cross, Jacquie Bonham, and Darren Clarke.
Track 2- Vincent Tremblay and Darren Clarke.
Track 3- WIVB News Team
Track 4- Stuart Christie, Caroline McCombe, and Darren Clarke
Track 5- Stephen Del Duca (Del Stephen) and Sofia Zetterstedt
Track 6- Stephen Del Duca (Del Stephen)
Track 7- Darren Clarke
Track 8- Caroline McCombe and Darren Clarke
Track 9- Commander Tom and Darren Clarke
Track 10- Mike McCaffery and Darren Clarke
Track 11- Chelsea Levi, Carly Levi, Cheryl Clarke, Leah Clarke, Jim Clarke, Darren Clarke
Track 12- Darren Clarke
Track 13- Florence Clarke, Asia Si, and Darren Clarke
Track 14- Mark Lane and Darren Clarke
Track 15- Darren Clarke
Track 16- WIVB News Team
Track 17- Bobby Cross, Caroline McCombe, and Darren Clarke

For more poetry from Stephen Del Duca you can go to zebrathoughts.tumblr.com, for more music delstephen.bandcamp.com (and for my part I recommend the early stuff, late stuff, and all points in between).

Album Art/Photographs etc.- Darren Clarke

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Melody Motel Saint Catharines, Ontario

Melody Motel features three of the founding members of the Jesse Seguin Anxiety doing the very best they can to be the very best they can.

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