Havana Winter is the fourth album by Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle

Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle

Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle are a Canadian band consisting of Barenaked Ladies multi-instrumentalist Kevin Hearn as the front man , bassist Chris Gartner and drummer Great Bob Scott. The three had previously collaborated as members of the Canadian alternative rock band The Look People...

. It was released on July 30, 2009. Kevin Hearn wrote all of the tracks on the album, which was produced by Hearn and Michael Phillip Wojewoda

Michael Phillip Wojewoda

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. It was packaged in a double-fold digipak

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, with no booklet or linear notes.

Guests on the album include Lou Reed

Lou Reed

Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed is an American rock musician, songwriter, and photographer. He is best known as guitarist, vocalist, and principal songwriter of The Velvet Underground, and for his successful solo career, which has spanned several decades...

, Mary Margaret O'Hara

Mary Margaret O'Hara

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, Chantal Kreviazuk

Chantal Kreviazuk

Chantal Jennifer Kreviazuk is a Canadian singer-songwriter of the adult contemporary music genre. She is also a classically trained pianist, and can play the guitar.-Albums:...

, John McDermott

John McDermott (singer)

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, and Laurie Anderson

Laurie Anderson

Laura Phillips "Laurie" Anderson is an American experimental performance artist, composer and musician who plays violin and keyboards and sings in a variety of experimental music and art rock styles. Initially trained as a sculptor, Anderson did her first performance-art piece in the late 1960s...

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Reception

PopMatters

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wrote, "[H]is songs have almost surprising depth at times. They’re light, and they don’t force; they don’t come to you. You go to them with a nugget of curiosity, and then you realize they’re not as light as you think."

Track listing

All songs written by Kevin Hearn.

1. "Coma" – 5:09
2. "On the Runway" – 3:47
3. "Reeling" – 5:04
4. "Luna" – 3:57
5. "Huntsville.ca" – 3:55
6. "In the Shade" – 3:32
7. "Helicopter in the Sand" – 6:04