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9045563 | Play | We All Lose One Another | 04:25 Tools | |
9045562 | Play | Hangover Days | 00:00 Tools | |
51460176 | Play | I'll Bring the Sun | 00:00 Tools | |
9045567 | Play | Fire | 00:00 Tools | |
9045565 | Play | These Are the Days | 00:00 Tools | |
9045566 | Play | Out Of Time | 00:00 Tools | |
9045577 | Play | Almost Summer | 00:00 Tools | |
9045585 | Play | Brownie Hawkeye | 00:00 Tools | |
9045588 | Play | Pavement Puddle Stars | 00:00 Tools | |
9045579 | Play | Feral Republic | 02:54 Tools | |
9045569 | Play | Roll On Oblivion | 00:00 Tools | |
9045560 | Play | Love Is a Dirty Word | 00:00 Tools | |
9045570 | Play | Blue Sky | 00:00 Tools | |
9045586 | Play | Parry Sound | 00:00 Tools | |
9045602 | Play | Tinsel and Sawdust | 05:19 Tools | |
9045600 | Play | Pink Night | 00:00 Tools | |
9045580 | Play | Papercut Hearts | 00:00 Tools | |
9045571 | Play | Bitter Beauty | 00:00 Tools | |
9045589 | Play | Charlyn, Angel of Kensington | 00:00 Tools | |
9045574 | Play | No Redemption Song | 00:00 Tools | |
9045594 | Play | Sorry Lori | 00:00 Tools | |
9045591 | Play | Through The Night These Days | 00:00 Tools | |
9045583 | Play | Not Over You | 00:00 Tools | |
9045605 | Play | Henry's Song | 00:00 Tools | |
9045564 | Play | Rave On Sad Songs | 00:00 Tools | |
9045604 | Play | Nothing To Lose | 04:25 Tools | |
9045617 | Play | All I've Ever Known | 02:52 Tools | |
9045618 | Play | Tiny Ocean of Tears | 00:00 Tools | |
9045606 | Play | Somehow | 00:00 Tools | |
9045612 | Play | Waiting for the World | 00:00 Tools | |
9045611 | Play | Honey I Don't Know | 00:00 Tools | |
9045597 | Play | Lake Superior | 00:00 Tools | |
9045581 | Play | Long May You Love | 00:00 Tools | |
9045623 | Play | Little Clown | 00:00 Tools | |
9045625 | Play | It Won't Be Long | 00:00 Tools | |
9045582 | Play | Bitch City | 00:00 Tools | |
9045629 | Play | Super Model | 00:00 Tools | |
9045626 | Play | Madame Pompadour | 00:00 Tools | |
9045620 | Play | Gabe | 00:00 Tools | |
9045624 | Play | Choke Cherry | 00:00 Tools | |
9045627 | Play | Stormy Woman Salty Girl | 00:00 Tools | |
9045587 | Play | Cold Blue Halo | 00:00 Tools | |
9045628 | Play | Lucky Star | 00:00 Tools | |
9045631 | Play | Airport | 00:00 Tools | |
9045595 | Play | Love Is a Chain | 00:00 Tools | |
9045616 | Play | Motor Motel Love Song | 00:00 Tools | |
9045603 | Play | High Summer | 00:00 Tools | |
9045601 | Play | The Slowest Dance | 00:00 Tools | |
9045596 | Play | Vanderpool Vanderpool | 00:00 Tools | |
9045610 | Play | Winnipeg Winds | 00:00 Tools | |
89221662 | Play | Song And Dance Man | 00:00 Tools | |
9045578 | Play | Where Things Go Wrong | 00:00 Tools | |
9045621 | Play | Diggin' In The Carpet | 00:00 Tools | |
9045568 | Play | Pacific Blue | 00:00 Tools | |
9045572 | Play | King James Rag | 00:00 Tools | |
9045658 | Play | Runaway | 00:00 Tools | |
9045575 | Play | You're Not The One And Only Lonely One | 00:00 Tools | |
9045584 | Play | Jasper Johns' Flag | 00:00 Tools | |
9045655 | Play | Too Much | 00:00 Tools | |
9045576 | Play | I Wanna Rob a Bank | 00:00 Tools | |
9045613 | Play | My Daddy Was A Rock n' Roller | 00:00 Tools | |
9045622 | Play | Got The Glory | 00:00 Tools | |
9045636 | Play | Reunion | 00:00 Tools | |
9045656 | Play | Silent One | 00:00 Tools | |
9045619 | Play | Love Song To Canada | 00:00 Tools | |
9045638 | Play | Song Of The Silver-Haired Hippie | 00:00 Tools | |
9045652 | Play | Sugar Sugar | 00:00 Tools | |
51460178 | Play | Provincial Blues | 03:08 Tools | |
9045593 | Play | Sailor Boy | 00:00 Tools | |
9045615 | Play | Pulling The Sun Down | 00:00 Tools | |
9045590 | Play | Ask No Questions | 00:00 Tools | |
9045592 | Play | Miss Canada | 00:00 Tools | |
9045598 | Play | Talk Radio | 00:00 Tools | |
9045609 | Play | My Daddy Was a RocknRoller | 00:00 Tools | |
9045685 | Play | Diggin in the Carpet | 00:00 Tools | |
9045599 | Play | Black Diamond Girl | 00:00 Tools | |
9045607 | Play | Don't Let The Truth Get To You | 00:00 Tools | |
51460179 | Play | Forever Young Is Getting Old | 02:35 Tools | |
9045608 | Play | When The War Came Home | 00:00 Tools | |
9045630 | Play | Little Tiger | 00:00 Tools | |
51460180 | Play | Love You Babe | 03:02 Tools | |
9045573 | Play | False Cassandra | 00:00 Tools | |
9045740 | Play | A Beguiled Christmas Sales | 00:00 Tools | |
9045632 | Play | Every Night | 00:00 Tools | |
9045633 | Play | Brother | 00:00 Tools | |
9045647 | Play | Northern Light Letdown | 00:00 Tools | |
51460182 | Play | Little Sparrow | 02:19 Tools | |
51460181 | Play | Long Day's Shadow | 02:51 Tools | |
9045661 | Play | Gabrielle | 00:00 Tools | |
51460183 | Play | If She Don't Love Me Now | 02:42 Tools | |
9045643 | Play | Rainy Day Rain | 00:00 Tools | |
9045653 | Play | Livin' The Dream | 00:00 Tools | |
51460184 | Play | Singing American | 03:18 Tools | |
51460186 | Play | It Don't Matter Anymore | 00:00 Tools | |
51460185 | Play | Black Oak Savanna | 02:23 Tools | |
51460188 | Play | Nobody's Fool | 03:15 Tools | |
51460187 | Play | Where Does Your Love Go? | 00:00 Tools | |
51460189 | Play | Staring at the Sun | 00:00 Tools | |
9045677 | Play | Winter Soldier | 00:00 Tools | |
9045722 | Play | Jason Collett - Love Is A Dirty Word | 00:00 Tools | |
9045691 | Play | I'll Bring The Sun (Essential Cuts Bonus Disc) | 00:00 Tools | |
51460190 | Play | Untitled | 00:00 Tools | |
9045729 | Play | Idols OF Exile | 00:00 Tools | |
9045639 | Play | Bitter Beauty - Essential Cuts Bonus Disc | 00:00 Tools | |
9045640 | Play | Blue Sky - Essential Cuts Bonus Disc | 00:00 Tools | |
9045634 | Play | Hangover Days - Essential Cuts Bonus Disc | 00:00 Tools | |
9045641 | Play | We All Lose One Another - Essential Cuts Bonus Disc | 00:00 Tools | |
9045796 | Play | Jason Collett - Papercut Hearts | 00:00 Tools | |
9045637 | Play | I'll Bring The Sun - Essential Cuts Bonus Disc | 00:00 Tools | |
9045788 | Play | Hangover Days (feat. Feist) | 00:00 Tools | |
9045642 | Play | No Redemption Song - Essential Cuts Bonus Disc | 00:00 Tools | |
9045645 | Play | We All Lose One Another - Essential Cuts Bonus Track | 00:00 Tools | |
9045646 | Play | Charlyn, Angel Of Kensington - Essential Cuts Bonus Disc | 00:00 Tools | |
9045650 | Play | Brother - Essential Cuts Bonus Disc | 00:00 Tools | |
9045648 | Play | Love Is A Dirty Word - Essential Cuts Bonus Disc | 00:00 Tools | |
9045654 | Play | Long May You Love - Essential Cuts Bonus Disc | 00:00 Tools | |
9045662 | Play | Blue Sky (Essential Cuts Bonus Track) | 00:00 Tools | |
51460191 | Play | Jasper John's Flag | 00:00 Tools | |
9045708 | Play | Love Is A Dirty Word (Essential Cuts Bonus Track) | 00:00 Tools | |
9045674 | Play | Bitter Beauty (Essential Cuts Bonus Track) | 00:00 Tools | |
9045660 | Play | We All Lose One Another (Essential Cuts Bonus Track) | 00:00 Tools | |
9045649 | Play | Every Night (Paul McCartney) - Essential Cuts Bonus Disc | 00:00 Tools | |
9045665 | Play | Hangover Days (Essential Cuts Bonus Track) | 00:00 Tools | |
9045676 | Play | I'll Bring The Sun (Essential Cuts Bonus Track) | 00:00 Tools | |
9045693 | Play | Blue Sky - Essential Cuts Bonus Track | 00:00 Tools | |
9045651 | Play | Hangover Days - Essential Cuts Bonus Track | 00:00 Tools | |
9045672 | Play | No Redemption Song (Essential Cuts Bonus Track) | 00:00 Tools | |
9045716 | Play | What Goes Is Gone (Bonus Track) | 00:00 Tools | |
9045694 | Play | Charlyn, Angel Of Kensington (Essential Cuts Bonus Track) | 00:00 Tools | |
9045698 | Play | Hangover Days (feat. Emily Haines) | 00:00 Tools | |
9045684 | Play | Brother (Essential Cuts Bonus Track) | 00:00 Tools | |
9045681 | Play | Every Night (Essential Cuts Bonus Track) | 00:00 Tools | |
9045720 | Play | Thru The Night These Days | 00:00 Tools | |
9045688 | Play | We All Lose One Another (Essential Cuts Bonus Disc) | 00:00 Tools | |
51460193 | Play | Jason Collett - Out Of Time | 00:00 Tools | |
51460192 | Play | Bonus | 00:00 Tools | |
9045697 | Play | Blue Sky (Essential Cuts Bonus Disc) | 00:00 Tools | |
9045692 | Play | Bitter Beauty (Essential Cuts Bonus Disc) | 00:00 Tools | |
9045703 | Play | Long May You Love (Essential Cuts Bonus Track) | 00:00 Tools | |
51460194 | Play | Revolution Style | 00:00 Tools | |
9045687 | Play | Love Is A Dirty Word (Essential Cuts Bonus Disc) | 00:00 Tools | |
51460195 | Play | SAMPLE Bitter Beauty | 00:00 Tools | |
9045786 | Play | Something Beautiful | 00:00 Tools | |
51460196 | Play | Jason Colette - Out of Time | 00:00 Tools | |
9045759 | Play | I'll Bring The Sun (live) | 00:00 Tools | |
9045813 | Play | What Goes Is Gone | 00:00 Tools | |
9045734 | Play | Reunion (Stars) | 00:00 Tools | |
9045673 | Play | Charlyn, Angel Of Kensington (Essential Cuts Bonus Disc) | 00:00 Tools | |
9045675 | Play | Hangover Days (Essential Cuts Bonus Disc) | 00:00 Tools | |
9045832 | Play | Tropic Of Safety | 00:00 Tools | |
9045700 | Play | No Redemption Song (Essential Cuts Bonus Disc) | 00:00 Tools | |
9045719 | Play | Out of Time (Courtesy of Arts & Crafts) | 00:00 Tools | |
9045784 | Play | It's Only Love | 00:00 Tools | |
9045666 | Play | Brother (Essential Cuts Bonus Disc) | 00:00 Tools | |
9045667 | Play | I'll Bring The Sun - Essential Cuts Bonus Track | 00:00 Tools | |
51460197 | Play | Every Night - Jason Collet w/ Zeus | 00:00 Tools | |
9045664 | Play | Bitter Beauty - Essential Cuts Bonus Track | 00:00 Tools | |
51460198 | Play | Jason Collett - Roll On Oblivion | 00:00 Tools | |
9045699 | Play | Every Night (Paul McCartney) (Essential Cuts Bonus Disc) | 00:00 Tools | |
9045686 | Play | Love Is A Dirty Word - Essential Cuts Bonus Track | 00:00 Tools | |
9045668 | Play | Long May You Love (Essential Cuts Bonus Disc) | 00:00 Tools | |
9045669 | Play | No Redemption Song - Essential Cuts Bonus Track | 00:00 Tools | |
9045725 | Play | Jason Collett - We All Lose One Another | 00:00 Tools | |
9045690 | Play | Charlyn, Angel Of Kensington - Essential Cuts Bonus Track | 00:00 Tools | |
51460199 | Play | Jason Collett - Hangover Days | 00:00 Tools | |
9045696 | Play | Long May You Love - Essential Cuts Bonus Track | 00:00 Tools | |
9045711 | Play | Every Night - Essential Cuts Bonus Track | 00:00 Tools | |
9045682 | Play | Brother - Essential Cuts Bonus Track | 00:00 Tools | |
9045736 | Play | Rave On Sad Songs. | 00:00 Tools | |
51460200 | Play | I’ll Bring The Sun | 00:00 Tools | |
51460202 | Play | Arlington | 00:00 Tools | |
9045680 | Play | Hangover Days - Essential Cuts Bonus | 00:00 Tools | |
51460201 | Play | Jason Collett - I'll Bring The Sun | 00:00 Tools | |
9045663 | Play | Love Is A Dirty Word - Essential Cuts Bonus | 00:00 Tools | |
9045728 | Play | Ill Bring The Sun | 00:00 Tools | |
9045810 | Play | Jason Collett - Fire | 00:00 Tools | |
9045803 | Play | Jason Collett - Brownie Hawkeye | 00:00 Tools | |
9045792 | Play | Reunion (Stars Cover) | 00:00 Tools | |
9045701 | Play | We All Lose One Another - Essential Cuts Bonus | 00:00 Tools | |
9045695 | Play | I'll Bring The Sun - Essential Cuts Bonus | 00:00 Tools | |
9045707 | Play | Bitter Beauty - Essential Cuts Bonus | 00:00 Tools | |
51460203 | Play | Every Night (Paul McCartney cover) | 00:00 Tools | |
9045745 | Play | Jason Collett - Pavement Puddle Stars | 00:00 Tools | |
9045715 | Play | No Redemption Song - Essential Cuts Bonus | 00:00 Tools | |
9045704 | Play | Every Night - Essential Cuts Bonus Disc | 00:00 Tools | |
9045689 | Play | Charlyn, Angel Of Kensington - Essential Cuts Bonus | 00:00 Tools | |
51460204 | Play | Starts With A Big Finish | 00:00 Tools | |
9045718 | Play | Long May You Love - Essential Cuts Bonus | 00:00 Tools | |
9045793 | Play | Jason Collett - Almost Summer | 00:00 Tools | |
9045823 | Play | Hangover Days (ft. Emily Haines) | 00:00 Tools | |
9045738 | Play | Jason Collett - Pink Night | 00:00 Tools | |
9045710 | Play | Brother - Essential Cuts Bonus | 00:00 Tools | |
9045670 | Play | I'll Bring The Sun (Essential Cuts Bonus) | 00:00 Tools | |
9045713 | Play | Blue Sky - Essential Cuts Bonus | 00:00 Tools | |
9045706 | Play | Every Night - Essential Cuts Bonus | 00:00 Tools | |
9045727 | Play | Jason Collett - Feral Republic | 00:00 Tools | |
9045750 | Play | Jason Collett - Parry Sound | 00:00 Tools | |
51460205 | Play | Hangover Days (featuring Emily Haines) | 00:00 Tools | |
9045723 | Play | You're Not The One And The Only Lonely One | 00:00 Tools | |
9045808 | Play | jason collett | 00:00 Tools | |
51460206 | Play | One Tree Hill - Jason Collett - We All Lose One Another | 00:00 Tools | |
9045807 | Play | Jason Collett - These Are The Days | 00:00 Tools | |
9045721 | Play | We All Lose One Another (OST Съемки в Палермо) | 00:00 Tools | |
51460207 | Play | Fire (live) | 00:00 Tools | |
51460208 | Play | i´ll bring the sun | 00:00 Tools | |
51460209 | Play | Jason Collett - Blue Sky | 00:00 Tools | |
9045825 | Play | Jason Collett - Tinsel And Sawdust | 00:00 Tools | |
51460210 | Play | Jason Collett - Charlyn, Angel Of Kensington | 00:00 Tools | |
9045739 | Play | Reunion (Jason Collett) | 00:00 Tools | |
51460217 | Play | Rave On Sad Songs (OST Before We Go) | 03:47 Tools | |
51460213 | Play | Jason Collett (feat. Feist) - Hangover Days (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
51460212 | Play | Honey I Don't Know what you see in me | 00:00 Tools | |
51460211 | Play | Jason Collett - Madame Pompadour | 00:00 Tools | |
9045743 | Play | Hangover Days feat. Emily Haines | 00:00 Tools | |
51460214 | Play | The Joke Is On Me | 00:00 Tools | |
9045742 | Play | We All Lose One Another (Essential Cuts Bonus) | 00:00 Tools | |
9045717 | Play | Song Of The Silver-Haired Hippy | 00:00 Tools | |
51460215 | Play | Hungover Days | 00:00 Tools | |
51460216 | Play | Not Over You (live) | 00:00 Tools | |
9045714 | Play | Paper Cut | 00:00 Tools | |
51460218 | Play | Blue Sky (Essential Cuts Bonus) | 00:00 Tools | |
51460219 | Play | kinda screwy, but there is a charm (talk) | 00:00 Tools | |
51460220 | Play | We All Lose One Another (live) | 00:00 Tools | |
51460221 | Play | Hangover Days (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
9045749 | Play | 04 - we all lose one another | 00:00 Tools | |
51460222 | Play | Hangover Days ft. Emily Haines | 00:00 Tools | |
51460223 | Play | tinsel and stardust | 00:00 Tools | |
9045761 | Play | 02 - hangover days | 00:00 Tools | |
9045816 | Play | 08 - feral republic | 00:00 Tools | |
9045826 | Play | 06 - i'll bring the sun | 00:00 Tools | |
9045705 | Play | We All Lose One Another (OST Palermo_Shooting) | 00:00 Tools | |
89221663 | Play | Sensitive Man | 00:00 Tools | |
51460229 | Play | Bonus Track 1 | 00:00 Tools | |
51460224 | Play | Jason Collett - Super Model | 00:00 Tools | |
51460225 | Play | Jason Collett - Long May You Love | 00:00 Tools | |
51460226 | Play | a little story of mine (talk) | 00:00 Tools | |
51460227 | Play | Feral Republic (Live) | 00:00 Tools | |
9045757 | Play | 01 - fire | 00:00 Tools | |
9045779 | Play | 05 - parry sound | 00:00 Tools | |
51460228 | Play | RotoGraphs Audio: The Sleeper and The Bust 06/01/2014 | 00:00 Tools | |
51460230 | Play | take a good thing and call it super (talk) | 00:00 Tools | |
51460231 | Play | i know you're lonely (title?) | 00:00 Tools | |
51460232 | Play | intro & known for throwing hissy fits (talk) | 00:00 Tools | |
51460233 | Play | i don't have that pride anymore (talk) | 00:00 Tools | |
51460234 | Play | Brownie Hawkeye (live) | 00:00 Tools | |
51460235 | Play | Blue Sky (live) | 00:00 Tools | |
9045789 | Play | 03 - Brownie Hawkeye | 00:00 Tools | |
9045756 | Play | 09 - pavement puddle stars | 00:00 Tools | |
9045806 | Play | 12 - these are the days | 00:00 Tools | |
9045791 | Play | 11 - pink night | 00:00 Tools | |
51460248 | Play | Christmas | 00:00 Tools | |
51460236 | Play | Honey I Don't Know Why | 00:00 Tools | |
51460237 | Play | RotoGraphs Audio: The Sleeper and The Bust 05/11/2014 | 00:00 Tools | |
51460238 | Play | Brother (B-Side) | 00:00 Tools | |
51460239 | Play | RotoGraphs Audio: The Sleeper and The Bust 05/20/2014 | 00:00 Tools | |
9045709 | Play | Hangover Days (Essential Cuts Bonus) | 00:00 Tools | |
51460240 | Play | We All Lose | 00:00 Tools | |
87186683 | Play | Forever Young Is Getting Old | FluxFM - Die Alternative im Radio. | 00:00 Tools | |
51460241 | Play | a little tip of the hat to Kingston (talk) | 00:00 Tools | |
51460242 | Play | a little creepy trying to enjoy the good weather (talk) | 00:00 Tools | |
51460243 | Play | pale moon symetry (title?) | 00:00 Tools | |
51460244 | Play | Waiting For The World (live) | 00:00 Tools | |
51460245 | Play | Pavement Puddle Stars (live) | 00:00 Tools | |
9045737 | Play | Black Diamond | 00:00 Tools | |
9045822 | Play | 10 - almost summer | 00:00 Tools | |
51460246 | Play | Charlyn Anglel of Kensington | 00:00 Tools | |
51460247 | Play | A Love Song for Canada | 00:00 Tools | |
51460249 | Play | Jason Collett - Bitter Beauty | 00:00 Tools | |
51460250 | Play | Jason Collett - All I've Ever Known | 00:00 Tools | |
51460251 | Play | No-Redemption Song | 00:00 Tools | |
9045824 | Play | Bitter Beauty (Essential Cuts Bonus) | 00:00 Tools | |
51460252 | Play | What Goes Gone | 00:00 Tools | |
51460254 | Play | We All Lose One Another Along The Way | 00:00 Tools | |
51460255 | Play | problem with microphones (talk) | 00:00 Tools | |
51460256 | Play | encore break & I thought you let that grudge go (talk) | 00:00 Tools | |
51460257 | Play | Hangover Days (with Emily Haines) | 00:00 Tools | |
51460258 | Play | RotoGraphs Audio: The Sleeper and The Bust 05/13/2014 | 00:00 Tools | |
51460259 | Play | Pavement Puddle Star | 00:00 Tools | |
51460260 | Play | Jason Collett - Honey I Don't Know | 00:00 Tools | |
51460261 | Play | RotoGraphs Audio: The Sleeper and The Bust 05/22/2014 | 00:00 Tools | |
51460262 | Play | We All Lose One | 00:00 Tools | |
51460263 | Play | architectural details (talk) | 00:00 Tools | |
51460264 | Play | Waiting For The World To Come Home | 00:00 Tools | |
51460265 | Play | Encore Break | 00:00 Tools | |
51460266 | Play | Jason Collett - Motor Motel Love Song | 00:00 Tools | |
51460267 | Play | "My New 100% Polyester Fashion Purchase Burst Into Flames" | 00:00 Tools | |
51460268 | Play | house is tipping (talk) | 00:00 Tools |
Jason Collett is a Canadian singer-songwriter. A member of Broken Social Scene, he also tours and records on his own. The best songs don’t just tell a story set to music – they capture a moment, encapsulate a feeling and draw in the listener, in a way that’s at once singularly personal and completely universal. When Toronto singer-songwriter Jason Collett was mulling over titles for his new album, the by-turns effervescent and elegiac Here’s To Being Here, he stumbled across a line in an anthology of poetry by his friend Emily Haines’ (Metric) late father Paul, a well-known avant-garde jazz poet. “I really love the simple sentiment of the title. I think of it as a toast, a raising of the glass to the notion of being present to the moment. Recording this record was all about that for me. Capturing the bits of spontaneous magic in the studio that are just the happy accidents of the day. For me there's a kind of unadorned celebratory ring to the phrase ‘here’s to being here’. There's no irony in it, and lord knows we’ve all had enough of that for a while. I really like Haines’ playful writing. It’s like Dylan, almost Dada-esque; it doesn’t take itself too seriously. I really relate to that era of writing… Ginsberg, that pre-’60s movement.” Fittingly, Collett’s own work draws upon such classic cultural touchstones while continuing to push the boundaries of the great singer-songwriter tradition. After over a decade of honing his sound and style, in the process becoming a key figure in Toronto’s burgeoning indie scene, Collett returns with the long-awaited follow-up to 2005’s critically acclaimed Idols of Exile. But where Exile was one big house party featuring Collett’s Broken Social Scene brethren, the guestlist was scaled back a bit for Here’s To Being Here, which was built largely around Collett’s former touring band Paso Mino, with producer Howie Beck, New York guitar great Tony Scherr, The Stills’ Liam O’Neil, BSS’ Kevin Drew, and members of Apostle of Hustle and the 6ixty8ights all lending a hand in the studio. When it came time to get off the road and begin to record some of the 40-plus tunes the prolific Collett had written over the past several years (the father of three children, the busy musician notes he’s able to find sanctuary and perspective to write while on tour), the recording process took place in two quick but productive sessions in winter 2007: four days in a barn an hour outside of Toronto with engineer Marty Kinack in February, and two days at Toronto’s Hallamusic studio in March. “For me, the studio is a very different beast from playing live. What you’re trying to do is capture a bit of magic in an environment that doesn’t necessarily lend itself to that. Howie and I have a really dynamic thing going on,” Collett says of working with Beck, who also produced his last album. “He’s the Woody Allen of rock and roll: he’s neurotic, funny, he’s got crazy ears – he can hear things that other people can’t, which drives *ME* crazy. He works fast, and I like working fast.” Here’s To Being Here is the sound of a seasoned songsmith fully coming into his own signature sound – from the ’70s AM-radio vibe of road-tested favourites like the rollicking relationship reflections “Not Over You” and “Out of Time” to sparse countrified ballads like Canadiana ode “No Redemption Song” and album closer "Waiting For the World" (partially inspired by Collett's friend James Loney, who was taken hostage in Iraq in 2005), the album redefines the contemporary guitar-based singer-songwriter framework for the current genre-blurring musical landscape. As tuneful as they are poetic, these masterful songs of hope in an age of disillusionment stick in your head as firmly as they capture your heart. “I feel this is a rock-and-roll music record. Not rock, not rock and roll, but Rock ’n Roll music. I don’t care much for the roots-rock tag or the singer-songwriter one and all the banality those genres conjure up. Rock ’n Roll music encompasses all sorts of influences – country, blues, gospel... all those things, and I’m just part of that tradition,” Collett points out. “We decided midway through the record to avoid embellishing it with horns and strings – which I really love, but I think it sort of helps make the record more cohesive with the absence of that indulgence. There’s not a lot of trickery to it. It’s not like we really stripped things down, it’s just that we never gussied them up.” Collett, who began writing to try to escape the boredom of the suburb of Bramalea where he grew up, and logged time in Toronto bands before going on to craft two full-length albums (1999’s Chrome Reflections and 2001’s Bitter Beauty) prior to joining the Arts & Crafts family in 2003, has always penned songs with a poet’s knack for reflection and a journalist’s eye for detail. That timeless quality permeates Here’s To Being Here, which not only allows listeners a peek into the songwriter’s thoughts, but also a glimpse into the everyday human emotions that bind us. “I’m beginning to recognize that I have a body of work. I’ve always tried to make records with a classic sensibility, so that they’re records you can listen to 20 years from now,” Collett says. “I feel like I connect when I’m just being candid. I want to take the audience on a journey with me – by being as present in the moment as I can.” With the release of Here’s to Being Here, Collett looks back at the ghosts of his past while keeping his eyes firmly fixed on the future. The title says it all: it’s a line of poetry, an affirmation, a toast to where we’ve come from, and where we’re going. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.