Tall Tall Shadow Explained

Tall Tall Shadow
Type:studio
Artist:Basia Bulat
Cover:TallTallShadowCover.jpg
Alt:Tall Tall Shadow cover art
Genre:Folk
Americana
Length:34:15
Label:Secret City Records
Producer:Tim Kingsbury, Mark Lawson
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Tall Tall Shadow is the third full-length album by Canadian singer-songwriter Basia Bulat, released September 30, 2013 on Secret City Records.[1] Some early copies were sold with a limited-edition bonus disc, titled Live in London, which featured live performances of five songs from the original album.

The album was produced by Tim Kingsbury and Mark Lawson.[2]

The album was inspired in part by the death of someone in Bulat's personal life, although she has not provided extensive detail about it to the media.[3] At the time of the death, Bulat had an entirely different album ready to record, but felt that she could no longer connect to the material. Instead, she decided to make an album which acknowledged the pain she was going through while ultimately being hopeful and uplifting.[4]

Some of the album's tracks were recorded in a Royal Canadian Legion hall in Toronto, Ontario's Beaches neighbourhood.[5]

The album was a shortlisted nominee for the Juno Award for Adult Alternative Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2014, and for the 2014 Polaris Music Prize.[6]

Live in London

  1. "The City With No Rivers"
  2. "Tall Tall Shadow"
  3. "Five, Four"
  4. "Someone"
  5. "It Can't Be You"

Notes and References

  1. http://www.news1130.com/2013/10/02/juno-nominated-basia-bulats-third-album-tall-tall-shadow-informed-by-loss/ "Juno-nominated Basia Bulat's third album ‘Tall Tall Shadow’ informed by loss"
  2. http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/10/11/basia-bulat-tall-tall-shadow_n_4080934.html "Basia Bulat Casts 'Tall Tall Shadow' With Some Arcade Fire Light"
  3. http://www.torontosun.com/2013/10/10/basia-bulat-steps-into-the-shadow "Basia Bulat steps into the Shadow"
  4. https://www.straight.com/music/543056/basia-bulat-walks-dark-side "Basia Bulat walks on the dark side"
  5. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/basia-bulat-steps-out-of-her-comfort-zone/article14827193/ "Ontario folk singer Basia Bulat steps out of her comfort zone"
  6. http://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/arcade-fire-drake-shad-make-polaris-music-prize-short-list-1.1914616 "Arcade Fire, Drake, Shad make Polaris Music Prize short list"