Tracklist (Vinyl)
| A1 | | Pendulums | | | | A2 | | Almost | | | | A3 | | Greeting Card Aisle | | | | A4 | | New Enemy | | | | A5 | | Silver Road | | | | B1 | | Dandelions In Bullet Holes | | | | B2 | | Things To Forget | | |
See more tracks| B3 | | Came On Lion | | | | B4 | | Took It All | | | | B5 | | Tether | | | | B6 | | Go To Sleep | | |
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Review
Wispy and fleeting, "all of our Names" isn't so much folk music as acoustic comfort food. Harmer, a lonely Canadian who sings with the sort of sigh that could be resignation, pure joy or both, writes very plain, unvarnished, rural songs. "Silver Road" is emblematic: Both the lyrics -- about moon rises and cars bumping down gravel roads -- and the easy, unhurried rhythm of the tune conjure up a cool night on some very quiet and beautiful piece of farmland. On "Took It All," Harmer pushes into drum-loop primitivism, wringing most of the winsomeness… Read More out of her voice until she sounds like she's been up all night, losing a fight to keep someone close to her. It isn't exactly desolate stuff, but like most of Names, the tune is suffused with a peaceful fatalism, a mood that's as casually downbeat as Harmer's overcast voice itself. PAT BLASHILL
(RS 945, April 1, 2004)
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