A Sea of Tiny Lights

Nathan Lawr's musical career has been all about movement: the fluid motions of drumming for Royal City, FemBots, and other musical colleagues; the cross-country touring with folks like Jim Guthrie, The Constantines, and the "Mid-winter/Mid-autumn Night's Dream" revues; the step out from behind the kit to begin writing and performing his own songs. No surprise, then, that relocating to Sudbury for love and learning has given Lawr new impetus on his musical journeys, now gathered on his third album, A Sea of Tiny Lights.

Buoyed by greater contributions from his musical friends The Minotaurs - Paul Aucoin, Evan Clarke, Kristian Galberg, Shaw-Han Liem, Dave MacKinnon, Kate Maki, and Simon Osborne - and with the assistance of producer Andy Magoffin (The Constantines, Royal City, Two-Minute Miracles), A Sea of Tiny Lights sees Lawr creating bigger pieces and tackling larger themes. The band's sound has expanded, both sonically and in the genres covered. The aural landscape now takes in everything from Ethiopian funk and chunky Motown soul ballads to art-folk stomps and creepy horn-drum-bass jazz. It is at once shy and swaggering, mixing the quiet nervousness of Lawr's debut The Heart Beats A Waltz with the loose experimentation of The Minotaur Orchestra project and the sophomore album Secret Carpentry.

Nathan Lawr: vocals, drums, banjo, electric piano, harmonica, percussion
Simon Osborne: bass
Evan Clarke: drums
Mark Laver: flute, saxophone
Kristian Galberg: guitar
Rebecca Hennessy: trumpet
Kate Maki: vocals

Arrangements: Jeremy Strachan
Engineer: Dave McKinnon
Mastering: Noah Mintz
Produced, Engineered, and mixed By: Andy Magoffin