Cold Snap (album)
Encyclopedia
Cold Snap is a 1996 album by Weeping Tile
. The band's first major label album, it features a somewhat more rock
-oriented sound than the band's debut independent release.
Weeping Tile (band)
Weeping Tile was a Canadian rock band in the 1990s.-History:The band was started by singer-songwriter Sarah Harmer in 1993, when she was invited to fill in for the opening band at a Thomas Trio and the Red Albino concert in Ottawa...
. The band's first major label album, it features a somewhat more rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
-oriented sound than the band's debut independent release.
Track listing
All songs written by Sarah HarmerSarah Harmer
Sarah Harmer is a Canadian singer-songwriter and activist.-Biography:Born and raised in Burlington, Ontario, Harmer gained her first exposure to the musician's lifestyle as a teenager, when her older sister Mary started taking her to concerts by the well-known Tragically Hip. At the age of 17, she...
- "Poked" – 2:59
- "Cold Snap" – 2:48
- "Pushover" – 2:27
- "UFO Rosie" – 3:46
- "Good Fortune" – 3:44
- "In the Road" – 4:10
- "L'il Interlude" – 0:44
- "The Grin" – 3:39
- "First Lady" – 0:41
- "Joint Account" – 2:43
- "Dolores Haze" – 0:43
- "Westray" – 4:17
- "The Highway" – 4:39
- "Handkerchiefs and Napkins" – 1:44
Personnel
- Sarah Harmer – vocals, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, cowbell - Luther Wright – guitar, backing vocals
- Mary Harmer (credited as "Sister Mary") – bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, backing vocals - Paul Gurnsey – drumDrumThe drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
s - John Richardson – drums
- Kevin Fox – celloCelloThe cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
- Pauli Ryan – tambourineTambourineThe tambourine or marine is a musical instrument of the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zils". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though some variants may not have a head at all....
- Cam Giroux – percussion
- Robin Aubé – helicopter bass